Category : News

…as ABC woes continue Nat Molomo THE Court of Appeal will next week Tuesday hear a matter in which Professor Nqosa Mahao is challenging the...

KEISO MOHLOBOLI THE government and Blue Cross Thaba-Bosiu Centre are embroiled in a tug of war over a draft performance-based contract which the rehabilitation facility...

…company commits to paying dividends after posting M33.5 million profit Bereng Mpaki THE government has handed Seaboard Overseas and Trading, which operates the Lesotho Flour...

’Marafaele Mohloboli & Nat Molomo THE All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s Koro-Koro constituency committee has made good on its promise to petition the courts for an...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE beleaguered Koro-Koro constituency committee has launched a broadside at All Basotho Convention (ABC) Youth League president, Tšoloane Maphasa, accusing him of not...

Bereng Mpaki THE government’s financial hurdles have forced the cabinet to direct the Ministry of Transport and Public Works to outsource some of its services,...

  …drug and alcohol addicts sent home prematurely after closure Keiso Mohloboli LESOTHO’S only national rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol addicts, Blue Cross, has shut...

Rapist granddad nabbed Mafeteng A 70-YEAR-OLD Mafeteng man has been arrested for rapping his 8-year-old granddaughter left under his care, on 22 December 2018. According...

Mikia Kalati ALL roads led to Setsoto Stadium on Saturday as soccer lovers thronged the arena for the double header featuring four Premier League big...

’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Prime Minister and outgoing leader of the main opposition Democratic Congress (DC) Pakalitha Mosisili says he had wanted to quit way back...

…accuses Thabane of ‘gross misgovernance’ ’Marafaele Mohloboli ACCUSSING Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s coalition of gross incompetence and mismanagement, outgoing Democratic Congress (DC) leader, Pakalitha Mosisili,...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE parliamentary portfolio committee on law and public safety has summoned Police and Public Safety Minister ‘Mampho Mokhele and Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli...

’Marafaele Mohloboli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) supporters, who attended the party’s rally in Maputsoe in Leribe this week, embarrassed their deputy secretary general Tlohang Sekhamane when they...

… as Koro-Koro vows court action to reverse party decisions. ’Marafaele Mohloboli INTERNAL rifts in the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) are worsening after the...

Staff Writer LUCAPA Diamonds has been handed a massive boost by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) which has approved a M100 million...

Mohalenyane Phakela BASOTHO studying or seeking jobs in South Africa are among the top victims of human, drug trafficking and forced labour syndicates specialising in...

Bereng Mpaki THE December 2018 arrest of Mining Minister Keketso Sello’s private secretary, Refiloe Mokone, while in possession of illegal diamonds in South Africa, has rekindled lingering...

…bids for ABC deputy leader’s post Pascalinah Kabi OUTSPOKEN ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator, Motlohi Maliehe,  who was suspended from the party’s chairship has bounced...

…says Mosisili sided with his rivals and Thabane rescued him me from the “lion’s claws”. Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general, Semano Sekatle,...

Staff Writers THE recent departure of Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general Semano Sekatle to join the All Basotho Convention (ABC) is just the beginning of...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli FORMER Trade minister Tefo Mapesela and former Democratic Congress secretary general Semano Sekatle’s appointments to the Defence and Tourism portfolios respectively, were the...

Pascalinah Kabi THE main opposition party Democratic Congress was this week left licking its wounds after its secretary general, Semano Sekatle, jumped ship and joined...

…says its former secretary general is an opportunist who joined the ABC for self-enrichment Pascalinah Kabi THE Democratic Congress (DC) has launched a blistering attack...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE newly appointed Minister of Defence and National Security, Tefo Mapesela, has declared war on murderers and as well as criminals who use...

Mohalenyane Phakela FUGITIVE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) deputy leader Tšeliso Mokhosi made a surprise appearance at the High Court this week amid revelations that...

…funding challenges prevent locals from supplying vehicles Bereng Mpaki THE much-awaited tendering for the procurement of the government vehicle fleet from locals failed to produce...

 Herbert Moyo THE United States and Lesotho have begun talks over the resumption of military cooperation between their respective armies, a senior official in the...

Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER army commander Tlali Kamoli and Major Pitso Ramoepane have been remanded in custody to 23 January 2019 when they are expected to...

Staff Writer FIRESTONE Diamonds has announced the recovery of a 46-carat white diamond from its Liqhobong Mine in the Mokhotlong district. In a recent statement...