FIFA boss visits Lesotho
Moorosi Tsiane FIFA president Giovanni Vincenzo “Gianni” Infantino, is in Lesotho to cement relations with the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA). LeFA president Salemane Phafane told the Lesotho...
View ArticlePreps on course for Vinyl Escapade
Nthatuoa Koeshe LESOTHO Deep House Movement (LesMove) will on Saturday host this year’s installment of the annual Vinyl Escapade gig at Kaycees Club in Roma. DJs to play at the event include South...
View ArticleCuban Linx teams up with social club to boost blood donations
Nthatuoa Koeshe A LOCAL social club, Team Shanghai recently partnered with Cuban Linx for a blood donation initiative at LNDC Square in Maseru. The initiative was meant to encourage Basotho youths to...
View ArticleGovt must create a conducive environment for business-BEDCO
Nthatuoa Koeshe | Bataung Moeketsi THE government must create a conducive environment for businesses to thrive instead of becoming a major player at the expense of business. This was said by the...
View ArticleHome Affairs PS under fire
Pascalinah Kabi MINISTRY of Home Affairs Principal Secretary ‘Machabana Lemphane-Letsie has come under fire for allegedly masterminding a deal between two local construction companies that has now gone...
View ArticleUnpaid ambulance drivers threaten strike
Pascalinah Kabi OVER 100 ambulance drivers engaged to transport patients from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)-funded clinics are threatening strike action over non-payment of salaries. The...
View ArticleWitchdoctors can’t save Thabane; vows Mokhothu
as DC leader takes a dig at First Lady Mohalenyane Phakela DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, says snap elections are imminent and “witchdoctors will not be able to save the Thomas...
View ArticleRoyal Palace building almost complete: Hlalele
Staff Reporter THE new royal palace building in Maseru is almost complete and could be officially handed over to their majesties next July, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Public Works,...
View ArticleSetback for bid to oust Thabane
Pascalinah Kabi PARLIAMENT has slowed a joint bid by the opposition and disgruntled All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators to expedite the overthrow of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane by fast-tracking...
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PS fears for his life after break-in at offices
says burglary stems from “baseless claims” that he keeps M10 million cash from tenders ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Public Works, Mothabathe Hlalele, says he fears...
View ArticleNo IMF bailout this year
Staff Reporter THE government is nowhere near securing a financial rescue package from the International Money Fund (IMF), almost 18 months after it first began negotiations with the Bretton Woods...
View ArticleTop Banker Sets Record Straight
Following the Lesotho Times article published last week, titled ‘DCEO INVESTIGATES FORMER BANK CHIEF FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION’, I, Mpho Vumbukani have sought the right of reply in order to set the record...
View ArticleKamoli to face treason charges
additional charges stem from the August 2014 attempted coup against Thabane’s first govt Mohalenyane Phakela/Pascalinah Kabi FORMER army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and others will...
View ArticleMotanyane rejects no confidence motion against Thabane
Pascalinah Kabi SPEAKER of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane has thrown out a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane saying it has no basis in law and parliamentary practice. But members...
View ArticleThabane must retire: daughter
pleads with First Lady and ABC officials to allow him to rest says he has lost his mojo and has become an “international embarrassment” Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s daughter,...
View ArticlePolice must act to stop senseless killings
OURS cannot be a soulless nation where human life has no value and people are brutally massacred at the drop of a penny. We have said this before and we will continue repeating this message until...
View ArticleLesotho resumes water transfers to SA
as climate change threatens water project Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO has resumed transferring water to South Africa amid concerns about the adverse effects of climate change in the Katse and Mohale dams....
View ArticleSMSs save live in Lesotho
Staff Writer TO MARK the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) today, the GSMA, building on UNICEF’s child rights expertise, has launched the mPower Youth initiative to...
View ArticleOpposition vows to challenge Speaker
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION leaders say they will today challenge Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane’s decision to discard the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane....
View ArticleMokhothu vows to sue Speaker over no confidence motion
Ntsebeng Motsoeli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has threatened to sue Speaker of Parliament, Sephiri Motanyane, if he does not reverse his decision to throw out the no confidence...
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