Lesotho Times

English-language weekly newspaper published in Maseru since 2008 by Africa Media Holdings, with the Sunday Express as its sister title. One of Lesotho's most influential private papers, it is known for hard news and investigations into politics, the security services and public finances, work that has at times brought legal and physical pressure on its journalists.

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Lesotho Times at a glance

Country: Lesotho
Region: Southern Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: lestimes.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Lesotho Times

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Where Lesotho Times sits in Lesotho's press

Lesotho Times is one of 3 outlets tracked in Lesotho, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Sunday Express and Public Eye. By outlets tracked, Lesotho ranks 43rd of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Lesotho Times outside Lesotho, starting with Southern Africa, are TimesLIVE (South Africa), Jornal de Angola (Angola), Mmegi (Botswana) and Eswatini Observer (Eswatini). Opening one of them beside Lesotho Times is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.