Girl witnesses father’s murder
By Keiso Mohloboli BEREA — A 17-year-old girl of Lekokoaneng Ha-Mokhenene has narrated how she witnessed the brutal murder of her father by her mother’s...
Category : Local News
Man shot helping border jumpers
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A 33-year-old Mosotho man was shot and injured after helping some Basotho to cross over to South Africa (SA) illegally...
Crooks used passports stamp stolen from SA
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Police last Friday smashed an intricate syndicate of criminals that were illegally using a South African immigration stamp. The syndicate...
First Lady’s Office closure leaves orphans in limbo
By Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — The unceremonious closure of the Office of the First Lady has left staff members and beneficiaries who include orphans and...
Row over lodge ownership
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — A feud over the control of the Maloraneng Lodge has since seen a company contracted to manage the lodge accusing...
Maputsoe under siege
By Keiso Mohloboli LERIBE — Some residents of Maputsoe, led by the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency ‘Mampho Mokhele are up in arms...
Voter transfers raise eyebrows
By Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has come under fire mainly from the opposition Democratic Congress (DC) for the alleged...
Judge appointed
By Nat Molomo MASERU — The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has appointed the Mafetengbased magistrate Moroke Alexis Mokhesi acting judge. Mokhesi, who holds an LLM...
‘School fees will not be increased’
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Contrary to popular belief by opposition politicians, school fees will not be increased this year, the education minister said yesterday....
‘Let’s abandon block farming scheme’
Maseribane urges coalition partners By Billy Ntaote MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) Leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane, wants government to audit the impact of the...
Soldiers walk to avert crime
By Limpho Sello MASERU — In an effort to discourage criminal activities, as well as to forge smooth relations with the members of the public,...
Blood bank runs dry
By Mantoetse Maama MASERU — The National Blood Bank is in turmoil due to an acute shortage of blood. According to blood donor recruiter, Khoboso...
Revellers snub firecrackers ban
By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Lesotho police’s foiled mission to ban the use of firecrackers for New Year’s Eve celebrations calls for concensus between police...
Lehohla to chair IEC
Staff Reporters MASERU — Former Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla has been appointed the new chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the all-too-powerful body...
Unclaimed bodies rot in morgues
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Seventy-six unclaimed corpses are rotting at Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital, the Lesotho Funeral Services and Martins Funeral Parlour raising...
Thabane reshuffles cabinet
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has reshuffled its ministers in the coalition government. The reshuffle seems to have been...
SA deports 51 Basotho
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Fifty-one Basotho men and women who have been working in South Africa illegally have been deported back to Lesotho. Most...
Monyake in a hole over Scott’s ‘arrest’
By Staff Reporter MASERU — Justice and Correctional Services Minister Mophato Monyake might have seriously misled cabinet and the entire nation over his claims that...
Lonmin helps families of Marikana massacre victims
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Mining conglomerate, Lonmin, has offered jobs to family members of four Basotho miners who died in August last year in...
Lesotho’s Marikana widows bare all
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — A 25kg bag of maize meal, a 12.5kg of bread flour and groceries that include canned food, cooking oil and...
NUL in dispute over internet services bill
By Keiso Mohloboli MASERU — The National University of Lesotho (NUL) owes Telekom SA, a South African telephone network company, an estimated M1 143 000...
Housebreaking suspects arrested
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Two men aged 29 and 33 were arrested this week for their alleged involvement in several housebreaking incidents where property...
Goodbye eventful 2013
Staff Reporter As the curtain comes down on 2013, we reflect on some of the stories that made headlines in the Kingdom this year. The...
Mandela family feud deepens – report
Mandla Mandela sidelined as Makaziwe ‘calls the shots’ The power struggle within the Mandela family has resulted in late former president Nelson Mandela’s eldest...
Nelson Mandela laid to rest
Former president Nelson Mandela’s family, heads of state, traditional leaders, members of the religious community and army generals looked on as his coffin was lowered...
LNDC boss suspended
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Joshua Setipa, the chief executive officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC), has been suspended pending investigations into his...
Ghost workers’ fears prompt head count
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The Ministry of Public Service has begun an audit of the civil service to establish the exact number of workers...
Businessman fights extradition
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Businessman Jessie Ramakatane, who was allegedly involved in the June 2007 attacks on the houses of three cabinet ministers, wants...
Women fight for chieftainship
. . . mother-in-law says widow is a concubine By Keiso Mohloboli BEREA — A chieftainship squabble is raging in Berea district’s ‘Mamathe Ward (Sehlabeng)...
Call to revamp IEC
MASERU — Stakeholders attending a national conference to celebrate Lesotho’s 20 years of constitutional democracy have called for an overhaul of the Independent Electoral Commission...