Jobs carnage
as leading textile factory retrenches 2500 workers, more job losses loom as sector reels from Covid impact and ballooning production costs. Bereng Mpaki IN a move that spells doom and gloom to the...
View ArticleBeauty queen defends Mokhothu against human trafficking claims
Pascalinah Kabi DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) beauty queen, Bongiswa Hesman, has defended DC leader Mathibeli Mokhothu and other senior party officials who have been accused of human trafficking. The...
View ArticleLesotho receives more Covid-19 vaccines
Limpho Sello LESOTHO has received a consignment of 108 000 Johnson&Johnson vaccines for the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This the first batch of vaccines to be procured under the...
View ArticleMajoro must go: Mapesela
outspoken Mokhotlong MP brands him the “worst-ever prime minister,” blames him for ruinous policies amid a Covid-induced economic crisis. Pascalinah Kabi OUTSPOKEN former cabinet minister Tefo...
View ArticleFour nabbed for cop’s murder
’Marafaele Mohloboli Four men have been arrested in connection with last week’s abduction and murder of a police officer in Ha Motlalepula, Mokhotlong. Police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Mpiti...
View ArticleMetsing, Mochoboroane application postponed
Mohalenyane Phakela POLITICIANS, Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane’s application to stop the state from joining them to the treason and murder trial alongside former army commander Tlali...
View ArticleI was forced to lie: murder witness
Mohalenyane Phakela A TEARFUL Police Constable (PC) Tumelo Ntoane accused his former boss, Senior Superintendent Thabo Tšukulu, of threatening to kill him to get to lie about the circumstances...
View Article‘Maseribane’s new appointment riles opposition
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE youth league of the opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has attacked the government for appointing former Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele Maseribane,...
View ArticleFirst Lady in hot soup
Mafeteng councillors mull suing her for the return of ‘borrowed’ council diesel, accuse her of disrupting council projects to fund her own initiatives. Pascalinah Kabi FIRST Lady ‘Masekoalane Majoro...
View ArticleMajoro tests positive for Covid-19
premier forced to cancel travel plans, goes into self-isolation Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has tested positive for Covid-19, his press attaché, Buta Moseme, said yesterday. Dr Majoro...
View ArticleKnives out for Rapapa
as another power struggle breaks out in the ABC, ABC chair accuses Thabane, Hlaele, Phori and Masoetsa of plotting his ouster. Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) chairperson Samuel Rapapa...
View ArticleTaxi fares increased
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Public Transport Board has announced a 10 percent fare hike for public transport operators. In terms of the new fares, which will come into effect from 1 October 2021, the small...
View ArticleNedbank Group resumes dividend payments
…as banking group delivers strong performance in the first half year Herbert Moyo NEDBANK Group has delivered a strong performance for the first six months of the year from 1 January to 30 June 2021....
View ArticleLesotho makes huge strides towards controlling HIV
Limpho Sello LESOTHO has taken further steps towards controlling the HIV epidemic. This amid revelations that the HIV prevalence has significantly declined from 25, 6 percent to 22, 7 percent in 2020....
View ArticleSakoane’s illness stalls Metsing, Mochoboroane case
Mohalenyane Phakela POLITICIANS, Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane’s application to stop the state from joining them to the treason and murder trial alongside former army commander Tlali Kamoli...
View ArticleIt’s all over for Phori, Unik
. . . as MCC begins processes of implementing lucrative Mpilo Boulevard tender with rival companies Pascalinah Kabi THE Maseru City Council (MCC) has begun processes towards the implementation of the...
View ArticleMaseru Private Academy resumes classes
Limpho Sello The Maseru Private Academy is set to re-open today. The resumption of classes comes just over a week after the top private learning centre shut down after four of its teachers had tested...
View ArticleOnly two new judges to be appointed
Chief Justice Sakoane blames funding constraints, backlog of cases set to worsen. Mohalenyane Phakela THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will only hire two High Court judges from the five...
View ArticleSekatle waits on report on alleged Covid-19 vaccines deaths
Limpho Sello HEALTH Minister Semano Sekatle says he is waiting for a full report from his ministry’s officials before publicly addressing the issue of the five people who are said to have died in...
View ArticleCovid Jabs for cash scandal!!!
hospital staffers vaccinate ineligible people for M400 each, corrupt practice disadvantages deserving people who should be getting free jabs. Mohalenyane Phakela / Limpho Sello A HUGE scandal has...
View Article