Nedbank lands top awards
Staff Reporter NEDBANK Lesotho’s Nedbank Money (Africa) application has been named the Most Innovative Retail Banking App Lesotho 2022 in the Global Banking and...
LTDC to celebrate Selemo Sa Basotho
Tokelo Khausela THE Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) will this weekend lead celebrations to mark the start of the ploughing and planting season, known...
Muela Hydro Power station under repair
Staff Reporters THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) says it is working around the clock to repair one of the three units that generate...
Thabane, ‘Maesaiah walk free
as DPP withdraws murder charges due to unavailability of a “key witness”, move surprises judge, slammed by lawyer as “travesty of justice”. Mohalenyane Phakela /...
DC most likely to win elections: survey
…42 percent of respondents say they would vote for DPM Mokhothu’s party Bongiwe Zihlangu DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu’s Democratic Congress (DC) is most...
Ha-Ntina villagers get mobile network services
Nthabiseng Libate THE government has in partnership with the Universal Service Fund (USF) commissioned a telecommunications tower at Ha-Ntina in Berea district. The Universal...
Major defections rock parties ahead of polls
’Marafaele Mohloboli FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea has dumped the governing All Basotho Convention (ABC) for opposition leader, Nqosa Mahao’s Basotho Action Party (BAP). The...
Majara, Aumane in war of words over RFP polls
Bongiwe Zihlangu REVOLUTION for Prosperity (RFP) deputy leader, Nthomeng Majara, has denied allegations by aggrieved former party member, Tlohelang Aumane, that the party neither...
Kabi sings Famo leader’s praises
…ABC leader lauds Lehlanya for recruiting more than 46 000 new members for his party ’Marafaele Mohloboli | Khothatso Sehloho ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader,...
Editor’s shooting: accused soldiers seek discharge
Mohalenyane Phakela FOUR soldiers accused of the attempted murder of former Lesotho Times and Sunday Express editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri, have applied for leave to...
Matekane reiterates pledge to develop Lesotho
Moroke Sekoboto REVOLUTION for Prosperity (RFP) leader, Sam Matekane, has reiterated his promise to transform the socio-economic fortunes of Lesotho in the event that he...
LNDC, health ministry fight over land spills into the courts
…land wrangle could derail Chinese funded M800 million hospital project Mohalenyane Phakela A BITTER fight over the ownership of land in Maseru between the health...
EU denies pressuring Majoro, DPP to prosecute Peshoane
…bloc maintains it has “zero tolerance” for sexual abuse and other acts of misconduct Staff Reporters EUROPEAN Union ambassador to Lesotho, Paola Amadei, has...
We will set up governance school in honour of Mokhehle: Mokhothu
’Marafaele Mohloboli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader Mathibeli Mokhothu says if he wins power, one of his first tasks would be to set up a...
UfC launches its manifesto
. . . Promises a lean cabinet ’Marafaele Mohloboli UNITED for Change (UfC) leader, ’Malichaba Lekhoaba, will reduce the size of cabinet to just 16...
King’s birthday golf tournament a success
Leemisa Thuseho MASERU Golf Club over the weekend hosted a golf tournament to commemorate His Majesty King Letsie III’s 59th birthday. His Majesty was born...
Lawn tennis duo set for Pro-Kennex mini series
Leemisa Thuseho KAMOHELO Khethisa and Lerato Mathibela will this weekend hoist the Lesotho flag at the 2022 Pro-Kennex lawn tennis tournament in Bloemfontein. The...
Ramakongoana unhappy with World Championships performance
Leemisa Thuseho MARATHONER, Tebello Ramakongoana is not happy with his maiden performance at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Ramakongoana came a disappointing 35th after clocking...
Redskins teams qualify for zonal club championships
Leemisa Thuseho REDSKINS volleyball club men and women teams have qualified for the 2022 Zone VI Senior Club Championships. This year’s tournament will be held...
Suppliers could blacklist govt over payment delays: AG
Bereng Mpaki ACTING Auditor General, Monica Besetsa, has warned that the government could be blacklisted by its suppliers for its failure to pay them...
Polihali strike suspended
Bereng Mpaki WORKERS at a road construction site at Polihali Dam under the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) yesterday agreed to...
Elections date set
’Marafaele Mohloboli | Bongiwe Zihlangu LESOTHO’S eagerly anticipated crunch elections will be held on 7 October this year. The date was proclaimed by His...
Govt finalising preps for parly recall: Rakuoane
Staff Reporters LAW and Justice Minister, Lekhetho Rakuoane, says the government is finalising submissions to His Majesty, King Letsie III, advising him to declare a...
US upgrades Lesotho’s human trafficking ranking
. . . but demands more efforts to combat the scourge Staff Reporters THE United States (US) government has upgraded Lesotho to Tier 2 on...
Peka man jailed for stealing ETL copper cables
Staff Reporters A PEKA man has been jailed for five years for stealing Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) copper cables. Lebohang Moru (43) of Ha Lechesa...
Controversial indigenisation law kicks in
47 business sectors reserved for “indigenous” Basotho, foreign investors given a year to wind operations. Bereng Mpaki A CONTROVERSIAL law reserving certain businesses for “indigenous”...
Manyokole sparks fresh war with Mahao, Majoro
Staff Reporters SUSPENDED director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Mahlomola Manyokole, has again ripped into Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro and...
Another M8 million damages lawsuit for Molibeli
Moorosi Tsiane A MAZENOD woman has sued Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli for a whopping M8 million. The damages claim is for the alleged torture and...
Majoro, Frazer Solar gets uglier
Mohalenyane Phakela FRAZER Solar has denied allegations that its managing director, Robert Frazer, fraudulently entered into a M1, 7 billion solar energy deal with the...
10th parliament a huge failure: Vox Pop
…“elections can’t come soon enough, we need new faces in parly” FIVE years after its inauguration, the tenure of Lesotho’s 10th parliament finally came...