Passport applications for miners eased
By Limpho Sello MASERU — The government has pledged to fast track the issuing of passports to Basotho working in South African mines. This follows...
Category : Local News
Family, thousands of mourners visit Mandela’s casket
Nelson Mandela’s family, foreign dignatories and mourners paused at his open casket as he lay in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Thousands of...
Graca says goodbye Madiba
Nelson Mandela’s coffin arrived at the Union Buildings on Wednesday morning after a solemn procession through the streets of Pretoria, with his family and world...
Mutiny case divides Thabane, Monyake
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Serious discord has again flared up in the government with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and Correctional Services Minister Mophato Monyake...
Dark horses excel on IEC scorecard
By Billy Ntaote and Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — Local political analyst Nchafatso Sello and former English Language teacher Maieane Khaketla have topped a list of...
‘No more leg-irons for fugitive soldier’
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Second Lt Thabang Phaila, a Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) member charged with mutiny over the 1998 post-electoral riots, has been...
Gun battle leaves 3 dead
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli BEREA — Three South African men aged 35, 36 and 53 died in a shoot-out with security forces after attempting to rob...
Five arrested over fake money
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A police officer and four other men have been arrested after they were found in possession of counterfeit South African...
Students pay heavy price for budget error
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Thabana-Li-Mele and ‘Matheko Vocational Training Centres in Maseru and Thaba-Tseka are still not providing training services since last year after...
Vodacom Foundation to launch bigger projects
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Vodacom Lesotho Foundation will intensify its corporate social investment activities next year with the introduction of two major projects...
CCJP to petition PM on gender violence
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) will tomorrow march to petition Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and government Ministries to...
‘Education key part of prisoner rehabilitation’
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Crime Prevention, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Ex-prisoners president, Nkalimeng Mothobi, has applauded the Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) for introducing academic...
Fugitive soldier nabbed
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Fugitive Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldier, Thabang Phaila, one of the alleged key masterminds of the violent political riots that...
Way cleared for Ramodibedi’s impeachment
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A Constitutional Court ruling has cleared the way for the impeachment of Appeal Court President Justice Michael Ramodibedi. The ruling...
Mokobori’s appointment to CCL raises eyebrows
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — The appointment of Thabiso Mokobori as secretary general of the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) has outraged some members of...
PSLE results out
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The Minister of Education and Training, ’Makabelo Mosothoane, will today award 37 best performing Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE)candidates. The...
I will not defect: Thahane
By Boitumelo Koloi MASERU — Former Water Affairs Minister, Timothy Thahane, has refuted allegations that he was planning to defect from his party, the Lesotho...
Khetsi’s bribery case postponed
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Home Affairs Principal Secretary Retšelisitsoe Khetsi, accused of accepting M5 million in bribes from the controversial Israel firm Nikuv...
Major boost for public transport
Staff Reporter MASERU — Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation Minister Thesele ’Maseribane has facilitated a deal with carmaker BAW South Africa, for taxi owners to...
Nursing college students get court order to resume exams
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — First semester examinations at the Maluti College of Nursing proceeded on Monday after the High Court ordered the school’s management...
Lancers Inn workers on strike
By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Lancers Inn employees have been on strike since Monday, demanding a 30 percent wage increment. The workers, whose salaries range...
Scott’s arrest saga deepens
Staff Reporter MASERU — The controversy surrounding the alleged arrest of Lehlohonolo Scott is refusing to die down. Two authoritative sources have told the Lesotho...
Bankers accused of M4 million fraud
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Two Standard Lesotho Bank employees have appeared in court over charges of defrauding the bank and its depositors of more...
Tšepong workers mull strike over pay
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Tšepong employees yesterday threatened to go on strike if their management does not review their salaries to match those of...
Gender divides chiefs’ meeting
By Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — A meeting of Principal Chiefs was yesterday left deeply divided over whether a girl child can take over chieftainship. The...
Chief jailed for contempt of court
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Napo Majara, the chief of Sekamaneng in Berea, has been slapped with a two-week prison sentence for contempt of court....
LDF releases recruits
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has released some recruits after authorities found that they were over-qualified for their positions, while...
Passenger dies as truck brakes fail
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A China GEO Engineering Construction employee died while three others sustained serious injuries in a car accident. The accident happened...
Bid to reduce Lesotho dependence on SA
By Boitumelo Koloi MASERU — About 70 percent of food consumed in the country is imported from South Africa and Lesotho’s Trade Ministry seeks to...
IMF spotlights reduced Sacu revenue
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Volatile Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) revenue could be a threat to the smooth implementation of the National Strategic Development...