Lesotho
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:24:33 GMTDefence Minister Mosito Fired
[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has fired Defence and National Security Minister Lekhetho Mosito barely two weeks after appointing him to the post.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:23:16 GMTMajoro Declares Six-Month State of Emergency
[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has declared a six-month state of emergency after the recent heavy rains massively damaged farms, roads and bridges.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:05:08 GMTRuling Party Faction Asks Court to Oust Thabane
[Lesotho Times] TWO members of the Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) have petitioned the High Court to declare former prime minister and party leader Thomas Thabane unfit to lead the fractious party.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:02:02 GMTMahao Faction Renews Bid to Oust Thabane
[Lesotho Times] Two members of the Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) have petitioned the High Court to declare former prime minister and party leader Thomas Thabane unfit to lead the fractious party.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:20:09 GMTFormer Minister Au Breaks Silence On Human Trafficking Saga
[Lesotho Times] FORMER Home Affairs Minister, Tsukutlane Au, says he revoked the residence permit of the controversial Rana Qamar in 2017. Mr Qamar is a Pakistani currently at the centre of a drug and human trafficking storm.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:17:11 GMTRecruitment of Judges Begins
[Lesotho Times] THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has begun recruiting seven new judges to ease the huge backlog of cases in the High Court.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:01:37 GMTJudgement Reserved in Vendors' Case
[Lesotho Times] Street vendors will have to wait until 24 February 2021 to know whether their application to reverse the government ban on street vending during the hard lockdown succeeds.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:57:32 GMTMPs Oppose Virtual Parliament Sessions
[Lesotho Times] MEMBERS of the National Assembly are resisting Speaker Sephiri Motanyane's moves to replace physical sittings of parliament with virtual sessions as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:02:02 GMTRohr Hopes Osimhen Will Be Fit for Benin, Lesotho Games
[Leadership] Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is hopeful Victor Osimhen will be fit for next month's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Benin and Lesotho.
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:59:47 GMTWarrant of Arrest for DCEO Boss Manyokole
[Lesotho Times] Maseru Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Murenzi is said to have yesterday ordered the arrest of suspended Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general, Mahlomola Manyokole. This after Advocate Manyokole alle...
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:27:30 GMTLeposa SG Sues Molibeli
[Lesotho Times] A FRESH fight has broken out between Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, and Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) secretary general, Inspector Moraleli Motloli.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 08:43:14 GMTMetsing "Shocked" By Lack of Covid-19 Vaccine Budget
[Lesotho Times] OPPOSITION Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, says he is shocked by the government's failure to allocate funds to procure Covid-19 vaccines for its citizens.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:13:51 GMTMajoro Denies Controversial Businessman Yan Xie's Claims
[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has denied ever speaking to controversial businessman, Yan Xie, over the latter's complaints about ministers seeking M3 million bribes to protect the Chinese businessman from losing his lucrative governm...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:12:05 GMTTšepong Nurses' Strike Continues
[Lesotho Times] A CRIPPLING strike by nurses and nursing assistants at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) entered its ninth day yesterday.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:08:47 GMTQoo Consoles Families of Kao Bus Accident Victims
[Lesotho Times] Mining minister Serialong Qoo has sent condolence messages to families of seven Kao Mine employees who were killed in a bus crash in Butha-Buthe on Monday.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:03:42 GMTRuling Party Implodes
[Lesotho Times] The All Basotho Convention (ABC) has virtually imploded.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:45:45 GMTWatchdog Blasts Govt Over Human Trafficking
[Lesotho Times] A leading local human rights body has slammed the government for its alleged failure to protect the human rights of ordinary citizens by decisively addressing the human trafficking concerns raised by the United States (US) government.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:42:54 GMTStreet Vendors' Case Fails to Take Off
[Lesotho Times] The street vendors' application to reverse the government's ban on street vending during the hard lockdown failed to take off in the High Court this week due to their failure to file their court papers on time.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:16:45 GMTNational Assembly Clerk Promises 'Sparks' When Parliament Reopens
[Lesotho Times] Parliament will reopen next Monday with the thorny issue of the government's response to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic expected to take centre stage in the deliberations of the august house.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:00:51 GMTPrisons' Covid-19 Nightmare
[Lesotho Times] THE raging Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the country's prisons. This after revelations by the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) authorities that 47 out of 60 inmates at its Qacha's Nek facility had tested positive for the deadly viru...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:59:01 GMTDrama As Ruling Party's NEC Members Exchange Blows
[Lesotho Times] There was drama at Khali Hotel in Maseru on Monday when two All Basotho Convention (ABC) national executive committee (NEC) members exchanged blows at a meeting to discuss whether or not to recall Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:46:53 GMTRein in Mapesela, New Minister Demands
[Lesotho Times] Newly appointed Defence and National Security Minister, Lekhetho Mosito, has accused his colleague Tefo Mapesela of damaging his reputation through "unfounded and baseless allegations".
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:10:20 GMTTwo Ministers Fired
[Lesotho Times] LABOUR and Employment Minister Keketso Rantso and her Defence and National Security counterpart, Prince Maliehe, have been fired by Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro.
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:12:00 GMTDespite Patriarchal Norms, Basotho Women Strike Gold in Farming
[Lesotho Times] WOMEN in Lesotho have always played a major role in food production albeit at a subsistence level.
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:23:18 GMTLesotho's Human Trafficking and Drugs Shocker!!!
[Lesotho Times] Contoversial Pakistani national, Rama Qamar, who has been accused of human trafficking alongside some senior government officials, could also have been involved in the equally heinous crime of drug trafficking, the Lesotho Times has l...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:19:57 GMTPM Relaxes Lockdown Restrictions
[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has relaxed the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to allow a host of economic activities to resume amid indications that the rate of Covid-19 infections had decreased to 31 percent from an all-time high of ...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:16:38 GMTTšepong Nurses Strike
[Lesotho Times] NURSES and nursing assistants at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) have gone on strike to press the government to award them salary increments to match their counterparts in other government and private institutions.
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:12:06 GMTLesotho Submits Human Trafficking Report
[Lesotho Times] Home Affairs Minister Motlalentoa Letsosa says the government has submitted its report to the United States (US) government detailing the measures it has taken to address the latter's concerns about alleged rampant human trafficking.
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:08:36 GMTFollow Covid-19 Rules - King
[Lesotho Times] BASOTHO must strictly adhere to Covid-19 regulations and change the way they have been handling events like funerals if Lesotho is to contain the virus, His Majesty King Letsie III has said.
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:07:47 GMTCovid Vaccine - Health Workers to Be Prioritised
[Lesotho Times] Health workers will be prioritised when Lesotho receives its consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine in April this year Ministry of Health expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) nurse, 'Mamonaheng Posholi has said.