Process diamonds locally for bigger rewards: Thotanyana
Silence Charumbira OPPOSITION Basotho Action Party (BAP) secretary general, Lebohang Thotanyana, says the government must urgently ensure that Lesotho’s diamonds are locally processed to...
60 Basotho arrested in SA clampdown on illegal mining
. . . four decomposing bodies recovered at the North West mine Staff Reporters SIXTY Lesotho nationals have been arrested by South African police for...
Missing Qoaling man found dead
…his decomposed corpse discovered barely two weeks after his wife’s brutal murder ‘Marafaele Mohloboli A QOALING man, who went missing a few days before the cold-bloodied...
Cop guns down wife in suspected crime of passion
…cold-bloodied killing speaks to worrying escalation of murders by uniformed forces ’Marafaele Mohloboli IT never rains but pours for vulnerable and defenceless Basotho women...
Mahao confident of victory as BAP celebrates 1st anniversary
says more than 100 000 have joined, says a BAP govt will lift Lesotho form its dependence on other countries Marafaele Mohloboli MORE than 100...
US govt report flags police brutality, killings of civilians
Silence Charumbira THE 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices released yesterday by the United States (US) State Department paints a picture of entrenched police...
Shoddy Nthane trial and acquittal exposes flawed judiciary: analysts
Moorosi Tsiane PROMINENT businessman Tšeliso Nthane’s trial and acquittal on murder charges is a story that has got tongues wagging since it happened over...
Quthing runs out of HIV medication
Limpho Sello HIV-positive mothers in Quthing have, since February this year, been struggling to access pediatric cotrimoxazole suspension and are on the verge of exposing...
SA court postpones Frazer Solar, Lesotho govt case
Bereng Mpaki THE South African High Court has postponed all cases related to Fazer Solar’s fight with the government over the latter’s alleged breach of...
ESwatini NGOs draw lessons from lessons from Lesotho
Nthabiseng Libate/Tokelo Khausela CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in ESwatini were recently in the country to draw lessons from Lesotho as they continue their fight...
US Embassy staff tours historic Thaba Bosiu
Staff Reporter UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Lesotho, Maria E Brewer, on Friday led embassy staff on a climb up the historic Thaba Bosiu...
Majoro, Kabi factions in peace talks
…as both sides fear defeat if the ABC fights elections disunited ’Marafaele Mohloboli AFTER months of debilitating infighting, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s faction of...
Police swoop on ex-LCA boss’ home
…after High Court authorises pre-dawn raid to recover LCA property Bongiwe Zihlangu POLICE and sheriffs of the High Court yesterday staged a pre-dawn raid on...
Shock as abused pupil hangs self
’Marafaele Mohloboli IN an incident that has left his parents and Sekamaneng residents in Berea in shock, a teenage learner hung himself after being subjected...
Mokhothu blasts “incompetent” police
accuses them of being “bought” by Matekane’s uniform donations, says a DC govt will reform LMPS to instil discipline and professionalism Bongiwe Zihlangu DEPUTY Prime...
Mokhothu slams Matekane
Bongiwe Zihlangu . . . says tycoon not telling truth about why he entered politics DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has slammed business tycoon...
I made Matekane a millionaire: Moleleki
fire spitting AD leader says his party is not for sale even to millionaires like Matekane, tears into “cowards” like Phamotse who dumped him for...
Sakoane chides police and prosecution failures in achieving justice
. . . the chief justice’s comments come after shoddy work in the Nthane murder trial. Moorosi Tsiane CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has blamed “inefficient...
Court of Appeal opens for first 2022 session
Bereng Mpaki THE first session of the Court of Appeal got underway this week and is expected to end on 21 April 2022. Led by...
Moramotse takes the stand in son’s murder trial
but insists he is not aware of son’s involvement in the crime Moorosi Tsiane LOCAL Government and Chieftainship Affairs Minister, Lehlohonolo Moramotse, has bizarrely claimed...
Motinyane steps up fight with “biased” Sakoane
. . . slams judge’s insistence on proceeding with treason trial without ‘chief actor’ Metsing Mohalenyane Phakela DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, has upped...
Hungwe throws out Kamoli’s recusal application
Moorosi Tsiane JUDGE Charles Hungwe has thrown out former army commander, Tlali Kamoli’s application for his recusal from presiding over the latter’s attempted murder trial....
Basotho should be worried about Matekane’s party: Thotanyana
LESOTHO Times (LT) deputy editor, Silence Charumbira, recently sat down with newly elected Basotho Action Party (BAP) secretary-general (SG), Lebohang Thotanyana to discuss his...
LHDA awards M97 million Polihali Operations Centre contract
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded a M97 million tender for the construction of the Polihali Operations Centre to the L&M...
M8, 6 billion target for LRA
Bereng Mpaki THE government has set the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA)’s 2022/23 revenue collection target at M8, 6 billion, about M2 billion more than the previous...
M2 billion needed for roads rehabilitation: Roads Directorate
Moroke Sekoboto THE government needs M2, 1 billion to upgrade at least 478 kilometres of paved roads countrywide, the Roads Directorate has said. Of...
Lesotho gets first IBA Coaches’ Instructor
Leemisa Thuseho LOCAL boxing coach, Sibusiso Keketsi, has been awarded the International Boxing Association (IBA) Coaches Instructor status becoming Lesotho’s first coach to bag such...
LeFA invests in women’s football
Leemisa Thuseho THE National Women’s Football Committee will next week start distributing to women’s developmental teams across the country. This after the Lesotho Football...
Marathoners prep for Two Oceans Marathon
Leemisa Thuseho LOCAL marathoners will be out in full force this weekend battling for honours in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town. The race...
Who needs recipes? Why it’s time to trust your senses and cook intuitively
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