Principal Chiefs welcome SADC deployment
Mohalenyane Phakela PRINCIPAL Chiefs have welcomed the deployment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission to Lesotho saying the intervention will help to restore peace and...
View ArticleActing DPP’s house burgled
’Marafaele Mohloboli ARMED burglars have broken into Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane’s home in Maseru and stolen her laptop computer. The housebreaking occurred on...
View ArticleGovt unhappy with Ramaphosa
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s government is unhappy with Cyril Ramaphosa continuing his role as the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s facilitator to Lesotho. It wants...
View ArticleSADC standby force deployment delayed
Pascalinah Kabi THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) standby force is now expected to arrive in Lesotho on Saturday amid indications that the postponement was due to the fact that Lesotho...
View ArticleSADC warns of rogue soldiers
Pascalinah Kabi A confidential report by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has warned that missing arms of war could be used by rogue soldiers to launch reprisal attacks as efforts to...
View ArticleIndia donates to drought victims
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Halebonoe Setṧabi, has hailed the government of India for donating 500 tonnes of rice, saying this will go a long...
View ArticleLesotho makes strides in HIV fight
Limpho Sello LESOTHO has registered huge progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS amid revelations that 90.6 percent of people living with HIV from the ages of 15 to 59 years have adhered to...
View ArticleEducation ministry in books tender storm
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) says it is investigating allegations of corruption in a textbooks tender reportedly worth millions of maloti. The...
View ArticleAG issues damning report on govt spending
AUDITOR General Lucy Liphafa has accused the government of squandering millions of maloti and failing to maintain proper books. She has issued an “adverse opinion” on the financial statements of the...
View ArticleHealth Ministry interdicted in catering tender
Pascalinah Kabi THE High Court has provisionally interdicted the Ministry of Health from engaging new caterers for government hospitals amid allegations by two companies that have been offering...
View ArticleClosure for families of Mohale trio
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE remains of the three men killed by Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) officers and thrown into Mohale dam in May this year were retrieved on Monday following a search that started...
View ArticleManpower Development prejudiced M12 million
Mohalenyane Phakela THE government was prejudiced of at least M12 million over three years through the mismanagement of funds earmarked for student bursaries, the latest report of Auditor-General...
View ArticleBidvest deal cost govt millions
Pascalinah Kabi THE Pakalitha Mosisili-headed former seven parties’ government paid M261 million to Bidvest Bank Limited of South Africa for the controversial vehicle fleet service contract from...
View ArticleSoldiers arrested over editor’s shooting
Pascalinah Kabi Four soldiers have been arrested in connection with the near fatal shooting of Lesotho Times editor Lloyd Mutungamiri in July last year in an operation the police say was...
View ArticleSoldiers Arrested for Mahao’s murder
…eight soldiers arrested, charged with former army commander’s murder Tsitsi Matope EIGHT soldiers appeared in court yesterday over the June 2015 killing of former army commander, Lieutenant General...
View ArticlePeople with disabilities demand rights
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho National Federation of the Disabled (LNFOD) has appealed to the government to accelerate efforts that would lead to the enactment into law of the Disability Equity Bill to help...
View ArticleOpposition cries foul in parly
. . . as National Assembly breaks for Christmas ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE main opposition parties in parliament have accused the government and National Assembly authorities of disregarding their...
View ArticleNew palace project cost balloons
Pascalinah Kabi THE construction cost of the Royal Palace, which is underway in Maseru, has skyrocketed to M450 million up from the initial budget of M170 million. This has prompted allegations of...
View ArticleJudge to rule on Metsing’s benefits case
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge, Justice Tšeliso Monaphathi, on Wednesday reserved judgment in a case in which Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, is fighting to continue...
View ArticleChina commits to assisting Lesotho
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO and other African countries are set to benefit from increased development assistance from China which resolved to open up its markets and expand its international...
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