Farmers stuck with wool
Bereng Mpaki SEVERAL farmers across the country are stuck with unsold wool and mohair after the recent regulations that that blocked the fabric from being processed and auction out of the country. Some...
View ArticleAG speaks on his office four months into tenure
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER interim Prime Minister and prominent lawyer, Haae Phoofolo, was on 8 February this year appointed the new Attorney General. He has been in the office for just over four...
View ArticleSA gospel songstress dates Maseru
Mohalenyane Phakela/Nthatuoa Koeshe GOSPEL star Lebo Sekgobela drew most of her inspiration from Lesotho while working on her new album, Umusa, which will be released on 1 August 2018. The songstress...
View ArticlePM turns into comedian, dancer
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane on Saturday alternated between a comic and a dancer at his 79th birthday celebrations at Maseru Avani. That he is the premier was temporarily forgotten...
View ArticleLocal clubs have to come to the party
Mikia Kalati LESOTHO is one of the countries that impressed at the recently ended COSAFA Cup where they clinched the third place ahead of Madagascar who settled for fourth. Likuena started the...
View ArticleLeFA explains World Cup votes U-turn
Mikia Kalati THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) has explained its reasons for changing their decision to vote for Morocco at the FIFA congress held last week in Russia. LeFA had initially told the...
View ArticleSports fraternity mourns tennis legend
Mikia Kalati THE sports fraternity is mourning the passing of legendary tennis administrator Mphalane Clement Notši. Notši, who was also the father of Kick4Life coach Leslie Notši, died in Maseru a...
View ArticleOpposition fume over govt bankruptcy
’Marafaele Mohloboli A COALITION of opposition political parties has threatened to write to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to warn the institutions against extending financial...
View ArticleTaxi operators mull court action
’Marafaele Mohloboli TAXI operators are mulling court action for recourse over a protracted battle with the government over an increase of transport fares. Chairperson of the Maseru Regional Taxi...
View ArticleMOH receives mobile X-Rays
Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health recently received three Digital Mobile X-Rays from the Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support (SATBHSS) Project to improve TB service delivery. The...
View ArticlePolice investigate women’s organisation
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE police are investigating circumstances surrounding the disappearance of over M1 million from women’s organisation Lingoetsi tsa nkhono Kholu since April 2016. A member said an...
View ArticleSemonkong rape cases worry police
Limpho Sello THE police in Maseru are worried by the increase of rape and sexual assault cases in Semonkong due to the continued practice of shobeliso. Shobeliso is the practice of abducting a girl or...
View ArticlePS Hlalele faces charges over M140 million tender
Keiso Mohloboli THE Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Borotho Matsoso, says the Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Public Works, Mothabathe...
View ArticleKamoli ill
Keiso Mohloboli MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, is reportedly ill and he has been in and out of hospital over the past month to receive treatment for an...
View ArticleRCL infighting sucks in coalition partners
…RCL told to put its house in order to avoid disrupting the smooth running of the govt ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE infighting pitting Reformed Congress of Lesotho’s (RCL) leader Keke Rantšo and secretary...
View ArticleEFF’s Dali Mpofu to headline govt legal team
…as govt pulls out all the stops to win its case against Chief Justice Majara Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s government is pulling out all the stops in its quest to win its court...
View ArticleDCEO probes M28 million spy equipment scandal
—equipment used to snoop on civilians Keiso Mohloboli THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating claims that the former coalition government purchased M28, 4 million...
View ArticleCall for inquiry into mining disputes
Bereng Mpaki GEOIDAL Management and Experts (GM&E), a local engineering consultancy has urged the government to set up a commission of inquiry into the disputes between the mining companies and the...
View ArticleLNDC restructures with five-year strategy
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has embarked on a restructuring exercise to complement its 2018-2023 strategic plan that was launched in Maseru this week. According to...
View ArticleLesotho spends M69 million on bottled water imports
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO spends estimated M69 million on bottled water imports annually, the Ministry of Small Business has said. The situation is largely caused by the local water bottlers’ lack of...
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