Category : Local News

Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Home Affairs Minister, Tsukutlane Au, says he revoked the residence permit of the controversial Rana Qamar in 2017. Mr Qamar is a...

Mohalenyane Phakela A FRESH fight has broken out between Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, and Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) secretary general, Inspector Moraleli...

  Pascalinah Kabi MASERU Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Murenzi is said to have yesterday ordered the arrest of suspended Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has begun recruiting seven new judges to ease the huge backlog of cases in the High Court. The...

Bereng Mpaki MEMBERS of the National Assembly are resisting Speaker Sephiri Motanyane’s moves to replace physical sittings of parliament with virtual sessions as part of...

Staff Reporter LESOTHO achieved an unwanted milestone this week after Covid-19 infections breached the 10 000 mark. According to the latest statistics released yesterday by...

Nthatuoa Koeshe PARENTS with children enrolled in South African schools have demanded that the government immediately opens borders to allow learners to commute daily. The...

Bereng Mpaki RELATIVES and friends have described the late Motšelisi Ramakoae as a lively character who enjoyed life and was eager to take on challenges....

as party’s NEC factions engage in fistfight over moves to recall Majoro party bigwigs admit ABC is now split right through the middle Pascalinah Kabi...

Pascalinah Kabi THERE was drama at Khali Hotel in Maseru on Monday when two All Basotho Convention (ABC) national executive committee (NEC) members exchanged blows...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli NEWLY appointed Defence and National Security Minister, Lekhetho Mosito, has accused his colleague Tefo Mapesela of damaging his reputation through “unfounded and baseless...

  Bereng Mpaki | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli MINING minister Serialong Qoo has sent condolence messages to families of seven Kao Mine employees who were killed in...

govt, nurses to meet today in bid to break impasse Limpho Sello A CRIPPLING strike by nurses and nursing assistants at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital...

Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has denied ever speaking to controversial businessman, Yan Xie, over the latter’s complaints about ministers seeking M3 million bribes...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE street vendors’ application to reverse the government’s ban on street vending during the hard lockdown failed to take off in the High...

 as 47 out 60 inmates test positive for deadly virus in Qacha’s Nek Mohalenyane Phakela THE raging Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the country’s prisons. This...

wants govt to account for Covid-19 spending Bereng Mpaki PARLIAMENT will reopen next Monday with the thorny issue of the government’s response to the deadly...

  Herbert Moyo A LEADING local human rights body has slammed the government for its alleged failure to protect the human rights of ordinary citizens...

Mohalenyane Phakela PROMINENT politicians Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane will have to wait longer to know whether or not their bid to avoid trial for...

as Majoro implements his first cabinet reshuffle and wields axe on Rantšo, Maliehe Marafaele Mohloboli LABOUR and Employment Minister Keketso Rantšo and her Defence and...

 accuses Chinese businessman Yan Xie of capturing the state criticises court judgement barring govt from evicting Xie from state abattoir. Pascalinah Kabi AFTER a long...

claims ministers demanding multi-million maloti bribes from him. Pascalinah Kabi CONTROVERSIAL Chinese businessman, Yan Xie, has broken his silence, accusing some unnamed cabinet ministers of...

Pascalinah Kabi THE government needs at least M102 million to repair roads and bridges which were severely damaged in six districts by last week’s heavy...

Pascalinah Kabi A LOCAL company, Meraka Lesotho, has won a High Court battle to stop Agriculture and Food Security Minister Tefo Mapesela and the government...

Herbert Moyo HOME Affairs Minister Motlalentoa Letsosa says the government has submitted its report to the United States (US) government detailing the measures it has...

as Covid-19 infection rate declines from 47 percent to 31 percent, but acknowledges infection rate still way above the WHO’s “acceptable” 5 percent rate. Bereng...

Limpho Sello HEALTH workers will be prioritised when Lesotho receives its consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine in April this year Ministry of Health expanded programme...

Pascalinah Kabi DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu says he attended the funeral of former prime minister Metsing Lekhanya to represent the government in line with...

Pakistani national, Qamar, trafficked Pakistanis carrying drugs into Lesotho, prompting His Majesty’s office to ask for a probe into his activities. Mohalenyane Phakela/ Herbert Moyo...

Limpho Sello NURSES and nursing assistants at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) have gone on strike to press the government to award them salary increments...