Category : News

Pascalinah Kabi MAFETENG villagers are up in arms with the government for allegedly failing to compensate them for their land which will be the construction...

Pascalinah Kabi THE government is forging ahead with the grossly inflated M2, 8 billion project to build a 70-megawatt (MW) solar power generation plant at...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO has recorded a rise in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks with over 100 cases being recorded in Leribe, Mokhotlong and Butha-Buthe...

as facilities crumble barely two years after “refurbishment” by Chinese company  Pascalinah Kabi MOSHOESHOE I International Airport, the country’s only international airport, faces forced closure...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) has begun investigations into the grossly inflated M2, 8 billion deal awarded by the government...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE trial of two police officers accused of murdering Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) auditor, Thibello Nteso, took an unexpected twist this week amid...

  Pascalinah Kabi ACTING Auditor General Monica Besetsa has called on all principal secretaries (PSs) to strictly adhere to the public procurement regulations, failing which...

’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has accused the government of “double standards” by seeking to have him prosecuted for treason alongside Development...

’Marafaele Mohloboli DESPITE a ban on political rallies and huge gatherings as part of measures to fight the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, low level rallies are...

  Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Tlali Kamoli, will spend his fourth Christmas behind bars at the Maseru Central Correctional Institution...

  Mohalenyane Phakela THE government had to move fast to get rid of former Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) Commissioner Thabang Mothepu because the institution had...

Bereng Mpaki THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) was yesterday shut down to prevent the likely damage of infrastructure by students who were protesting against...

Pascalinah Kabi A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation has alleged that thousands of local ex-miners with occupational lung diseases are at greater risk of contracting Coronavirus (Covid-19) due...

Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has called for concerted efforts to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV), saying a recent study by the Commonwealth organisation had...

Nthatuoa Koeshe FIRST Lady Masekoalane Majoro has revealed that she is a victim of gender-based violence (GBV). Ms Majoro said as a woman in patriarchal...

  years of underfunding cripple courts, magistrates and other officials work under shocking conditions throughout the country. Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela MAGISTRATES’ courts and...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO National Development Corporation (LNDC) chief executive officer, Mohato Seleke, has been booted out of his job after his contract which expired on...

…sues govt, demands job back Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) chief executive officer, Mohato Seleke, has wasted no time...

Mohalenyane Phakela VODACOM Lesotho and the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) are locked in a fresh legal battle over the latter’s directive ordering the mobile communications...

says move is part of efforts to combat human trafficking ’Marafaele Mohloboli GOVERNMENT this week deported three Pakistanis and a Bangladesh national in a move...

Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S prison inmates are currently reeling from an acute hunger crisis, Law and Justice principal secretary (PS), Lebeko Sello, has said. So dire...

claims to be good friends with DPM Mokhothu ’Marafaele Mohloboli A PAKISTANI national at the centre of allegations of masterminding a human trafficking ring has...

  Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi NEWLY-APPOINTED Chief Justice, Sakoane Sakoane, has warned former army commander, Tlali Kamoli and other detained soldiers’ lawyers against conduct...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli LESOTHO has substantially progressed towards controlling the HIV epidemic, preliminary findings of the Lesotho Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (LePHIA 2020) survey show. The...

says won’t fire Molibeli Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has rejected the Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA)’s demands for the dismissal of...

Staff Reporter ROGUE Chinese-born businessman, Yan Xie, is back in the news and this time he stands accused of defrauding the government of M27 million...

  Nthatuoa Koeshe THE National University of Lesotho (NUL’s) Innovation Hub says it is on the brink of making a breakthrough in the developing a...

  Bereng Mpaki THE operators of hospitality establishments that were engaged by the government to offer quarantine facilities for Covid-19 patients are angry with the...

IN September this year, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro appointed Mr Lebeko Sello as principal secretary (PS) for Law and Justice. The position fell vacant after...

DC angered by moves to prosecute Metsing, Mochoboroane for treason, slams ABC for “persecuting” its political rivals. Pascalinah Kabi SIX months after its establishment, the...