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4 months
According to Times LIVE Her Majesty Queen 'Masenate was the best dressed guest at the just ended inauguration of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. #ramaphosainauguration #southafrica #queenmasenate #Lesotho
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SOUTH African hospitals are now turning away #Lesotho ’s cancer patients because of the government’s failure to settle its long-standing debts. The situation has left cancer patients in peril because of lack of viable #oncology centres within the country.
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6 years
PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s government is pulling out all the stops in its quest to win its court battle with Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara. It has roped in renowned South African lawyer and politician Dali Mpofu to head its legal team. @AdvDali_Mpofu
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Lesotho Times
2 years
RFP leader Sam Matekane seemingly counting the hours and minutes before he gets to State House
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2 years
Former #Botswana President Ian Khama has arrived in #Lesotho ahead of tomorrow's inauguration of Lesotho's new Prime Minister Sam Matekane
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2 months
#MalomeVector , real name Bokang Moleli, lost his life in a car accident at N8 in #FreeState , South Africa, earlier today. Malome Vector was in the company of his other two crew members, Lizwi Wokuqala and Puleng Phoofolo, who also died on the spot. #lesotho @SABCNews
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2 years
Prime Minister-elect Sam Matekane promises stringent austerity measures in pursuit of Lesotho's economic growth. #LesothoElections2022
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11 months
#Checkers Hyper opens its doors to the public at Maseru Mall. #Maseru #MaseruMall #Lesotho #CheckersHyper
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2 years
The Sam Matekane-led Revolution for Prosperity #RFP is busy repairing roads in #Maseru in preparation for his inauguration on Friday. Pics by Maxwell Muza
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2 years
#Lesotho 's Prime Minister-Designate, Sam Matekane is a shrewed businessman who will immediately establish good corporate governance: Bridget Motsepe-Radebe Pic by Maxwell Muza
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2 years
#RFP 's newly elected legislator for Thetsane Nthati Moorosi, says youths and new voters helped her win the election. She says the RFP has given hope to the masses, some of whom had given up on voting because of disillusionment caused by the persistent failure of other leaders.
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11 months
Prime Minister Sam #Matekane handed over 75 vehicles to LMPs at a function held at Police Training Centre on Wednesday afternoon. #Lesotho
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3 years
WHEN his knee started swelling mysteriously in 2012 and eventually prematurely ended his career, former Likuena goalkeeper, Phoka Matete’s dreams were shattered.
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2 years
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2 years
Scenes from the Parliament building where #Lesotho 's 🇱🇸 11th National Assembly is being sworn in.
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2 years
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4 months
PRIME Minister, Sam Matekane’s cabinet has made history by being the first to fully declare its members’ assets to the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences #DCEO
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5 months
#LESOTHO will now earn a generous M298 million monthly in royalties for sending water to South Africa’s economic hub, #Gauteng , under the Lesotho Highlands Water Project #LHWP . #JoburgWater #PolihaliDam #KatseDam
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Lesotho Times
1 year
NATIONAL team, Likuena, has advanced to the Southern Africa Football Associations #COSAFA Cup final after beating #Malawi 3-0 on penalties yesterday at King Zwelithini Stadium, #Durban .
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2 years
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4 years
Your #LesothoTimes frontpage. Grab your copy. Available in the streets, leading shops and service stations nationwide. #Lesotho #LesothoNews #CoronavirusInSA #CoronaVirusLesotho
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8 years
TRADE Minister Joshua Setipa is optimistic that the operationalisation of the Economic Cooperation Agreement...
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2 years
Lesotho Election results at a glance #lesothoelections2022 #Lesotho
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9 months
CIVIL society organisations have expressed disappointment at the government’s prolonged failure to issue new passports. They say the jobs of migrant workers, particularly in South Africa, are now at risk. #lesotho
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4 years
#LESOTHO ’S top mountain bike #MTB rider, Tumelo Makae, was yesterday crowned champion in the mixed team category of this year’s Swiss Epic MTB race alongside his South African partner, Cherie Redecker. #TumeloMakae
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4 months
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4 years
MOST #Basotho would welcome monarchical rule over parliamentary democracy, the latest report from the @Afrobarometer research institute reveals. #Lesotho #KingLetsieIII @sundayexpres
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Lesotho Times
6 years
The Publisher, Chief Operating Officer, the Editor and the entire staff at the Lesotho Times join the nation in wishing His Majesty King Letsie III a happy 55th birthday. May God continue to richly bless Your Majesty.
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5 years
#BASOTHO want the country’s constitution changed to give His Majesty King Letsie III powers to take charge of the country’s entire armed forces to protect them from political interference and ensure they exist only to serve the national interest. #Lesotho
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6 years
THE majority of #Basotho want #Lesotho to establish a union with South Africa, a leading research institute has found. At least 52 percent of Basotho favour #unification with South Africa while 80 percent say they would consider migrating to South Africa.
