Category : Local News

Moorosi Tsiane  THE axed Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) board of directors will learn in February 2025 whether former Energy Minister, Professor Nqosa Mahao, acted unlawfully in...

Moroke Sekoboto  AT least 86 percent of Basotho women and girls have experienced gender-based violence (GBV), according to the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)  Assistant Commissioner...

  THE Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II is not just building vital water transfer infrastructure; it’s building a stronger Lesotho. Long before the...

  Moroke Sekoboto  THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has given consumers major relief by reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points from 7.75 percent...

  Moroke Sekoboto  FIVE youth-led businesses have received approximately M200,000 each through the Bacha Entrepreneurship Project (BEP) to enhance their operations and foster growth.  BEP...

Staff Reporter  CGM Group fraud mastermind, Madhav Vasant Dalvi’s deceit and fraud ran deep.  He is alleged to have funnelled another M24,840,357.59 from Presitex into a South African...

Seithati Motšoeneng  THE Ministry of Public Service is developing a new five-year strategic work plan to realign its operations and address longstanding challenges in public service delivery.  The new...

  Moorosi Tsiane  OUTSPOKEN Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) Chief Officer (CO), Bokang Ramotena, is challenging her boss, Commissioner Mating Nkakala’s decision to promote 12 LCS...

Hopolang Mokhopi  LESOTHO is making significant strides in promoting aquaculture in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 14 about Life Below Water, which aims to promote fish farming. ...

Seithati Motsoeneng  DELIGHT Supermarket, a proudly Basotho-owned business in Khubetsoana, is celebrating its first anniversary of exceptional service to the local community and surrounding areas. ...

Moroke Sekoboto  THE assessment of Prime Minister Sam Matekane’s first two years in office is a mixed bag and a case of stark contrasts.  While analysts...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE government has been accused of driving Basotho men into illegal mining by failing to provide them with opportunities to live with dignity. ...

Mathatisi Sebusi / Hopolang Mokhopi  POSTGRADUATE students at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) have petitioned the parliamentary Social Cluster Committee for intervention regarding the conditions for...

…says Lesotho crippled by unethical leadership practices  Mohloai Mpesi  Mokhethoaneng constituency legislator and Chair of Chairs of Parliamentary Committees, Mokhothu Makhalanyane, has decried the rise of corruption...

Leemisa Thuseho  FRESH from winning the 2024 African Bank Soweto Marathon, Olympian, Neheng Khatala, is back on the road this weekend.  She is poised to...

Leemisa Thuseho  LESOTHO’S first ranked chess player, Lebajoa Tšephe, dominated the 2024 National University of Lesotho (NUL) Open Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship over the...

Mohloai Mpesi  PROMINENT business tycoon and pastor, Thakadu David Ramela, widely known as Bishop Ramela, has been controversially awarded a lucrative fertilizer tender despite his price being double the cost of...

—accused of making racial slurs against Indian, Chinese and Pakistanis  Staff Reporter  MEMBERS of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have been accused of xenophobia after they...

Mohloai Mpesi  MAIN opposition leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has slammed a Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) legislator who has complained about the Ministry of Education and Training’s...

Mohloai Mpesi  MINISTER of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police, Lebona Lephema, has been accused of abusing state resources to advance his political interests. ...

—as one of his schemes which cost CGM US$11 million is outlined  Staff Reporter  ONE of the charges against Madhav Vasant Dalvi – the fugitive former director...

  Hopolang Mokhopi  MURDER accused Lintle Letima, who allegedly fatally stabbed his “ex-boyfriend”, Motseki Kholotsa, has claimed she never intended to kill the love of...

Hopolang Mokhopi  THE Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) has raised concerns about the rampant abuse faced by people with disabilities, particularly the...

Mathatisi Sebusi  IN a continued effort to combat corruption among civil servants, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) has requested that all procurement...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is at odds with the community it relocated to Ha Tsolo in Maseru to pave way for its...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Water and Sewage Company (WASCO) has been grilled by the Natural Resource Cluster Committee over its failure to connect water supplies to the Ha Matholoana community and its...

Hopolang Mokhopi  STANDARD Lesotho Bank (SLB) has held its inaugural Supplier Symposium 2024, celebrating a milestone in collaboration, partnership, and sustainable growth with its suppliers. ...

Staff Reporter  IN a heartfelt plea for greater support for the arts, veteran South African actress, Lillian Dube, has appealed to the Lesotho government to...

Seithati Motšoeneng  SENTEBALE GAP Funeral Services has made a significant impact by donating various vegetable seeds to the Butha-Buthe correctional facility.   The donation, which was...