LEC seeks 31% power tariff hike
Bereng Mpaki The Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) is seeking permission from Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority (LEWA) to increase electricity tariffs. The power utility company...
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Duck and rabbit farming a booming business venture
Bereng Mpaki Duck and rabbit meat production is a lucrative business for local farmers to practice. Vincent Chechile, a small-scale famer of both ducks and...
Obama Takes Jerry Seinfeld for a Drive Around the White House
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Snapchat ex-employee claims company faked growth stats to boost value
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Majoro begs SA Court, throws Tšolo under the bus
accuses of Tšolo of illegally signing botched M1, 7 billion deal, says awarding Frazer Solar damages will be “catastrophic” to Lesotho’s economy. Pascalinah Kabi PRIME...
Frazer Solar deal was corruptly and fraudulently signed: DCEO
Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO)’s preliminary investigations into the abortive 2018 M1, 7 billion solar energy deal between Frazer...
Kamoli fears death sentence in Mahao murder case
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and nine others’ trial for the June 2015 murder of army commander, Maaparankoe Mahao, has been postponed for...
Nedbank calls for an end to “lawlessness and criminality” in SA
Herbert Moyo NEDBANK Group has called for “decisive action” to restore law and order in South Africa. The call comes amid ongoing violence in several...
10 political parties face deregistration
‘Marafaele Mohloboli TEN out of the country’s 41 registered political parties face deregistration by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). This for several alleged transgressions including...
Former Mayor sues for reinstatement
‘Marafaele Mohloboli TWO months after her ouster, former Maseru Mayor, ‘Mampho Thabane-Libate, has filed an urgent High Court application for reinstatement. Ms Thabane-Libate was booted...
Taxi owners demand 10 percent fare hike
threaten to take “other measures” if govt does not approve fare increase Nthatuoa Koeshe PUBLIC transport operators are demanding a 10 percent fare increment with...
Food security improves but “crisis” expected in October: Report
Herbert Moyo FOOD security has improved for most households in Lesotho due to the above-average 2020/21 harvests, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)...
Tšepong downsizes services and begins QMMH handover process
Limpho Sello THE TŠEPONG Consortium has started scaling down operations at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) and begun processes to hand over the hospital to...
SA riots affect Lesotho businesses
Bereng Mpaki PUMA fuel stations countrywide are reporting fuel shortages as the impact of the ongoing violence and riots in South Africa begins to affect...
Govt begins online verification of Covid-19 certificates
Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health and the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) have joined forces with the African Union (AU) and Africa Centre Disease Control...
Mounting evidence suggests Sputnik COVID vaccine is safe and effective
RUSSIA’S vaccine is in use in nearly 70 nations, but its adoption has been slowed by controversies and questions over rare side effects, and it...
Donald Trump Is Sworn In as President, Capping His Swift Ascent
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Kamoli seeks temporary release to bury his son
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER army commander, Tlali Kamoli, has petitioned the High Court to order the Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) to ferry him to his Ha...
The WikiLeaks Emails Show How a Clinton White House Might Operate
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Ducati has all the cards’ to win 2017 MotoGP title, says CEO
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Suzuki Unveils Its Entry-Level 2017 GSX-R125 Sportbike
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“Disability took me out of the classroom, buried my dreams”
Limpho Sello GOVERNMENT officials and other stakeholders have been engaging in a self-congratulatory exercise in the aftermath of the enactment of the long-delayed Persons with...
Govt implementing programmes to promote disabled persons’ rights: Minister Doti
Limpho Sello FOUR months after the enactment of the landmark Persons with Disability Equity Act of 2021, the real work has begun in earnest to...
Mark Zuckerberg promises to travel the entire United States in 2017
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Tšepong vacates QMMH
Govt takes over as Consortium vacates hospital ahead of 31 July 2021 deadline, hospital faces uncertain future after Consortium’s departure in acrimonious circumstances. Limpho Sello...
US Ambassador Gonzales speaks out
says not enough has been done to ensure MCC, AGOA eligibility, calls for probe into trafficking allegations against Thabane govt officials Herbert Moyo LESOTHO has...
ABC, DC in fresh fight over by-elections
main governing parties accuse each other of seeking to cancel polls over fears of losing to each other, IEC says still awaiting govt decision on...
BAP demands urgent meeting with IEC
as by-elections thrown into doubt ‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE Professor Nqosa Mahao-led Basotho Action Party (BAP) is demanding an urgent meeting with the Independent Electoral Commission...
BNP SG Lethobane suspended on embezzlement charges
’Marafaele Mohloboli BASOTHO National Party (BNP) secretary general, Tšepo Lethobane, has been suspended on allegations of embezzling party funds. BNP spokesperson ‘Masetota Leshota confirmed Mr...