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4 years
POLICE are investigating claims that former Foreign Affairs Minister, Lesego Makgothi, was bribed by the #Moroccan government to abandon #Lesotho ’s long-held support for Western Sahara’s right to independence from #Morocco last year.
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4 years
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3 years
The usually quiet open space behind the Puma Garage in Maseru's Ha #Thetsane suburb was today turned into a veritable sea of gold, blue and maroon when Basotho Action Party (BAP) leader Nqosa Mahao took his socio-economic transformation message to the area. #Lesotho @ProfMahao
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4 years
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2 years
CELEBRATIONS are ongoing in #Maseru after Prime Minister-elect Sam Matekane announced at a press conference that he had formed a coalition with the Movement for Economic Change and the Alliance of Democrats. 📷 Maxwell Muza
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4 years
Your #LesothoTimes frontpage. Grab your copy. Available in the streets, leading shops and service stations nationwide. #Lesotho #LesothoNews
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4 years
Your #LesothoTimes frontpage. Grab your copy. Available in leading shops and service stations nationwide. #Lesotho #LesothoNews
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2 years
Golfers celebrate His Majesty King Letsie III's silver jubilee at Maseru Golf Club. #MaseruGolfClub #maseru #Lesotho
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5 months
Today, the nation of Lesotho witnessed a momentous occasion as His Majesty King Letsie III unveiled the country's National Brand at a launch event organized by the #Lesotho National Development Corporation #LNDC
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Lesotho Times
2 years
RFP takes commanding lead
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Lesotho Times
4 years
Other expenses are for office equipment (M2 224 619), four 9 kg gas cylinders and four heaters (M184 550) as well as batteries for loud speakers used to spread Covid-19 awareness in the districts (M412 245) #Lesotho #CovidLesotho
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Lesotho Times
7 years
Lesotho team won 5-4 on penalties. Lesotho to the semi-finals #lesotho #COSAFACup2017
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5 years
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Lesotho Times
4 years
#LESOTHO could be forced to reinstate the ban on the sale of alcohol after complaints from the South African government about the smuggling of the product from Lesotho. @sundayexpres #CoronavirusSA #SALockdown
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Lesotho Times
4 months
THE #Lesotho government has been urged to audit the country’s land and develop a 50-year national land masterplan to enforce accountability and sustainable utilisation of the country’s soil.
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Lesotho Times
4 years
FIRST National Bank of #Lesotho #FNBLesotho appointed its former treasurer, Delakazi Mokebe as the bank’s new chief executive officer. Ms Mokebe is the first female #Mosotho to be appointed CEO of a commercial bank
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Lesotho Times
2 months
THE absence of a body that regulates medicines imported into the country is putting the lives of #Basotho at risk. Unlike most countries of the world, who have medicine control bodies that test and authorise medicines for public use, #Lesotho does not have one. It just imports
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Lesotho Times
2 years
Police sources have confirmed the robbery at Shoprite #LNDC in #Maseru . The sources say five gun-wielding robbers robbed cashiers of an unknown amount of cash, fired shots into the air before fleeing the scene. No injuries have been reported.
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Lesotho Times
5 years
The publisher, The COO, Editor and the rest of the staff at Lesotho Times join the nation in congratulating His Majesty King Letsie III on the occassion of his 56th #birthday . #Lesotho #KingLetsieIII
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Lesotho Times
4 years
Your #LesothoTimes frontpage. Grab your copy. Available in the streets, leading shops and service stations nationwide. #Lesotho #LesothoNews
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Lesotho Times
4 months
National Assembly Clerk, has, on behalf of parliament, directed the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development, to implement the controversial business indigenisation regulations banning foreigners from 47 economic sectors with immediate effect.
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Lesotho Times
3 years
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7 years
Unveiling ceremony of statue in honour of the Late Lt-Gen Maaparankoe Mahao in Mokema village ...
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4 years
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2 years
RFP's Thuso Makhalanyane wins the Abia constituency by 3, 051 votes. This makes him the first MP to represent the constituency in parliament after former ABC leader Thomas Thabane's 25 year roll. #IECLesotho #lesothoelections2022 #Lesotho
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Lesotho Times
5 months
THE #Lesotho Defence Force #LDF raided the homestead of Terene ea Khosi Mokata leader, Tsepiso “Mosotho” Radebe, in Liphakoeng on Thursday but failed to arrest him.
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Lesotho Times
4 years
DCEO director general, Mahlomola Manyokole, has accused #Chinese nationals of "state capture". #StateCapture
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Lesotho Times
4 years
HIS Majesty King Letsie III has rejected a request by two Judicial Service Commission (JSC) members, Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase and Attorney General Haae #Phoofolo , to appoint five new judges, government sources have said.
