High Court opens in Leribe
Mohalenyane Phakela | Bereng Mpaki THE long-awaited northern division of the High Court in Leribe will be officially opened on Monday. Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro...
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Health DG accused of maladministration, corruption
Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health’s director general of health services, Nyane Letsie, has once again been accused of maladministration and corruption. Some health workers...
Legalise abortion: Vox Pop
Limpho Sello THE 2022 State of the World Population Report launched last week revealed that about 60 percent of unintended pregnancies in Lesotho end in...
Crypto in South Africa: What is the relationship?
Pixabay Love it or hate it, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. The world has begun to embrace cryptocurrencies as an exchange currency and not just...
Matekane wants to go it alone
says he wants outright victory because coalitions are a recipe for disaster, refutes claims that he ventured into politics to protect his business interests. Bongiwe...
New US Ambassador Brewer speaks out in first interview
“MCC Compact II will empower women and youths, “Law enforcement agencies lack capacity to conduct credible investigations, “FBI has helped digitise 70 000 criminals’ fingerprints...
Cervical cancer vaccine launched
Senate Lerotholi Women should seek cervical cancer services as early as possible because it is one of the most treatable forms of cancer when detected...
Army sued for a staggering M17, 5 million
. . . damages claims are for the 2021 torture of a police officer, five civilians in Mohale’s Hoek Moorosi Tsiane DECEASED Police Constable (PC)...
Mokete sexual assault judgement date set
Moorosi Tsiane/ Mohalenyane Phakela JUDGEMENT in Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Paseka Mokete’s application for discharge in his sexual assault trial will be delivered on...
Molibeli under pressure
…as family of murdered businesswoman fights for justice Staff reporters A distraught and grief-stricken family has given Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli an ultimatum to explain...
Thabane, ‘Maesaiah trial for murder beckons
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife, ‘Maesaiah, are expected to reappear in the High Court today to stand trial for the...
Kamoli slams judiciary’s “special treatment” of Thabane, Mochoboroane
. . . says politicians’ kid-gloved treatment is a mockery of justice Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER army commander, Tlali Kamoli, has accused the judiciary of...
New law to protect women’s economic rights
Bongiwe Zihlangu The National Assembly has approved a new law aimed at economically empowering women married under customary law. Styled the Laws of Lerotholi...
From Indiana to Maseru: Ambassador Brewer has carved her own niche
Silence Charumbira TO most Basotho and others all over the world, the state of Indiana in the United States (US) is synonymous with its famous...
Mahao promises a better Lesotho
‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE Basotho Action Party (BAP) leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao has promised his supporters a better Lesotho should he be voted into power in...
Teenager kills elderly woman, rapes her corpse
. . . Thaba-Tseka villagers still in shock after gruesome attack ’Marafaele Mohloboli IN yet another incident of gender-based violence that has left a Thaba-Tseka...
We’re working to reposition Lesotho’s tourism — Nko
LESOTHO Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) last month appointed Dr Retselisitsoe Nko as its chief executive officer. In this interview Nko chats to Lesotho Times...
Taxi fare hike looms
Bereng Mpaki The public should brace itself for a significant hike in public transport costs. This after the government averted a crippling nationwide taxi strike...
BEDCO awards M5 million to youth entrepreneurs
Bereng Mpaki FIFTY young entrepreneurs last night walked away with M100 000 each in seed capital to develop their high potential business projects. The...
Sparks fly in Moramotse murder case
as senior lawyer Phafane accuses police of torturing minister’s son to confess to crime, Moorosi Tsiane THERE was drama in the High Court yesterday when...
Nthane acquittal: Ex-Justice minister slams police, prosecution
suspects corruption “messed up” state case, warns rampant killings will continue “as long as criminals walk free”. Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Justice minister Kelebone Maope has...
We are innocent of Mahao murder: Kamoli
Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and his co-accused soldiers have reiterated their claims of innocence in the June 2015 murder of army...
Process diamonds locally for bigger rewards: Thotanyana
Silence Charumbira OPPOSITION Basotho Action Party (BAP) secretary general, Lebohang Thotanyana, says the government must urgently ensure that Lesotho’s diamonds are locally processed to...
60 Basotho arrested in SA clampdown on illegal mining
. . . four decomposing bodies recovered at the North West mine Staff Reporters SIXTY Lesotho nationals have been arrested by South African police for...
Missing Qoaling man found dead
…his decomposed corpse discovered barely two weeks after his wife’s brutal murder ‘Marafaele Mohloboli A QOALING man, who went missing a few days before the cold-bloodied...
Cop guns down wife in suspected crime of passion
…cold-bloodied killing speaks to worrying escalation of murders by uniformed forces ’Marafaele Mohloboli IT never rains but pours for vulnerable and defenceless Basotho women...
Mahao confident of victory as BAP celebrates 1st anniversary
says more than 100 000 have joined, says a BAP govt will lift Lesotho form its dependence on other countries Marafaele Mohloboli MORE than 100...
US govt report flags police brutality, killings of civilians
Silence Charumbira THE 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices released yesterday by the United States (US) State Department paints a picture of entrenched police...
Shoddy Nthane trial and acquittal exposes flawed judiciary: analysts
Moorosi Tsiane PROMINENT businessman Tšeliso Nthane’s trial and acquittal on murder charges is a story that has got tongues wagging since it happened over...
Quthing runs out of HIV medication
Limpho Sello HIV-positive mothers in Quthing have, since February this year, been struggling to access pediatric cotrimoxazole suspension and are on the verge of exposing...