ABC MP’s daughter shot dead
Twenty-three-year-old mother-of-one killed as she drove into her father’s Lower Seoli residence Keiso Mohloboli THE 23-year-old daughter of All Basotho Convention (ABC) Member of Parliament (MP) for...
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Power to the people
The Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has come a long way since its establishment by government in 1969. From supplying a handful of consumers at its inception to the giant parastatal it has become...
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Metolong to compensate residents
Lekhalaneng eruption Rethabile Pitso The owners of homes and businesses which were flooded after two pipe-bursts in Maseru are set to get compensation from the Metolong Authority. The first pipe...
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‘Illegal for cops to seize driver’s licenses’
Police Spokesperson Senior Inspector Clifford Molefe IT is illegal for police officers to confiscate driver’s licences from motorists, and those whose documents are seized must report to their...
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Disgruntled teachers petition minister
Teachers who have been under paid for a period of three years after they have improved their skills in education petitioned the Minister of Education Limpho Sello Education and Training Minister Dr...
View ArticleIndian hospital group bids to assist Lesotho
Limpho Sello A TEAM of doctors from an Indian group of hospitals has committed to assist the government in building the capacity needed to provide all healthcare needs in the country. The seven...
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Special permits deadline extended
A Mosotho woman receiving her permit from Minister Malusi Gigaba Staff Reporter South Africa has extended the closing date for Lesotho Special Permits applications to allow more people to apply for...
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Stalemate over exiled leaders
RCL leader Keketso Rantšo Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) leader Keketso Rantšo yesterday rejected a call by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) urging her and...
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SADC calls on exiled leaders’ return
Min-of-Sports-Recreation-Thesele-Maseribane-PM-Thom-thabane-Compol-Khothatso-Tsooana-on-Friday-during-the-re-opening-of-the-8th-Parliament Staff Reporter A special meeting on Lesotho convened this...
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Mahao family fights on
National University Lesotho Vice Chancellor Nqosa Mahao Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The family of slain former army commander Lieutenant-General Maaparankoe Mahao, is requesting the Southern African...
View ArticleMosisili speaks on SADC
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday insisted the SADC Commission of Inquiry’s recommendations were not binding on Lesotho, adding the regional bloc’s Double Troika Summit...
View ArticleDiscoloured tap water ‘safe to drink’
Limpho Sello THE Water and Sewage Company (WASCO) has reassured its consumers that discoloured water coming out of some household taps is safe to drink. WASCO Public Relations Manager Lineo Moqasa...
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Parly urges reform of marriage laws
Rothe Member of Parliament, ‘Manthabiseng Phohleli Pascalinah Kabi THE National Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for the government to step up efforts to end child marriages by reforming...
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TRC urges compliance with SADC recommendations
TRC Director Ts’oeu Petlane (left) Lekhetho Ntsukunyane CIVIL society group, Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), has urged the government to fully implement the Phumaphi Commission of Inquiry...
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Court rules against Reverend Rantle
FORMER Minister (Pastor) of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa Reverend Daniel Rantle Tefo Tefo The High Court has restrained Reverend Daniel Rantle from associating himself with the Methodist...
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Govt reshuffles four PSs
Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Majakathata Mokoena Thakhisi Pascalinah Kabi The government yesterday announced the reshuffle of four principal secretaries (PS). According...
View ArticleUltimatum for taxi operators
Pascalinah Kabi The South African police have given Qacha’s Nek taxi-operators until the end of September to sort out their cross-border permits. The ultimatum comes after cross-border...
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Concern over MPs’ security
Sam Rapapa ’Marafaele Mohloboli MOSALEMANE No 19 constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Sam Rapapa has called on the National Assembly to provide legislators with security guards at their homes in...
View ArticleBasotho medical students ‘stranded’ in Zimbabwe
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Sixty-seven Basotho studying medicine at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) say they are now “stranded” in Harare because the government has allegedly failed to send them their...
View ArticleLesotho Times publisher charged
Staff Reporters THE owner of the Lesotho Times newspaper, Basildon Peta, has been charged with defamation and crimen injuria over a satirical column in this newspaper said to have severely undermined...
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