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Police constables want pay review

MASERU — The government has not reviewed salaries for police constables who do not have tertiary qualifications. The constables who have been left out of the current salary restructuring exercise are now accusing the government of discrimination. The Ministry Public Service announced in March that civil servants’ salaries would be reviewed with effect from April [...]

22 May 2013 | 51 comments

Lesotho launches retention package for rural nurses

MASERU — The Minister of Health Dr Pinkie Manamolela yesterday launched a retention package for nurses working in remote districts. Under the programme nurses and midwives who are working in about 46 health centres classified as hard to reach will now get an extra M2 275 a month. The lowest paid nurse currently earns a [...]

16 May 2013 | 21 comments

58-year-old granny, grandchildren brutally murdered

LERIBE — A 58-year-old woman, ’Matšepiso Rapalo, was found strangled in her hut in St Monica’s last Saturday morning. The bodies of her two grandchildren, a 10-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl, were also found dumped in a nearby stream just outside the village. The local chief of St Monica’s, Taaso Ramohanoe, told the Lesotho [...]

1 May 2013 | 25 comments

Minister promises women 3 months maternity leave

By Puseletso Lephatsa and Limpho Sello   MASERU — The government says it will soon craft a new law that will allow women to go on maternity leave for three months. Labour Minister Lebesa Maloi told hundreds of workers at Workers’ Day celebrations at Setsoto Stadium that he would table the amendment in Parliament soon. [...]

1 May 2013 | 8 comments

‘We made promises difficult to fulfill’

MASERU — The three parties in the coalition government made bold promises that they are now finding difficult to fulfill, Labour Minister Lebesa Maloi has said. Speaking at the closure of a two-day labour workshop on protection of maternity yesterday, Maloi said the government is working under immense pressure to deliver on its promises. “It [...]

25 Apr 2013 | 40 comments

new incubation plan to boost enterprenuers

MASERU — A three day stakeholders’ workshop has drawn up a “business incubation” plan to help budding Lesotho entrepreneurs to deal with the challenges of running businesses. The workshop, led by the Department of Science and Technology and other stakeholders from tertiary and business institutions, was aimed at coming up with efficient models that can [...]

17 Apr 2013 | 3 comments

Sun International agrees to review workers salaries

MASERU — Sun International Lesotho has agreed to review salaries by seven percent ending a three-week dispute that had almost crippled the company’s operations. The National Union of Commerce Catering and Allied Workers (NUCCAW) secretary general, Tšeliso Ramochela, yesterday said the agreement was reached after a series of meetings between management, the employees’ representative and [...]

11 Apr 2013 | 9 comments

Taxi fares set for review

MASERU — Taxi fares are expected to be reviewed on May 1, with speculation that they could be hiked by as much as 50 percent. Minibuses are currently charging M5 for local travel while sedan taxis charge M5.50. The Maseru Region Taxi Association has however said it has not yet decided on how much they [...]

11 Apr 2013 | 34 comments

NUL students asked to sign ‘non-violence’ pledge

ROMA – The National University of Lesotho (NUL) has come up with tough new measures barring students from engaging in illegal protests and demonstrations. The university, which was shut down last week following violent protests over allowances, was expected to reopen its doors this week after the university Senate lifted the suspension on lectures. However, [...]

11 Apr 2013 | 61 comments

Basotho students ‘starve’ in Harare

MASERU — Basotho students studying medicine in Zimbabwe say they are starving after the government allegedly cut their food allowances. The students at the University of Zimbabwe said the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) abruptly cut their allowances for this semester. This week they wrote a letter to the Lesotho Times, narrating their ordeal since [...]

28 Mar 2013 | 74 comments
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