Category : Local News

MASERU — The days of financial indiscipline and overspending could soon be over after parliament this week passed the Credit Reporting Bill 2011. The Bill...

MASERU — Negotiations to end a strike at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) kicked off on Tuesday. The university’s management and the workers’ union...

MASERU — At least 22 500 villagers who were affected by heavy rains last season will receive food assistance and farming inputs from the Embassy...

MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party will hold an elective conference in January. In a circular sent to constituencies on Thursday,...

MASERU – A 24-year-old man from Teyateyaneng allegedly hanged himself on Sunday following a family dispute, police said this week. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha said...

MASERU — The National University of Lesotho (NUL) is in chaos again. Teachers and researchers who went on strike on October 7 were last week...

MASERU — Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions (Coletu) members on Monday staged a sit-in at Education Minister ‘Mamphono Khaketla’s office to press her to address...

MASERU — A local textile company, Presitex Enterprise, has been ordered to pay 22 workers a total of M3 790.07 after they were laid off...

MASERU — Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla has never warmed up to the fact the government considers him junior to Court of Appeal President Justice Michael...

ROMA — The National University of Lesotho (NUL) was yesterday shut down after non-academic staff joined the ongoing strike by lecturers and researchers. Last Friday...

MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) is embroiled in a dispute with a local businessman over a commercial site in Mafeteng, the Lesotho Times...

MASERU — An expectant 24-year-old woman, ‘Metsana Rapotsane, was allegedly turned away by authorities at the new Tšepong Hospital when she went there to deliver...

MASERU — MKM Burial Society is struggling to bury its members due to a crippling financial crisis, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Some members who...

MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party registered a thumping victory in last week’s local government election winning 69 of the 77...

MASERU — MKM’s last stand for survival took off in the Court of Appeal yesterday with lawyers for the troubled company shying away from arguing...

MASERU  — A headmaster was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in jail for fatally shooting another man three years ago. Pitso Lipholo, 34, a...

MASERU — The Metolong Authority yesterday signed two contracts worth US$80.352 million (about M642 824 365) for the Downstream Conveyance System that will transport water...

MAPUTSOE — Reflex Footwear Manufacturers denied its 220 workers their right to vote by forcing them to go to work during local government election on...

MASERU — Four days after the local government poll, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was still struggling to release the final results triggering fears the...

MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Thesele ‘Maseribane could be jailed for contempt of court for failing to convene a special conference in August....

MASERU — Court of Appeal president Justice Michael Ramodibedi this week refused to recuse himself from a case in which three members of the ruling...

MASERU — Just M610 a month. This is what general workers are earning at retail giant Shoprite Supermarket in Maseru. This week emotions boiled over...

MASERU — A police assistant and nine other men were arrested in Ha Thetsane last week for car theft. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the...

MASERU — King Letsie III has appointed Justice Noel Victor Hurt to the Lesotho Court of Appeal bench. Court of Appeal president, Justice Michael Ramodibedi,...

MASERU — Somewhere in Ha-Thamae, 30-year-old Tšepo (not his real name) is busy with some friends unloading concrete bricks from a truck. They engage in...

FICKSBURG — A nine-year-old boy was crushed to death on Sunday when their house collapsed after a tornado hit Moqheleng, an informal settlement in the...

MASERU — Textile workers unions and employers have agreed to call an International Labour Organisation (ILO) expert following a stalemate over salary negotiations. Lesotho factory...

MASERU — Lesotho’s new biggest referral health centre, Tšepong Hospital, opened its doors to patients on Saturday. The M1.2 billion centre, situated in Lepereng just...