Hundreds found dead in river as Boko Haram violence on the rise
Hundreds of decomposing bodies have been found in the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims of the Boko Haram insurgency. Reports of decomposing...
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New dawn for enterprises in Lesotho
Mzimkhulu Sithetho THE creation of the new Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing marks a new dawn for enterprises in Lesotho. The...
LRA exceeds revenue collection target
Rethabile Pitso THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) surpassed government’s set targets for tax collection by one percent in the financial year which ended on...
SA business feels ‘heat’ of attacks
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s cabinet has warned that companies operating in the rest of Africa may be targeted following the xenophobic attacks on African...
African leaders urged to focus on tax policies
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says African leaders need to focus more on tax policies and the diversification of tax resources...
African advertising agencies cash in
WASHINGTON – Western advertising and public relations agencies are increasingly joining with African advertising companies. They are working together to attract international businesses that want...
End of the road for Mahao
…as Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili gives him ultimatum to give reasons why he should not be fired as army commander while acknowledging Lt Gen...
Lesotho intervenes in Ramodibedi standoff
Lesotho High Commissioner to Swaziland, ’Malejaka Letooane, leads a high-powered delegation to Mbabane in a bid to save embattled Chief Justice Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A...
‘Maseribane warns of ‘security crisis’
…as ABC also expresses concern over developments in the police and army Billy Ntaote Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane, has warned of...
Cops drag bosses to court over Monaheng
Keiso Mohloboli The Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) is challenging the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Keketso Monaheng as Acting Police Commissioner....
Neighbour sued M3million over stench
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The High Court on Monday heard a case in which two Sekamaneng neighbours are fighting over a “nuisance” emanating from a faulty...
Top lawyers take on Mosito
Fight between five of Lesotho’s senior lawyers and Court of Appeal president escalates Lekhetho Ntsukunyane FIVE senior lawyers locked in a bitter feud with...
BNP defiant over ruling
Billy Ntaote Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane,has maintained that the former coalition government party “does not have a secretary general” despite a High...
MP in scuffle with parking marshal over M3
Billy Ntaote Democratic Congress (DC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kolo, Teboho Lehloenya, on Monday nearly exchanged blows with Basotho National Party (BNP) marshals...
Minister expresses electricity concerns
‘Mantoetse Maama Newly appointed Energy Minister, Selibe Mochoboroane, says Lesotho needs to produce its own electricity and stop relying on imports from South Africa...
Xenophobic violence
SA High Commission in Lesotho cancels Freedom Day celebrations Billy Ntaote The South African High Commission in Lesotho has cancelled tomorrow’s Freedom Day...
Captain ‘killed migrants’
Prosecutors blamed the Tunisian captain of a fishing boat for causing the deaths of hundreds of migrants when his vessel capsized in the Mediterranean at...
The fall of Rhodes statue – a befitting tribute to the memory of Chris Hani – But the struggle is not over.
The collapse of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes should not have come as a surprise. The writing was on the wall all along...
Zwelithini should face the consequences
Max du Preez Fewer than two out of 10 South Africans see King Goodwill Zwelithini as their king. And yet we taxpayers pay him about...
11 handed life sentences over Guinea Ebola worker murders
Conakry – A court in Guinea has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for murdering a team educating locals about the risks of Ebola...
South Africans have a history of violence – Zuma
Carien du Plessis, City Press Johannesburg – South Africans do not just attack foreigners, they have a history of violence, President Jacob Zuma has said....
Swazi king sacks justice minister Shongwe
King Mswati III has fired Minister of Justice and Constitutional affairs, Sibusiso Shongwe, who was arrested on Monday for alleged corruption. Former police commissioner, Edgar...
Tšooana faces graft probe
Keiso Mohloboli COMMISSIONER Khothatso Tšooana faces an unceremonious exit from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) after sources told the Lesotho Times this week that...
ABC vows to stop Kamoli
Billy Ntaote and Keiso Mohloboli LESOTHO’S two biggest political parties have warned government against reinstating Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli as Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)...
IEC taken to court over seats allocation
Tefo Tefo The Basotho Democratic National Party (BDNP) wants the High Court to nullify a government gazette which declared 40 candidates Proportional Representation (PR)...
No end in sight to taxi turf war
’Mantoetse Maama The Maseru Region Transport Operators (MRTO) are appealing to government to engage their South African counterparts and end the bloody clashes which...
Foundation hosts fun walk for charity
Limpho Sello NON-PROFIT organisation, Little Feet Foundation, is set to host a fun walk in Maseru next Sunday to raise funds for underprivileged children...
Husband stabs ‘rival’ to death
‘Mantoetse Maama A 37-year-old man from ‘Melikane in Qacha’s Nek was allegedly stabbed to death on Sunday morning by a 27-year-old suspect who accused...
‘LEWA made right call on tariff hikes’
Rethabile Pitso THE Consumer Protection Association (CPA) has lauded the Lesotho Water and Electricity Authority’s (LEWA) for taking consultative approach and considering the impact...
Mafeteng man in court over firearm
Tefo Tefo MAGISTRATE Monyake Hlabanyane on Tuesday expressed concern over the proliferation of illegally acquired firearms which are then used to commit crime, particularly...