Govt hits back at Americans
Staff Writer PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government has sharply rebuked the United States over its insistence that Lesotho should implement major reforms to ensure African Growth and...
View ArticleNeedy kids get festive goodies
Limpho Sello ORPHANS and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in the Ha-Leqele area of Maseru were treated to an early Christmas after Prayer of Praise Church partnered with Saby Events Planning Company to...
View ArticleBuilder’s City brings kids Xmas cheer
Mohalenyane Phakela DIVERSIFIED hardware chain, Builder’s City, this week brought smiles to the faces of vulnerable children at Beautiful Gate Children’s Home after donating groceries and other basic...
View Article‘Autism needs societal understanding’
Mohalenyane Phakela UNDERSTANDING the conditions of children with learning and cognitive disabilities such as autism is key to ensuring they don’t become outcasts in society. This was said by...
View ArticleChina pledges M400m for new hospital
Limpho Sello HEALTH delivery in the country is set to improve after the Chinese government pledged 200 million yuan (about M400 million) for the construction of Maseru district hospital. This was...
View ArticleDCEO goes after Nikuv
Retšelisitsoe Khetsi . . . as Israeli firm is convicted of bribing former PS Tefo Tefo THE recent conviction of Nikuv International Projects for bribing a former Lesotho government official in Israel...
View ArticleBlood bank ‘almost empty’
Limpho Sello LESOTHO Blood Transfusion Services (LBTS) has called on Basotho to donate blood to save lives during the festive season when demand will be higher due to the likelihood of increased...
View ArticleAlliance calls for ‘massive’ AGOA march
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane CIVIC groups falling under the Alliance of Non-State Actors (ANSA) have called for another “massive” protest march meant to pressurise the government to meet the United States’...
View ArticlePolice ‘ready’ for festive season
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) says it has lined up several initiatives aimed at curbing incidents of crime and accidents which usually escalate during the festive season....
View ArticleLCD faces split
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy’s (LCD) elders committee has stepped into the fray pitting Secretary-General Selibe Mochoboroane and deputy leader Tšeliso Mokhosi as a last...
View ArticleI won’t leave ABC: Rapapa
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator for Mosalemane constituency, Sam Rapapa, has shot down speculation he is leaving the party to follow the party’s former deputy leader,...
View ArticleLCD feud deepens
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A FRANTIC bid by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy’s (LCD) elders committee to end a fierce feud pitting party Secretary-General Selibe Mochoboroane and deputy leader Tšeliso...
View Article‘LSP deadline should be extended’
Lerato Nkhetše WITH less than two days to go before the closing date for Lesotho Special Permits (LSP) applications, the Migrant Workers Association of Lesotho (MWA – Lesotho) has called for the...
View ArticleMosito speaks out on exit
FORMER Court of Appeal president Dr Kananelo Mosito Billy Ntaote FORMER Court of Appeal president Dr Kananelo Mosito says a government gazette and a letter from the royal palace secretariat declaring...
View ArticleABC MPs pledge loyalty to Thabane
Billy Ntaote TWELVE All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators from the Berea district have pledged their allegiance to party leader Thomas Thabane and shot down rumours they would follow former deputy...
View ArticleI’m not leaving LCD: Setipa
TRADE and Industry Minister Joshua Setipa Billy Ntaote TRADE and Industry Minister Joshua Setipa has distanced himself from the infighting rocking the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), saying he...
View ArticleLCD suspends Mochoboroane
SUSPENDED LCD Secretary General Selibe Mochoboroane ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has suspended Secretary-General Selibe Mochoboroane with immediate effect for allegedly...
View ArticleFinding purpose in serving others
SOME of the volunteers during a Mindset Education Lecture. Bereng Mpaki IT is more blessed to give than to receive. These seminal words ring true for four Good News Corps (GNCorps) overseas volunteers...
View ArticleKing urges action on climate change
King Letsie III Pascalinah Kabi KING Letsie III has underscored the need for concerted action from government and other stakeholders in addressing the myriad of challenges confronting the country...
View ArticleHis Majesty calls for reforms inclusivity
King Letsie III ’Marafaele Mohloboli KING Letsie III says the country’s nascent political reform process should be all-inclusive and embrace non-state actors in order to strengthen democracy and end...
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