AllAfrica News: Lesotho

Soldiers Demand Mozambique Allowances

[Lesotho Times] TENSIONS are mounting among the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)'s ranks as soldiers who participated in the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) and are now demanding payment of their long-overdue allowances.

Khasipe Vows to Uproot LEC Rot

[Lesotho Times] THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) chairperson, Thabo Khasipe, has vowed to root out corruption and fraud that have crippled the state-owned power utility for years.

MP Hlapisi Accuses DC Colleagues of Witchcraft

[Lesotho Times] Vows to join ruling RFP But party wants him to stay

Four Cops Accused in Famo Guns Scheme

[Lesotho Times] FOUR members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) have been charged for allegedly facilitating the illegal acquisition of firearms by famo gangsters.

PM Declares State of Emergency

[Lesotho Times] ...'The government sees unemployment as a crisis'

Mass Lay-Offs At Lesotho Garment Factories As U.S. Tariffs Bite

[GroundUp] After the Trump administration's threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down

The Truth Behind the Noise - Setting the Record Straight On the LEC Board

[Lesotho Times] The public has been swept up by a misleading narrative that the new LEC Board, appointed in late 2024 by Hon. Prof Nqosa Mahao and topped up by Hon. Minister Mohlomi Moleko in early 2025, is evading accountability by seeking legal protection in response to its recent appearance before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Social media has erupted, declaring the Board guilty by court application, painting us as a corrupt cover-up crew rather than what we are, a repair team knee-deep in crisis

Khasipe Speaks On LEC Mess

[Lesotho Times] Thabo Khasipe, the chairman of the board of directors of the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC), says it is important that Basotho understand that him and his board did not create the mess at the crucial power utility.

Opposition Leaders Unite Against Matekane

[Lesotho Times] LEADERS of opposition parties represented in parliament have come out guns blazing, accusing Prime Minister Sam Matekane of running a corrupt government that was failing the nation.

M50m More Needed for Ha Belo Electrification

[Lesotho Times] ...as World Bank demands accountability

Lesotho Leads Africa in Health Innovation

[Lesotho Times] --Pilots AFFLU Influenza Surveillance Platform

'Corruption Has Worsened Under Matekane' - Mokhothu

[Lesotho Times] Opposition leader Mathibeli Mokhothu has strongly criticized Prime Minister Sam Matekane's administration for its inability to tackle the country's soaring unemployment rate and persistent corruption.

SA Man Charged With Rape

[Lesotho Times] A 38-year-old South African man, Thabo Mlangene, appeared before Magistrate Mats'oloane Qhomane on Monday, accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in Ha-Abia, Maseru.

'Ministers Not Corrupt' - Matekane

[Lesotho Times] ...challenges anyone with evidence to present it so he can fire them

Court Upholds Confession of Alleged Triple Murderer

[Lesotho Times] Lehlohonolo Masoleng, accused of brutally murdering three women between February and April 2024, has suffered a major setback after the High Court ruled last week Friday that his confession of the killings is admissible.