Soulo speaks out
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Molobeli Soulo and Mophato Monyake, the two ministers fired this week in Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s latest reshuffle, are unhappy...
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Prosecution wants Scott’s trial postponed to 2015
By Billy Ntaote MASERU – The prosecution has urged the High Court to postpone the trial of ritual murder suspect, Lehlohonolo Scott, to February 10...
Parliament rejects budget reports
By Billy Ntaote & Sentle Rathebe MASERU — Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on the Social Cluster has thrown out budget reports from two ministries citing irregularities...
Minister’s private secretary arrested over fake certificates
By Keiso Mohloboli MASERU – The Minister of Social Development’s private secretary, Lebohang Mokone, 40, was yesterday arrested on suspicion that he had used fake...
LCD flaunts incumbency in government
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing has urged Thaba-Phechela residents to vote for his party in Saturday’s parliamentary...
IEC clarifies electoral campaign code
By Sentle Rathebe and Boitumelo Koloi MASERU – The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Director of Elections, Mphasa Mokhochane, has said that although a party or...
Desperate and desolate
The sad tale of Damaseka — a village in Butha-Buthe which gives a clear picture of what it means to live in a ‘hard-to-reach’ area...
Midwives ‘must take charge of their profession’
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU- The Independent Midwives Association of Lesotho (IMAL) has expressed concern that women continue to die during pregnancy and soon after delivery....
SA deports 114 Basotho
By Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU – A total of 114 Basotho were deported from South Africa yesterday morning for staying in the neighbouring country without proper...
Defence PS threatened with death
By Bongiwe Zihlangu and Keiso Mohloboli MASERU — The Ministry of Defence and National Security’s Principal Secretary (PS) David Sehloho has reportedly been threatened with...
Moleleki’s co-accused push for separate trial
By Boitumelo Koloi MASERU — Refela Holdings executives, co-accused in a fraud case involving former Natural Resources Minister, Monyane Moleleki, have asked for a separate...
Tempers flare over Moleleki’s illness
By Boitumelo Koloi and Billy Ntaote MASERU — Tempers flared at the High Court this week as the defence and prosecution teams debated the authenticity...
NUL library upgraded
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The National University of Lesotho (NUL) has purchased an American Millennium Pack integrated library system to replace the outdated Integrated...
Abubaker’s shock plan for Ha Hoohlo
Residents say businessman ‘to build mall and upmarket suburb’ By Boitumelo Koloi and Limpho Sello MASERU — The longstanding Ha Hoohlo land dispute took a shocking...
Fraud case only settled after 11 years
By Billy Ntaote and Sentle Rathebe MASERU – The President of the Thabang Local Court in Mokhotlong, Maneo Mohapi, yesterday won his protracted battle to...
Thabane lays down the law
By Billy Ntaote MASERU —The All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Prime MinisterThomas Thabane says for the party to achieve its mission of curbing poverty, its...
SA to assist with probe
By B Zihlangu and K Mohloboli MASERU — The Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) has enlisted the help of experts from the South African Police...
Top cop ‘sent’ on leave
By B Zihlangu and K Mohloboli MASERU — In a week of high drama in Lesotho, Deputy Commissioner of Police Keketso Monaheng, said he had...
Families recount horrific bombings
B Zihlangu and K Mohloboli MASERU — “Why did they not kill me? Why target my kids? It’s because they are cowards,” says an...
Call to revive Jonathan’s policies
By Letuka Chafotsa THABA-TSEKA — The Basotho National Party (BNP) is pledging to revive former Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan’s policies on poverty eradication and...
Who is Michael Molefe?
MASERU — Michael Molefe, the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP for the ‘Maliepetsane constituency, has thrown his hat into the ring, declaring his intention...
Shortlist of candidates for NUL VC post
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The process of appointing a Vice Chancellor (VC) at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) is under way, the Lesotho...
Chief Justice calls for lawyer’s arrest
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Acting Chief Justice, Tšeliso Monaphathi, fired warning shots against errant lawyers this week when he called for the arrest of...
Bid to extradite murder convicted Ntsie
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Habofanoe Ntsie, the fugitive cameraman who faces a possible death sentence over double murder charges, will appear in a South...
Deportees say they were abused in SA
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The Minister of Home Affairs, Joang Molapo, said the governments of Lesotho and South Africa will investigate allegations that scores...
Battle lines drawn for ABC No. 2 post
Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — An eventful elective conference is expected early next month where the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s political heavyweights are expected to...
MCC to take children back to school
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Maseru City Council (MCC) is set to take some children back to the classroom as part of the local authority’s...
‘Coalition parties represented in IEC’
By Boitumelo Koloi MAFETENG — In a statement likely to anger opposition parties, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said the new Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)...
72 000 register for birth certificate
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — About 72 000 people have registered for birth certificates while 41 000 applied for identity cards since the launch...
Factory flooded
Management estimates damage at M15 million By Limpho Sello MASERU — A local textile factory Nien Hsing lost about M15 million in machinery to heavy...