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Lesotho Times
5 years
HER Majesty Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso says it is time to review cultural norms and discard those that are no longer relevant to today’s needs. @sundayexpres #Lesotho
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10 months
Business in Lesotho has virtually ground to a halt as the country’s banking system remains paralysed after the Central Bank of #Lesotho was hacked earlier this week. - #nedbank #fnb #standardbank
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Lesotho Times
4 years
TWO-time chess Olympian Naleli McPherson has opened a YouTube channel that is meant to offer chess lessons to players. @sundayexpres
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Lesotho Times
6 years
THE US Embassy has injected M750 000 to sponsor the implementation of a bachelor’s degree programme in journalism at the University of #Lesotho #NUL . @sundayexpres
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Lesotho Times
7 years
HISTORY was made on Friday in #Maseru when #Lesotho launched its first ever mobile phone manufacturing company, Di…
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4 years
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4 years
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3 years
PARIS-based #Mosotho , Mahadi Granier has landed a prestigious post at #Google where she has been appointed Program Manager tasked with driving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion across Google offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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4 years
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4 years
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4 years
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2 months
MANY have questioned why the National Security Service (NSS) is unable to gather useful intelligence to help prevent rampant murders and other violent crimes plaguing the country. The simple answer – as established by the  #Lesotho Times through painstaking investigations – is
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3 years
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5 years
Your #LesothoTimes frontpage. Grab your copy. Available in the streets, leading shops and service stations nationwide. #Lesotho #LesothoNews #Covid19 #Coronavirus #CoronavirusInSA
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4 years
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Lesotho Times
3 months
Botho University is hosting Deep Learning Indaba X at the State Library today. #DeepLearningIndabaX #DeepLearningIndabaXLesotho #Lesotho #BothoUniversity @bothouniversiti
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Prime Minister Sam Matekane’s meeting this week with billionaire, Elon Musk, has thrown #Basotho into a frenzy, in anticipation of #Starlink ’s launch in #Lesotho . The launch expected by the end of this year, will shake up Lesotho’s telecommunication sector to the benefit of
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4 years
NEWLY appointed Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro says his government’s priorities are to ensure food security and ending corruption in government. @sundayexpres #Lesotho
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Lesotho Times
3 years
Police had to deploy water tankers to break up an Monday early morning riot by factory workers in the Thetsane Industrial area. The workers are protesting the government's failure to gazette a new minimum wage which would see them earn more than the average M2000 per month.
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Lesotho Times
8 months
The Constitutional Court has nullified the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution. This means the Prime Minister can now advise His Majesty King Letsie III to call for elections when faced with a no confidence motion. #Lesotho #KingLetsieIII
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5 years
Thesele ‘Maseribane, has called on the #Lesotho and South African governments to begin fresh negotiations to amend the Lesotho Highlands Water Project #LHWP agreement to ensure that it fully benefits Lesotho. @sundayexpres
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6 years
Your Lesotho Times front page. Grab your copy!! Available in streets, leading shops and service stations nationwide. #Lesotho #LesothoNews #Lestimes
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4 years
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5 years
FIRST Lady, ’Maesaiah #Thabane , on Saturday suffered a huge blow in her bid to stop the police from arresting her in connection with June 2017 murder of of her husband Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s former wife, Lipolelo Thabane. #Maesaiah #Lesotho
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6 years
COMEDIANS and other local artistes will on 4 April 2019 come together to host a comedy show at Victoria Hotel to raise funds for radio personality Cura who was recently diagnosed with #cancer . @sundayexpres #Lesotho
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4 years
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4 years
THE Minister of Gender, Youth, Sport and Recreation Likeleli Tampane has urge officials in her ministry to put their political persuasions aside and serve the nation.
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5 years
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4 years
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2 years
It's a carnival atmosphere at Sestoto Stadium where Prime Minister-designate, Sam Matekane, is to be inaugurated today.
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Lawsuits are piling up on #Lesotho Defence Force #LDF commander, Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela’s desk, as the army appears to be assuming more policing duties and getting accused of brutalising civilians in the process.
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6 years
Likuena vs Swaziland Kick off 17:00hrs Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane 1 Likano Mphuthi 2 Mafa Moremoholo 3 Lesia Thetsane 4 Kopano Tseka 5 Basis Makepe 6 Tsepo Toloane 7 Litsepe Marabe 8 Hlompho Kalake 9 Nkoto Masoabi 10 Litsepe Marabe 11 Tumelo Khutlang
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THE #Lesotho Electricity Company #LEC is in financial difficulties due to the high costs of importing electricity from South Africa and because of huge debts it owes to service providers.
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DIRECTOR of the #Lesotho Schools Early Detection and Treatment of Addiction Programme, Teboho Bulane, has urged parliament to declare #drugabuse a national crisis and establish a dedicated body to address the problem. Addressing the parliamentary Social Cluster Committee on
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4 years
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