January 21, 2026

Listen Live

  1. Home
  2. Breaking News

Category: Breaking News

Breaking News
Letsoepa to spend Christmas in jail

Letsoepa to spend Christmas in jail

BY: Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Police Commissioner, Molahlehi Letsoepa, will spend this Christmas in jail after the High Court yesterday reserved judgment on his bail application until 12 January 2026. Justice Mafelile Ralebese announced the decision

AD party members want Rapapa out

Disgruntled members of the Alliance for Democrats (AD), which is part of the ruling coalition, have penned no-confidence letters in party leader, Professor Ntoi Rapapa and his Executive Committee. Mr Rapapa’s executive committee has been

Breaking News
High Court Sentences Man to 10 Years for Killing Brother

High Court Sentences Man to 10 Years for Killing Brother

The High Court of Ts’ifa-li-Mali in Leribe has sentenced Ts’eliso Chabalala of Ha Sheshe, Qholaqhoe in the Botha-Bothe district to 10 years’ imprisonment or a fine of M20,000 after finding him guilty of killing his

Breaking News
Constitutional Court Postpones QMMH–PAC Case to February, Declines Urgent Hearing

Constitutional Court Postpones QMMH–PAC Case to February, Declines Urgent Hearing

  The Constitutional Court has ruled that the case in which the management of Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) is suing Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) should not be heard on an urgent basis. Instead,

Breaking News
Lesotho Launches BIOFIN to Close Biodiversity Funding Gap

Lesotho Launches BIOFIN to Close Biodiversity Funding Gap

The Government of Lesotho, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, has officially launched the Biodiversity Finance Initiative — also known as BIOFIN Lesotho. The initiative, unveiled on Monday, aims to help the country

Breaking News
Four Foreign Nationals Convicted for Working in Lesotho Without Permits

Four Foreign Nationals Convicted for Working in Lesotho Without Permits

Four men — Hussain Sadath (45), Shalknoormahame Valimohamed (57), Zuhuang He (54) and Mehhoob Siddique (58), nationals of India and China, appeared before the Botha-Bothe Magistrate’s Court on 12 December this year, charged with working

Breaking News
AGOA extension looms

AGOA extension looms

LESOTHO, heavily dependent on textile exports to the American market duty-free since 2000, is upbeat after the United States tabled a Bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for three more years.

Breaking News
Agriculture Ministry Moves to Strengthen Preparedness Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Agriculture Ministry Moves to Strengthen Preparedness Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition convened a meeting in Maseru on Monday, to establish a multi-sectoral team that will work to prevent and control a possible outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease should it

Breaking News

NEARLY a decade after the near-fatal shooting of former Lesotho Times editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri (pictured), two of the four soldiers accused of carrying out the attack have finally been released on bail. Brigadier Rapele Mphaki

Breaking News
Relief for health sector

Relief for health sector

  By: Mohloai Mpesi THE United States government has renewed its commitment to strengthening Lesotho’s health sector by investing over M6.2 billion in health delivery services. The investment was announced on Wednesday at Mpilo Botique