Mosito implicates fellow judges and top lawyers in tax fraud
Tefo Tefo Court of Appeal President Justice Kananelo Mosito says fellow judges and some top lawyers have not paid income tax on time but...
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Army defends soldiers’ detention
Tefo Tefo Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Deputy Commander Major-General Khoantle Motšomotšo says army commander Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli is not in contempt of court for...
Taxi operators threaten govt over Bidvest deal
Motsamai Mokotjo Public transport operators are demanding the termination of a six-month contract government has signed with South Africa’s Bidvest Car Rental. Under the...
Govt cracks down on famo
Pascalinah Kabi and Motsamai Mokotjo Tourism, Environment and Culture Minister Likeleli Tampane says famo should be temporarily banned from all radio stations while government...
M1million stolen from ministry office
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation was robbed of over M1million on Monday this week. The money had been left in...
Mokaloba denies army divided over Kamoli
Keiso Mohloboli Brigadier Ramanka Mokaloba on Monday denied claims that last year’s removal of Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli as Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, and...
Opposition vows to continue parly boycott
‘Until our leaders return from exile and Kamoli steps down as LDF commander, we are not going back to parliament,’ vows BNP Deputy Leader...
‘Lesotho digital migration on course’
Motsamai Mokotjo THE Ministry of Communications’ Broadcasting Director-General (DG) Dada Moqasa says 80 percent of the work in converting the analogue broadcasting signal to...
Business forum to chart private sector growth
Rethabile Pitso THE Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL) is set to hold a business forum and trade exhibition on 19 November 2015 to...
EU calls for concerted efforts in HIV fight
Motsamai Mokotjo EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador Michael Doyle says the bloc is committed to stepping up the pace in the fight against HIV/AIDS in...
Letshego comes to Leribe school’s rescue
Rethabile Pitso LETSHEGO Financial Solutions (LFS) yesterday donated books, dining tables and chairs to St Paul School for the Blind in Leribe. The gesture...
Limkokwing honours outstanding graduands
Mohalenyane Phakela LIMKOKWING University of Creative Technology (LUCT) yesterday honoured 28 outstanding graduands during an award-giving ceremony at its campus in Maseru. The honorees...
African businesses lose out to corrupt competitors
BERLIN – Corruption remains a major cost for honest companies in Africa with 34 percent of businesses reported to be losing out on deals...
SABMiller agrees AB Inbev takeover deal
JOHANNESBURG – The world’s two biggest beer producers are set to merge after SABMiller accepted an increased takeover offer from rival Anheuser-Busch InBev. SABMiller...
Why the West should listen to Putin on Syria
As everyone knows, the only way to stop the slaughter in Syria is for the US to work with Assad – and to stop...
Rivals Isis, al-Nusra call for jihad on Russia and US
The Islamic State group and al Nusra called on Muslims to wage jihad on Russia and the US, as Moscow announced it had intensified its...
Zuma suspends police commissioner Riah Phiyega
President Jacob Zuma has suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega with immediate effect and on full pay. The presidency announced in a press statement on...
Motsoeneng summoned to SABC disciplinary hearing
The SABC has initiated disciplinary action against chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng and given him notice to attend a hearing at month end. SABC...
Obama denounces ‘inflammatory’ Trump immigration policies
Washington – President Barack Obama denounced the immigration policies of leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday, without naming him directly, in a speech...
UN denies 5 civilians killed in UN copter attack in DRC
New York – The United Nations on Thursday rejected accusations from a governor in the Democratic Republic of Congo that five civilians had been killed...
Thabane disappoints supporters
…as exiled ABC leader decides not to testify in public Keiso Mohloboli THABA ‘NCHU-Former Prime Thomas Thabane decided not to testify in public when...
Mutiny suspects reject Court Martial judges
Billy Ntaote A lawyer representing 23 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) members charged with mutiny is challenging the composition of the Court Martial jury...
LDF faces legal action over detained soldiers
Tefo Tefo LAWYERS representing soldiers detained in Maseru Maximum Security Prison are planning to sue the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) for contempt of court...
LTDC to launch Lesotho’s tourism brand identity
Motsamai Mokotjo THE Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) is set to launch a new tourism brand identity and slogan to showcase the country as...
Famo turf war claims five lives
Pascalinah Kabi “Until people lose their wives and children or have whole families wiped off from the face of the earth, they will continue...
Army ordered to pay M450k in torture lawsuit
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge, Justice ‘Maseshophe Hlajoane, on Monday ordered the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) to pay a Maseru businessman M450 000 as compensation...
Leuta on the warpath
. . . as BNP secretary-general alleges plot to side-line him Bongiwe Zihlangu BASOTHO National Party (BNP) Secretary-General (SG) Lesojane Leuta has launched a...
Lesotho, SA sign cross-border MOU
Rethabile Pitso SOCIAL Development Minister Molahlehi Letlotlo and his South African counterpart, Bathabile Dlamini, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance cross-border...
Motšeleli accuses Sechele of pushing for Kamoli’s ouster
Keiso Mohloboli THABA ‘NCHU- Exiled All Basotho Convention (ABC) member, Teboho Motšeleli, this week told the SADC Commission of Inquiry that Colonel Bulane Sechele...
Analysts warn state over SADC inquiry
…say snubbing South African hearings was not a smart move Bongiwe Zihlangu Government’s decision to snub the SADC inquiry currently underway in South Africa...