Category : Local News

Analysts say ABC didn’t do its homework   MASERU –– The stayaway called by opposition parties flopped because the timing was wrong and the planning...

Daring thieves raid, slaughter beasts on spot as owners sleep   MASERU –– Mokone Motemekoane got the shock of his life last Saturday when he...

MASERU — Communications Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday said the government is committed to transforming the media sector in line with international trends. Speaking at a...

MASERU — Taxi operators are worried the stay-away called by the opposition might not only cost them thousands of maloti in revenue but their vehicles...

MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) national executive committee has lashed out at the opposition for capitalising on the Sir Ketumile Masire’s report...

MOHALE’S HOEK –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last Sunday told ruling party supporters in Mohale’s Hoek to ignore next week’s stay-away that has been called...

MASERU –– Nurses at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital are set to down tools in protest over poor pay and working conditions. Sources at the hospital...

MASERU — A group of about 100 opposition supporters yesterday marched in the streets of Maseru and handed a petition to the Independent Electoral Commission...

MASERU — Suspended deputy police commissioner Motsotuoa Ntaote is not yet off the hook despite his acquittal on fraud charges last month. The state has...

MAFETENG — A 30-year-old man from Likhoele Ha Lempetje in Mafeteng was arrested this week for allegedly killing his pregnant wife. Mafeteng Criminal Investigation Division...

MAFETENG –– Battle lines are drawn between villagers and a diamond mining firm at Ha-Petlane in Kolo about 60 kilometres south of the capital Maseru....

MAFETENG –– Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla has been drawn into a tree felling dispute pitting a businessman in Mafeteng against a principal chief in...

MASERU — The leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Thomas Thabane, on Monday repeated his call to stage mass protests next...

MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will meet tomorrow to discuss the implications of Sir Ketumile Masire’s report on the allocation of proportional representation...

MASERU — The director of the beleaguered MKM, Simon Thebe ea Khale, is in trouble again. This time it’s not about his alleged failure to...

MASERU – The national executive of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party and youth league are at odds over a letter written by...

MASERU ––  A letter purportedly written by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league asking Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to fire some ministers has...

THE opposition is livid about the allocation of seats. Their anger has heightened following the announcement that the Southern African development Community appointed moderator, Ketumile...

MASERU –– Disgruntled members of the Lesotho Public Service Staff Association (LEPSSA) have lost their court battle to dissolve the association’s executive committee. The LEPSSA...

LERIBE –– A police officer accused of soliciting a bribe was sentenced to two years in prison or a fine of M10 000 after the...

MASERU – Judgment in a child mutilation case against Chief Masupha Posholi of Ha Ralimpe in Semonkong and 10 other people has been postponed to...

QACHA’S NEK –– A 29-year-old man from Ha Moleleki in Qacha’s Nek could not object after being charged with dealing in dagga without a prescription...

MASERU — A meeting called by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to deal with electoral issues collapsed yesterday after opposition parties insisted they wanted the...

MASERU — The government has withdrawn a gazette dealing with ministers and legislators’ pensions because of errors. The gazette, issued on May 22, was dealing...

MASERU — The government remains adamant that it did not sabotage the dialogue process with opposition on the dispute over proportional representation seats as Ketumile...

MASERU — Prince Harry says the people of Lesotho will be decimated by Aids if action to fight the disease is not intensified, British tabloid...

MASERU — A 22-year-old man from Roma was beaten to death by angry villagers who accused him of raping a dog and assaulting two people...

MASERU — The government this week failed to launch an application in a South African court to extradite Makotoko Lerotholi to face charges of armed...

MASERU — Africa Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of the Lesotho Times, have announced the launch of a new weekly paper to be published every Sunday. The Sunday...

MASERU – Former president of Botswana Sir Ketumile Masire arrived in Lesotho yesterday to resume talks between the government and opposition parties over the 2007...