NURSES and nursing assistants at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) have gone on strike to press the government to award them salary increments to match their counterparts in other government and private institutions. The strike, which began on Monday, followed the health ministry’s failure to address the nurses’ grievances by the 27 January 2021 deadline […]
Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has relaxed the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to allow a host of economic activities to resume amid indications that the rate of Covid-19 infections had decreased to 31 percent from an all-time high of 47 percent last month. Dr Majoro however, warned that the infection rate was still much higher than the […]
Contoversial Pakistani national, Rama Qamar, who has been accused of human trafficking alongside some senior government officials, could also have been involved in the equally heinous crime of drug trafficking, the Lesotho Times has learnt. Mr Qamar’s alleged criminality prompted His Majesty King Letsie III’s Senior Private Secretary (SPS), Monehela Posholi, to implore the police […]
Health workers will be prioritised when Lesotho receives its consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine in April this year Ministry of Health expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) nurse, ‘Mamonaheng Posholi has said. Ms Posholi said this in an interview with the Lesotho Times this week. Lesotho is one of the 92 countries that are set to […]
BASOTHO must strictly adhere to Covid-19 regulations and change the way they have been handling events like funerals if Lesotho is to contain the virus, His Majesty King Letsie III has said. His Majesty said this on Sunday during a live broadcast on national television. The call comes on the back of a sharp increase […]
Home Affairs Minister Motlalentoa Letsosa says the government has submitted its report to the United States (US) government detailing the measures it has taken to address the latter’s concerns about alleged rampant human trafficking. Mr Letsosa said the report was submitted to the US embassy in Maseru on Friday. This was just a couple of […]
MOTIMPOSO in Maseru, is in mourning after 28 people died of Covid-19 related complications in just a week, the constituency’s legislator, Thabang Mafojane, said yesterday. The constituency is said to be home to about 22 000 people. It has over the years gained a reputation for high crime rates but of late, Covid-19 appears to […]
THE government has denied overshooting the Covid-19 budget, saying by December 2020, it had only spent about M341 million of the initial M698 million set aside to fight the pandemic. Addressing the media yesterday, Dr Majoro’s press attaché, Mosito Moqhekoana, said the Ministry of Finance had released only about M403 million to the Office of […]
ANYONE who flies in and out of the country in violation of the current ban on international travel will be fined M50 000 or be jailed for three years, Health Minister, Motlatsi Maqelepo, has said. The fines and jail terms are among new measures published by Mr Maqelepo as the government seeks to clamp down […]
MAJOR General Metsing Lekhanya, who led the 1986 coup against then Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan, died yesterday at the age of 83. The former army commander who later traded his military fatigues for civilian attire after assuming control of the Basotho National Party (BNP), died ironically on the 35th anniversary of his coup. At the […]
The high-profile trials of politicians, serving and former members of security agencies accused of a litany of crimes are in danger of collapsing because contracts of foreign judges recruited to preside over the cases will expire next month. Some of the trials include that of former army commander Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Tlali Kamoli who stands […]
A local human rights body, the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), has applauded the High Court for jailing two police officers who murdered Lesotho Electricity Company auditor, Thibello Nteso. The non-governmental organisation also hailed the police for conducting “effective investigations” into Mr Nteso’s 6 February 2017 murder. The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) […]
THREE more Coronavirus (Covid-19) related deaths were recorded yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths so far in the country to 51. The number of infections also rose by 148 cases in just 24 hours to 2725 on Wednesday from 2577 on Tuesday. This according to the latest Covid-19 figures released yesterday by the National […]
A blood shortage of crisis proportions looms this festive season amid revelations that the Lesotho Blood Transfusion Services (LBTS) has only got 20 blood units sourced from Mokoanyane Barracks in Maseru yesterday. This means that the LBTS can only cater for 20 patients before its stock completely runs out. This was revealed by the LBTS’ […]
A leading teachers’ union has called on Education and Training Minister, Ntlhoi Motsamai, to immediately announce a comprehensive plan for the reopening of schools next month, specifying how the government will protect teachers and learners from the Covid-19 pandemic. The union’s demand follows Ms Motsamai’s announcement last week that secondary schools had been given the […]
RULING ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson Montoeli Masoetsa has hit back at former Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki saying the opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader should disabuse himself of the notion that fraternising with ABC leader Thomas Thabane will help him get back to power. He also claimed that Mr Moleleki had a treason […]
Treason and murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and his co-accused soldiers have been handed a boost by Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane in their bid for freedom. This after Justice Sakoane last Thursday questioned why they were still detained without being tried for treason and the murder of Police Sub-Inspector Mokheseng Ramahloko in […]
Lesotho’s under-20 men’s national team coach Bafokeng Mohapi says this year’s COSAFA Cup tournament was a learning curve for the young players in the squad. This comes after the team lost all its three group games. Makoanyane XI played their last game on Tuesday afternoon going down 4-1 to the tournament’s six times champions, Zimbabwe […]