Mugabe sworn in as Zim president for another 5 years
Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader at 89, has been sworn in for a new five-year term in the face of widespread criticism. Opponents and the...
Category : News
The Latest News
Chief killed in initiation row
By ’Mantoetse Maama BEREA — A village chief in Berea district was allegedly brutally murdered by men from his village on Sunday after he refused...
800 jobs on the line as firm fights crunch
By ’Mantoetse Maama and Poloko Peo MAPUTSOE — About 800 people could lose their jobs as Ternsportswear, a Maputsoe-based factory, faces collapse. The factory is...
Woman arrested for stealing baby in SA
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — A 28-year-old Mosotho woman was last week arrested by the Welkom police for allegedly stealing a baby. According to a...
Scott’s case cannot proceed, says Thetsane
By Limpho Sello MASERU — The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Leaba Thetsane, on Tuesday said the murder trial of ’Malehlohonolo Scott cannot proceed as...
Principal Chief, Area Chief involved in a tag-of-war
By Caswell Tlali MASERU — The Mokhotlong Principal Chief Mathealira Seeiso is locked in a nasty fight with his junior, the Maphiring Area Chief Theko...
Popular LTV presenter dies
By Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU — Popular Lesotho Television presenter, Tšepe Mpopo, has died. He was 37. Mpopo died at Ts’epong Hospital on Sunday after a...
‘Sadc not too soft on Mugabe’
By Thato Matsie & Caswell Tlali MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane yesterday denied that Sadc leaders have been too soft on Zimbabwe’s President Robert...
Teacher shot dead in suspected love triangle
By Poloko Peo MASERU — A high school teacher was shot dead in front of his students in a classroom in Mapoteng last Thursday in...
Lesotho set to host special insurance forum
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Lesotho will host a special insurance forum in October. The Lesotho Superannuation Funds Investment Forum 2013 (LSFIF) will be held...
‘We had to lie in bed with the Devil’
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The coalition government decided to “lie in bed with the Devil” to save money by not cancelling the controversial ID...
Two deadly Rs in politics
By Bill Saidi TWO African countries have recently been terrorised by the two Rs in politics — Race and Religion. South Africa, still encountering difficulty...
My bitter-sweet Kenyan experience
By Mahao Mahao Three weeks ago I visited Nairobi, Kenya for a week-long conference hosted by the University of Nairobi at its Science Campus on...
FNB warns customers over SMS, phone fraud
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — First National Bank (FNB) Lesotho has warned its customers to watch out following a surge in incidents of SMS and...
SKA: Bringing astronomy to Africa
South Africa is training the continent’s budding skywatchers to work on the SKA telescope project. It is difficult to teach radio astronomy, which detects invisible...
Ramphele discloses finances, urging Zuma to do the same
Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele has announced her personal finances as an attempt to push President Jacob Zuma to publish his. “I call upon President...
Protesters storm Cairo building after bloodbath
Families have tried to identify hundreds of mutilated bodies piled in a Cairo mosque a day after they were shot dead by the security forces....
Facebook to test mobile payments service
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook plans to test a mobile payments service that lets users make purchases inside mobile applications using payment information they have...
Bradley Manning: I’m sorry that my actions have hurt people
US Army private Bradley Manning has apologised for leaking secret intelligence files to WikiLeaks that allegedly harmed his country and others. “I’m sorry that my...
Scott’s mother in hiding
Staff Reporter MASERU — ’Malehlohonolo Scott is out of prison but she remains in a jail of sorts. Following her release on a M500...
D-Day for top judge
By Caswell Tlali MASERU — Three South African judges have been approached to sit on a tribunal that will hear the government’s impeachment proceedings against...
Health Minister in bid to block catering firms
By Caswell Tlali MASERU — Health Minister Pinkie Manamolela is seeking a High Court order to block three companies from providing catering services to hospitals....
Thabane tours Metolong Water Project site
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane yesterday toured the Metolong Water Project site in Thaba-Bosiu to inspect progress on the dam....
Parliament officer found dead
By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A senior Parliament employee was found lying dead in a pool of blood on Monday afternoon in his office. The...
Fired HIV positive soldier demands compensation
By Caswell Tlali MASERU — An ex-soldier who was discharged from the army after he fell blind due to an HIV-related illness is suing the...
‘Illegal firearms a menace to society’
By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — The Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) yesterday destroyed about 1 700 illegal firearms that were seized during a special operation...
Sekoai in fresh fight to win back job
Staff Reporter MASERU — High Court and Court of Appeal registrar ’Mathato Sekoai has not set foot in her office since February last year. Yet...
Villagers demand clean water
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — After an exhausting day in one of the textile factories in Ha-Thetsane, 47-year-old old Molise Malebo wearily trudges home late...
Econet re-launches fixed line business
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Telecommunications giant, Econet Telecom Lesotho, on Tuesday re-launched its fixed line business at the Econet Centre of Excellence in Thetsane....
ID card won’t salvage our battered image
THIS is an open letter to Honourable Minister of Home Affairs Joang Molapo. Honourable Minister, I greet you in the name of peace, freedom and...