MEC youths call for polls
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE MOVEMENT for Economic Change Youth League (MECYL) says holding national elections would be the best way of addressing the current governance issues brought on by perceptions...
View ArticleD-Day for opposition MPs
Leader of All Basotho Convention (ABC) Thomas Motsoahae Thabane said he has agreed to leader of Alliance of Democrats (AD) Mr Monyane Moleleki Tefo Tefo LESOTHO High Court will today deliver...
View ArticleSADC to observe parly opening
(in the pic – King Letsie iii addressing Parliament). SADC Facilitator and South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa attending the reconvening of the Kingdom of Lesotho’s Parliament on the by...
View ArticleDCEO probes Metsing
Tefo Tefo THE DIRECTORATE on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating the banking details of Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing amid allegations that suspicious deposits were...
View Article‘No-confidence motion a matter of time’
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ntlhoi Motsamai Billy Ntaote THE no-confidence vote motion mooted by the opposition alliance on the government in parliament faces many obstacles with National...
View ArticleOpposition bloc reaffirms pact
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE OPPOSITION bloc, comprising the All Basotho Convention, Alliance for Democrats (AD), Basotho National Party (BNP) and Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) parties has...
View ArticleDC MPs join forces with opposition
MP Refiloe Litjobo Billy Ntaote NINE Democratic Congress (DC) proportional representation (PR) legislators have pledged to support the opposition alliance’s no-confidence motion against their party...
View ArticleWhy Moleleki should lead: Thabane
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER premier and All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane says he agreed to let Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki, become premier in their envisaged...
View ArticleMotsamai speaks on no-confidence motion
. . . as opposition bids to boot out govt National Assembly Speaker Ntlhoi Motsamai Billy Ntaote A NO-CONFIDENCE motion on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government will not be tabled on Friday...
View ArticleLikoti warns Chief Theko
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s Economic and Political Advisor, Fako Likoti says Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief Khoabane Theko risks being forced out of office for allegedly...
View ArticleSetipa upbeat on AGOA eligibility
Billy Ntaote TRADE and Industry Minister Joshua Setipa has expressed optimism Lesotho will remain an Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) beneficiary ahead of an eligibility determination this...
View ArticleTimeline of Mosisili’s tenure
By Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is on the brink once again after opposition legislators yesterday successfully moved a vote of no confidence which looks set to bring down...
View ArticleMPs complain of police harassment
DC Proportional Representation legislator Refiloe Litjobo Billy Ntaote MEMBERS of parliament have accused the police of subjecting them to degrading and unlawful body searches since the re-opening of...
View Article‘Govt should hand over power’
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION bloc leaders, Thomas Thabane of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Monyane Moleleki of the Alliance of Democrats (AD), Thesele ’Maseribane of the Basotho National Party...
View ArticleArmy releases all ‘mutiny’ soldiers
LDF spokesperson, Brigadier Ntlele Ntoi Tefo Tefo THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has released the seven remaining detained soldiers of the 23 facing mutiny charges and placed them on “open arrest,...
View ArticleMosisili vows to go for polls
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane BUTHA-BUTHE – Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has called on Democratic Congress (DC) and congress movement supporters to prepare for elections in light of an opposition...
View ArticleMCC hails infrastructure upkeep
Billy Ntaote A SENIOR Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) official has commended Lesotho’s management of infrastructure constructed during the American aid facility’s first compact grant that...
View ArticleLesotho falls short on MCC eligibility
Billy Ntaote THE United States government says Lesotho will need to step up implementation of set governance benchmarks to be eligible for a second multi-million dollar compact grant under the...
View ArticlePower battle goes to constitution
Billy Ntaote WITH a no-confidence motion on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili passing yesterday, Lesotho faces uncharted territory amid conflicting interpretations of constitutional provisions by the...
View ArticleAMH comes to learners’ aid
Mohalenyane Phakela LEARNERS at Ratjomose Primary School this week received a shot in the arm in the form of donations from the administration and marketing departments of Africa Media Holdings – the...
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