Khetsi ‘took’ M5 million in bribes
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Home Affairs Principal Secretary Retšelisitsoe Khetsi has appeared in court over allegations that he accepted M5 million in bribes...
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Confusion over Scott
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Minister Mophato Monyake’s disclosure that ritual murderer suspect Lehlohonolo Scott had been arrested with the help of private investigators in...
Judge reprimands Moleleki’s lawyers
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A judge presiding over the fraud case involving former Mines Minister Monyane Moleleki and four others this week accused them...
Party faithful rally behind Thahane
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Water Affairs Minister Timothy Thahane, facing charges of bribery, could not have misused the “impoverished” country’s “few millions” after...
Free parking space disappears
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Motorists say that the Maseru City Council (MCC)’s decision to introduce charges on city parking lots was uncalled for. Steve...
Teenage boy drowns in dam
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU –— A 13-year-old boy who had just sat for the Primary Leaving School Examinations drowned in Maqalika last Tuesday. The teenager...
Factory closure leaves trail of broken lives
By Limpho Sello MAFETENG — Communities in Mafeteng are still smarting from a massive downsizing by PNT Textile firm that saw about 3 000 people...
Graduates forced to hide qualifications
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Thabo Moshoeshoe (not his real name) holds a degree in humanities from the National University of Lesotho (NUL). Moshoeshoe was...
Teen raped, forced to abort twice
By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A Mohale’s Hoek man is suspected to have repeatedly raped and impregnated a 15-year-old girl over a period of two...
Abandoned baby dies on the way to Bloemfontein
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Baby Thatohatsi Mahasa who was abandoned by her mother at Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital because of her poor health died...
Brazil spied on US, Iran, Iraq, Russia
Brazil, which hotly denounced US surveillance of its leaders, itself spied on US officials as well as on Russia, Iran and Iraq a decade ago....
Angolan teenager accused of insulting president begins hunger strike
An Angolan teenager who is awaiting trial for allegedly insulting President José Eduardo dos Santos has started a hunger strike, says his lawyer. Nito Alves...
Scott arrested
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Lehlohonolo Scott, Lesotho’s most wanted suspected mastermind behind some of the most gruesome ritual murders ever reported in the country,...
Thahane to appear in court
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Minister of Energy and Water Affairs Timothy Thahane, who was this week fired from his cabinet post, will again...
Thahane’s dismissal hailed
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — The coalition government’s decision this week to fire Energy, Meteorology and Water Affairs Minister Timothy Thahane is a bold and...
Heated debate over Thahane
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — A heated exchange erupted in the magistrate court on Monday this week when energy minister Timothy Thahane tried to have...
Health training college closed
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The National Health Training College (NHTC) was on Tuesday closed indefinitely following a strike by students. Armed police officers on...
Automated spot fine system coming soon
By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — An automated spot fine system will finally be introduced before the festive season says police spokesperson, Inspector Thato Ramarikhoane. Over...
Moleleki fraud case: ruling on Monday
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Deputy Democratic Congress (DC) leader Monyane Moleleki and five others have been remanded to appear in court next Monday. The...
Maseru City Council mayoress fired
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Maseru City councillors fired Councillor Mofonase Hoohlo-Sakoane from her Mayoress position after the court ruled in their favour. Cllr...
Lesotho slips in doing business log
By Letuka Chafotsa and ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Globally, Lesotho stands at 136 in the rankings of 189 economies on the general ease of doing...
Vodacom summer hot RED Prepaid Bundles on offer
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Tele-communications giant, Vodacom Lesotho has launched a new one-stop shop product — the Red Prepaid Bundles, as the company steps...
LNDC recognises top students
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) yesterday held a ceremony to honour the four best performing students from the country’s...
Inflation down in September
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Annual consumer inflation eased to 4.8 percent for the month of September according to the latest inflation report by the...
Maseru’s face-lift refreshing
During times when the major percentage of news tilts heavily towards grim and depressing stories such as corruption, rape, murder, hunger, theft and Satanism, it...
Police on crime stats: We dismiss flawed argument by ISS
The police ministry has dismissed the Institute for Security Studies’ criticism that the latest crime statistics were flawed. The police ministry dismissed the Institute for...
Kerry aims to ease Saudi concerns over Syria
Riyadh – Secretary of State John Kerry is seeking to repair frayed ties with Saudi Arabia over the Syrian conflict and Iran, after making his...
Morsi goes on trial amid heavy security
Cairo – Egypt’s deposed Islamist president is to go on trial on Monday on charges of incitement of violence and murder, in what will be...
Germany may ask Edward Snowden to be witness in NSA inquiry
Green politician meets US whistleblower in Moscow to discuss possibility of helping parliamentary investigation into US spying. Edward Snowden may be invited to Germany as a witness against...
No more arrests for Mugabe insults
Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has dumped a law against insulting the president, which has been used to arrest Robert Mugabe’s dissenters. Zimbabwe’s highest court has scrapped...