Category : News

Bereng Mpaki THE much-delayed and eagerly-anticipated attempted murder trial of five soldiers arising from the shooting of the Lesotho Times Editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri has again...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has urged Basotho to seize the opportunities presented by the nascent local medical marijuana industry to establish their own...

former defence minister escapes Mahao death probe while former DPM Metsing goes into hiding. Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Defence Minister and Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)...

… more cost cutting measures planned Bereng Mpaki THE government is broke and struggling to pay debts to its suppliers which have ballooned to M1,...

…some medical operations deferred as hospital tells patients to come in 2019 Mohalenyane Phakela THE stand-off between the government and Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital over...

…Minister Sello distances self from his secretary who was arrested for illegally peddling diamonds Bereng Mpaki THE Minister of Mining, Keketso Sello, says the systems...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli TWENTY Basotho-owned companies are in danger of losing their stakes in the country’s fledgling multi-million-dollar medical marijuana industry if they fail to meet...

… shortages of drugs persist in govt hospitals despite huge cash outlay to the NDSO Lerato Matheka HEALTH Minister Nkaku Kabi says the National Drug...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE United States (US) Peace Corps marked 50 years of friendship with Basotho yesterday with the swearing in of 60 new volunteers at...

Bereng Mpaki A MINISTRY of Finance accountant was yesterday dragged to the Maseru Magistrate’s Court to face charges of defrauding the government of M620 000...

Mohalenyane Phakela TEN murder-accused soldiers who have been languishing in remand prison for more than a year will have to wait until 19 December to...

Mohalenyane Phakela THREE male soldiers accused of assaulting their female colleague in 2012 have applied to be discharged on the grounds that their case has...

says ruling party has lost its luster and the country is sinking Pascalinah Kabi Professor Nqosa Mahao, the vice chancellor of the National University of...

Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) nominee for the deputy leader position, Nqosa Mahao, has launched a blistering attack on current South African President Cyril...

…the force’s three months tenure to cost US$785 000 ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is maintaining a small contingent of troops in...

’Marafaele Mohloboli INVESTIGATIONS into the June 2017 assassination of former First Lady Lipolelo Thabane have encountered some challenges with Foreign Affairs Minister Lesego Makgothi saying...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli FOUR men from Naleli, in the Berea district were yesterday remanded in custody to 14 December this year when they appeared before the...

Mohalenyane Phakela MORE than 300 000 people or one seventh of the country’s 2, 1 million population will require food aid due to the El-Niño...

Herbert Moyo THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded Aurecon Lesotho (Pty) Ltd a M123 million contract to design and supervise the construction of...

’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has read the riot act to members of his All Basotho Convention (ABC), saying party officials who fight each...

Herbert Moyo SOUTH Africa has extended operating times at its border posts and deployed 425 additional staff in anticipation of greater volumes of travelers from...

NATIONAL University of Lesotho Vice Chancellor, Nqosa Mahao, was recently nominated for a senior post in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in the run up...

“…because SADC-brokered deals supersede local court judgements” ’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing says he is unfazed by the recent Constitutional Court ruling...

…the compensation claims are as high as M1 million per soldier Pascalinah Kabi A STORM is said to brewing in the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)...

’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has reiterated his demand for the establishment of a government of national unity (GNU) and an independent...

Pascalinah Kabi THE race is on for the top leadership posts in the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) after the party set tomorrow as the...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government owes the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Pensions Fund a combined total of M124 million in unremitted tax and pensions...