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...
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‘Target conference tourism
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Lack of facilities to host high-level meetings and seminars is robbing Lesotho of a chance to cash-in on conference tourism,...
Rand weakens to a five-year low after China manufacturing data
The rand was one of the worst performing major currencies as demand for China’s manufactured goods declined. South Africa’s rand depreciated to the lowest intraday...
How Kim Jong Un had ‘scum’ uncle executed
Stripped naked, thrown into a cage and torn apart by 120 starving dogs: How Kim Jong Un had ‘scum’ uncle executed A pack of 120...
US winter storm hits Northeast with heavy snow, wind
A massive winter storm pounded the Northeast early Friday with heavy winds and driving snow, shutting down Boston’s airport, and prompting cancellations of thousands of...
Public warned against internet scammers using Mandela name
The Africa Rising Foundation has urged the public to ignore a cyber-scam illegally using the name of former president Nelson Mandela’s grandson Ndaba. The Africa...
King Dalindyebo misleading the public – AbaThembu royal family
King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo’s claim to have identified an heir is misleading, the AbaThembu royal family has said. “That tactic is not new and the...
Pope’s first Christmas message: End the violence in S Sudan
In his first message as Roman Catholic leader, Pope Frances has called for an end to the crisis in South Sudan, saying everyone should be...
Immigrants sew mouths shut in protest against detention
Nine illegal immigrants detained in Italy have stitched their lips together with thread from their bedsheets in a protest to demand their release. The protest,...
Four injured after BA plane hits OR Tambo building
Four airport staff members have been injured after a British Airways plane hit a building at OR Tambo International Airport just before taking off. Four...
Make local government developmental
Dear Minister and Deputy Minister of Local Government, I greet both of you in the name of peace, rain and prosperity for the whole...
Central bank trains journalists
By Letuka Chafotsa and ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) hosted a two-day workshop this week to train local journalists...
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...
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Russia to deploy rail-mounted nuclear missiles
A Russian military commander says Moscow is drafting a plan to deploy rail-mounted nuclear missiles in response to the United States’ Prompt Global Strike...
Numsa to consider calling on Zuma to resign
Metalworkers’ union Numsa has come out as the first alliance structure to say they should consider calling for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma...
UN: Thousands of people uprooted by CAR violence
Some 210 000 civilians have been forced from their homes by violence in the Central African Republic capital in the past two weeks alone,...
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...
Brazil’s World Cup Raises Fear of Rampant Child Prostitution
Amanda sits curled up on the sofa watching cartoons on television. She will soon turn 14, but her youth belies her past. The young girl...
Mugabe lashes out at those eyeing his succession
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe denounced divisions in his Zanu-PF party as factions aligned with members hoping to become his successor. “We cannot build a united...
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...