Category : Local News

Pascalinah Kabi AUDITOR General Lucy Liphafa has begun auditing the government’s Coronavirus (Covid-19) budget. In a letter to the principal secretary for cabinet administration, Kabelo...

Nthatuoa Koeshe TOP South African healthcare provider, Netcare Group, has filed a High Court application to compel the government to settle a M686 million debt...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu says the cabinet will soon announce a subsidy to cushion the public against high maize meal prices. A...

Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU taxi operators have teamed up with two human rights bodies to file a High Court application challenging the government’s decision to hike...

Limpho Sello TEARS involuntarily well up in Thabo’s eyes as he struggles to deal with the pain of a swab stuck in his nostrils. The...

Staff Reporter MOST Basotho and everyone else interested in the affairs of this country are probably wondering what the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) really meant...

Nthatuoa Koeshe BOLIBA Savings and Credit recently donated toiletries to inmates at the Maseru Women Correctional Facility. Similar donations will also be handed to Lesotho...

’Marafaele Mohloboli MXXL radio presenter Ralikonelo Joki, was on Wednesday dragged to court for allegedly insulting Magistrate ’Makopano Rantšo. Popularly known as Leqhashasha, Mr Joki...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Ministry of Health’s director general of health services, Nyane Letsie, has been suspended for alleged under performance. Dr Letsie’s suspension is with...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) has launched a fresh bid to oust Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli. In its 14 July 2020 letter...

police chiefs accused of initially sabotaging “straightforward” probe to protect Thabane ‘Molibeli only sprung to action when the ex-PM tried to oust him… Pascalinah Kabi...

Limpho Sello THE nationwide strike by health workers entered its second week after they failed to agree on most of their grievances with the government...

Limpho Sello FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader Monyane Moleleki and his wife, Thabelo Ramatlapeng, have tested positive for the...

Limpho Sello FORMER Health Minister Mphu Ramatlapeng has deplored the poor conditions at the Berea isolation hospital for Coronavirus (Covid-19). Dr Ramatlapeng this week told...

High Court’s commercial division suspends operations as a result Mohalenyane Phakela HIGH Court Judge Lisebo Chaka-Makhooane died of complications arising from Coronavirus (Covid-19), the judiciary...

 as Justices Peete and Moiloa retire next week Mohalenyane Phakela THE shortage of judges, which has contributed to the huge backlog of cases, is set...

’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Basotho National Party (BNP) deputy leader Joang Molapo has dumped the party for the opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD). He cited incessant...

Pascalinah Kabi A NATIONAL University of Lesotho (NUL) employee, Phillip Tefo Majara, on Tuesday appeared before the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on charges of defrauding his...

Bereng Mpaki ONE Precious Garments factory employee has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19), the Ministry of Labour and Employment has said. Discovered last Wednesday, the...

as ‘fired’ principal secretaries defy orders to vacate office  Pascalinah Kabi TWO principal secretaries (PSs) have rebelled against Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro and refused to...

Pascalinah Kabi THERE was drama at two government ministries this week when four principal secretaries (PSs) squabbled over rights to occupy their offices. The drama...

Limpho Sello THE ongoing indefinite nationwide strike by health workers has left patients stranded and brought the health delivery system to a virtual standstill. The...

Limpho Sello STRIKING health workers have petitioned Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro to address their demands for Coronavirus (Covid-19) risk allowances and personal protective equipment (PPEs)...

Bataung Moeketsi ECONET Telecom Lesotho and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology yesterday donated a furnished two-roomed house and groceries to four orphaned siblings in Moshoeshoe...

Staff Reporter ALLIES of All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane have declared war on Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro, saying they will “expose” his own...

as court blocks Thabane and ‘Maesaiah from selling Lipolelo’s property Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s daughter ‘Mabatšoeneng Hlaele (nee Nkoya Thabane) has been...

Finance Minister warns state could fail to pay salaries if pandemic persists Ntsebeng Motsoeli Government coffers have been severely depleted due to the impact of...

Staff Reporter The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Lesotho has condemned the bodyguards of Deputy Police Commissioner Paseka Mokete for manhandling the Lesotho Times’s...