[AI London] Responding to reports of continued harassment, intimidation and threats against Phafane Nkotsi, journalist and proprietor of Lesotho Tribune and Lesotho Times, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International's Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said:
[Lesotho Times] --says one in three women have experienced GBV
[Lesotho Times] TRADE unions are disgruntled that government continues to discriminate against women working in the textile and private security sectors when it comes to maternity leave payment.
[Lesotho Times] THE Sasolburg Regional Court has sentenced a young Lesotho national, Leona Moleko (23), to a lengthy imprisonment for tampering with essential Transnet infrastructure and stripping copper.
[Lesotho Times] ...accuse some of operating illegal clinics
[Lesotho Times] ...but it remains unclear when he'll resume duties
[Lesotho Times] AS the race for the election of the next Commonwealth secretary general gains momentum, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Lejone Mpotjoane, is stamping up for Lesotho's ambitious candidate: Joshua Phoho Setipa.
[Lesotho Times] WITH just a week before Lesotho's first ever mining indaba (Khotla) gets underway, Natural Resources Minister, Mohlomi Moleko, says the event's primary purpose is to explore means and ways in which Lesotho's mining sector can be expanded in pursuit of economic growth and job creation.
[Lesotho Times] FORMER Minister of Police and Public Safety, Lepota Sekola, has been slapped with stock theft charges for allegedly importing cattle from South Africa without proper documentation.
[Lesotho Times] MARATHONERS are crying foul after weeks of non-payment for their effort in the Bochelatsane Marathon.
[Lesotho Times] WITH the Vodacom Premier League (VPL) edging to a fascinating ending, the remaining fixtures for each of the top three teams will play a crucial role in determining the league winners.
[Lesotho Times] FIRST National Bank (FNB)-Lesotho has officially launched its card localisation scheme aimed at enhancing financial inclusion and facilitating payments.
[Lesotho Times] ...as former GS Mphaka is disqualified for deputy leader's position
[Lesotho Times] as another Famo gangster, Qoqotho, is brutally murdered Qoqotho had been charged for one of the most heinous murders to rock Lesotho PM Matekane asked to broker peace among the Famo groups
[CPJ] Two privately owned newspapers in Lesotho-the Lesotho Tribune and Lesotho Times--faced separate lawsuits in February and March 2024, seeking to shut them down, according to the publications' owners who spoke to CPJ.
[The Conversation Africa] The main water supply to South Africa's economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country's breadbasket in the Free State, is scheduled to be cut off for six months. Maintenance work on the 37 kilometre Lesotho Highlands Water Project tunnel is due to begin in October 2024. Ifedotun Victor Aina, a senior researcher at the Water and Production Economics Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, takes a critical look at who could be affected by the shutdown and what might
[AI London] Responding to recent findings by the Lesotho Ombudsman which exposed a disturbing pattern of human rights violations, including torture, excessive use of force and denial of medical care to detainees at Maseru Correctional Centre Institution (MCCI), Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda, said: