LHDA awards M123 million bridges tender
Herbert Moyo THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded Aurecon Lesotho (Pty) Ltd a M123 million contract to design and supervise the construction of the major bridges under Phase...
View Article300 000 Basotho will need food aid
Mohalenyane Phakela MORE than 300 000 people or one seventh of the country’s 2, 1 million population will require food aid due to the El-Niño induced drought which is expected to hit the country during...
View ArticleMen nabbed for raping minor
Ntsebeng Motsoeli FOUR men from Naleli, in the Berea district were yesterday remanded in custody to 14 December this year when they appeared before the court for allegedly raping a 13-year-old boy on...
View ArticleLipolelo Thabane murder probe stalls
’Marafaele Mohloboli INVESTIGATIONS into the June 2017 assassination of former First Lady Lipolelo Thabane have encountered some challenges with Foreign Affairs Minister Lesego Makgothi saying “the...
View ArticleSADC approves smaller standby force for Lesotho
…the force’s three months tenure to cost US$785 000 ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is maintaining a small contingent of troops in the country until March next...
View ArticleMahao attacks Ramaphosa, SADC
Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) nominee for the deputy leader position, Nqosa Mahao, has launched a blistering attack on current South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the then...
View ArticleMahao Guns for top ABC Post
says ruling party has lost its luster and the country is sinking Pascalinah Kabi Professor Nqosa Mahao, the vice chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (NUL), has finally confirmed that he...
View ArticleMore misery for ‘killer’ soldiers
Mohalenyane Phakela TEN murder-accused soldiers who have been languishing in remand prison for more than a year will have to wait until 19 December to know when they will stand trial. The soldiers...
View ArticleGovt accountant up for 620k fraud
Bereng Mpaki A MINISTRY of Finance accountant was yesterday dragged to the Maseru Magistrate’s Court to face charges of defrauding the government of M620 000 over the past six years. Limakatso...
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Peace Corps celebrate 50th anniversary in Lesotho
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE United States (US) Peace Corps marked 50 years of friendship with Basotho yesterday with the swearing in of 60 new volunteers at Thaba Bosiu Cultural Village bringing the number of...
View ArticleInefficient NDSO guzzles health budget: Minister
… shortages of drugs persist in govt hospitals despite huge cash outlay to the NDSO Lerato Matheka HEALTH Minister Nkaku Kabi says the National Drug Service Organisation (NDSO) is failing to discharge...
View ArticleLocals in danger of losing out on lucrative cannabis industry
Ntsebeng Motsoeli TWENTY Basotho-owned companies are in danger of losing their stakes in the country’s fledgling multi-million-dollar medical marijuana industry if they fail to meet a 31 January 2019...
View ArticleSecurity of diamonds not foolproof: Minister
…Minister Sello distances self from his secretary who was arrested for illegally peddling diamonds Bereng Mpaki THE Minister of Mining, Keketso Sello, says the systems aimed at securing the country’s...
View ArticleGovt-Tšepong stand-off leaves patients stranded
…some medical operations deferred as hospital tells patients to come in 2019 Mohalenyane Phakela THE stand-off between the government and Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital over the admission of...
View ArticleBroke govt struggles to pay M1, 1 billion debts
… more cost cutting measures planned Bereng Mpaki THE government is broke and struggling to pay debts to its suppliers which have ballooned to M1, 1 billion since July last year, Finance Minister...
View ArticleMokhosi flees again
former defence minister escapes Mahao death probe while former DPM Metsing goes into hiding. Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Defence Minister and Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) deputy leader, Tšeliso...
View ArticleMedi Kingdom launches marijuana processing plant
Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has urged Basotho to seize the opportunities presented by the nascent local medical marijuana industry to establish their own plantations to produce the...
View ArticleUS-Lesotho begin talks over military cooperation
Herbert Moyo THE United States and Lesotho have begun talks over the resumption of military cooperation between their respective armies, a senior official in the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), has said....
View ArticleGovt fleet tender fails
…funding challenges prevent locals from supplying vehicles Bereng Mpaki THE much-awaited tendering for the procurement of the government vehicle fleet from locals failed to produce the required 341...
View ArticleSADC protection for Mokhosi: LCD
Mohalenyane Phakela FUGITIVE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) deputy leader Tšeliso Mokhosi made a surprise appearance at the High Court this week amid revelations that the party had successfully...
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