[The Conversation Africa] The southern African kingdom of Lesotho went to the polls on 7 October 2022. Or at least some of its voters did. Turnout was at an all-time low of 38% of registered voters. Many are expressing discontent with politics in Les...

[The Conversation Africa] The southern African kingdom of Lesotho went to the polls on 7 October 2022. Or at least some of its voters did. Turnout was at an all-time low of 38% of registered voters. Many are expressing discontent with politics in Les...

[Lesotho Times] THE Sam Matekane-led Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party's stunning election victory was achieved at the expense of established parties like the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Democratic Congress (DC), Alliance of Democrats (AD) and ...

[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...

[Lesotho Times] WE would like to extend our hearty congratulations to His Majesty, King Letsie III, the political parties and the nation at large for the peaceful elections over the weekend.

[Lesotho Times] SEVERAL political heavyweights, including All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, Democratic Congress deputy leader, Motlalentoa Letsosa, and Basotho Action Party (BAP) leader, Nqosa Mahao, have fallen by the wayside in the h...

[Lesotho Times] VARIOUS international observer missions have commended Lesotho for conducting "peaceful and safe" elections over the weekend.

[Daily Maverick] The community of Khutsong, in the Merafong City Local Municipality of Gauteng, is reeling after the murder of a local councillor.

[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.

[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...

[Lesotho Times] Business mogul, Sam Matekane's Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party has taken a commanding lead in Lesotho's general elections.

[Daily Maverick] But will he bring a 'breath of fresh air' into the government? Or will he just grab more government contracts?

[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...

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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...

[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...

[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.

[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...

[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.

[RFI] Thousands of voters in Lesotho are casting their ballots this Friday in the southern African kingdom's general elections.

[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.

[Lesotho Times] The Commonwealth organisation recently deployed a six-member team to observe Lesotho's general elections which will be held tomorrow.

[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...

[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...

[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.

[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 ...

[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.

[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...