LeBA welcomes subscriptions waiver
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO Boxing Association (LeBA) president Katiso Tšenoli has applauded the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA) for its recent decision to waive
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Eight vie for honours in continental chess tourney
Leemisa Thuseho EIGHT Lesotho chess players are battling for honours in the ongoing 2021 African Online Chess Championship. The tournament started on Monday and
LeFA must get Covid-19 vaccine for soccer teams
Moorosi Tsiane EARLY last month, the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) suspended football activities to curb the spread of Covid-19. Shortly afterwards, the government announced a
Covid-19 worsens women land rights violations in Lesotho
Pascalinah Kabi LOCKDOWN restrictions aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in Lesotho have had an unintended adverse negative impact of undermining women’s customary land rights,
45 000 textile jobs at severe risk
as US govt warns Lesotho’s future is at stake while expressing disappointment over lack of progress in addressing human trafficking concerns Herbert Moyo With only
High-profile trials in danger of collapsing
as foreign judges’ contracts set to expire next month, govt and judiciary yet to meet with EU to discuss extensions. Mohalenyane Phakela THE high-profile trials
Jail terms, hefty fines for Covid violators
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ANYONE who flies in and out of the country in violation of the current ban on international travel will be fined M50 000
Seleke bounces back, lands top LEC job
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Lesotho National Development Authority (LNDC) chief executive officer CEO), Mohato Seleke, has been appointed as the new Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) managing
NACOSEC unveils ambitious plan to fight Covid-19
Limpho Sello THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) is intensifying testing and contact tracing for Covid-19 as part of an ambitious 11-day programme to curb the
1980s coup leader Lekhanya dies
Mohalenyane Phakela MAJOR General Metsing Lekhanya, who led the 1986 coup against then Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan, died yesterday at the age of 83. The
Govt denies NACOSEC overspending
Pascalinah Kabi THE government has denied overshooting the Covid-19 budget, saying by December 2020, it had only spent about M341 million of the initial M698
Covid-19: 28 die in one week in Motimposo
Limpho Sello MOTIMPOSO in Maseru, is in mourning after 28 people died of Covid-19 related complications in just a week, the constituency’s legislator, Thabang
TRC applauds ruling on Nteso killers
Mohalenyane Phakela A LOCAL human rights body, the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), has applauded the High Court for jailing two police officers who murdered
So much at stake if Lesotho fails to address human trafficking concerns: US
FOR decades, Lesotho has benefitted from various forms of development assistance from the United States (US) government. Apart from funding to combat HIV and
Lockdown worries Senong
Moorosi Tsiane LIKUENA coach, Thabo Senong, is worried that his team may not have adequate time to prepare for its two must win Africa
Liphakoe will surprise many – Marai
Moorosi Tsiane LIPHAKOE coach Mpitsa Marai has warned that his side will surprise many this season despite its slow start to the 2020/21 Vodacom
Two more women certified to become chess instructors
Leemisa Thuseho MABOLOKO Leboela and Naleli McPherson were last week awarded Chess Development Instructors titles by FIDE. Leboela and Naleli will join Lieketseng Ngatane
Matsoso joins Wits
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Lioli winger Luciano Matsoso has been thrown a life line by the South Africa’s ABC Motsepe League outfit Wits University after struggling
LSRC receives Covid-19 relief funds from govt
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Sport and Recreation Commission (LSRC) has received M2 million from the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sport and Recreation to cushion
Sello must introspect
Moorosi Tsiane IN September last year, the Bantu duo of Tsietsi Khooa and Bokang Sello left the country to try their luck with Port Elizabeth
AG warns of Covid-19 doomsday
says war against pandemic may not be won as “illegal” NACOSEC splurges M1,5 billion on wasteful expenditure Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO is unlikely to win its
Majoro, Mahao fight fire with fire
accuse Manyokole of destabilising govt Pascalinah Kabi / Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro and his Law and Justice Minister, Professor Nqosa Mahao, have joined
Majoro announces “hard lockdown” to fight Covid-19
hospitals, mortuaries overwhelmed, coffins run out as Covid situation reaches crisis levels, premier reveals. Limpho Sello | Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has reimposed a
US ambassador blasts pro-Trump rioters
acknowledges Biden’s electoral victory, says “criminals” who stormed the Capitol will face the music Herbert Moyo UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, has
Lipolelo murder trial delay: Molibeli, Mokete blame DPP
police bosses baffled by DPP’s failure to act despite “water-tight case” against Thabane. ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli and Deputy Police Commissioner Paseka Mokete,
Vumbukani “pained and embarrassed” by corruption claims
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Standard Lesotho Bank chief executive officer (CEO), Mpho Vumbukani, says he is “pained and embarrassed” by the unfounded
Manyokole part of plot to topple Majoro: DCEO officer
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi THE director general of the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Mahlomola Manyokole, is a disgruntled officer who
Nteso’s widow weeps as his killers get 20 years
Mohalenyane Phakela | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli TWO police officers who were last month convicted of murdering Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) auditor, Thibello Nteso, were yesterday
Molibeli in fresh court battle with subordinate
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi A FRESH war has broken out in the police command pitting Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, against one of his
Govt sets aside M240 million for Covid-19 vaccine
Limpho Sello THE government will set aside M240 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has said. This in addition to the free