Gvt wants to hijack poultry business – Mokhothu
Seithati Mots’oeneng/Mohloai Mpesi MAIN opposition Democratic Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has expressed unhappiness over the prolonged ban on the importation of poultry products from...
LWA launches sewing centre to help youth
Hopolang Mokhopi THE Lesotho Workcamps Association (LWA) has launched a Sewing Training Centre aimed at combating youth unemployment. The initiative launched this week will offer...
CBL’s repo rate unchanged
Moroke Sekoboto THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has kept the repo rate unchanged at 7.75 percent, cushioning hard pressed consumers from immediate interest rate...
Funding challenges hinder effective HIV response
Mathatisi Sebusi FUNDING challenges, policy and regulatory hurdles and capacity constraints have been listed among restrictions preventing communities from being effectively engaged in HIV response...
Lesotho makes strides in HIV global targets
Mathatisi Sebusi AS the World commemorates World Aids Day tomorrow (Friday December 1), Lesotho will join the celebration with pride after making huge progress towards...
Evidence of high-profile case “missing”
Moorosi Tsiane CRUCIAL evidence in the trial of former army commander, Tlali Kamoli’s two bodyguards who are accused of murder, has gone missing. The Crown...
LETŠENG RESPONSE TO DWA REPORT – NOVEMBER 2023
Summary response (to be read in conjunction with the detailed response) Letšeng Diamonds wishes to respond to the content of the report titled MALORANENG STREAM...
Marabe leapfrogs Lints’a on top goalscorers chart
Leemisa Thuseho BANTU attacking midfielder, Lits’epe Marabe yesterday added three goals to his tally to take the lead in the campaign for Vodacom Premier League...
Mahosi’s killers arrested
—her driver emerges as key suspect Hopolang Mokhopi FORMER Disaster Management Authority (DMA) chief executive officer (CEO), ‘Makhotso Caroline Mahosi’s driver has emerged as the key...
Parly to discuss Kamoli’s freedom bid
-as ex-army boss files another bail application Mohloai Mpesi THE recently appointed Minister of Justice and Law, Richard Ramoeletsi, is today expected to explain to...
China boosts Lesotho’s health sector
… as construction of Maseru Medical Hospital nears completion Mathatisi Sebusi LESOTHO and the People’s Republic of China have entered into a ground breaking agreement...
Indians, Pakistanis fight for Lesotho citizenship
Moorosi Tsiane SIXTEEN Indians and Pakistanis are fighting to be naturalised as Basotho by the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police. They...
Police officers not above the law: judge
Mohalenyane Phakela POLICE officers are not above the law and they should conduct their duties within the confines of the constitution, a High Court judge...
Lack of oncologists costing govt hugely
Tokelo Khausela / Seithati Motṧoeneng AT LEAST M250 000 is being spent by the government on every cancer patient getting treatment either in South Africa...
Lesotho hosts SACU oil committee meeting
Tokelo Khausela THE Minister of Energy, Professor Nqosa Mahao, says the government is in the process of developing a fund which will cushion petroleum consumers...
LDF FC falters again
…as it went down to Limkokwing University Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) FC continued their poor run in the Vodacom Premier League (VPL) 2023/24...
Lesotho calls for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
Mohloai Mpesi Prime Minister Sam Matekane’s government has condemned what it describes as Israel’s “disproportionate bombardment” of the Gaza strip in Palestine. The Minister of...
Battle lines drawn
Likuena, Benin face off today Leemisa Thuseho NATIONAL team, Likuena and the Cheetahs of Benin will today (Tuesday) lock horns in the Group C 2026...
LNDC, Cuban Linx in M10 million lease dispute
Moorosi Tsiane A POPULAR downtown night club, Cuban Linx, has dragged its lessor, Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC), to court demanding a whooping M10 million...
Soldier nabbed for killing wife
Hopolang Mokhopi A MEMBER of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Liteboho Matlabe, has been charged by the Maseru Magistrates Court for the murder of his...
Econet launches M2 million contest
Staff Reporter DIGITAL services provider, Econet Telecom Lesotho, will give away M2 million in prizes to their customers through its summer campaign, Blue Oceans. The...
Likuena surprise Super Eagles
Leemisa Thuseho FOR the first time since 2006, Lesotho national team, Likuena avoided a loss in the hands of the star-studded Super Eagles of Nigeria...
RFP must unity to foster progress -Lesenya
Moroke Sekoboto NEWLY appointed Revolution for Prosperity interim chief executive officer, Ts’eliso Lesenya, has emphasised the importance of conflict management and peaceful resolution of disputes...
Teachers abandon industrial action
…as gvt commits to paying their outstanding dues Mathatisi Sebusi THE government has committed to address teachers’ grievances dating back to 2019 thereby averting a...
“Mutiny” soldier fights conviction
Moorosi Tsiane A JAILED Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) member, Corporal Litṧitso Mahase, who was once accused of rebelling against former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, has petitioned...
Gin & Trout festival next month
Moroke Sekoboto The second edition of the Lesotho Gin & Trout Tourism Festival, a premier food and beverage tourism festival, is set to take place...
Ray of hope for trapped zama-zama corpses
Mohloai Mpesi THERE is a ray of hope for the exhumation of the bodies of 30 Basotho illegal miners, colloquially referred to as zama-zamas, whose bodies...
Musa Keys sets out to fill up Limpopo stadium
‘35,000 people is quite scary but I know that I’m gonna do it’ . . . Picture: Musa Musa Keys is set to become the latest...
New ministers sworn in
…as Matekane’s cabinet expands …. while opposition vows to topple him sooner or later Mohloai Mpesi / Mathatisi Sebusi PRIME Minister Sam Matekane’s cabinet has...
GNU of RFP and DC only way to complete reforms
Bongiwe Zihlangu & Mohloai Mpesi A GOVERNMENT of national unity (GNU) – comprising the main role players in parliament – the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP)...