There is hope in heaven after all……
Dear Right Honourable Prime Minister, Ntate Sam Let me be very honest with you. Up until the morning of 6 October 2007, my resolve was
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RFP takes commanding lead
BUSINESS mogul, Sam Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party has taken a commanding lead in Lesotho’s general elections. The seven-month-old party had won 47 out
Maesaiah loses Mokhotlong constituency
Former First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane, who contested elections in the Mokhotlong constituency on an ABC ticket, polled a paltry 190 votes, while former minister and
Mahao loses Koro-Koro constituency
BAP leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao has been beaten in the Koro-Koro constituency, scoring 1390 to RFP’s Abinyane Mahatanya’s 3214. DC candidate, Mohau Ts’ilo, scored 2128
Rapapa wins Mosalemane constituency
Professor Ntoi Rapapa, the AD’s deputy-leader, has wrestled the Mosalemane constituency from his ABC chairperson brother, Sam Tsuinyane Rapapa, polling 2345 votes to the latter’s
SR wins Motete Constituency
SR leader, Teboho Mojapela’s win of the Motete constituency in Butha-Buthe, means that his Deputy-Leader ‘Mamarame Matela (former LCA CEO), automatically assumes the first spot
Elections 2022 updates
As former DC Leader Pakalitha Mosisili promised his successor Mathibeli Mokhothu at last week’s star rally, that the party would retain all three Qachas Nek
Govt seeks to nullify controversial M500 million GVG tender
Herbert Moyo COMMUNICATIONS, Science and Technology minister, Samuel Rapapa, has teamed up with the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) to file a High Court application to
Kabi, Lehlanya reaffirm alliance
…as wanted Famo leader seemingly backtracks on his pledge to surrender to SA police Moroke Sekoboto ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, and
Four Basotho gunned down in Polokwane
…as illegal miners’ turf wars escalate Mohalenyane Phakela FOUR Lesotho nationals have been gunned down in Westenburg, Polokwane, in what South African Police Service (SAPS)
Editor’s shooting trial postponed again
Mohalenyane Phakela THE trial of four soldiers accused of the attempted murder of former Lesotho Times and Sunday Express editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri, has again
Career politicians have ruined the country: Matlanyane
FORMER Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) governor, Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, will tomorrow venture into unfamiliar territory as a parliamentary candidate for the Qalabane constituency. She
Thabane govt subjected me to the most painful chapter of my life: Majara
…ex-chief justice outlines RFP’s plans for judicial reforms, independence from executive FORMER Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara is a history maker in that she was
None of the parties share the RFP’s revolutionary ideology: Matekane
REVOLUTION for Prosperity (RFP) leader, Sam Matekane, will be contesting elections for the first time ever. Not only is he aiming to be the
I’m tried and tested: Mokhothu
AHEAD of tomorrow’s crunch polls, the Lesotho Times (LT) Special Projects Editor, Bongiwe Zihlangu, sat down with Democratic Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, who
Vote counting underway in Lesotho’s polls
Herbert Moyo VOTE counting is underway countrywide after the end of voting in Lesotho’s general elections at 5pm today, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has
Lesotho needs credible polls to achieve stability: Commonwealth
THE Commonwealth organisation recently deployed a six-member team to observe Lesotho’s general elections which will be held tomorrow. Ahead of the team’s deployment, the 56-nation
I Hereby Publicly Pledge (In Anticipation of 200 years of Lesotho’s Founding in 2024)
By Advocate Mothepa Ndumo The brilliant Mosotho Historian, Dr. Sean Maliehe, writes in his book chapter, Money and markets for and against the people: The rise
LCD’s track record speaks for itself: Metsing
LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, who had been in self-imposed exile in South Africa since December 2021, finally returned home in
Letshego launches digital wellbeing programme
Tokelo Khausela FINANCIAL services provider, Letshego Group, has launched a new digital wellbeing programme, LetsGo Digital Wellbeing. The programme was launched over the weekend
Vote with your brains, not your ……
T he day we have been clamouring for is finally upon us. Tomorrow we all throng polling stations to make a decision that binds
Club 266 speaks on trafficking, pornography allegations
Staff Reporter THE management of the newly-opened Maseru nightspot, Club 266, has blamed some disgruntled former employees of peddling falsehoods about its operations. In
Molibeli’s fate sealed
as ConCourt judgement clears the way for his dismissal… Moorosi Tsiane POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is now a dead man walking. He faces dismissal
Molibeli’s fate sealed
…as ConCourt judgement clears the way for his dismissal… Moorosi Tsiane POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is a dead man walking as he could be
Death knell for reforms
…as apex court upholds ConCourt decision to nullify constitutional amendments… Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal has upheld last week’s Constitutional Court’s judgement nullifying
Molibeli sued again over “dubious” promotions
Moorosi Tsiane EMBATTLED Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, has once again been dragged to court by the Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) over the “dubious”
Econet donates sanitary towels to 524 girls
Staff Reporter ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL)’s social impact organisation, HigherLife Foundation (HLF) has donated sanitary towels to 524 girls from four schools in Maseru,
I’ve every right to contest the polls: Shao
Mohalenyane Phakela ASPIRING legislator, Zhen Yu Shao, says he has every right to contest the upcoming elections because he is a lawful citizen of
Frazer Solar case date set
Mohalenyane Phakela THE long-drawn out High Court battle between the government and Frazer Solar over a botched 2018 M1, 7 billion solar energy deal
Lesotho soldier killed in Mozambique
…eight others injured in skirmishes with Islamic rebels Moorosi Tsiane A LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) soldier has been shot dead by suspected Islamic rebels in