ConCourt to hear Mokhothu case
Tefo Tefo THE Constitutional Court will convene on Monday 15 January, to hear a case in which the deputy leader of the Democratic Congress (DC), Mathibeli Mokhothu is fighting to keep benefits as...
View ArticleLetšeng kicks off new year with massive discoveries
Bereng Mpaki LETŠENG Diamonds began the new year in style, amid revelations that the diamond mining concern this week uncovered two diamonds each more than 100 carats each. Gem Diamonds, which owns 70...
View ArticleGovt identifies drivers of development plan
Herbert Moyo THE government of Lesotho has identified manufacturing, tourism, technology and agriculture as the four pillars that will drive economic growth under the second National Strategic...
View ArticleIndependent quality assurance needed
The physical quality and appearance of water can affect its acceptability to consumers and plunge communities into crisis. Because safe water plays a pivotal role in ensuring human health and...
View ArticlePlot behind the #ZumaMustFall campaign
THE choreography has been perfected. The lynch mob comprising the usual suspects — the mainstream media, captains of industry, leaders of banking institutions, false prophets masquerading as members of...
View ArticleIn anticipation of a better 2018 focus
Makhabane Maluke Time sets its own pace. Talks: either about talks or reforms, have their timing set by humans. The later have a potential to drift into the future if planners and key actors so wish or...
View ArticleMining Bill falls short: Lawyer
The government is currently reviewing the country’s mining legislation in order to ensure that these laws enable the mining sector to significantly contribute to the country’s socio economic...
View ArticleWhat a shame!
Mikia Kalati LOCAL football was plunged into disrepute on Sunday after the cancellation of two Econet Premier League matches as a result of the bungling by the Premier League Management Committee...
View ArticleMakhooane signs for Matlama
Mikia Kalati LESOTHO international Kananelo Makhooane who last year put his football career on hold to focus on his studies in China is raring to return to action after signing a short term contract...
View ArticleJunior Certificate pass rate increase
Mamohlakola Letuka THE Junior Certificate (JC) 2017 pass rate has improved by 0.6 percent from 68.9 percent in 2016 to 69.5 percent in 2017, the Minister of Education and Training, Mokhele Moletsane...
View ArticleAnother soldier up for murder
Tefo Tefo ANOTHER member of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Private Kopano Matsoso was on Monday joined to the other two army officers facing a murder charge for allegedly killing one Lisebo Tang near...
View ArticleChinese boost for health sector
Bereng Mpaki THE Chinese government will soon build a state-of-the-art hospital known as the Maseru District Hospital and Eye Clinic Project that will act as a referral centre for patients and remove...
View ArticleTemporary relief for Ambassador to US
Tefo Tefo SUSPENDED Ambassador to the United States of America, Advocate Kelebone Maope, has been granted an interdict allowing him to continue his benefits and have access to his office until his...
View ArticleConsumer Protection Body blasts WASCO
Limpho Sello The Consumers Protection Association (CPA) has lambasted the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) for negligence that led to some bloodworms to recently wriggle their way into the Mpilo...
View ArticleFewer festive accidents, fatalities
Bereng Mpaki There was significant reduction in the number of road accidents and fatalities during the recent festive period compared to the same period last year, statistics from the Road Safety...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial programme launched
Lijeng Ranooe MAFETENG THE College of Co-operative Entrepreneurship and Business Studies (CCEBS) has launched a collaborative programme with the Acculturation Health Development (AHD) to equip students...
View ArticleMulti-million maloti payout for Basotho miners
’Marafaele Mohloboli About eighty eight former Basotho mine-workers are set to receive compensation worth M8.6 million from Q(h)ubeka Trust of South Africa for health complications suffered while...
View ArticleGovt mulls establishing Land Authority
Tokelo Rasephei THE Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship is set to establish the Lesotho Association of Land Authority (LALA) with the help of Botswana Association of Land Authority (BALA)...
View ArticleFamily pleads for justice
Tsitsi Matope IT has been two years since the vicious killing of five-year-old Reitumetse Nthunya. The child was allegedly stabbed by her family’s tenant in October 2015. Although the suspected killer,...
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Mahaos request Special Commonwealth Tribunal
Herbert Moyo and Tsitsi Matope THE family of slain former army commander, Lt-Gen Maaparankoe Mahao, has written to the government, urging it to appoint a “special tribunal” of international judges...
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