Mahao family appeals to SADC
Professor Nqosa Mahao . . . alleges govt cover up of former army chief’s death ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE family of slain former army commander Maaparankoe Mahao has appealed to Southern African...
View ArticleKhasu, Maisa unveil new party
FormerABC Deputy Leader Tlali Khasu Billy Ntaote FORMER All Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader, Tlali Khasu, has left the door open for a possible coalition with his erstwhile boss, Thomas Thabane...
View ArticleMan narrates ‘police torture ordeal’
Tefo Tefo FIFTY-THREE year old, Mokoto Lentsoe on Tuesday gave a harrowing account of his ordeal at the hands of members of the police’s Special Operations Unit (SOU) who allegedly assaulted him and...
View ArticleTeachers call off strike
Pascalinah Kabi LOCAL teachers have called off a planned nationwide strike to protest government’s apparent failure to address their grievances, following a recent meeting they held with Education...
View ArticleUS warns Lesotho on AGOA
Billy Ntaote WITH the March 2017 deadline for Lesotho to address African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) eligibility concerns drawing closer, the United States government says no further progress...
View Article‘Guptas not funding AD’
’Marafaele Mohloboli ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki has refuted allegations that his party was being funded by the controversial Gupta family which has over the years, made...
View ArticleMoleleki calls for US intervention
Alliance of Democrats’ (AD) Leader Monyane Moleleki Lekhetho Ntsukunyane OPPOSITION Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki has appealed to the United States government to intervene at...
View ArticleExiled leaders return in limbo
Billy Ntaote THE return of exiled leaders of the opposition which had been slated for Sunday is hanging in the balance amid indications their parties are pinning their hopes on the mediation of...
View ArticleABC-AD in new elections deal
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THOMAS Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Monyane Moleleki’s Alliance of Democrats (AD) have agreed to share votes in constituencies likely to be won by one of the...
View ArticleMore ‘mutiny’ soldiers released
Billy Ntaote FOUR members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) were on Tuesday released from the Maseru Central Maximum Security Prisons reportedly for “good behaviour”. The officers, namely, Corporal...
View ArticleDwarfism support group launched
Short People Change Big Worleds founder Realeboha Moeketsi Mohalenyane Phakela FOR someone with dwarfism, being called derogatory names such as midget or even Thokolosi is merely the tip of the...
View ArticleChief justice lambasts parly
CHIEF Justice Nthomeng Majara . . . bemoans meagre budget for judiciary Tefo Tefo CHIEF Justice Nthomeng Majara has hit out at parliament for approving perennially “meagre” budgetary allocations to...
View ArticleLikoti blasts AD, IEC
PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s Economic and Political Advisor, Dr Fako Likoti ’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s Economic and Political Advisor, Dr Fako Likoti, has accused...
View ArticleMosisili must retire – Thabane
Thomas Thabane THE removal of Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli was a key demand by All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane for his return home from his...
View ArticleMokhosi dares opposition MPs
Minister of Defence and National Security Tšeliso Mokhosi ’Marafaele Mohloboli DEFENCE and National Security Minister Tšeliso Mokhosi has dared the opposition alliance to submit a no-confidence...
View ArticleMochoboroane finally unveils party
’Marafaele Mohloboli SMALL Business Development Minister Selibe Mochoboroane has finally confirmed his leadership of the newly-formed Movement for Economic Change (MEC) confirming local politics’...
View ArticleRamatšella in hot water
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane OPPOSITION youth leaders have given Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili a seven-day ultimatum to take punitive measures against controversial political activist, Bokang Ramatšella...
View ArticleStorm over PM’s son-in-law
Moshe Neo Kao Billy Ntaote A MOOTED appointment of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s son-in-law to a diplomatic post in Switzerland has torched a storm with opposition parties accusing the premier...
View ArticleLSP equips small businesses
LSP Chairman who is also his father Danny Bothma Bereng Mpaki CONSTRUCTION giant, LSP Construction has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation...
View ArticleNurses body urges recruitment
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has called on government to speed up the recruitment of nurses to reduce the strain on the health sector as well as alleviate the challenge of...
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