Category : News

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) says it is worried about its leader Mothetjoa Metsing’s security after his army bodyguards were temporarily withdrawn...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government has pleaded with teachers to abandon their planned strike and come to the negotiating table over their long-standing demands for salary...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a case in which wool and mohair farmers were attempting to have the Agricultural Marketing (Wool and...

Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Wool Centre (LWC) has apologised to wool and mohair farmers for delaying their payments for their produce which was has been...

Nat Molomo FOUR local butcheries have lost their Court of Appeal application to overturn the government’s March 2018 ban on the importation of red meat...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli RED meat retailers have cried foul over lost revenue due to a three-week ban on red meat importation from South Africa following a...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court will on Monday rule on whether or not the government should continue paying Lesotho Association of Teachers (LAT) chairperson, Letsatsi...

Limpho Sello VIOLENCE reared its ugly head again in Mafeteng when a 36-year-old famo musician (Mokhakhi ‘Roba’ Malefane) from the Seakhi faction was on Friday...

claims life in danger and cannot move freely as before see initial disqualification as part of a big conspiracy by rivals but insists it’s time...

’Marafaele Mohloboli PROFESSOR Nqosa Mahao is the new deputy leader of the All Basotho Convention’s (ABC) after powering to victory at the party’s drama-filled elective...

Pascalinah Kabi/Nthatuoa Koeshe NEWLY elected All Basotho Convention (ABC) party deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, says he will not quit his post as the National...

Herbert Moyo THE government has still not secured the financial rescue package from the International Money Fund (IMF), almost nine months after it first began...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO is set to receive over M1 billion in support from the United States government to strengthen its fight against HIV and AIDS...

 Mohalenyane Phakela THE commissioner of the Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS), Thabang Mothepu, may have compromised the security at the Maseru Maximum Prison by ordering highly...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Post Bank has indefinitely suspended its chief of credit Themba Sopeng for an alleged fraud involving one of the bank’s clients...

A NKAYI family in Matabeleland North in Zimbabwe has been forced to exhume a body of a Mosotho man it buried in December after it...

Limpho Sello CATARACT patients have been afforded a relief after two Egyptian doctors jetted into the country this week to treat at least 120 patients...

Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has reshuffled four cabinet ministers including former Democratic Congress secretary general Semano Sekatle who was moved to the Ministry...

Mohalenyane Phakela/Nat Molomo ACTING chief justice, ‘Maseforo Mahase, was this week involved in heated exchanges with the audience who heckled her over her perceived tardiness...

Pascalinah Kabi THE All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive committee (NEC) has expelled Professor Nqosa Mahao from the party for taking the party to court...

. . .succeeds founding Democratic Congress leader, Pakalitha Mosisili ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Democratic Congress (DC) leadership contest lived up to expectations with Mathibeli Mokhothu polling...

Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili has criticised Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s decision to seek another term of office, saying he will...

We’ve kissed and made up with Mr Sekhamane Lesotho must get back its conquered land and have access to the sea ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE newly-elected...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli SOUTH Africa has extended the Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) programme for another four years beginning December 2019. The development brings relief to thousands of...

Herbert Moyo FOUR principal secretaries have resigned with three of them expected to be redeployed to the country’s diplomatic missions, the Lesotho Times has learnt. The principal secretaries...

……contractors not paying taxes and rentals for using state properties Herbert Moyo THE Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture is reviewing its contracts with private...