Pastor gunned down in Semonkong
Bereng Mpaki ANOTHER week, another killing. This time the victim is French pastor, Francois Snyman, who was gunned down at his Semonkong home during the weekend. Mr Snyman was shot dead in front of his...
View ArticleMinisters, PSs fail to declare assets
Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is unhappy with the majority of cabinet ministers and principal secretaries (PSs) who have still not declared their assets to...
View ArticleGuns stolen from police sold to Famo gangsters
…theft of 75 weapons thought to be an inside job Pascalinah Kabi SOME of the 75 guns that were stolen from the Mafeteng Police Station armoury – with inside help from corrupt police officers – have...
View ArticleLEPOSA probed over “missing” firearms
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE police have begun investigating the Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) over its alleged failure to account for 159 firearms that it purchased for its members through a...
View ArticleM41 million recovered from fraud suspects: Molibeli
Mohalenyane Phakela POLICE Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, says they have recovered about M41 million out of the M49, 5 million looted from the Ministry of Finance in recent months. To date, nine people...
View ArticleLMDA broke, owes suppliers M40 million
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Millennium Development Agency (LMDA) is broke and owes its suppliers millions of maloti. The LMDA was established by the government to oversee the implementation of...
View ArticleDefiant Molibeli insists he is the right man to lead LMPS
Pascalinah Kabi EMBATTLED Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, insists he is the right man to continue leading the police service. This is despite the widespread calls for his ouster by the Lesotho...
View ArticleMolibeli faces axe
Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro and his deputy, Mathibeli Mokhothu, are said to have agreed to fire Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli. Authoritative government...
View ArticleNAC, Limkokwing launch tech-based HIV intervention for youths
Limpho Sello the National AIDS Commission (NAC) and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology yesterday jointly launched the Southern African Development Community (SADC) technology-based HIV...
View ArticleHungwe contract extended
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has finally renewed Zimbabwean judge, Charles Hungwe’s contract. JSC secretary, ‘Mathato Sekoai yesterday confirmed the development, saying the...
View ArticleMokete drops fresh ‘Maesaiah bombshell
suggests she is responsible for the “suspicious” deaths of state witnesses in her murder trial, insists she ought to be in remand prison and should never have been granted bail Staff Reporters...
View ArticleWorkers sue China Geo for pay rise
Bereng Mpaki FIFTY China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) workers contracted for the construction of the Marakabei to Monontša road project have petitioned the Directorate of Dispute Prevention and...
View ArticleLoti Brick lays off workers
Bereng Mpaki BRICK manufacturer, Loti Brick, has temporarily laid off the majority of its 150 workers on account of crippling cashflow challenges, a company source has said. The source this week...
View ArticleTop lawyer accuses DCP Mokete of extortion, fraud
Pascalinah Kabi TOP lawyer, Zwelakhe Mda, has sensationally accused Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Paseka Mokete and three junior police officers of fraudulently coercing him to surrender M21 000....
View ArticleHigh profile trials resume as Abrahams, Hungwe return
Mohalenyane Phakela THE high-profile trials of politicians, serving and former members of the security agencies are back on track and will continue in the High Court. This after the lead prosecutor,...
View ArticleLCD angered by decision to prosecute Metsing, Mochoboroane
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has accused the government of seeking to disrupt the ongoing reforms by forging ahead with the treason and murder trial of its...
View ArticleMasoetsa, Khoabane in near fist-fight
Pascalinah Kabi RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson, Montoeli Masoetsa, and Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, almost came to blows over the latter’s alleged support of a plot to...
View ArticleReforms under threat
Pascalinah Kabi A POWER struggle is tearing the National Reforms Authority (NRA) apart. This could scuttle the implementation of the much-delayed SADC-sponsored multi-sector reforms aimed at achieving...
View ArticleMan kills lover, self
’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE are investigating a case in which a Maseru man is alleged to have murdered his lover before committing suicide early this week. Police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent...
View Article59 murder suspects jailed in just nine days
Staff Reporters FIFTY-NINE murder suspects have been arrested and remanded in custody in a short period of just nine days, in a worrying indication of the escalating homicides in the country....
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