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  Ntsebeng Motsoeli TODAY marks exactly a month to the date parliament reconvened after a lengthy winter break which began on 25 June 2020. But...

as woman drowns while attempting to cross into South Africa Limpho Sello LESOTHO has a crisis on its hands after recording a sharp increase in...

Pascalinah Kabi PROMINENT businessman Thabiso Tlelai has died. Mr Tlelai, who had business interests in Lesotho and South Africa’s hospitality sectors, died together with his...

as murders of foreign business owners escalate and, key investors threaten to abandon Lesotho over safety concerns… ’Marafaele Mohloboli THOUSANDS of jobs in the country’s...

says time for negotiations is over and their dispute will be settled by the courts  Pascalinah Kabi  THERE is no love lost between Attorney General...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane, has alleged that Police Sub-Inspector Mokheseng Ramahloko was murdered in an attempt to conceal...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed Law and Justice Minister, Professor Nqosa Mahao’s application for an order compelling the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)...

Bereng Mpaki STANDARD Lesotho Bank (SLB) chief executive officer, Kenrick Cockerill, has died. The bank yesterday said Mr Cockerill died in South Africa on 20...

Pascalinah Kabi POLICE are investigating claims that former Foreign Affairs and International Relations Minister, Lesego Makgothi, was bribed by the Moroccan government to abandon Lesotho’s...

Bereng Mpaki PUBLIC Service Minister Semano Sekatle has tabled proposals to increase the salaries of the prime minister, his deputy, legislators as well as heads...

  Bereng Mpaki FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s chef, Puleng Mokhele, has dragged the government to the Labour Court over the non-payment of her salaries...

Bereng Mpaki PARLIAMENT this week adopted the Businesses Licensing and Registration Regulations of 2020 which reserve certain businesses for indigenous Basotho only. The regulations have...

Pascalinah Kabi ANOTHER week, another report of infighting in the fractious ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC). This time the ABC’s Mohale’s Hoek constituency committee is...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE public must desist from attending public gatherings which put them at the risk of contracting and spreading Covid-19, Deputy Minister of Health...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) has accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and other high-profile detainees of “demonising” the LCS with...

Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro yesterday launched a Covid-19 relief for persons aged 60 to 69 years in Matlakeng, Leribe. The scheme will see...

as explosive fight over judges’ appointments rages on Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi ACTING Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary,...

Herbert Moyo THE United States (US) government has given Lesotho just three months to address concerns about human trafficking and other human rights violations or...

  Pascalinah Kabi MEMBERS of the National Reforms Authority (NRA) are up in arms with the government over tax deductions on their sitting allowances which...

  Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Police and Public Safety Minister Lehlohonolo Moramotse’s murder-accused son, Thabo Moramotse, is still at large more than a month after the...

  Pascalinah Kabi THOUSANDS of commuters around the country were left stranded yesterday when taxi operators began a seven-day nationwide strike to press the government...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) has accused the government of oppressing and further impoverishing Basotho through the “illegal” establishment of a mobile...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli | Ntsebeng Motsoeli BASOTHO and other people living in the country can now breathe easy after the Lesotho and South African governments...

  Limpho Sello A NURSING assistant has been illegally running two clinics in Maseru and offering various medical services including abortion for the past four...

as LCA boss accuses the telecoms giant of state capture and terrorism as well as offering ‘Maesaiah M2 million to get her fired Mohalenyane Phakela...

 ‘…you have three weeks to decide if you still want me as leader’ Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has given his ruling All...

Bereng Mpaki THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued new regulations to preserve certain businesses for indigenous Basotho only. The Business Licensing and Registration...

  Mohalenyane Phakela THE treason trial of politicians, Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane has been postponed again, this time to 10 November 2020. The duo...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal will pronounce itself on 30 October 2020 on whether Zimbabwean Judge Charles Hungwe should recuse himself from presiding over...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli NEWLY appointed principal secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tumelo Raboletse, says he is working on transferring some top immigration officers...