Standard Bank hands over market stalls
Nthatuoa Koeshe STANDARD Lesotho Bank this week handed over 12 market stalls to the Butha-Buthe community as a gift for King Letsie III’s birthday which was held in that district in 2018. The stalls...
View ArticleCommissioner of Mines in hot soup over diamonds
Moorosi Tsiane THE Acting Commissioner of Mines, Pheello Tjatja, faces disciplinary action for allegedly tarnishing the image of the Ministry of Mining through his “negligent handling” of the country’s...
View ArticleJudges, police, MPs most corrupt: survey
Herbert Moyo JUDGES, police officers, legislators and government employees are viewed by most Basotho as the most corrupt public officials, the latest report from the Afrobarometer research institute...
View ArticleDC releases final candidates’ list
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE opposition Democratic Congress (DC) this week released its final list of candidates to contest for various positions at the party’s elective conference which gets underway...
View ArticleThere can only be one winner in ‘brutal’ ABC contest
Herbert Moyo FINANCE Minister Moeketsi Majoro late last year gave an enigmatic, if not prescient response when he declared that the race for the deputy leader’s post in the All Basotho Convention (ABC)...
View ArticleThabane, Mahao for crunch talks
…face-to-face meeting expected to resolve differences after Thabane’s attack on Mahao Pascalinah Kabi NATIONAL University of Lesotho (NUL) Vice Chancellor Nqosa Mahao will hold face-to-face talks with...
View ArticleLHDA speaks on Nthane murder case
…says it will not terminate multi-million maloti contract with his company Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) says it will not terminate the M235 million road...
View ArticleLCS boss illegally in office: Ombudsman
Mohalenyane Phakela THE ombudsman, Advocate Leshele Thoahlane, has delivered a scathing report on the Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS), saying that its commissioner Thabang Mothepu and some of the...
View ArticleGovt reviews shareholders’ deals with firms
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government has engaged the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help it to review all the shareholders agreements that is has with private enterprises and parastatals to determine...
View ArticleGovt losing millions to tourism contractors
……contractors not paying taxes and rentals for using state properties Herbert Moyo THE Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture is reviewing its contracts with private operators who are leasing its...
View ArticleFour principal secretaries resign
Herbert Moyo FOUR principal secretaries have resigned with three of them expected to be redeployed to the country’s diplomatic missions, the Lesotho Times has learnt. The principal secretaries are...
View ArticleSA extends Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) programme
Ntsebeng Motsoeli SOUTH Africa has extended the Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) programme for another four years beginning December 2019. The development brings relief to thousands of Basotho living,...
View ArticleDC leader Mokhothu speaks
We’ve kissed and made up with Mr Sekhamane Lesotho must get back its conquered land and have access to the sea ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE newly-elected leader of the opposition Democratic Congress (DC),...
View ArticleMosisili criticises Thabane’s re-election bid
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili has criticised Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s decision to seek another term of office, saying he will be too old to rule and...
View ArticleMokhothu trounces Sekhamane
. . .succeeds founding Democratic Congress leader, Pakalitha Mosisili ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Democratic Congress (DC) leadership contest lived up to expectations with Mathibeli Mokhothu polling 1681...
View ArticleABC expels Prof Mahao
Pascalinah Kabi THE All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive committee (NEC) has expelled Professor Nqosa Mahao from the party for taking the party to court over its decision to disqualify him...
View ArticleActing chief justice in court drama
Mohalenyane Phakela/Nat Molomo ACTING chief justice, ‘Maseforo Mahase, was this week involved in heated exchanges with the audience who heckled her over her perceived tardiness in handling the All...
View ArticleThabane reshuffles cabinet
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has reshuffled four cabinet ministers including former Democratic Congress secretary general Semano Sekatle who was moved to the Ministry of Public Service...
View ArticleRape victim gives birth, relocates to SA
Mohalenyane Phakela AN orphaned girl who was allegedly raped and impregnated by former Law and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Mootsi Lehata, has since given birth to a baby boy and is now based in...
View ArticleLCS boss ‘compromised’ security of high-profile inmates
Mohalenyane Phakela THE commissioner of the Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS), Thabang Mothepu, may have compromised the security at the Maseru Maximum Prison by ordering highly trained senior...
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