Category : Local News

…His Majesty hopes the brand will stand as a symbol of unity…  Selikoe Letsatsi/ Leemisa Thuseho  THE Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has officially launched what it describes...

Staff Reporter  AUSTRALIAN mining giant, Lucapa Diamond Company, has put its Butha-Buthe situated Mothae Diamond Mine on sale.    Mothae is an open cast mine...

Staff Reporter  THE Water and Sewage Company (WASCO) is battling to control wastewater in Maseru hence the regular spillage of sewerage around the capital posing a...

…as police express concern over spate of child abuse cases  Moroke Sekoboto  THE police service arm, the Child and Gender Protection Unit (CGPU), says at...

…ahead of European Parliament elections  Letsatsi Selikoe  ON May 9 2024, the European Union (EU) mission in Lesotho celebrated Europe Day, a significant event honouring...

Letsatsi Selikoe  IN a joint effort to support young entrepreneurs and address youth unemployment, Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB), Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO), and Revenue...

…as Minister Maqelepo bemoans rampant crime which has turned country into a “blood field”.  Letsatsi Selikoe  A NATIONAL prayer session has been penciled in for...

Hopolang Mokhopi  Telecommunications powerhouse, Econet Telecom Lesotho, has donated a fully furnished two-roomed house to a destitute family in Ntlholohetsane, Mokhotlong.  The family consists of...

…as Karate, Table Tennis are incorporated in new programme  Leemisa Thuseho  TAEKWONDO and gymnastics have been scrapped from the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region...

…they are officially out of the title race…    …Matlama, Lioli stay neck-and-neck…  …Naughty Boys are relegated…  Leemisa Thuseho  Vodacom Premier League champions BANTU FC...

as it fails to summon mining company  allegedly destroying communities  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Ministry of Natural Resources has defied an order by the Natural Resources...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Ministry of Health has recorded massive success in its roll out of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in its spirited efforts to...

Letsatsi Selikoe   LEADER of the main opposition Democractic Congress (DC), Mathibeli Mokhothu, has launched another broadside at the ruling Revolution For Prosperity (RFP).  This time...

Moorosi Tsiane  THE Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) is not backing down on its fight to retain its proportional representation (PR) seat which it argues the party...

…as the murder rate in the country keeps skyrocketing  …extraordinary situations deserve extraordinary measures, he exhorts  Mohloai Mpesi  DEPUTY army commander, Major General Matela Matobakele,...

Leemisa Thuseho  TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Vodacom Lesotho, has launched a car tracking service to help combat car theft incidents for its customers.  The product dubbed Connected...

…after student protests and a bomb scare  Letsatsi Selikoe   One student, one staff member and a security officer were reported injured after a protest at...

Moorosi Tsiane  IT never rains but pours for the former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Temeki Tšolo, who has now lost his Mafeteng plot. ...

…celebrating a day of peace and unity in Lesotho  Letsatsi Selikoe  A vibrant, celebratory atmosphere filled the halls of Manthabiseng Convention Centre as the Zimbabwean...

…launches mobile app to digitalize HIV control  Moroke Sekoboto  THE Ministry of Health’s Disease Control Department is committed to using technology as a tool to...

Moroke Sekoboto  Naledi Funeral Planners (NFP)’s mission is geared to deliver services to Basotho in remote areas, allowing families to give their deceased loved ones,...

  Mohloai Mpesi  IT SEEMS the protracted national reforms process will remain deadlocked.  This after opposition parties this week exemplified serious indifference and general scorn...

…as SAPS arrests 762 illegal Basotho miners  …confiscates uncut diamonds valued at M32 million  Staff Reporter  AN ALLEGED illegal mining kingpin, Rethabile “Dikgang” Molefenyane (36), was shot...

Moroke Sekoboto  A LOCAL company, Phallo Beef, is set to produce an assortment of high grade beef products which Basotho can start buying from November...

….but minister refutes reports that the gvt wants to fire DPP Mohloai Mpesi THE government says it is unhappy with the “poor work” of the...

–as three more people die in Famo violence Mohloai Mpesi ACTING police commissioner, Mahlape Morai, says she is now on a mission to root out police officers linked...

…as the royalties are doubled after recalculation Mohloai Mpesi LESOTHO will now earn a generous M298 million monthly in royalties for sending water to South...

…as maize meal prices increase again, now by 15 percent Hopolang Mokhopi BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has filed a motion in parliament...

…tributes pour in for late judge Moorosi Tsiane THE judiciary is in mourning after one of its key members, Justice Hopolang Nathane, passed on at a...

Letsatsi Selikoe Lesotho’s workers joined the rest of the world in commemorating the annual May Day, also known as Workers Day.  It is celebrated on 1...