First Lady meets Maseru vendors
…encourages them to go for regular HIV and cancer testing. Rethabile Pitso First Lady ‘Mathato Mosisili has encouraged street-vendors to go for regular HIV...
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UNFPA donates off-road vehicle to LPPA
Mohalenyane Phakela THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday handed over a Ford Ranger 4×4 vehicle to the Lesotho Planned Parenthood Association (LPPA)...
Fraud case postponed once again
Tefo Tefo Two former Standard Lesotho Bank employees and five local entrepreneurs on Monday appeared before the High Court accused of defrauding government of...
Opposition says govt will collapse after SADC inquiry
Keiso Mohloboli The opposition alliance is foreseeing a general election at the conclusion of the on-going Southern African Development Community (SADC) Commission of Inquiry...
PM ready to face commission again
Bongiwe Zihlangu Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is ready to face the on-going SADC Commission of Inquiry once again if need arises, according to his...
New era in cross border movement
. . .as SA minister announces Lesotho Special Dispensation Lekhetho Ntsukunyane SOUTH African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday announced a raft of...
Man walks free despite killing neighbour
Tefo Tefo A RESIDENT of Ha-Jane in Berea was given a wholly-suspended sentence this week by the High Court for killing his neighbour seven...
Analysts warn army and government over SADC probe
Bongiwe Zihlangu The apparent stance taken by the government and military not to cooperate with the SADC Commission of Inquiry currently underway in Maseru...
‘Efforts to professionalise the army have failed’
Keiso Mohloboli Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) director, Tšoeu Petlane, on Monday told the SADC Commission of Inquiry into Lesotho’s instability that efforts by government,...
Metsing testimony angers ‘Maseribane
Keiso Mohloboli Exiled Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane, says Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing’s testimony before the SADC Commission of Inquiry this...
Metsing launches scathing attack on Tšooana
Bongiwe Zihlangu Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing says he realised he was in trouble with former prime minister Thomas Thabane, when then Police Commissioner...
Soldiers raid MP’s farm
Attack guard on duty and demand to see legislator’s Chinese business partner they accused of illegally keeping firearms Keiso Mohloboli A guard looking after...
Metsing ‘disturbed’ by Mahao court martial
Bongiwe Zihlangu DEPUTY Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has told the SADC Commission of Inquiry led by Botswana High Court judge, Justice Mpaphi Phumaphi, that...
Exiled ABC member slams own party
David Seutloali, who fled the country three months ago for South Africa, has accused the ABC of giving special treatment to certain exiles which...
Call to save NUL
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane National University of Lesotho (NUL) vice-chancellor, Nqosa Mahao, has urged “interested parties” to help upgrade the institution and ensure it does not...
Consortium wins LHWP’s biggest contract yet
Staff Reporter THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded Polihali Infrastructure Consultants (Pty) Ltd a M74.3 million contract for the planning, design and...
Business comes together for worthy cause
Mohalenyane Phakela INSURANCE firm, Thaba Bosiu Risk Solutions, on Saturday held a prize-giving ceremony for outstanding students at Boribeng primary and high schools in...
Paragon sparkles after Mothae studies
Staff Writer PARAGON Diamonds Limited on Tuesday said two independent studies carried out on the Mothae kimberlite project in Lesotho yielded better than expected...
LAA calls for review of land policies
Rethabile Pitso LAND Administration Authority (LAA) Director General and Chief Executive, Mahashe Chaka, has called for a review of land policies to ensure the...
Forum tackles women’s sexual health
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Office of the First Lady, in conjunction with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Ministry of Health, yesterday held a...
20 years in jail for raping businesswoman
Brian Chiwanza Retšelisitsoe Kori Moseli (21) from Qalakheng was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday this week for raping a 54-year-old businesswoman...
Photographer sues Shoprite
Tefo Tefo A LOCAL photographer, Francis Tšotleho Mohlakola, has filed a M95 000 claim against Shoprite for assault by the supermarket-chain’s security officers five...
Workshop to train female engineers
VODACOM Lesotho (VCL) and Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) have partnered with the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), in hosting a workshop for southern African...
Civil society ‘oxygen of democracy’
Motsamai Mokotjo A CALL has been made for government to forge stronger links with civil society to ensure Lesotho’s social and economic development. This...
Investors temper Africa expectations
NEW YORK – Just a year ago, Africa was touted as the next investment El Dorado. Two decades of record growth, a rapidly urbanizing...
Suspect in shock claim against cops
Tefo Tefo A man suspected of murdering two Chinese businessmen three years ago has accused the police of pursuing him because he refused to...
MMB partners with UNESCO in Kickstart
Rethabile Pitso MALUTI Mountain Brewery (MMB) has joined forces with the Lesotho National Commission for UNESCO in this year’s edition of the Kickstart initiative which...
Judgment reserved in detained soldiers’ case
Tefo Tefo South African lawyer Advocate Anna-Marie de Vos yesterday urged High Court judge Justice Molefi Makara to review and set aside the document...
Thabane rejects ‘derelict’ govt accommodation
Keiso Mohloboli ‘MaIsiah Thabane this week rejected government accommodation offered to her exiled husband—former Prime Minister and All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane—due to...
‘I smuggled Thabane and his wife out of State House in the boot of a Fortuner’
Exiled soldier recounts his nightamre as former premier’s bodyguard Keiso Mohloboli FICKSBURG- Exiled Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) member, Corporal Ngoliso Majara, says he is...