Category : Local News

Lesotho Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) in undergoing change management. The initiative which commenced in 2021 is under the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project Phase...

…vows to continue strengthening relations with Lesotho  Staff Reporter  THE United States (US)’s Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has contributed immensely towards Lesotho’s efforts to provide...

Letsatsi Selikoe  First National Bank (FNB)-Lesotho and the Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO), recently marked Africa Day by assembling small businesses from the northern parts of...

 A team of Chinese medical specialists offered free medical consultations and health screenings to community members from over ten villages within the Lesotho Highlands Water...

  THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) launched its 2024 financial literacy campaign with sessions in five villages in Mokhotlong this May.   The campaign, initiated...

Mathatisi Sebusi  A senior prisons official stands accused of threatening inmates against testifying truthfully at an ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the torture and assault...

…while Basotho are also banned from listening to famo music  Mohloai Mpesi  MEDIA practitioners will now be charged criminally should they continue to report about...

…recommends swift construction of new police stations  …suspects chained to a pole due to lack of cells   Mathatisi Sebusi  THE government must draw up a...

Letsatsi Selikoe  HA TS’EPE, a rural community in Leribe district, recently commemorated World Communications Day, with the unveiling of a M3 million communications tower connecting...

‘Mathatisi Sebusi  HIGH profile inmates kept in the maximum security wing of the Maseru Central Correctional Institution (MCCI), can escape anytime due to mediocre security...

…while their clients are treated as holy cows ‘Mathatisi Sebusi FRIDAY’s commemoration of the Zero Discrimination Day by the United Nations, was a grim reminder...

Mathatisi Sebusi Seven years ago, 23 years old Mpho* from Ha Thamae in Maseru ran away from home after having a fallout with her mother....

after his gvt bans the Famo groups  brands them as terrorists  as the groups vow to fight ban  Mohloai Mpesi  THE infamous Famo gangs – accused of...

Staff Reporters  PRIME Minister Sam Matekane has kickstarted the process to establish a tribunal to impeach Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate (Adv) Hlalefang Motinyane, from office. ...

…as he narrates how police tortured him until he soiled himself  Moorosi Tsiane  MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Tšeliso Mokhosi, broke into tears while testifying...

Moorosi Tsiane  LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela, faces more than M2 million worth of lawsuits from two men who claim to have been...

Mohloai Mpesi  FOR Acting Commissioner of Police, Mahlape Morai, policing was never her first career port of call.  But her quest for a good challenge...

…His Majesty hopes the brand will stand as a symbol of unity…  Selikoe Letsatsi/ Leemisa Thuseho  THE Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has officially launched what it describes...

Staff Reporter  AUSTRALIAN mining giant, Lucapa Diamond Company, has put its Butha-Buthe situated Mothae Diamond Mine on sale.    Mothae is an open cast mine...

Staff Reporter  THE Water and Sewage Company (WASCO) is battling to control wastewater in Maseru hence the regular spillage of sewerage around the capital posing a...

…as police express concern over spate of child abuse cases  Moroke Sekoboto  THE police service arm, the Child and Gender Protection Unit (CGPU), says at...

…ahead of European Parliament elections  Letsatsi Selikoe  ON May 9 2024, the European Union (EU) mission in Lesotho celebrated Europe Day, a significant event honouring...

Letsatsi Selikoe  IN a joint effort to support young entrepreneurs and address youth unemployment, Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB), Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO), and Revenue...

…as Minister Maqelepo bemoans rampant crime which has turned country into a “blood field”.  Letsatsi Selikoe  A NATIONAL prayer session has been penciled in for...

Hopolang Mokhopi  Telecommunications powerhouse, Econet Telecom Lesotho, has donated a fully furnished two-roomed house to a destitute family in Ntlholohetsane, Mokhotlong.  The family consists of...

…as Karate, Table Tennis are incorporated in new programme  Leemisa Thuseho  TAEKWONDO and gymnastics have been scrapped from the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region...

…they are officially out of the title race…    …Matlama, Lioli stay neck-and-neck…  …Naughty Boys are relegated…  Leemisa Thuseho  Vodacom Premier League champions BANTU FC...

as it fails to summon mining company  allegedly destroying communities  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Ministry of Natural Resources has defied an order by the Natural Resources...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Ministry of Health has recorded massive success in its roll out of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in its spirited efforts to...