Pope’s first Christmas message: End the violence in S Sudan
In his first message as Roman Catholic leader, Pope Frances has called for an end to the crisis in South Sudan, saying everyone should be...
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Immigrants sew mouths shut in protest against detention
Nine illegal immigrants detained in Italy have stitched their lips together with thread from their bedsheets in a protest to demand their release. The protest,...
Four injured after BA plane hits OR Tambo building
Four airport staff members have been injured after a British Airways plane hit a building at OR Tambo International Airport just before taking off. Four...
Make local government developmental
Dear Minister and Deputy Minister of Local Government, I greet both of you in the name of peace, rain and prosperity for the whole...
Central bank trains journalists
By Letuka Chafotsa and ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) hosted a two-day workshop this week to train local journalists...
Lehohla to chair IEC
Staff Reporters MASERU — Former Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla has been appointed the new chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the all-too-powerful body...
Unclaimed bodies rot in morgues
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Seventy-six unclaimed corpses are rotting at Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital, the Lesotho Funeral Services and Martins Funeral Parlour raising...
Thabane reshuffles cabinet
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has reshuffled its ministers in the coalition government. The reshuffle seems to have been...
SA deports 51 Basotho
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Fifty-one Basotho men and women who have been working in South Africa illegally have been deported back to Lesotho. Most...
Monyake in a hole over Scott’s ‘arrest’
By Staff Reporter MASERU — Justice and Correctional Services Minister Mophato Monyake might have seriously misled cabinet and the entire nation over his claims that...
Lonmin helps families of Marikana massacre victims
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Mining conglomerate, Lonmin, has offered jobs to family members of four Basotho miners who died in August last year in...
Lesotho’s Marikana widows bare all
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — A 25kg bag of maize meal, a 12.5kg of bread flour and groceries that include canned food, cooking oil and...
NUL in dispute over internet services bill
By Keiso Mohloboli MASERU — The National University of Lesotho (NUL) owes Telekom SA, a South African telephone network company, an estimated M1 143 000...
Housebreaking suspects arrested
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Two men aged 29 and 33 were arrested this week for their alleged involvement in several housebreaking incidents where property...
Goodbye eventful 2013
Staff Reporter As the curtain comes down on 2013, we reflect on some of the stories that made headlines in the Kingdom this year. The...
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Russia to deploy rail-mounted nuclear missiles
A Russian military commander says Moscow is drafting a plan to deploy rail-mounted nuclear missiles in response to the United States’ Prompt Global Strike...
Numsa to consider calling on Zuma to resign
Metalworkers’ union Numsa has come out as the first alliance structure to say they should consider calling for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma...
UN: Thousands of people uprooted by CAR violence
Some 210 000 civilians have been forced from their homes by violence in the Central African Republic capital in the past two weeks alone,...
Mandela family feud deepens – report
Mandla Mandela sidelined as Makaziwe ‘calls the shots’ The power struggle within the Mandela family has resulted in late former president Nelson Mandela’s eldest...
Brazil’s World Cup Raises Fear of Rampant Child Prostitution
Amanda sits curled up on the sofa watching cartoons on television. She will soon turn 14, but her youth belies her past. The young girl...
Mugabe lashes out at those eyeing his succession
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe denounced divisions in his Zanu-PF party as factions aligned with members hoping to become his successor. “We cannot build a united...
Nelson Mandela laid to rest
Former president Nelson Mandela’s family, heads of state, traditional leaders, members of the religious community and army generals looked on as his coffin was lowered...
North Korea executes Kim Jong-un’s uncle
Jang Song-thaek, previously one of the country’s most powerful men, accused of plotting to overthrow state. North Korea has executed Kim Jong-un’s uncle as a “traitor...
Poor corporate governance promotes fraud
By ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Poor corporate governance weakens an organisation’s potential and can eventually lead to financial difficulties through fraud, corruption, illegal acts or...
Access to credit eased for small enterprises
By ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Plans are afoot to set up a micro lending institution to help finance small and medium scale enterprises set up...
LNDC boss suspended
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Joshua Setipa, the chief executive officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC), has been suspended pending investigations into his...
Ghost workers’ fears prompt head count
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The Ministry of Public Service has begun an audit of the civil service to establish the exact number of workers...
Businessman fights extradition
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Businessman Jessie Ramakatane, who was allegedly involved in the June 2007 attacks on the houses of three cabinet ministers, wants...
Women fight for chieftainship
. . . mother-in-law says widow is a concubine By Keiso Mohloboli BEREA — A chieftainship squabble is raging in Berea district’s ‘Mamathe Ward (Sehlabeng)...