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...
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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...
Effective policy necessary to fight joblessness
By Mohapi Malefane Lesotho last week welcomed the United Nations-initiated youth employment opportunity expo. The purpose of the initiative was to create a platform whereby...
The hurdles of getting benefits for ex-miners
By Mpho Rakoto BASOTHO MEN who have worked in South African mines face a hurdle when they have to receive their dues after retrenchment. An...
Bureau of standards mooted
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Plans are afoot to set up a bureau of standards to improve the quality of local products to meet international...
The rise and rise of Harvest Radio
By Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — “A diamond goes through fire to be fine-tuned and shine the way it does, I also see my challenges as...
Woman makes mark in architecture
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — After qualifying as an architectural drafting and designing technologist at the Lerotholi Polytechnic in 2009, a 25-year-old Refiloe Hape Molefi...
Molapo eases ID requirements
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Stringent requirements to acquire national identity cards (IDs) under the multi-million maloti National Identity Civil Registry (NICR) project have been...
Thabane speaks on Zuma gaffe
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has urged Basotho to take recent disparaging remarks about Malawi’s roads by South Africa’s President Jacob...
Insurance bill sails through
By Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — Parliament has passed a bill geared towards the regulation and supervision of insurance institutions as well stimulating investment growth. The...
Prime Minister bemoans derelict state of roads
By Billy Ntaote QUTHING — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane bemoaned the appalling state of roads within the Tele constituency as well as the Tele Bridge...
‘Come clean on public service direction’
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane (pictured) has challenged Basotho to decide if they want a politicised or non-politicised public service “instead...
Moliko murder accused trio apply for discharge
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Three men charged with death of a local radio journalist Thabang Moliko have applied for discharge. Advocate Thulo Hoeane, for...
Bank manager wins appeal
By Nat Molomo MASERU — The First National Bank (FNB) and its branch manager Rets’elisitsoe Ts’osane have successfully appealed against a judgment awarding M65 000...
Body found in a river
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Police are investigating a case in which a woman estimated to be aged between 27 and 30 years was found...
Banker in soup after bid to spin cash flops
By Limpho Sello MASERU — A 33 year old man is in police custody for stealing M162 000 from the coffers of the post bank...
No end in sight to mortuary dispute
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — The dispute between Khubetsoana villagers and the director of Martin’s Funeral Services mortuary continues as villager insist they want the...
Dumped baby gets passport
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The uncle of the sick baby dumped by its mother in September turned up at the Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital...
Mosotho farmer shoots teenage boy
By Boitumelo Koloi MASERU — Motlalentoa Makoae, 53, a Mosotho farmer based in Ladybrand South Africa was released on M1 500 bail after shooting and...
Pupils donate to Queen’s trust fund
By Limpho Sello MASERU — The Qoaling High School Junior Certificate (JC) learners have donated M1 350 to the Queen’s National Trust Fund. Queen ’Masenate...
‘Thahane was not at the Royal Palace’
In our story titled Thahane to appear in court (Lesotho Times October 24 – 30), we said Water Affairs Minister Timothy Thahane “had allegedly sought...
Alleged US drone strike leaves al-Shabab member dead
A drone attack on Somalia’s al-Shabab has left a top suicide bomb-maker for the rebel group dead, say government officials. A top suicide bomb-maker for...
Lesotho Times wins award
Moorosi Tsiane MASERU — The Lesotho Times newspaper on Thursday won M3 000 prize and a certificate for its coverage of the Independence Top4 tournament. The award...
SA researchers find first evidence of comet hitting Earth
A team of South African geoscientists, physicists and astronomers has discovered the first evidence of a comet hitting Earth. South African researchers have discovered the...
Ibrahim Index: A time for Afro-realism
By Simon Allison FORGET the opinion pieces, the name-calling and the twitter-storms. When it comes to figuring out how well African countries are governed, it’s...
Defections and their impact on democracy
By Mzimkhulu Sithetho RECENT months have been characterised by an unusual spree of defections across political parties. This spree first unfolded at Lithoteng Constituency where...
Thabane,Tsekoa clash
Staff Reporter MASERU — Sharp differences over the allocation of diplomatic posts to 10 foreign missions saddled the government for much of this year with...
Thahane to appear in court
By Staff Reporters MASERU — Water Affairs Minister Timothy Thahane is scheduled to appear in the Maseru Magistrate Court today on charges of corruption instituted...