Category : News

Bereng Mpaki KING Letsie III says the envisaged multi-sector reforms should yield a professional security sector that is free from the unwarranted interference and abuse...

’Marafaele Mohloboli OUTGOING Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili has sensationally claimed that the police have killed at least 23 civilians in the 18 months...

Mohalenyane Phakela TEN murder-accused soldiers who have been languishing in remand prison for more than a year will have to wait until 11 December to...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Office of Auditor General which was roped in to audit the accounts of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Lesotho Special Permit (LSP)...

’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has blasted the government for failing to meet former deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing’s security demands, adding that...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE three-day Multi-Stakeholders National Dialogue on the multi-sector reforms ended yesterday with the recommendations for reforms that will clearly delineate the mandates of...

Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S parliamentarians, already among the best paid people in the Kingdom, are demanding a whopping 100 percent salary increment, the Lesotho Times has established. Their...

… premier warns as historic local auctions begin Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO held its first-ever local auction of wool and mohair with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane...

…only one criminal case on the roll of the Court of Appeal Pascalinah Kabi THE recently reinstated president of the Court of Appeal, Kananelo Mosito,...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE ruling African National Congress’ (ANC) decision to honour the late founding Prime Minister of Lesotho, Leabua Jonathan, has sharply divided opinion locally...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE government has finalised the recruitment of foreign judges to preside over the much-anticipated criminal trials of past and serving members of the...

Mohalenyane Phakela DEFENCE lawyers in the case in which the deputy leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), Tšeliso Mokhosi, and former police commissioner...

’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has called on the police to be tough on criminals, saying “anyone who chooses to steal should suffer immensely...

Pascalinah Kabi THE curtain finally came down on the year-long tour of duty of the Southern African Development Authority (SADC) standby force with Prime Minister...

Mohalenyane Phakela THERE was drama at the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on Monday when the mother of fraud-accused businessman, Makhetha Thaele, collapsed upon seeing her son...

Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE government has asked Shaun Abrahams, the controversial former boss of South Africa’s prosecutions authority, to prosecute the case of eight soldiers accused...

Pascalinah Kabi LOCAL contractors have been handed a massive boost after the government resolved to award all construction tenders worth M10 million or less to...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE prevailing dry spell has set parts of Lesotho on course for erratic portable water supplies due to the delayed onset of the...

…informs supporters of his decision in writing ’Marafaele Mohloboli Pakalitha Mosisili has formally quit as leader of the opposition Democratic Congress (DC) ending a long...

…two soldiers in custody as police and army investigate the theft of communications equipment Pascalinah Kabi TWO army officers are assisting the police and the...

’Marafaele Mohloboli SENATE President ’Mamonaheng Mokitimi is in the eye of the storm after five senators launched a petition for her to be relieved of...

’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE Constable (PC) Mokone Bereng of Khubetsoana in Berea and two other suspects yesterday appeared before the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on charges of...

Mohalenyane Phakela A KEY witness in the murder case of slain Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) internal auditor, Thibello Nteso, this week accused four police officers...

Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’s technical advisor in the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC), Masupha Sole, yesterday torched storm when he told the senate that Lesotho and...

Staff Writers ALL is set for the withdrawal of Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops from the country next week with an exit parade slated...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE slain Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) internal auditor, Thibello Nteso, could still be alive had Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Tšepong) urgently given him...

 Staff Reporter THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) says that all is in place for the commencement of the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) recently foiled an attempt to smuggle red meat worth M24 000 at the Calendonspoort Border gate in Butha-Buthe....

’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress legislator Likeleli Tampane who stands accused of unruly and disorderly behaviour could face suspension without pay from the august house,...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government is in the process of implementing measures to limit the amount of money that can be deducted from the salaries of...