Mahao calls for grand coalition
Billy Ntaote National University of Lesotho vice-chancellor Nqosa Mahao says Saturday’s parliamentary elections failed to achieve their intended purpose of uniting Basotho and only...
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Fuel price hike looms in Lesotho
Rethabile Pitso FUEL prices in Lesotho are likely to increase this week following South Africa’s announcement to hike fuel prices following increase in...
Mosisili returns to power
Keiso Mohloboli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili is back as Lesotho prime minister, exactly 33 months after handing over power to his All...
Kamoli to return to LDF – Metsing
Billy Ntaote LIEUTENANT General Tlali Kamoli will return to Lesotho from his leave of absence in South Africa and resume his command of...
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Albinos ‘hunted like animals’ for body parts in Malawi
A lucrative black market exists for the body parts of albinos, who are believed by some to possess magical powers that can bring good luck....
Kenya burns tonnes of ivory confiscated from poachers
President sets fire to 15 tonnes of elephant tusks at event marking World Wildlife Day to discourage ivory trade. In a move to discourage poaching...
SADC warns Lesotho
With the threat of prosecution hanging over the heads of soldiers and officers who have been linked to Lesotho’s attempted coup last year, the Southern...
‘Congress movement alive and well’
Staff Reporters Democratic Congress (DC) and Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) supporters brought Maseru central business district to a virtual standstill at midday on Monday...
Live Blog: Lesotho Election Results
District: Butha-Buthe Constituency: Butha-Buthe No.5 460 HLOMELA Motebang Francis RCL 22 0.3% 458 KATA Temoho Joseph IND 30 0.4% 459 KOEBU Khang BBDP 16 0.2%...
Maseru Mall clinches high profile tenants
Rethabile Pitso MASERU Mall has added new high profile tenants following the shopping centre’s ongoing relocation of some businesses from its premises to other...
Bundles of joy from Vodacom
Rethabile Pitso TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Vodacom Lesotho, has launched a new product that allows its subscribers to remain accessible even when outside the country. The...
Metsing on the ropes
Deputy premier loses court bid to block corruption probe Tefo Tefo DEPUTY Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday lost a court bid to block the...
Man demands M50 000 over police torture
Tefo Tefo FORMER Lerotholi Polytechnic student, Hareteke Matobo, is suing the Police Commissioner, Officer Commanding Thamae Police and Attorney General, for M50 000. Matobo...
Metsing regrets choice of ministries
LCD leader says it was a ‘big mistake’ not to demand security and judicial ministries when his party joined the coalition government in 2012 ...
State ventures into mining
…establishes company to search for diamonds in Mokhotlong Lekhetho Ntsukunyane GOVERNMENT has registered the country’s first state-owned mining company that would recover any diamonds...
IEC allays fears over ballot paper
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has reassured the nation about the security of the ballot paper following concerns it had “suspicious marks”...
Polls Lesotho’s chance for progress – Mogae
Keiso Mohloboli FORMER Botswana President Festus Mogae, who is leading the Commonwealth election observer mission to Saturday’s polls, has said the group is monitoring...
LNDC partners Postbank
Rethabile Pitso The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lesotho Postbank under which the financial institution...
Thabane rallies supporters
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has said the army should abide by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit directive...
‘Thabane created a security time-bomb’
Billy Ntaote FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has accused his successor, Thomas Thabane, of “destabilising” the country’s security agencies—a situation he describes as a...
Metsing meets vendors, taxi operators
Keiso Mohloboli Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, on Tuesday met Maseru street vendors and taxi operators at Sefika Bus Stop, and...
Lekhanya foresees ‘problems’ after poll
Keiso Mohloboli Former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Major General Metsing Lekhanya, says he foresees “problems” after Saturday’s parliamentary elections because of unresolved “security...
Domestic violence under the spotlight
Limpho Sello CHRISTIAN relief and development organisation, World Vision Lesotho, on Friday held a gender-based violence (GBV) workshop for 25 men from the Leribe...
Thabane vows to fire DPP & AG
Staff Reporters PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has urged voters to give him an outright majority of seats in Parliament to enable him to continue...
Spy cables: 7 things you need to know about SA’s spies
Here are 7 things you didn’t know about SA’s intelligence services, in the wake of details from spy cables released by Al-Jazeera and The Guardian....
Trust essential to any coalition agreement
By Sofonea Shale THE electoral agreements made by political parties and the constitution have been constantly juxtaposed so much in analysing the collapse of...
Zaly in M15 million tender storm
Keiso Mohloboli and Letuka Chafotsa Communications, Science and Technology ministry Principal Secretary (PS) Nonkululeko Zaly has been accused of flouting procurement procedures when she acquired...
Terrified ministry staff now work from home
Keiso Mohloboli Communications Principal Secretary (PS) Nonkululeko Zaly has shut down the ministry’s Human Resource Department after its staff was allegedly threatened by Selibe...
Advance voters kick-start poll
Billy Ntaote A total of 3549 advance voters are expected to cast their ballot on Saturday—kick-starting the much-anticipated election of the country’s new government....