Category : News

Bereng Mpaki THE government was forced to reimburse some donations to international vaccine alliance, Gavi, because of weak internal protocols and ineffective management processes, acting...

  Mohalenyane Phakela NATIONAL Independent Party (NIP) leader, Kimetso Mathaba, is working on a constitutional amendment bill to suspend the delimitation of constituencies until after...

  Limpho Sello POLITICAL parties are divided over the government decision requiring them to demand Covid-19 passports from everyone who attends their rallies. The ruling...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) has obtained a preservation order allowing it to seize the assets of seven fraud and...

Herbert Moyo AT least four out of the country’s 10 districts, including Maseru, are currently experiencing a “food crisis” due to the depletion of grain...

  Staff Writer QUEEN Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) staffers who were employed by the Tšepong Consortium have not been paid their gratuities after the termination...

  Mohalenyane Phakela THE Maseru Magistrates’ Court will on 10 November 2021 set the trial date of the four soldiers who have been charged with...

Nthatuoa Koeshe DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu has purchased M30 000 worth of assorted goods from street vendors in Leribe and Mafeteng as part of...

’Marafaele Mohloboli PARLIAMENT’S economic and development cluster committee has withdrawn the Report on the Tobacco and Alcohol Products Levy Bill 2020. The committee’s chairperson, Mahooana...

Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) is failing to adhere to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), acting Auditor General (AG), Monica Besetsa has said....

Bereng Mpaki PENSION funds are now compelled to have at least 30 percent of their assets in Lesotho to prevent capital flight. This after the...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Music Rights Association (LMRA) is unhappy with the Tourism, Environment and Culture Ministry’s decision to unilaterally pick the local artistes who...

Bereng Mpaki LETŠENG Diamonds staffers yesterday donated a prosthetic leg to Mafeteng man, Mohau Mphatene. The M38 900 worth limb was handed over to Mr...

  Bereng Mpaki MOTHAE diamond mine has moved the majority of its camp and administration offices to a newly built permanent location within its leased...

  Mohalenyane Phakela DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP) Paseka Mokete’s much-delayed sexual assault trial got off to a dramatic start this week. This after his...

. . . suspended official seen as “Majoro loyalist”   Nthatuoa Koeshe ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has flexed...

claims he never resigned from ABC treasurer’s post, accuses Hlaele, Masoetsa of plotting his ouster from the party.   Pascalinah Kabi SENIOR All Basotho Convention...

 Minister Rapapa defends security agencies’ involvement in drafting snooping laws, as legal experts slam the “militarisation of the law-making process”.  Herbert Moyo THE Lesotho government...

. . . former minister is said to be fed up with “old and feeble-minded” Moleleki   ’Marafaele Mohloboli ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) legislator, Mokhele...

Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) chairperson, Samuel Rapapa, has predicted that his party and the Democratic Congress (DC) will retain power in next year’s...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) management has been forced to indefinitely shut down the institution following an orgy of student violence at...

Mohalenyane Phakela PROMINENT lawyer, Rethabile Setlojoane, is in hot soup with the police for receiving a M100 000 payment from a client who stands accused...

Limpho Sello ALTHOUGH more of Lesotho’s women are actively using contraceptives, there is still a huge gap caused by the lack of family support for...

By Penny Lutung Amor The novel coronavirus has shown glaring flaws in the world’s collective ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, with none more...

brutally torture five civilians victims demand M24 compensation from army Pascalinah Kabi ARMY brutality has reared its ugly head once again. This after four soldiers...

more than 300 000 youths desperate for jobs, premier says, blames “chronic political instability” for low foreign direct investment in the country Herbert Moyo PRIME...