Category : Local News

Letsatsi Selikoe   LEADER of the main opposition Democractic Congress (DC), Mathibeli Mokhothu, has launched another broadside at the ruling Revolution For Prosperity (RFP).  This time...

Moorosi Tsiane  THE Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) is not backing down on its fight to retain its proportional representation (PR) seat which it argues the party...

…as the murder rate in the country keeps skyrocketing  …extraordinary situations deserve extraordinary measures, he exhorts  Mohloai Mpesi  DEPUTY army commander, Major General Matela Matobakele,...

Leemisa Thuseho  TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Vodacom Lesotho, has launched a car tracking service to help combat car theft incidents for its customers.  The product dubbed Connected...

…after student protests and a bomb scare  Letsatsi Selikoe   One student, one staff member and a security officer were reported injured after a protest at...

Moorosi Tsiane  IT never rains but pours for the former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Temeki Tšolo, who has now lost his Mafeteng plot. ...

…celebrating a day of peace and unity in Lesotho  Letsatsi Selikoe  A vibrant, celebratory atmosphere filled the halls of Manthabiseng Convention Centre as the Zimbabwean...

…launches mobile app to digitalize HIV control  Moroke Sekoboto  THE Ministry of Health’s Disease Control Department is committed to using technology as a tool to...

Moroke Sekoboto  Naledi Funeral Planners (NFP)’s mission is geared to deliver services to Basotho in remote areas, allowing families to give their deceased loved ones,...

  Mohloai Mpesi  IT SEEMS the protracted national reforms process will remain deadlocked.  This after opposition parties this week exemplified serious indifference and general scorn...

…as SAPS arrests 762 illegal Basotho miners  …confiscates uncut diamonds valued at M32 million  Staff Reporter  AN ALLEGED illegal mining kingpin, Rethabile “Dikgang” Molefenyane (36), was shot...

Moroke Sekoboto  A LOCAL company, Phallo Beef, is set to produce an assortment of high grade beef products which Basotho can start buying from November...

….but minister refutes reports that the gvt wants to fire DPP Mohloai Mpesi THE government says it is unhappy with the “poor work” of the...

–as three more people die in Famo violence Mohloai Mpesi ACTING police commissioner, Mahlape Morai, says she is now on a mission to root out police officers linked...

…as the royalties are doubled after recalculation Mohloai Mpesi LESOTHO will now earn a generous M298 million monthly in royalties for sending water to South...

…as maize meal prices increase again, now by 15 percent Hopolang Mokhopi BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has filed a motion in parliament...

…tributes pour in for late judge Moorosi Tsiane THE judiciary is in mourning after one of its key members, Justice Hopolang Nathane, passed on at a...

Letsatsi Selikoe Lesotho’s workers joined the rest of the world in commemorating the annual May Day, also known as Workers Day.  It is celebrated on 1...

Moorosi Tsiane FIRED High Commissioner to Canada, Molise Tšeole, has petitioned the High Court seeking to nullify his 23 April 2024 dismissal by the government...

Moorosi Tsiane THE prosecution is working hard to secure the conviction of Khubetsoana man, Qamo Matela, who stands accused of murdering his wife, ‘Mahlompho Matela,...

—calls for implementation of death penalty to deter criminals  Moroke Sekoboto  PRIME Minister Sam Matekane government’s failure to provide Basotho with much needed passports is...

VETERAN politician and former Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) leader, Moeketse Malebo, who died on Sunday aged 93, will be remembered as one of Lesotho’s most illustrious...

Mathatisi Sebusi LESOTHO’s wool and mohair sector is struggling as farmers battle to get markets for their produce. The sector is afflicted by a combination...

Mohloai Mpesi LESOTHO Mounted Police Service (LMPS) acting boss, Dr Mahlape Morai, has established a team to probe police officers involved with Famo gangs fuelling heinous crimes across the country. The main...

Letsatsi Selikoe THE Tṧosane dumpsite, which has been wreaking environmental and health havoc in the surrounding community, should never have existed in the first place.  The...

Staff Reporter FORMER Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, prematurely terminated former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Motlatsi Mapola’s employment in the police service, the High Court...

if gvt fails to rein in members of armed forces fuelling Famo violence…  after brutal killing of six civilians, including five family members…   deceased include a...

Moorosi Tsiane  MASERU Town Clerk, Molete Selete, has been charged by the Maseru Magistrates Court for “illegally paying” M14 million to a Chinese joint venture...

  Moorosi Tsiane  THE judiciary is in mourning after it lost High Court Judge, Justice Hopolang Nathane, this week.  The High Court and Court of...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE government has set aside over M2 million to establish a commission of inquiry to probe the December 2023 escape of prisoners and alleged...