Category : News

says no to joining governing coalition calls for all-inclusive transitional govt that will spearhead reforms ahead of fresh polls Pascalinah Kabi THE Movement for Economic...

Staff Reporters THE political crisis brewing in the All Basotho Convention (ABC), if unchecked, will not only split the party, but also bring down the...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson, Selibe Mochoboroane, has accused diamond mining companies of using underhand tactics including falsely claiming they are making...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) has warned that the infighting within the parties in the governing coalition is breeding a political crisis...

Staff Reporter MOTHAE Mine in Mokhotlong has realised US$3, 8 million from the sale of rough diamonds including those that were recovered last month when...

Staff Reporter THE First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane, will on 9 March 2019 be conferred with an honourary doctorate by the Divinity College Consortium, an interdenominational...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli VARIOUS political parties including the ruling Basotho National Party (BNP) have failed to account for M12 million they received from the Independent Electoral...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE ministerial subcommittee tasked with resolving the impasse between teachers and the government will today table the demands of the teachers before the...

Bereng Mpaki MANY wool and mohair farmers who sold their produce through the Lesotho Wool Centre’s (LWC) say they have been reduced to destitution by...

as MPs loyal to Mahao vow to vote against budget speech move could paralyse govt operations Pascalinah Kabi THE infighting within Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s...

sacking seen as ‘punishment’ for the duo’s support for Prof Mahao Hlaele comments on his firing Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has fired Law,...

 deal awaits approval of PM Thabane and coalition principals Pascalinah Kabi THE government and the suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara have agreed on a M9...

Mohalenyane Phakela / Nat Molomo MURDER-ACCUSED former Defence minister Tšeliso Mokhosi, former army commander Tlali Kamoli and 14 other former members of different security agencies have launched an...

says he leaves post with shoulders sky high Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has sent the director-general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli FIRESTONE Diamonds, the company operating Liqhobong Diamond Mine, says the mine would have to close down operations if the government was to press...

Bereng Mpaki THE United States (US) ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, has warned that Lesotho risks losing out on the multi-million-dollar second compact under the...

Mohalenyane Phakela STRIKING teachers will only engage in talks with the government on condition the latter drops its lawsuits against the teachers, reinstates those who...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court has dismissed the Lesotho Association of Teachers (LAT) chairperson, Letsatsi Ntsibolane’s application to continue receiving his salary until the finalisation...

Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) continues to be the largest force that can intervene in conflicts to ensure law and order Deputy Chief...

Staff Reporter THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) recently busted cattle rustling operation and recovered eight beasts in the Tsatsa-Lemeno in the district of Qacha’s Nek...

Mohalenyane Phakela / Nat Molomo SUSPENDED Chief Justice, Nthomeng Majara, says she was forced into negotiations with the government which was bent on removing her...

Bereng Mpaki A SUPPLEMENTARY session of the Multi-Stakeholder National Dialogue (MSND) is scheduled to be convened today in Maseru in preparation for district level consultations....

Ntsebeng Motsoeli GOVERNMENT school teachers this week embarked onto their country-wide strike to push their employer to address their long-standing demands for salary increments and...

Mohalenyane Phakela ACTING Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase yesterday granted an interim order barring the newly elected national executive committee (NEC) of the All Basotho Convention...

Pascalinah Kabi/Nat Molomo TWO cabinet ministers who contested and lost in the recent All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive committee (NEC) elections have warned of...

THE threats of cataclysmic violence and bloodshed within the All Basotho Convention (ABC) by some senior members who lost in the party’s recent national executive...

Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has rubbished rumours that he is on the verge of forming a new party because he...

describes Adv Thoahlane’s report on the LCS as “pure lies”. says he “shouldn’t be crucified for befriending Thabane and Moleleki”. Mohalenyane Phakela THE Commissioner of...