Suspect in custody for soldier murder
Tefo Tefo A MOHALE’S Hoek resident, Motlatsi Rantoane on Tuesday appeared before the Magistrate’s Court to face charges of murdering a soldier and a street vendor in an incident that occurred at the...
View ArticleDC, LCD deny merger claims
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and Democratic Congress (DC) have dismissed as “cheap propaganda” reports that the two parties were intending to merge into a single party after...
View ArticleDC ‘boycotts’ election pledge
Pascalinah Kabi THE Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) has expressed concern over the Democratic Congress’ (DC) failure to join 25 other political parties in appending its signature to a pledge to...
View ArticleDC-LCD pact reflected in ballot papers
Staff Writer BALLOT papers for the 3 June 2017 National Assembly election are expected in Maseru today from Durban, South Africa where they were printed. Lesotho Times journalist, Marafaele...
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HM RCL pulls out of opposition pact
REFORMED Congress of Lesotho (RCL) leader Keketso Rantšo Tefo Tefo A VOTING pact that was recently agreed on by the opposition parties could be headed for a still-birth after Reformed Congress of...
View ArticleOpposition slams PM on SADC stance
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane OPPOSITION parties have accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of being reckless by “resisting” decisions of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to deploy South...
View ArticleSADC reprimands Mosisili
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has reprimanded the government of Lesotho for claiming its sovereignty was being impinged by the regional bloc ahead of next...
View ArticleKhama threatens to withdraw support
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane BOTSWANA President Ian Khama has threatened to withdraw his country’s representatives from the SADC Oversight Committee on Lesotho in light of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s...
View ArticleMetsing pledges to implement reforms
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader and deputy Prime Minister, Mothetjoa Metsing has pleaded with voters to ensure they win a resounding majority in next week’s national...
View ArticleNUL funding: Mahao hits back at govt
Bereng Mpaki NATIONAL University of Lesotho (NUL) Vice-Chancellor Professor Nqosa Mahao says no university the world over can be wholly self-sufficient adding that funding for the tertiary...
View ArticleMoleleki pours scorn at DC-LCD alliance
Tefo Tefo ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader Monyane Moleleki says the electoral pact between the Democratic Congress (DC) and Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) is a gimmick to attract the votes of...
View ArticleThabane eyes electoral ‘clean-sweep’
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane has reiterated his plea for a massive voter turnout that would ensure his party registers a “clean-sweep” in all 80...
View ArticleDC at loggerheads with NUL hierarchy
. . . as ruling party resolves to shun events organised by university Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE Democratic Congress (DC) is locked in a bitter wrangle with the National University of Lesotho (NUL)...
View ArticleOpposition accused of smear campaign
Staff Writer THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has accused the opposition parties of plotting a smear campaign its leader, Mothetjoa Metsing with the aim of sowing confusion over the party’s...
View ArticleMosisili clashes with minister
’Marafaele Mohloboli A WAR of words has erupted between Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili and Labour and Employment Minister Thulo Mahlakeng, with the premier blaming his minister for delaying the...
View ArticleEmployers threaten retrenchments
Bereng Mpaki SOME employers are reportedly threatening to retrench workers if the government goes ahead to raise the minimum wage by nine percent for the 2017/18 financial year. Negotiations...
View ArticleMofomobe petitions IEC
Pascalinah Kabi BASOTHO National Party (BNP) spokesperson Machesetsa Mofomobe has called on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to ensure that all 25 political parties contesting in the...
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Army speaks on ‘coup’ claims
LDF spokesperson, Brigadier Ntlele Ntoi . . . as speculation swirls of a terror campaign Tefo Tefo THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has dismissed allegations it is planning to stage a coup d’état in...
View ArticleThabane promises to increase pensions
Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has intensified efforts to win over elderly voters ahead of Saturday’s parliamentary polls by promising to increase old age pensions...
View ArticleABC bids to win over pensioners
Pascalinah Kabi DONNING her All Basotho Convention (ABC) party regalia, ‘Masekonyela Lehasa (71) sits pensively in a commuter omnibus taxi headed for Ha ‘Nelese village in Maseru. Ms Lehasa’s...
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