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...
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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...
The plight of nurses in remote villages
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — ‘Masello (not her real name) is a nurse in a remote health centre in rural Mohale’s Hoek. She has been...
Woman gangs up with lover to kill husband
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — ‘Malerato Lehlabaphiri, 29, and her lover Monnakhotla Chaoane, 22, were yesterday remanded in custody after appearing briefly before the Botha-Bothe...
Prisoner attempts to escape
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — A female detainee was recaptured on Monday just a few minutes after attempting to escape Maseru Central Prison. The...
Militias ordered out of Tripoli as Libya deploys troops
Troops deployed in Tripoli after militias were ordered to leave the capital following deadly weekend clashes sparked by protest against the former rebels in Libya’s...
Tremor shakes Jo’burg, no injuries reported
No damage or injuries were reported after a magnitude four tremor struck Johannesburg on Monday morning, the city’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) said. “An hour after the tremor,...
Britain is learning to put up with Europe
The hard reality of life on the outside is weakening the eurosceptic case. Britain doesn’t like the European Union, but it’s prepared to go along...
Early Warning System
By Gwynne Dyer “We’ve been telling the rest of the world we don’t want what’s happening to us to happen to everyone else,” said Lucille...
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New Iran sanctions could wreck nuclear talks, warns Kerry
The US Secretary of State urged senators to “calm down” over new sanctions, warning they could scupper talks aimed at slowing Iran’s nuclear drive. US...
SA’s economy struggling after motor strikes
South Africa’s economy is slowing following strikes in the motor industry, according to the BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index. The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (Beti) says the...
‘I am here to stay’
By Boitumelo Koloi Maseru — Re-elected Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) president, Salemane Phafane, says he did not pay for hotel costs for 25 District Football...
Lesotho forges new trade relations with India
By Letuka Chafotsa MAFETENG — Lesotho is exploring a range of trade relations with India which include partnerships in agriculture, tourism, health and construction. The...
Fresh impetus to Public Finance Management Reform
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — The Development Planning Minister Moeketsi Majoro said there has been slackness in the implementation of the previous public finance management...
Consumers cushioned
By Letuka Chafotsa Maseru — The Ministry of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing said the recently approved consumer protection policy (CPP) will cushion consumers...
MCC gives Lesotho thumbs up
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Lesotho has passed the annual Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) country scorecard, making it likely to be considered for the second...
Sefika, the driving force behind CBS
By ’Mathabana Kotello MASERU — “Running a business is a continuous journey of discovery; I am nowhere near where I still aspire to be”, says...
Khetsi ‘took’ M5 million in bribes
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Home Affairs Principal Secretary Retšelisitsoe Khetsi has appeared in court over allegations that he accepted M5 million in bribes...
Confusion over Scott
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Minister Mophato Monyake’s disclosure that ritual murderer suspect Lehlohonolo Scott had been arrested with the help of private investigators in...
Judge reprimands Moleleki’s lawyers
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A judge presiding over the fraud case involving former Mines Minister Monyane Moleleki and four others this week accused them...
Party faithful rally behind Thahane
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Water Affairs Minister Timothy Thahane, facing charges of bribery, could not have misused the “impoverished” country’s “few millions” after...
Free parking space disappears
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Motorists say that the Maseru City Council (MCC)’s decision to introduce charges on city parking lots was uncalled for. Steve...
Teenage boy drowns in dam
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU –— A 13-year-old boy who had just sat for the Primary Leaving School Examinations drowned in Maqalika last Tuesday. The teenager...
Factory closure leaves trail of broken lives
By Limpho Sello MAFETENG — Communities in Mafeteng are still smarting from a massive downsizing by PNT Textile firm that saw about 3 000 people...
Graduates forced to hide qualifications
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Thabo Moshoeshoe (not his real name) holds a degree in humanities from the National University of Lesotho (NUL). Moshoeshoe was...
Teen raped, forced to abort twice
By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A Mohale’s Hoek man is suspected to have repeatedly raped and impregnated a 15-year-old girl over a period of two...
Abandoned baby dies on the way to Bloemfontein
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Baby Thatohatsi Mahasa who was abandoned by her mother at Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital because of her poor health died...