M800m Ha Belo infrastructure declared “unsafe”
Mohalenyane Phakela CONCERNS have emerged over the safety of the M800 million Ha Belo Industrial Estate in Botha-Bothe, after the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) allegedly declared...
View ArticleBangladeshi community celebrates Bengali new year
Moroke Sekoboto THE Bangladeshi Association of Lesotho (BAoL) has celebrated Bengali New Year 1432 and marked the beginning of the Eid Reunion – an important Islamic holiday that signifies the end...
View ArticleLesotho hosts crucial summit on intellectual property
Seithati Motšoeneng THE Ministry of Law and Justice, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is hosting a three-day seminar on the Madrid System and the Patent...
View ArticleMaqelepo waits on appeal court
Moorosi Tsiane SUSPENDED Basotho Action Party (BAP) deputy leader, Motlatsi Maqelepo, will have to wait until 2 May 2025 to know his fate within the party. This follows a Court of Appeal hearing of...
View Article‘Declare youth unemployment an emergency’ – gvt told
Moroke Sekoboto A COALITION of youth organizations and political party youth leagues is urging the government to declare youth unemployment a national emergency, citing the alarming 38 percent...
View ArticleFight over fish in Katse Dam
…Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this Sechaba Mokhethi Fishers at Katse Dam in Lesotho’s Highlands claim they have been beaten by officials policing the area...
View ArticleLipholo’s wife goes to court with bizarre application to stop husband’s...
Moorosi Tsiane THE Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) leader, Reverend Tšepo Lipholo’s wife has rushed to the Constitutional Court to try and block her husband’s alleged looming arrest. In her bizarre...
View ArticleLesotho struggling with mental health crisis
—-As at least 431,000 Basotho suffer from mental illnesses Mathatisi Sebusi LESOTHO continues to grapple with the problem of containing the ever-escalating levels of mental health issues despite...
View ArticleGvt slams Mofomobe
—After he penned letter to US Secretary of State Rubio Mohloai Mpesi THE government is angry with Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, after he wrote to the United States...
View ArticleMatekane pleads for 90-day visa
‘Mathatisi Sebusi PRIME Minister Sam Matekane has urged South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to commit to implementing the long-awaited 90-day visa-free arrangement for Basotho from 1 May 2025....
View ArticleM280 million Platcorp dispute finally resolved
…All money laundering charges against Platcorp/Platinum directors dropped … Crown scores big with record M30 million plus fines …While Platinum Credit reopens with a good capital base Investigations...
View ArticleLesotho looks to boost tourism after WTM participation
Moroke Sekoboto LESOTHO’s participation at the World Travel Market (WTM) Africa 2025 exhibition has yielded valuable insights into the global perception of the Mountain Kingdom as a tourism...
View ArticleGovt pushes innovative technologies in construction
Moroke Sekoboto MINISTER of Public Works and Transport, Matjato Moteane, has said the country needs at least M15 billion to complete the country’s road network. Mr Moteane said this during a press...
View ArticleEconet enhances EcoCash system
Moroke Sekoboto THE Sasai Econet Financial Services (SEFS), a subsidiary of Econet Telecom Lesotho, has upgraded its mobile money platform, EcoCash, to deliver a better, faster, and safer experience...
View ArticleThaba-Tseka child killer’s sentencing delayed again
…over pending psychiatric report Moorosi Tsiane A 41-year-old man from Thaba-Tseka, convicted of brutally murdering his three-year-old son, will have to wait even longer to learn his fate. This after...
View ArticleChinese Embassy, NUL commemorate International Chinese Language Day
Seithati Motšoeneng THE Chinese Embassy in Lesotho, in partnership with the National University of Lesotho (NUL), marked the International Chinese Language Day with a vibrant event that underscored the...
View ArticleNGO condemns Lipholo’s land campaign
Seithati Motsoeneng THE Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) leader, Reverent Tšepo Lipholo’s controversial push to reclaim land he says was taken from Lesotho by South Africa during colonial rule has drawn...
View ArticleLipholo’s lawyers mull appeal
…after ConCourt throws out his wife’s application Moorosi Tsiane BASOTHO Covenant Movement (BCM) leader Reverend Tšepo Lipholo’s lawyer, Advocate Fusi Sehapi, says he will stop at nothing to seek...
View ArticleTrump cancels M6 billion aid package for Lesotho
…As MCC Compact II shuts down …causing the loss of 90 000 potential new jobs Mathatisi Sebusi IN a devastating blow to Lesotho, President Donald Trump’s administration has cancelled the US$300...
View ArticleFears grow over Lesotho’s rising public debt
Mohloai Mpesi As US President Donald Trump plunges the world into economic chaos, eliminating normal trade practises and cutting aid packages, serious worries have arisen over how these retrogressive...
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