Category : News

MASERU — Police Commissioner ’Malejaka Letooane (pictured) is under investigation over a tender controversially awarded to an American firm to supply police uniforms two years...

MASERU — Former trade minister Popane Lebesa has resigned as treasurer of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) nearly two months after he was...

MASERU — The co-ordinator of the Lesotho Opposition Forum, Majara Molapo, resigned on Tuesday citing serious infighting within the opposition group. The forum is an...

MASERU — Chinese nationals running businesses in Lesotho say they are being targeted by corrupt police officers who are demanding hefty bribes for fake traffic...

MASERU — Computers containing information on cars registered in Maseru and Leribe were destroyed after fire gutted down an office at the traffic department last...

MASERU — An army officer who was challenging the government’s compulsory pension scheme lost the case this week after the Constitutional Court ruled that the...

MASERU — When the three police officers arrived at Pampu Skundla’s humble home in Mohale’s Hoek they found him already asleep. Also sleeping in the...

MASERU — The shops are teeming with shoppers eager to grab bargains. Colourful decorations bedeck the Pioneer Shopping Centre, Lesotho’s upmarket mall. Shopping is in...

MASERU — The government of Lesotho has secured an M18 million concessionary loan from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) to develop...

MASERU — Makoanyane XI were yesterday clobbered 2-0 by Angola at the Zone VI Youth Games in Swaziland. The Under-20s – missing some key players...

MASERU — Lesotho have been pitted against Malawi in the preliminary qualifying round for next year’s All Africa Games in Mozambique. The first leg of...

MASERU — Lesotho will hold its first national taekwondo championship next month in preparation for a regional tournament. Teams from all over Lesotho are expected...

SEXUALITY is a fascinating and extremely complex subject. This article will not seek to pass judgment on anyone’s sexual behaviour. I was inspired to write...

THERE was a fear among many Africans that the African Union might follow the same disastrous path as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). For...

MASERU — Former trade minister Mpho Malie is suing a ruling party MP for alleging he was behind last year’s attempt on Prime Minister Pakalitha...

SINCE 2007 there has been a push by political parties to move towards the single ballot system. The reason for this was the electoral crisis...

I ONCE attended a diplomatic reception in Harare’s Meikles Hotel. Jimmy Carter walked out in protest at something the then foreign minister, Witness Mangwende, had...

THAT disease, which afflicts most of Africa’s leaders, is once again on display in the resource-rich West African country of Ivory Coast. President Laurent Gbagbo...

MASERU — Namakwa Diamond Limited says it produced 4 712 carats in its Lesotho operations during the three-month period beginning September 1 to November 24....

MASERU — Lesotho yesterday bowed out of the Metropolitan Cosafa Under-20 Championships in Botswana after Namibia beat South Africa 2-0 to claim Group B’s sole...

MASERU — Lesotho’s team for the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa Zone VI Games in Swaziland was by yesterday still stranded in the country...

MASERU — After nearly 30 years of hurt, Linare have a chance to go top of the Vodacom Premier League and secure brief happiness when...