Lesotho
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:13:21 GMTTeachers Union Blasts Minister Over Schools' Calendar
[Lesotho Times] A leading teachers' union has called on Education and Training Minister, Ntlhoi Motsamai, to immediately announce a comprehensive plan for the reopening of schools next month, specifying how the government will protect teachers and le...
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:11:50 GMTMajor Crisis As Blood Bank Runs Dry
[Lesotho Times] A blood shortage of crisis proportions looms this festive season amid revelations that the Lesotho Blood Transfusion Services (LBTS) has only got 20 blood units sourced from Mokoanyane Barracks in Maseru yesterday.
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:07:42 GMTMore Covid-19 Infections, Deaths Recorded
[Lesotho Times] THREE more Coronavirus (Covid-19) related deaths were recorded yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths so far in the country to 51.
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:57:22 GMTDilli-Dilli Health Centre Honoured for Quality Services
[Lesotho Times] Dilli-Dilli Health Centre has defied all odds by being named best health institution in terms of offering quality service by the Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA).
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:15:37 GMTBring On the Fight, Hlaele Tells Mokhothu
[Lesotho Times] The gloves are well and truly off in the All Basotho Convention (ABC)'s fight with its Democratic Congress (DC) coalition partner.
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:06:35 GMTDeportations of Foreign Nationals Loom
[Lesotho Times] Home Affairs Minister, Motlalentoa Letsosa, says the government has begun deporting foreign nationals who came into the country illegally. He said the government was conducting operations to discover more illegal immigrants and "very ...
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:01:06 GMTABC, DC Agree to 'Ceasefire'
[Lesotho Times] The ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Democratic Congress (DC) parties yesterday agreed to stop attacking each other in public.
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:53:13 GMTU.S.$117,4 Million Road Project Leaves Sour Taste in Locals' Mouths
[Lesotho Times] The securing of investment for a large-scale project is usually a cause for celebration in most African countries as they are often starved of meaningful infrastructural developments to provide much needed services to ordinary people.
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:45:16 GMTDiamond Market Recovery Boosts Liqhobong Reopening Prospects
[Lesotho Times] LIQHOBONG mine has received a boost after its diamonds' value doubled on the global market having performed sluggishly earlier this year on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:41:28 GMTMasoetsa Hits Back At 'Desperate' Moleleki
[Lesotho Times] RULING ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson Montoeli Masoetsa has hit back at former Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki saying the opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader should disabuse himself of the notion that frater...
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:40:15 GMTUnite to End Child, Forced Marriages - First Lady Tells Leaders
[Lesotho Times] ALL governing structures must collaborate in fighting early childhood and forced marriages, First Lady Masekoalane Majoro has said.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:38:31 GMTAnti-Graft Principal Prosecutor Baasi Suspended
[Lesotho Times] The director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, has suspended the anti-graft body's principal anti-corruption prosecutor, Adv Mamongonyo Baasi.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:35:52 GMTLetšeng, Villagers Fight - Specialist Weighs in
[Lesotho Times] LETSENG Diamonds and the Patising communities must jointly conduct an investigation into the mine's safety of its slime dams, a United States (US) consultant has said.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:31:34 GMTMahao Wins Judges' Appointment Case
[Lesotho Times] LAW and Justice Minister Professor Nqosa Mahao has won his constitutional application to stop former Acting Chief Justice 'Maseforo Mahase and Attorney General Advocate Haae Phoofolo from recommending the appointment of five new High ...
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:25:34 GMTKamoli Handed Freedom Boost By Justice Sakoane
[Lesotho Times] Treason and murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and his co-accused soldiers have been handed a boost by Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane in their bid for freedom.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:05:14 GMTFresh Threat to Governing Coalition
[Lesotho Times] The All Basotho Convention (ABC) says Deputy Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu, who leads its main Democratic Congress (DC) coalition partner, should step down from his post if he is charged with human trafficking. The ABC position an...
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:03:27 GMTAnti-Graft Boss Manyokole Off the Hook
[Lesotho Times] THE director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, is off the hook after Law and Justice Minister Professor Nqosa Mahao abandoned his quest to oust him from office.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:42:41 GMTIEC Commissioners Sworn-in, Get Down to Business
[Lesotho Times] Newly appointed Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson Mphasa Mokhochane and his fellow commissioners say they are raring to go after their swearing-in this week.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:37:17 GMTHeated Drama As Vodacom, LCA Trade Blows in Explosive Court Fight
[Lesotho Times] The High Court was this week turned into a battleground as lawyers representing Vodacom Lesotho and the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) sought to outfox each other in the two sides' high stakes war over the LCA's moves to stop ...