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—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 suspect in her gruesome murder.…

-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 parliament why the long incarcerated…

… 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 in which Maseru District Hospital and…

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 have taken the Department of…

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 has said. Justice Realeboha Mathaba…

Tokelo Khausela / Seithati Motṧoeneng AT LEAST M250 000 is being spent by the government on every cancer patient getting treatment either in South Africa or India. According to the…

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 when prices shoot up drastically.…

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 Foreign Affairs and International Relations,…

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 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match…

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 compensation for premature termination of…

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 wife, ‘Maseabata Matlabe. Matlabe (30)…

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 Blue Oceans campaign was launched…

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 by forcing them to a…

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 within Prime Minister Sam Matekane’s…

…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 strike that could have crippled…

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 the High Court to review…

Moroke Sekoboto The second edition of the Lesotho Gin & Trout Tourism Festival, a premier food and beverage tourism festival, is set to take place next month, with the camping…

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 remain in a disused mine…

…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 been expanded by the appointment…

Bongiwe Zihlangu & Mohloai Mpesi A GOVERNMENT of national unity (GNU) – comprising  the main role players in parliament –  the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) and the official opposition –…

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) and Basotho Patriotic Party (BPP) are among political parties which have failed to account for campaign funds they were allocated by the…

…lack of adequate palliative care exacerbating patients’ pain …ministry says making concerted efforts to improve access to care Mathatisi Sebusi WHILE cancer is a known death threatening chronic disease, a…

Hopolang Mokhopi Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli, has fired four errant police officers for ill discipline and “tarnishing” the image of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). Three of them, who…

…despite impressive MCC scorecard on eligibility …Lesotho must complete reforms to access funds Mathatisi Sebusi / Leemisa Thuseho THE United States has implored Lesotho to complete requisite legislative reforms to eliminate all bottlenecks in…

Mathatisi Sebusi MINISTER of Finance and Development Planning, Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, says Cabinet has approved the allocation of M500 million to settle the government’s outstanding debts to service providers. The government owes…

Mathatisi Sebusi The government has established a counter terrorism unit to deal with what Finance and Development Planning Minister, Retsélisitsoe Matlanyane, describes as “hostile domestic actors” bent on destabilising the…

Moorosi Tsiane BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after Labour Court president, Teboho Thoso, temporarily interdicted his incarceration following an arrest warrant issued…

Moorosi Tsiane FORMER police officer, Lebohang Moletsane, who was fired by Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli after he was charged with fatally stabbing his wife, has petitioned the High Court seeking…

 Hopolang Mokhopi PRIME Minister Sam Matekane says the government has set aside M250 million for the rehabilitation and installation of new streetlights across the country to eradicate crime which usually…

Moorosi Tsiane IT remains unclear when the trial of former commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Tlali Kamoli, who is facing attempted murder charges, will eventually proceed after it…