Murder suspect’s freedom bid flops
Tefo Tefo A MOHALE’S Hoek resident who facing charges of murdering a soldier and a street vendor in May last year will remain in custody after the Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday refused to grant his...
View ArticleLehakoe catering company workers lose jobs
…as CBL terminates contract ’Marafaele Mohloboli A TOTAL of 35 workers at STEM Catering Company, which was operating at Lehakoe Recreational and Cultural Centre, started the new year on...
View ArticleMetsing free to return: Thabane
Mikia Kalati PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has implored former deputy Prime Minister and Lesotho Congress for Democracy leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, to return to the country from his self-imposed...
View ArticleNew twist to Mahao murder case
Tefo Tefo THE trial of eight army officers accused of murdering former army commander, Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao, has taken a new twist amid revelations that more soldiers will be arraigned...
View Article‘LEC official murdered over M170 million probe’
Tsitsi Matope and ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE family of the late Thibello Nteso, the Head of Internal Audit at the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC), who was gunned down in Maseru last year, says he was...
View ArticleChinese boost for health sector
Bereng Mpaki THE Chinese government will soon build a state-of-the-art hospital known as the Maseru District Hospital and Eye Clinic Project that will act as a referral centre for patients and remove...
View ArticleTemporary relief for Ambassador to US
Tefo Tefo SUSPENDED Ambassador to the United States of America, Advocate Kelebone Maope, has been granted an interdict allowing him to continue his benefits and have access to his office until his...
View ArticleConsumer Protection Body blasts WASCO
Limpho Sello The Consumers Protection Association (CPA) has lambasted the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) for negligence that led to some bloodworms to recently wriggle their way into the Mpilo...
View ArticleFewer festive accidents, fatalities
Bereng Mpaki There was significant reduction in the number of road accidents and fatalities during the recent festive period compared to the same period last year, statistics from the Road Safety...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial programme launched
Lijeng Ranooe MAFETENG THE College of Co-operative Entrepreneurship and Business Studies (CCEBS) has launched a collaborative programme with the Acculturation Health Development (AHD) to equip students...
View ArticleMulti-million maloti payout for Basotho miners
’Marafaele Mohloboli About eighty eight former Basotho mine-workers are set to receive compensation worth M8.6 million from Q(h)ubeka Trust of South Africa for health complications suffered while...
View ArticleGovt mulls establishing Land Authority
Tokelo Rasephei THE Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship is set to establish the Lesotho Association of Land Authority (LALA) with the help of Botswana Association of Land Authority (BALA)...
View ArticleFamily pleads for justice
Tsitsi Matope IT has been two years since the vicious killing of five-year-old Reitumetse Nthunya. The child was allegedly stabbed by her family’s tenant in October 2015. Although the suspected killer,...
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Mahaos request Special Commonwealth Tribunal
Herbert Moyo and Tsitsi Matope THE family of slain former army commander, Lt-Gen Maaparankoe Mahao, has written to the government, urging it to appoint a “special tribunal” of international judges...
View ArticleGovt in frantic efforts to engage SA
…as thousands face arrests, deportations over special permits ’Marafaele Mohloboli The Lesotho government is making frantic efforts to engage South Africa to try and avert a potential crisis in which...
View ArticleJudgment reserved in Mokhothu case
Tefo Tefo A PANEL of three High Court judges on Monday reserved judgment in the case in which the deputy leader of the Democratic Congress (DC), Mathibeli Mokhothu, is fighting to remain the official...
View ArticleLRA regulations rile car dealers
Mohalenyane Phakela CAR importers and clearing agencies are up in arms with the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) over a new clearing system at ports of entry which they say has not only increased...
View Article‘Trump did not attack Lesotho’
’Marafaele Mohloboli COMMUNICATIONS Minister and government spokesperson, Joang Molapo, says the recent vulgar remarks by United States President, Donald Trump, in which he made reference to “shithole...
View Article‘Security guaranteed at LCS facilities’
Tsitsi Matope THE Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) Acting Commissioner, Thabang Mothepu said security remains tight at the maximum facilities, emphasising that he was confident that the various...
View ArticleWool and mohair company files court challenge
Mohalenyane Phakela WOOL and Mohair broker, BKB, yesterday filed an application in the High Court for the re-opening of its Standard Lesotho Bank account, which was frozen last week by the Maseru...
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