Phoofolo wins battle against Majoro
as High Court nullifies premier’s decision to effectively fire him Mohalenyane Phakela ATTORNEY General Haae Phoofolo has finally won his court battle against Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s bid to...
View ArticleLesotho makes giant stride towards meeting AGOA, MCC criteria
as National Assembly approves Anti-Trafficking bill enactment of bill part of strict criteria for continued US development aid Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE National Assembly has passed the Anti-Trafficking...
View ArticleJudge slams Thabane
as judges slam Thabane, police for “state-sponsored violence” As High Court and Court of Appeal award massive M500k damages to victims of police brutality Mohalenyane Phakela THE government’s...
View ArticleParliament passes diamond amnesty law
Bereng Mpaki THE National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a subordinate law which gives persons currently in illegal possession of rough diamonds until 31 January 2021 to declare them to the government....
View ArticleCovid-19 shock at Leribe Craft Centre
Limpho Sello IN a shocking development, the Leribe Craft Centre has recorded 43 cases of Covid-19, the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) has said. NACOSEC risk and communication expert Baroane...
View ArticleGrowth forecasts revised downwards as Covid batters economy
Ntsebeng Motsoeli FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea yesterday presented his mid-term budget review indicating tough times ahead for the country as the economy continues feel the effects of the...
View ArticleUK embassy staff face bleak Xmas without salaries
High Commissioner allegedly prioritised paying her children’s school fees ahead of staffers’ salaries Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela STAFFERS at Lesotho’s embassy are unlikely to be paid their...
View ArticleLEPOSA threatens Molibeli with another lawsuit
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Police Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) has demanded that Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli defers the opening of an “inhabitable” police post in...
View ArticleCervical cancer a double burden for Lesotho- Queen
Limpho Sello CERVICAL cancer is presenting a double burden for countries with high HIV prevalence like Lesotho, Her Majesty Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso, said this week. She spoke during a virtual...
View ArticleDREAMS programme relaunched
Bereng Mpaki THE United States Ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, last night led the relaunch of the DREAMS Lesotho programme. DREAMS is an acronym for the Determined, Resilient, Empowered,...
View ArticleInflated deals create debt trap for future generations: analysts
Herbert Moyo UNLESS Lesotho governments refrain from the habit of awarding grossly inflated tenders for various infrastructure projects, future generations will be caught up in a massive debt trap...
View ArticleBusinessman Xie in M27 million scandal
Pascalinah Kabi SMALL Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing principal secretary, Tankiso Phapano, has accused controversial businessman, Yan Xie, of defrauding the government of M27 million...
View ArticleGovt accused of shielding Molibeli
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) has accused the Moeketsi Majoro-led administration of shielding Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli, from accounting for...
View ArticleReforms deadline set
…as SADC reiterates that Metsing, Mochoboroane shouldn’t be prosecuted. Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE head of the SADC facilitation team, retired former South African Deputy Chief Justice, Dikgang Moseneke,...
View ArticleImprove reproductive health services for women, girls – Queen
Limpho Sello LEADERS and decision makers must create an enabling environment for the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) commitments to improve...
View ArticleTop lawyers spared jail
Bereng Mpaki THREE lawyers representing former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli’s co-accused soldiers in their high-profile trials, have been spared jail for contempt of court. The three...
View ArticleGovt lawyers for soldiers’ murder trial
Bereng Mpaki BOTSWANA Judge Onkemetse Tshosa has ordered High Court registrar, Advocate ‘Mathato Sekoai, to appoint pro deo lawyers to represent five murder-accused soldiers. Pro deo lawyers are...
View ArticleMajor logjam for high profile trials
govt, SADC and EU have their work cut out as Kamoli & co-accused’s lawyers withdraw services, demand foreign judges’ withdrawal until clients’ demands are addressed Pascalinah Kabi BARELY three...
View ArticleCracks emerge in the ABC-DC coalition
DC angered by moves to prosecute Metsing, Mochoboroane for treason, slams ABC for “persecuting” its political rivals. Pascalinah Kabi SIX months after its establishment, the Moeketsi Majoro-led...
View ArticleMajoro rejects LEPOSA demands
says won’t fire Molibeli Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has rejected the Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA)’s demands for the dismissal of Police Commissioner...
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