Gem Diamonds makes progress despite global economic downturn
Staff Reporters GEM Diamonds Limited, the company which partly owns Letseng mine, achieved US$2000 (about M35,533) per carat in the third quarter of 2022 in its sales, the company has said. In its...
View ArticleSekhamane speaks out
says “poor calibre of MPs have rendered parly ineffective”, blames them for failing to hold executive to account over missing M6, 1 billion, promises to ensure that 11th parliament passes outstanding...
View ArticleRFP, DC gang up against IEC
DC wants to stop the electoral body from stripping it of three PR seats… RFP backs its rival, says its “only interest is ensuring free and fair elections”… Mohalenyane Phakela/Moorosi Tsiane IN an...
View ArticleFarmers to sign contract with Tasty Food Packers
Moroke Sekoboto | Seithati Mphatsoane THIRTY sugar beans farmers from across the country will tomorrow sign a contract for the 2022/23 farming season with leading grain suppliers, Tasty Food Packers....
View ArticleVLF donates to centre for the disabled
Hopolang Mokhopi VODACOM Lesotho Foundation (VLF) has donated special mobile phone tablets worth M212 000 to a centre for children living with various forms of intellectual disabilities in Butha...
View ArticleChina’s zero-tariff policy to benefit Lesotho
Tokelo Khausela LESOTHO is set to benefit from China’s zero-tariff treatment to 98 percent of taxable items from 10 least-developed countries. The move is meant to promote an open global economy....
View ArticleLETOFE rebranded
Hopolang Mokhopi | Mosoatsi Mosoatsi STANDARD Lesotho Bank has rebranded the annual Lesotho Tourism Festival (LETOFE), which will now be called the Standard Lesotho Bank LETOFE Lifestyle Experience....
View ArticleFAL trains officials
Leemisa Thuseho THE Federation of Athletics Lesotho (FAL) is hosting a five-day International Electronic Timing Level 1 course for local officials and operators. The course, which is being held at...
View ArticleLephole to officiate at Netball Diamond Challenge
Leemisa Thuseho TOP netball umpire, Chakatsa Lephole, has been named as one of the umpires to officiate the upcoming 2022 Spar Netball Diamond Challenge by World Netball. The tournament will be held...
View ArticleMetropolitan Charity Golf Day is back
Leemisa Thuseho THE Metropolitan Lesotho annual golf day is back. The tournament, last held in 2019 on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, will return to action next Friday at the Maseru Golf Club. In...
View ArticleMafoso dumps Lioli
Leemisa Thuseho BOB Mafoso has stepped down from his Lioli head coach post, the team announced yesterday. The team said after lengthy talks with the coach, they had received his resignation notice this...
View ArticleRenowned soccer coach Matete dies
Leemisa Thuseho FORMER Likuena coach, Seephephe Matete has died, the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) has announced. The association said Matete died in Johannesburg on Sunday after a long illness....
View ArticleGlen Mpani: a vital cog in the successful RFP election campaign
Herbert Moyo BY now Basotho and the whole world are aware of the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP)’s stunning electoral victory at the 7 October 2022 where they crushed the All Basotho Convention (ABC)...
View ArticleMahao’s widow cries out for justice
bemoans lack of progress in the trial of her husband’s murderers, her fellow victims of heinous crimes also speak out, blame previous gvts and the judiciary for stalling trials, pin hopes on Matekane...
View ArticleMMB employees down tools
’Marafaele Mohloboli MALUTI Mountain Brewery (MMB) workers have downed tools to push for a 15 percent salary increment. The strike was organised by the labour union, the Lesotho Brewing and Allied...
View ArticleKing’s gala dinner raises M400 000 for SOS Children’s Village
Mosoatsi Mosoatsi A LOCAL events management company, Southern Express, has raised more than M400 000 for charity through a gala dinner auction to celebrate His Majesty King Letsie III’s 25th...
View ArticleGvt targets embassies
Bongiwe Zihlangu THE government has begun probing Lesotho’s foreign missions as part of its promise to foster good governance and rein in state spending on unnecessary institutions. In line with this...
View ArticleMokhothu praises Basotho for political tolerance
’Marafaele Mohloboli/Bongiwe Zihlangu OPPOSITION Democratic Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has praised Basotho for exercising high levels of maturity political tolerance during the 7...
View ArticleDC to hold elective conference
Bongiwe Zihlangu THE main opposition Democratic Congress (DC) will hold an elective conference to choose a new national executive committee (NEC) at the end of January 2023. The tenure of the current...
View ArticleLetsoela faces M8 million lawsuit
Moorosi Tsiane LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Mojalefa Letsoela, has been slapped with yet another lawsuit, this time for a massive M8 million in damages by a Maseru...
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