Opposition sees red over delayed budget
Billy Ntaote OPPOSITION political parties have called on the seven-party coalition government to prioritise the allocation of the national budget for the 2015/2016 financial...
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Setipa calls for AGOA exports diversity
Rethabile Pitso TRADE and Industry Minister, Joshua Setipa, says local businesses need to diversify the products they export to the United States beyond textiles...
Top officials’ security withdrawn
Keiso Mohloboli Members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service who were providing Police Ministry Principal Secretary (PS) Refiloe Matekane and Government Secretary (GS) Moahloli Mphaka...
Kingdom Classics belt out Sesotho renditions
Mohalenyane Phakela KINGDOM Classics put up a sterling show on Sunday and lived up to their promise to deliver something different by performing Sesotho...
Suspended consul general demands answers
Keiso Mohloboli Lesotho’s Durban-based Consul General, Lerato Tšosane is demanding to know her fate from government following her indefinite suspension in January this year...
BEDCO lobbies for SMME policy
Billy Ntaote BASOTHO Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO) Chief Executive Officer, Robert Likhang, has called for a comprehensive small, micro and medium enterprise (SMME) policy...
Dangote bids for stake in Arsenal FC
NEW YORK – Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, said he still wants to buy English Premier League soccer team Arsenal even after he was...
Mosili trial postponed
Tefo Tefo The High Court yesterday postponed to 18 May a case in which Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sello Mosili wants to block...
Police lament warders’ go-slow
‘Mantoetse Maama The on-going go-slow in the prison service has severely affected police operations, according to the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) spokesperson Clifford Molefe....
BEDCO warns tenants
…as parastatal reveals it is owed more than M4million in rental fees by businesses Billy Ntaote Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO) Chief Executive Officer,...
US embassy launches male circumcision project
’Mantoetse Maama UNITED States Ambassador to Lesotho, Matthew Harrington, yesterday launched a new medical male circumcision project at Scott hospital in Morija that will enable...
Thabane’s divorce case stalls
…as lawyer queries change of judge Tefo Tefo LAWYERS representing former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife, Lipolelo, in their divorce trial meet...
Dormant companies to be de-registered
THE Registrar of Companies will, on 1 June 2015, start deregistering companies that failed to re-register or update their operational details to shed light...
US offers $18m reward for ISIS leaders
Washington – The Obama administration is offering rewards of up to $18M for information leading to the whereabouts of four top leaders of ISIS. Through...
World Vision shines spotlight on illiteracy
Limpho Sello WORLD Vision Lesotho (WVL) has urged government and other stakeholders to pay greater attention to nipping illiteracy in the bud especially among...
America ‘threatens’ to cut aid to Lesotho
Billy Ntaote The American government has allegedly threatened to withdraw aid to Lesotho should the coalition administration fail to adhere to “democratic principles” and...
Tšooana demands job back
Keiso Mohloboli POLICE Commissioner Khothatso Tšooana on Tuesday filed an urgent application in the High Court seeking an order compelling Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili...
Swazi premier appeals to Mosisili over Ramodibedi stalemate
Keiso Mohloboli Swazi Prime Minister, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, has requested his Lesotho counterpart, Pakalitha Mosisili to “persuade” Justice Michael Ramodibedi to surrender to the...
Mahao defends appointment
Keiso Mohloboli Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao has launched a spirited defence of his appointment as Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, setting the stage for...
Man suspected of killing lover’s child
’Mantoetse Maama A 46-year-old Mafeteng man is in police custody for allegedly murdering his girlfriend’s five-year-old child early this month. According to District Commissioner...
Corrupt chief scoffs at sentence
Tefo Tefo Chief Napo Majara of Sekamaneng on Monday avoided incarceration after paying a M10 000 fine for soliciting a bribe in exchange for...
Queen outlines breastfeeding benefits
Limpho Sello Her Majesty, Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso, yesterday emphasised the importance of exclusive breastfeeding to both the mother and child. Addressing delegates to...
LNDC in textile industry certification drive
Rethabile Pitso LESOTHO National Development Authority (LNDC) Chief Executive Officer Kelebone Leisanyane has urged textile and garment manufacturing companies to be certified under the...
Date set for parley opening
Letuka Chafotsa Lesotho’s 9th National Assembly will be opened on 8 May 2015 following its indefinite suspension last month. The 10 March adjournment came...
LRA strategic plan a ‘paradigm shift’
Rethabile Pitso THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) has committed to enhancing their client-centric approach in the next five years, as the agency seeks to...
Cops search for 10 robbers
’Mantoetse Maama Police are still searching for 10 men suspected of robbing a supermarket in Ha Makoa village in Qacha’s Nek last week. According to District Police...
Parly opening: No more business as usual
Makhabane Maluke BASOTHO who have Lesotho at heart are praying hard for 8 May 2015 opening to clean away the disgrace which the 8th Parliament...
Africa blazes trail of mobile banking
ABIDJAN – Services allowing consumers to perform banking and payment operations on their mobile phones are surging in sub-Saharan Africa, blazing a trail for...
Whose D-Day will opening of parly be?
By Sofonea Shale THE relatively sluggish pace of developments in the post–election era, accompanied by the deafening silence from government has not only created...
ABC legislators on the warpath
Billy Ntaote All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators have given Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili an ultimatum to either open parliament on 4 May or face...