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750 workers lose their jobs
. . . as jobs carnage continue in the textiles sector Bereng Mpaki HIPPO Knitting, a Taiwanese-owned company in Ha Hoohlo, Maseru, has begun retrenching 750 workers as it prepares to downsize...
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QMMH nurse arrested on corruption charges
Limpho Sello A Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) nurse has been arrested for illegally attempting to apply for a passport on behalf of a foreign national. In a statement this week, the Ministry...
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LCA-Sello saga: more skeletons tumble out of closet
. . . as minister is accused of soliciting a M3 million bribe to approve tender Mohalenyane Phakela THE skeletons are continuing to tumble out of the closet with regards to cabinet minister...
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Police brutality rears its ugly head again
as prominent human rights lawyer is abducted and brutally tortured, while another lawyer goes into hiding as police threaten to kill him. Mohalenyane Phakela | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli IT may be a new...
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Sakoane summons DPP Motinyane to answer perjury allegations
Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has on Monday summoned the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, to appear before him to answer charges of perjury. Justice...
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Police brutality: Lesotho’s elephant in the room
Staff Reporters LESOTHO’S human rights record and in particular the issue of police brutality has been under local and international spotlight in recent years. Back in 2018, the African Commission...
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Majoro, Molibeli inaction in the face of police brutality worrying: Vox Pop
POLICE brutality has and continues to be a thorny issue in Lesotho. No less an authority than the African Union (AU) has spoken out against the scourge and pleaded with the government to capacitate...
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Teenager kills cop
’Marafaele Mohloboli VILLAGERS in Ha-Masupha, Metolong, are in shock after a 16-year-old boy shot and killed a police officer on Saturday. This after the now deceased 40-year-old Sergeant Mahase...
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BAP to hold first elective conference
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Nqosa Mahao-led Basotho Action Party (BAP) will hold its elective conference on 25 and 26 February 2022. This will be the party’s first elective conference since it’s formation...
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LDF troops could return home from Mozambique
. . . as govt pleads poverty, says it has no money to continue funding Mozambique tour of duty Moorosi Tsiane LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) troops could be forced to prematurely return home from their...
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Suspect nabbed in NUL lecturer’s gruesome murder
’Marafaele Mohloboli A 22-YEAR-OLD Ha-Leqele, Maseru, man has been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of National University of Lesotho (NUL) lecturer, Teboli Makafane (35). Mr Makafane’s...
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There should be zero tolerance to police brutality, GBV: Amadei
IN September 2021, the European Union (EU) appointed Paola Amadei as its new ambassador to Lesotho. She replaced Christian Manahl, who left the country after spending four years in Maseru. Ambassador...
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Police brutality: Lesotho’s elephant in the room
LESOTHO’S human rights record and in particular the issue of police brutality has been under local and international spotlight in recent years. Back in 2018, the African Commission on Human and...
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Majoro, Molibeli inaction in the face of police brutality worrying: Vox Pop
POLICE brutality has and continues to be a thorny issue in Lesotho. No less an authority than the African Union (AU) has spoken out against the scourge and pleaded with the government to capacitate...
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Mofomobe wades into Sakoane-Motinyane row
. . . blasts chief justice for allegedly plotting to free Kamoli, Metsing, Mochoboroane without trying them. ’Marafaele Mohloboli CABINET minister and Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa...
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Sakoane dismisses DPP’s application for recusal
Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane won’t recuse himself from presiding over the high-profile treason and murder trial of Mothetjoa Metsing, Selibe Mochoboroane, former army commander...
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ABC special conference back on
. . . as Majoro lifts Covid-19 restrictions Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has lifted the Covid-19 restrictions, allowing the full-scale resumption of economic, social and political...
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High profile trials: We can’t go on like this
VICTIMS of human rights violations in our beautiful highly unstable Kingdom must wondering what needs to happen before there is actual movement with regards to the high-profile trials of politicians,...
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Four arrested over fraudulent Covid-19 certificates
Limpho Sello FOUR people have been arrested by Butha-Buthe police after they attempted to cross into South Africa using fraudulent Covid-19 certificates. Police spokesperson Senior Superintendent...
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Hlaele speaks on Majoro, leadership ambitions
. . . says Majoro is arrogant and was wrong to rebuff recall by NEC . . . vows to contest for the ABC leadership in 2024 AHEAD of the ABC special conference which gets underway tomorrow, Lesotho...
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