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  New Lesotho National Development Corporation Chief Executive Officer Kelebone Leisanyane outlines his vision for the parastatal   THE Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) opened yet another new chapter this…

‘Research shows that the spread of the disease among people between the ages of 15 and 24 years is faster. They do not want to test. They are dying in…

   Telecommunications giant says LTE is the next evolution of the company’s network upgrade that will support Lesotho’s growing internet needs.  IN an effort to keep up with growing demand,…

  ADVISION Lesotho yesterday released the results of Round 6 of the Afrobarometer Lesotho National Survey, which highlight Basotho’s views on critical political issues in their own country. The Lesotho…

  Health Minister Dr Pinkie Manamolela speaks about the Lesotho Medical School whose first intake began lessons on 1 September 2014, while also highlighting other challenges facing the country’s healthcare…

  THE British government, through the British High Commission to Lesotho, is offering six Basotho a chance to further their studies in the United Kingdom (UK) under the one-year Chevening…

Staff Reporter MKM director, Simon Thebe-ea-Khale, has expressed confidence that his company would be back in business before the end of this year. Mr Thebe-ea-Khale’s brainchild was shut down in…

  The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Acting Director of Elections, Mphasa Mokhochane, is under no illusion about the magnitude of the task that awaits the polling body when Basotho choose…

  LEROTHOLI Polytechnic students resume classes on Tuesday next week after the government-owned college was shut down indefinitely on 26 August 2014 following the death of two students — allegedly…

We, the majority MPs, have to be heard and people should stop trying to solve the problems of a coalition government which has effectively collapsed. It is like trying to…

PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane says he is not keen to re-open Parliament on 19 September 2014, as he had initially agreed during a Southern African Development Community (SADC) brokered meeting…

  Tsitsi Matope Women are the pillars of strength in many Basotho families, while also holding similar influential roles in some sectors of the economy. However, over the years, women…

  Tsitsi Matope In Lesotho, HIV/AIDS is like a stubborn migraine that never goes away. According to some activists, the last two years have been particularly dangerous for the country…

Tsitsi Matope Lithabaneng residents were left in a state of shock after the bloody, lifeless body of a 36-year-old woman was found in her bedroom on Monday this week. Apart…

  Tsitsi Matope The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is one of government’s key departments which deal with the country’s major development projects, among them the construction of roads,…

Tsitsi Matope Lesotho’s female Members of Parliament (MPs) have often been accused of failing to contribute to critical debate in the august house, which could lead to the transformation of…

Tsitsi Matope The Lesotho Bureau of Statistics (LBS) has projected poor harvests this year for the country’s three major cereals, namely maize, sorghum and wheat. The Lesotho Times spoke to…

Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso reflects on her marriage, being 38, society at large and her transition to the Royal Queen she is today. Tsitsi Matope QUEEN ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso, who…

Tsitsi Matope The descendants of King Moorosi — the formidable leader of the Baphuthi people who passed away in 1879 at Mount Moorosi in Quthing District — believe they are…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Lesotho is a “water country” and its citizens should benefit free supplies — this is the argument by some pressure-groups and individuals, who have a…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Lesotho Meteorological Services has projected an “abnormally cold” winter this year, which is also expected to be unusually long and rainy. The Lesotho Times…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Companies Registry, which falls under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing, is in the process of updating its records while also making…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Today is Holy Thursday — an important day in the Christian faith, when Jesus had his last supper with his disciples. In the Roman Catholic…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has come a long way since its establishment in 1967. Tasked with promoting Lesotho as an attractive investment location…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Lesotho will tomorrow belatedly commemorate World Tuberculosis Day in Nazareth amid a disturbingly high incidence of the disease. Globally, the commemorations take place every year…

  . . . as Phase Two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is finally launched today By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Today is a big day for Lesotho and…

    By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Officer Commanding Maseru District, Senior Superintendent Mofokeng Kolo has warned communities against taking the law into their own hands in what is…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Legend has it that while still in his mid-teens, Lepoqo Letlama Mokhachane (later to be known as King Moshoeshoe 1), had already mastered the intricate…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU-Lesotho is still far from understanding and taking disability issues seriously and this has left the more than 75 000 Basotho living with disability feeling abandoned and…

By Tsitsi Matope MASERU- The Independent Midwives Association of Lesotho (IMAL) has expressed concern that women continue to die during pregnancy and soon after delivery. Lesotho has one of the…