[Lesotho Times] ...as five more parties get struck off the roll
[Lesotho Times] A parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry into the administration of Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) took a dramatic turn this week, with PAC chairperson 'Machabana Lemphane-Letsie being asked to recuse herself from her position as chairperson because she herself is "corrupt" and thus "unfit" to lead a body tasked with probing graft.
[Lesotho Times] ATTORNEY Tumisang Mosotho and human rights activist Tsikoane Peshoane have taken their fight to overturn the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) recruitment process to the Court of Appeal, arguing that the Constitutional Court effectively impeded their right to a fair trial.
[Lesotho Times] BASOTHO Covenant Movement (BCM) leader, Dr Tšepo Lipholo, has vowed to forge ahead with his mission to reclaim a piece of land he alleges South Africa "illegally took" from Lesotho -- insisting that no amount of intimidation, arrest or government pressure will stop him.
[Lesotho Times] THE government will not bail out any ailing parastatals that owe taxes to the Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL), but instead, non-performing entities will either be restructured or shut down, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Dr Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, has warned.
[Lesotho Times] THE Private Member's Bill, seeking to amend the National Assembly Electoral Act by abolishing party lists and requiring the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to allocate Proportional Representation (PR) seats based on the "performance" of individual losing constituency candidates, has been rejected.
[Lesotho Times] THE Northern Division of the High Court has sentenced Phaketsi Ramoholi (66) to an effective eight years' imprisonment for the murder of his uncle, Rasello Ramoholi.
[Lesotho Times] As Scrutator has always argued, Lesotho has too many lawyers--far too many--squeezed into a tiny market where the available clients can barely fill a kombi, let alone sustain an entire profession. The legal profession is now akin to a desperate jungle as the Kingdom continues to drown in lawyers-- a bloated herd of wig-wearing hustlers elbowing each other for the same handful of clients.
[Lesotho Times] ...upgrades bills to curb counterfeit threats
[Lesotho Times] The recent High Court decision to strike Advocate Dyke Thejane off the roll of legal practitioners marks a significant moment for the legal profession in Lesotho.
[Lesotho Times] The Independent Electoral Commission of Lesotho (IEC) has earned a prestigious continental accolade after the Electoral Integrity Global Report 2025 ranked Lesotho fourth in Africa for the quality and credibility of its electoral processes.
[Lesotho Times] Former Police Commissioner Molahlehi Letsoepa's latest bail hearing has hit a snag, as procedural hurdles continue to stall progress.
[Lesotho Times] THE government has handed over nine brand-new vehicles and 3000 blankets to the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS), reaffirming its commitment to justice, security, and human dignity.
[Lesotho Times] MASERU City Council (MCC) has paid M5 million toward its Pay As You Earn (PAYE) debt of M13 million, prompting the Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) to release the Council's vehicles that were seized in September.
[GroundUp] The wife of the foreign affairs minister features prominently in the report
[The Conversation Africa] For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa.
[GroundUp] Communications authority says the company altered contract terms without prior communication
[GroundUp] Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases reports fraud of R1.4-million
[Afrobarometer] Infrastructure, security, water supply, and other services rank high among citizens' 'most important problems'
[E.G. Pediatric Aids Foundation] Reabetsoe waves and laughs as his mother, Motšelisi Tsubane, 23, leans in, singing his name and dangling a homemade ball. Reabetsoe is a healthy 4-month-old, learning how to focus his eyes and move his arms and legs. He has transformed this family.
[GroundUp] Ha Tšosane residents have lived next to mountains of waste for years
[Lesotho Times] TWO Leribe police officers are accused of conniving with a 49-year-old woman, Ntebaleng Chaka, to defraud 'Mammethe Maphokoane of M5000.
[Lesotho Times] . . . as world marks 16 days of activism campaign
[GroundUp] The Mosepele Foundation Development Forum has accused Mothers2Mothers South Africa of withholding funds but the latter says it has no choice
[GroundUp] The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions
[GroundUp] Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built
[Lesotho Times] ...blasts rampant graft in the RFP-led government
[Lesotho Times] THE recruitment of new Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Commissioners has been halted by Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane, who has temporarily interdicted the process pending a full hearing of a constitutional challenge next month.
[Lesotho Times] ...demands M5 million for defamation
[Lesotho Times] THE High Court has sentenced four men to 15 years' imprisonment for the murder of 32-year-old Moeletsi Makepe in Mokhotlong.