Patriarchy fuelling GBV: SAYoF
Limpho Sello PATRIACHAL norms promoting masculinity and female submissiveness are fuelling Gender Based Violence (GBV) and violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Lesotho and other African...
View ArticleYet another police officer gunned down
…sixth cop murder in three months, police are clueless ’Marafaele Mohloboli YET another police officer has been gunned down by unknown assailants. Police Constable (PC) Mokilane Mokete’s murder on...
View ArticlePolice officer faces dismissal over ABC links
Pascalinah Kabi IT never rains but pours for Police Constable (PC) Chechela Vincent Khemisi. Not only is he facing dismissal for declaring his affiliation to the main ruling All Basotho Convention...
View ArticleLesotho tops world homicide statistics
. . . analysts blame lack of political will for the surge in murders Kaleen Chikowore LESOTHO has again recorded yet another brutal murder of a police officer, the third such killing in less than three...
View ArticleManyokole corruption trial moved to High Court
Mohalenyane Phakela SUSPENDED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole’s money laundering and corruption trial will now proceed in the High Court on...
View ArticleLesotho receives M1, 4 billion IMF boost
Kaleen Chikowore LESOTHO has received a massive Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 66, 9 million allocation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Finance Minister Thabo Sophonea yesterday confirmed...
View ArticleLNA staffers unpaid for six months amid embezzlement allegations
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has not paid its staffers for the last six months from March 2021 due to alleged embezzlement of funds from an international donor (name withheld). A...
View ArticleJobs-for-the boys-war rocks ABC
. . . party’s NEC summons Majoro to explain “failure” to give jobs to ABC cadres Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister and deputy leader of the main ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC), Moeketsi Majoro, is in...
View ArticleMahao drops Lipolelo murder bombshell
. . . claims he was fired to stop Thabane’s arrest and prosecution for murder Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Law and Justice Minister Nqosa Mahao has sensationally claimed that he was fired from his...
View ArticleMokhothu in girl-child empowerment drive
Pascalinah Kabi DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader Mathibeli Mokhothu yesterday launched a driving school as part of the ongoing DC Girl Child Programme to empower girls to meaningfully participate in...
View ArticleManyokole pleads bankruptcy
…asks govt for M1, 6 million to pay his legal bills Pascalinah Kabi SUSPENDED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole, says he has no money to fund...
View ArticleCovid-19 vaccines are safe — Sekatle
Limpho Sello THE five people who died in Leribe last month after taking the Johnson&Johnson Covid-19 vaccine were not killed by the jab, Health Minister Semano Sekatle said yesterday. Mr Sekatle...
View ArticleAnother oxygen plant launched
Limpho Sello PRIME Minster Moeketsi Majoro says the launch of an oxygen production plant at Motebang Hospital, Leribe will not only help the country in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic but also...
View ArticleMetsing, Mochoboroane slam Motinyane for “politically-motivated” charges
Mohalenyane Phakela TREASON and murder accused politicians, Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane, say the charges against them are politically motivated. They allege that the Director of Public...
View ArticlePS slammed for partisan appointment
Mohalenyane Phakela EDUCATION and Training Ministry Principal Secretary (PS), John Oliphant, stands accused of unprocedurally appointing an “unqualified” member of his Democratic Congress (DC) party to...
View ArticleMolibeli, police minister spit fire
as yet another police officer is gunned down, it’s a declaration of war against the police, police chief, minister say ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE and Public Safety Minister Lepota Sekola and Police...
View ArticleMofomobe appointed substantive minister
Nthatuoa Koeshe BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has been appointed minister of Small Business Development and Cooperatives. The post was previously held by Thesele Maseribane...
View ArticleJustice must be served in Lipolelo murder case: Sibolla
Pascalinah Kabi THATO Sibolla, a key state witness in the June 2017 murder of Lipolelo Thabane, says she remains committed to ensuring that justice is served in the matter. Not even a diplomatic...
View ArticleWar over constituency boundaries
…as congress parties demand 2022 elections on the basis of old constituencies Mohalenyane Phakela THE country’s main political parties are at loggerheads over the delimitation of constituencies by...
View ArticleMajoro calls for more tourism investment
Nthatuoa Koeshe PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has called for more investment into the tourism sector to boost the economy. Dr Majoro was speaking during the launch of Lesotho’s Tourism Month...
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