Category : Local News

Limpho Sello THE government has begun talks with the 265 nurses who were fired last month by Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) authorities. The nurses’...

Limpho Sello QUEEN Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH)’s Public Relations Manager, Mothepane Thahane, has resigned from the beleaguered institution. She told the Lesotho Times that she...

  Herbert Moyo | ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE United States (US) government has lifted the “inappropriate and ineffective” economic and travel sanctions which were imposed on...

Bereng Mpaki FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea this week tabled the Public Procurement Bill 2020 in parliament, a move expected to strengthen the efficiency of the...

  ‘Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Basotho National Party (BNP) youth league president, ‘Machere Seutloali, has signaled her intention to contest the party’s leadership post. The 36-year-old...

Limpho Sello THE government has resolved to cut ties with the Tšepong Consortium which has run the Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) since it opened...

as regional body renews bid to stop high-profile trials, while victims’ families fiercely oppose the plans. Pascalinah Kabi THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has...

…electoral body also schedules by-elections in five constituencies for July 2021 Mohalenyane Phakela THE next general elections are likely to be held in September or...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Labour Court has nullified the suspension of Water and Sewage Company (WASCO) chief executive officer (CEO), Futho Hoohlo, on the grounds that...

Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-accused Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Captain Litekanyo Nyakane has been dealt a major blow after his lawyer, Advocate Karabo Mohau, withdrew his services....

. . . appoints key allies to ABC’s executive working committee Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has...

… Gender and Sports ministry collects a mere M500 in the 2018/19 financial year Bereng Mpaki SEVERAL government ministries have failed to collect non tax...

Bereng Mpaki THE Maseru City Council (MCC) has been flagged by the auditor general’s office for its failure to remit to the Lesotho Revenue Authority...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE Basotho National Party (BNP) has “expelled” its former deputy leader, Joang Molapo, and begun processes to recall him from parliament. BNP spokesperson...

  Staff Reporter   LESOTHO will continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine to fight Covid-19 because there is no evidence that it has dangerous side effects...

as DCEO probes claims that equipment is being corruptly sold to ministers, govt officials at knockdown prices. ‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE government has been forced to...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli PUBLIC transport operators have given the government until tomorrow to address their grievances, failing which they will strike. The taxi operators are particularly...

  Herbert Moyo | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has set tongues wagging with its recent decision to endorse veteran party leader,...

Their Majesties, PM Majoro and other govt officials among the first to be vaccinated, premier expresses hope that vaccinations will enable Lesotho to return to...

Staff Writer AFTER the festive season scare which resulted in a spike in Covid-19 cases in January and February 2020, the situation seems to be...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE legal battle between Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) and its 311 striking nurses failed to take off yesterday due to the “unpreparedness”...

Herbert Moyo | Mohalenyane Phakela ONE of the major trending stories of the past two weeks is that of the virtual collapse of the Maseru...

Bereng Mpaki TWO senior officials at one of the country’s top commercial banks, First National Bank (FNB) Lesotho, are said to have exchanged blows at...

  Bereng Mpaki BUSINESS has come to a halt at the Ministry of Trade and Industry after the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) cut the ministry’s...

DC allegedly angered by the sidelining of its supporters in the recruitment of police trainees Pascalinah Kabi THE country’s main coalition partners, the All Basotho...

Herbert Moyo HEALTH Minister Semano Sekatle and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have defended the planned use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Lesotho, saying it...

Bereng Mpaki OVER 100 local businesspeople have committed to raising M100 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines. The initiative is meant to complement the vaccines that...

Nthatuoa Koeshe MASERU Toyota yesterday donated an ambulance worth M497 000 to the Ministry of Health to bolster the government’s fight against Covid-19. The ambulance...

Pascalinah Kabi THE much-delayed multi-sector reforms will be completed by September 2021, NRA deputy chairperson Liteboho Kompi has said. The Southern African Development Community (SADC)...