Lesotho
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:30:11 GMTLesotho Elections - Newcomers Score Impressive Win, but Politics Will Still Be Unstable
[The Conversation Africa] The 2022 national elections in Lesotho will go down in the country's history as among the most eventful. A party formed only six months ahead of the legislative election, Revolution for Prosperity, emphatically ended the rei...
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:33:28 GMTGauteng Councillor Thabo Malatjie Laid to Rest After Murder in Lesotho
[Daily Maverick] The community of Khutsong, in the Merafong City Local Municipality of Gauteng, is reeling after the murder of a local councillor.
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:39:51 GMTNew Party Surges Ahead in Early Election Results
[allAfrica] Vote counting is under way in Lesotho after Friday's general election, and the Lesotho Times reports that the electoral commission expects a final result on Tuesday.
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 11:57:52 GMTGovt Seeks to Nullify Controversial M500 Million Global Voice Group Tender
[Lesotho Times] COMMUNICATIONS, Science and Technology minister, Samuel Rapapa, has teamed up with the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) to file a High Court application to nullify the controversial M500 million tender to Global Voice Group (GVG...
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:26:44 GMTRFP Takes Commanding Lead
[Lesotho Times] Business mogul, Sam Matekane's Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party has taken a commanding lead in Lesotho's general elections.
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:28:57 GMTWealthy Businessman Sam Matekane Heads for Landslide Election Victory
[Daily Maverick] But will he bring a 'breath of fresh air' into the government? Or will he just grab more government contracts?
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:28:16 GMTHere's Why Political Establishment Has Been Dumped
[Daily Maverick] Elections have tossed out governments and been a catalyst for coalitions. They have also been a means of expressing people's disquiet on growing corruption, and an opportunity to extort something from politicians every five years. Bu...
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:33:51 GMTNone of the Parties Share the RFP's Revolutionary Ideology - Matekane
[Lesotho Times] REVOLUTION for Prosperity (RFP) leader, Sam Matekane, will be contesting elections for the first time ever. Not only is he aiming to be the next Mantsonyane member of parliament, he has set his sights on the even bigger prize of becom...
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:37:24 GMTLesotho Faces Political Instability As Polls Open Friday
[VOA] Johannesburg -- The small kingdom of Lesotho, surrounded by South Africa, is voting Friday with more than 50 parties competing and few hopes of an end to the country's run of unstable coalitions.
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:37:08 GMTKabi, Lehlanya Reaffirm Alliance
[Lesotho Times] ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, and murder-accused Famo gang leader, Sarele 'Lehlanya' Sello, have pledged to continue working together despite the negative publicity surrounding the latter and his followers.
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:35:36 GMTI'm Tried and Tested - Mokhothu
[Lesotho Times] AHEAD of tomorrow's crunch polls, the Lesotho Times (LT) Special Projects Editor, Bongiwe Zihlangu, sat down with Democratic Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, who shared his reasons why Basotho should vote for him. In the inte...
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:31:59 GMTThabane Govt Subjected Me to the Most Painful Chapter of My Life - Majara
[Lesotho Times] FORMER Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara is a history maker in that she was the first woman to be appointed to the post of chief justice of Lesotho. She served in that post from 2014 to 2019. Before that, she had held several other high-p...
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:22:51 GMTThe United States Congratulates Lesotho On Elections
[State Department] The United States congratulates Lesotho on its elections. The citizens of Lesotho have had the opportunity to have their votes counted and their voices heard in building the future for all the people of Lesotho.
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:39:00 GMTCareer Politicians Have Ruined the Country - Matlanyane
[Lesotho Times] FORMER Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) governor, Retselisitsoe Matlanyane, will tomorrow venture into unfamiliar territory as a parliamentary candidate for the Qalabane constituency. She will be contesting on a Revolution for Prosperity...
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:12:01 GMTVote Counting Underway in Lesotho's Polls
[Lesotho Times] Maseru -- VOTE counting is underway countrywide after the end of voting in Lesotho's general elections at 5pm today, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has said.
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:09:26 GMTBasotho Vote Amid Ongoing Political Crisis
[RFI] Thousands of voters in Lesotho are casting their ballots this Friday in the southern African kingdom's general elections.
Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:25:59 GMTBasotho Go to the Polls With Yet Another Unstable Coalition in Prospect
[Daily Maverick] Lesotho goes to the polls on Friday to elect a new government, with another messy and unstable coalition likely to be the outcome, once again.
Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:25:07 GMTLesotho Needs Credible Polls to Achieve Stability - Commonwealth
[Lesotho Times] The Commonwealth organisation recently deployed a six-member team to observe Lesotho's general elections which will be held tomorrow.
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:06:33 GMTI Hereby Publicly Pledge (In Anticipation of 200 Years of Lesotho's Founding in 2024)
[Lesotho Times] The brilliant Mosotho Historian, Dr. Sean Maliehe, writes in his book chapter, Money and markets for and against the people: The rise and fall of Basotho's economic independence, 1830s - 1930s* that King Moshoeshoe I founded this Nati...
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:01:01 GMTLesotho Bungles Political Reforms, Risking Fresh Bout of Instability After 2022 Poll
[The Conversation Africa] The Kingdom of Lesotho - a small landlocked country in southern Africa with a population of 2.1 million people - has failed to introduce key political reforms needed to bring stability to the country. This setback is the lat...
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 07:34:01 GMTCountry Prepares for October 7 Elections
[SANF] The Kingdom of Lesotho will hold general elections this week to elect Members of Parliament who will then choose a Prime Minister, who becomes Head of Government.
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:23:11 GMTLCD's Track Record Speaks for Itself - Metsing
[Lesotho Times] LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, who had been in self-imposed exile in South Africa since December 2021, finally returned home in August. He had fled to avoid standing trial for treason alongside fellow ...
Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:23:52 GMTLesotho National Day - 2022
[State Department] On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I send warm congratulations to the people of the Kingdom of Lesotho as you commemorate your 56th Independence Day.
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:05:22 GMT'Chinese Mosotho' Defends His Right to Contest Polls
[Lesotho Times] ASPIRING legislator, Zhen Yu Shao, says he has every right to contest the upcoming elections because he is a lawful citizen of Lesotho. Such is his patriotism that he claims to have once represented Lesotho as a diplomat in his native...
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:08:29 GMTDeath Knell for Reforms
[Lesotho Times] THE Court of Appeal has upheld last week's Constitutional Court's judgement nullifying the constitutional amendments recently passed by the recalled parliament and gazetted into law by His Majesty, King Letsie III.
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:03:41 GMTU.S. Calls for Free and Fair Elections
[Lesotho Times] United States (US) ambassador to Lesotho, Maria Brewer, has called for "free, fair and transparent elections".
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:45:08 GMTStatement by the Commonwealth Secretary-General on Lesotho Elections
[Commonwealth] The Commonwealth Secretary-General has called for politicians and voters in Lesotho to commit to peace during the upcoming general election.
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 04:27:59 GMTReforms Hang in the Balance Ahead of Elections
[ISS] Reforms should have preceded voting; their passage now depends on the promises of parties running for power.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 05:37:11 GMTLesotho Introduces Family Planning Services With Childbirth in Hospital, to Empower Women
[UNFPA] LERIBE DISTRICT, Lesotho -- After delivering her fifth child, 'Mathabo*, 33, and her husband decided to start using contraceptives a day after the birth, to avoid an unplanned pregnancy. While still in hospital, she had Implanon, a contracept...
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 06:49:26 GMTGang Leader Accused of Shooting Says He Will Report to South African Authorities
[Lesotho Times] promises to surrender to SA police to clear his name