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Soldier turns crown witness
MASERU – A SOLDIER who is among those charged with the attempted murder of former Lesotho Times editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri, has turned crown witness. As a result, Second Lieutenant Mahanyane
Foreign missions starving
MASERU – LESOTHO’s diplomatic missions across the world are so broke that they can no longer pay their bills and employees. So dire is the situation that some missions are
Blind woman wins back house
MASERU – Sixteen years! That is how long it took Mary Tau, a blind woman from Sekamaneng, to regain control of her home that had been snatched by her late
Judge blocks Thabane
MASERU – PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane was yesterday stopped in his tracks in his attempt to oust five key members from his All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. High Court judge,
A life-changing gift for farmers
MOKHOTLONG – IT is not the passage of time that healed widow ’Maphaello Mphongoa after her husband’s death in 2015. It is what the 47-year-old did within that time. For
WASCO owed M140 million
MASERU – THE Water and Sewerage Company (Wasco) says it is owed over M140 million by residents and companies. Futho Hoohlo, the Wasco chief executive, revealed the staggering debt at
70 unregistered taxis impounded
MASERU – IN an operation that transport operators have greeted with glee, the Maseru police impounded close to 70 unregistered taxis on Monday. The operation to rid the roads of
Wiped off the ‘book of life’
….Lesotho’s aged without IDs fail to access pensions… LERIBE – BROKE, unskilled and too old to engage in manual labour, 62-year-old ’Mantšang Leaooa cannot wait to qualify for old age
Traditional healer battles to bury three initiates
MASERU – A 73-year-old initiation school owner says he is struggling to raise money for the burial of three initiates who died under his care when the hut they were
SADC steps up push for National Leaders’ Forum
MASERU – SADC facilitator to Lesotho’s crisis Justice Dikgang Moseneke and his team will be in the country this week as they step up preparations for the National Leaders’ Forum
