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Vodacom Lesotho Foundation partners with LCE to establish central training hub

Lesotho TimesMay 31, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 31, 20240453

Letsatsi Selikoe THE Lesotho College of Education (LCE) and Vodacom Lesotho Foundation will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today, marking a significant partnership aimed...

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FNB reaches out to small businesses

Lesotho TimesMay 31, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 31, 20240292

Letsatsi Selikoe First National Bank (FNB)-Lesotho and the Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO), recently marked Africa Day by assembling small businesses from the northern parts of...

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LHDA contractors extend medical services to Phase II communities

Lesotho TimesMay 31, 2024May 31, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 31, 2024May 31, 20240273

A team of Chinese medical specialists offered free medical consultations and health screenings to community members from over ten villages within the Lesotho Highlands Water...

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LHDA strives for financial literacy

Lesotho TimesMay 31, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 31, 20240285

THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) launched its 2024 financial literacy campaign with sessions in five villages in Mokhotlong this May. The campaign, initiated...

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Inmates “threatened” against testifying truthfully at LCS inquiry

Lesotho TimesMay 31, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 31, 20240314

Mathatisi Sebusi A senior prisons official stands accused of threatening inmates against testifying truthfully at an ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the torture and assault...

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Media barred from reporting on famo issues

Lesotho TimesMay 23, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 23, 20242 373

…while Basotho are also banned from listening to famo music Mohloai Mpesi MEDIA practitioners will now be charged criminally should they continue to report about...

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Ombudsman paints grim picture of “poverty-stricken LMPS”

Lesotho TimesMay 23, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 23, 20240242

…recommends swift construction of new police stations …suspects chained to a pole due to lack of cells Mathatisi Sebusi THE government must draw up a...

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Minister unveils M3 million Ha-Ts’epe network tower

Lesotho TimesMay 23, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 23, 20240257

Letsatsi Selikoe HA TS’EPE, a rural community in Leribe district, recently commemorated World Communications Day, with the unveiling of a M3 million communications tower connecting...

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LCS’s security arrangements mediocre

Lesotho TimesMay 22, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 22, 20240256

‘Mathatisi Sebusi HIGH profile inmates kept in the maximum security wing of the Maseru Central Correctional Institution (MCCI), can escape anytime due to mediocre security...

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Iranian President Raisi reported dead in helicopter crash

Lesotho TimesMay 20, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 20, 20240274

Rescue teams are en route to the crash site of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other high-ranking politicians. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has died...

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Female sex workers continue facing discrimination

Lesotho TimesMay 18, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 18, 20240238

…while their clients are treated as holy cows ‘Mathatisi Sebusi FRIDAY’s commemoration of the Zero Discrimination Day by the United Nations, was a grim reminder...

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Sex workers continue to face abuse and discrimination

Lesotho TimesMay 18, 2024May 18, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 18, 2024May 18, 20241573

Mathatisi Sebusi Seven years ago, 23 years old Mpho* from Ha Thamae in Maseru ran away from home after having a fallout with her mother....

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Members are Nedbank 8 champions

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240513

Moroke Sekoboto MAZENOD based side, Members, have been crowned champions of the 2024 A Division League Nedbank 8 Cup following their 4-2 victory over Kick4Life...

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Alliance high schools tournament looms

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240427

Leemisa Thuseho FOR the third time in a row, Alliance Insurance Company will host the annual high school soccer tournament dubbed the Alliance High School...

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LOC to compete at Botswana tourney

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024May 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024May 17, 20241339

Leemisa Thuseho LEPERENG Olympafrica Center (LOC) women’s volleyball club will compete at the universities’ international invitational tournament in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) and...

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Khatala turns focus to Nelson Mandela Bay Marathon

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024May 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024May 17, 20240430

…after obtaining second position at the Absa Run Your City race Leemisa Thuseho MARATHONER, ‘Neheng Khatala, has turned her focus to the Nelson Mandela Bay...

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Matekane speaks on Famo violence

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20241973

after his gvt bans the Famo groups brands them as terrorists as the groups vow to fight ban Mohloai Mpesi THE infamous Famo gangs – accused of...

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PM begins process to impeach DPP

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240414

Staff Reporters PRIME Minister Sam Matekane has kickstarted the process to establish a tribunal to impeach Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate (Adv) Hlalefang Motinyane, from office. ...

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Minister cries in court

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240257

…as he narrates how police tortured him until he soiled himself Moorosi Tsiane MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Tšeliso Mokhosi, broke into tears while testifying...

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Letsoela sued for M2 million

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240329

Moorosi Tsiane LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela, faces more than M2 million worth of lawsuits from two men who claim to have been...

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A woman’s spirited journey to the helm of the police force

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240376

Mohloai Mpesi FOR Acting Commissioner of Police, Mahlape Morai, policing was never her first career port of call.  But her quest for a good challenge...

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LNDC launches Nation Brand

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240285

…His Majesty hopes the brand will stand as a symbol of unity… Selikoe Letsatsi/ Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has officially launched what it describes...

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Mothae mine up for sale

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240332

Staff Reporter AUSTRALIAN mining giant, Lucapa Diamond Company, has put its Butha-Buthe situated Mothae Diamond Mine on sale.   Mothae is an open cast mine...

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WASCO overwhelmed by Maseru sewer

Lesotho TimesMay 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 17, 20240338

Staff Reporter THE Water and Sewage Company (WASCO) is battling to control wastewater in Maseru hence the regular spillage of sewerage around the capital posing a...

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120 children raped in three months – CGPU

Lesotho TimesMay 15, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 15, 20240219

…as police express concern over spate of child abuse cases Moroke Sekoboto THE police service arm, the Child and Gender Protection Unit (CGPU), says at...

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EU celebrates unity and diversity  

Lesotho TimesMay 15, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 15, 20240285

…ahead of European Parliament elections Letsatsi Selikoe ON May 9 2024, the European Union (EU) mission in Lesotho celebrated Europe Day, a significant event honouring...

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Bacha Entrepreneurship Project launched

Lesotho TimesMay 15, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 15, 20240274

Letsatsi Selikoe IN a joint effort to support young entrepreneurs and address youth unemployment, Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB), Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO), and Revenue...

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Lesotho gears up for national prayer day

Lesotho TimesMay 15, 2024May 17, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 15, 2024May 17, 20240275

…as Minister Maqelepo bemoans rampant crime which has turned country into a “blood field”. Letsatsi Selikoe A NATIONAL prayer session has been penciled in for...

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Econet donates two-roomed house to poor family

Lesotho TimesMay 15, 2024May 15, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 15, 2024May 15, 20240261

Hopolang Mokhopi Telecommunications powerhouse, Econet Telecom Lesotho, has donated a fully furnished two-roomed house to a destitute family in Ntlholohetsane, Mokhotlong. The family consists of...

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Taekwondo, gymnastics dropped from AUSC Region 5 Games programme

Lesotho TimesMay 14, 2024

by Lesotho TimesMay 14, 20240312

…as Karate, Table Tennis are incorporated in new programme Leemisa Thuseho TAEKWONDO and gymnastics have been scrapped from the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region...