MCC to take children back to school
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Maseru City Council (MCC) is set to take some children back to the classroom as part of the local authority’s...
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‘Coalition parties represented in IEC’
By Boitumelo Koloi MAFETENG — In a statement likely to anger opposition parties, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said the new Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)...
72 000 register for birth certificate
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — About 72 000 people have registered for birth certificates while 41 000 applied for identity cards since the launch...
Haven on earth
If you are seeking a holiday in the sky, look no further than the New Oxbow Lodge — an astounding place, situated in the enchanting...
Factory flooded
Management estimates damage at M15 million By Limpho Sello MASERU — A local textile factory Nien Hsing lost about M15 million in machinery to heavy...
UN envoy to meet Syria rivals to mend splits
Lakhdar Brahimi will meet both Syrian delegations separately on Thursday in a bid to engineer head-to-head talks. UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is set to...
South African strike hits platinum mines
The country’s biggest mining union wants wages more than doubled to at least $1,200 for entry-level workers. Platinum production in South Africa has stopped, with...
SA economy will remain under pressure, shows LEI
The month on month decline in the leading economic indictor means the economy will be hard-pressed for the first half of 2014. Economist Kevin Lings...
CBL worker caught receiving bribe
By Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — A senior Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) employee was caught red-handed last Thursday accepting a bribe for services offered by...
New entity replaces MCA
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Lesotho was on Tuesday replaced by the newly formed Lesotho Millennium Development Agency (LMDA). LMDA will...
Ambassador speaks on Sino-Lesotho relations
By ‘Mathabana Kotelo Maseru — Long standing warm bi-lateral relations between Lesotho and China put Lesotho in good standing to attract investment from Chinese investors...
Ramodibedi fights on
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Suspended Court of Appeal President Justice Michael Ramodibedi has intensified his spirited battle to avoid getting fired from his venerable...
Death threats for presenters
By Keiso Mohloboli MASERU — Harvest FM proprietor ‘Malichaba Lekhoaba and the radio station’s presenter for the “Rise and Shine” programme, Motsamai Talla, claim they...
LDF brigadier suspended
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Brigadier Maaparankoe Mahao of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) was yesterday suspended for intimidating one Captain Hashatse of the Special...
Phaila case continues to divide cabinet
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — The arrest, subsequent detention and court-martialling of Second Lt Thabang Phaila of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) continues to sow...
Phaila challenges Court Martial trial
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Second Lieutenant Thabang Phaila, currently on trial by court-martial on mutiny and desertion charges, wants the proceedings nullified at the...
Bribing traffic cops now the norm
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Lerato (not his real name) will do anything to get his cab full. He stops his car in the middle...
Rumours of Moleleki’s death false – ‘Mokose
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Democratic Congress (DC) Secretary-General, Ralechate ’Mokose, this week allayed fears that the party’s Deputy leader Monyane Moleleki had died, saying...
Two die after assault at initiation school
By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A 63-year-old woman from Ha Khojane in Mafeteng died in hospital after she was brutally assaulted while attending a graduation...
Suspected stock thief found dead
By Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A 46-year-old suspected of stock theft was found dead by members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) undertaking an operation...
Chinese envoy lashes out at Japan
By: ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe completed a three-nation African tour on Monday where he pledged aid for Africa’s development. Speculation...
Tutu launches new SA Gay political party
CAPE TOWN – As South Africa heads for nail-biting 2014 general elections Archbishop Desmond Tutu has pulled up a suprise by announcing the formation of...
Iranian hasn’t had a wash for 60 years
Amou Haji, 80, chose this way of life after some ’emotional setbacks’ The 80-year-old now lives in a hole near a village in southern Iran He...
Nigeria arrests dozens for being gay
Lagos, Nigeria – Local and international groups fighting Aids warned on Tuesday that a new Nigerian law criminalising same-sex marriage and gay organisations will jeopardise the...
Iran not to back off from nuclear right: Rouhani
The Iranian president says the Islamic Republic will not retreat one iota from its right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Iran is resolute...
Cosatu hands Vavi his charge sheet
The suspended Cosatu general secretary has received a charge sheet from the trade union federation, five months after being put on special leave. Suspended Cosatu...
Betray Rwanda, face consequences – president
KIGALI – Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday warned that “treason brings consequences”, apparently referring to the country’s former spy chief, found dead in South Africa. The body...
Israel bids farewell to divisive Sharon
At the first of two funeral services, Israel has paid tribute to Ariel Sharon who is viewed as a hero at home and a war...
Christian ‘martyr’ deaths rise dramatically in 2013
Reported cases of Christians killed for their faith spiked last year, with Syria accounting for more than total worldwide deaths in 2012. An annual survey...
CAR leader’s future hangs in the balance
N’Djamena – The Central African Republic president’s fate hung in the balance Friday as regional leaders and his entire parliament gathered in neighbouring Chad in...