GBV legislation not enough to end violence against women: analysts
Kaleen Chikowore THE National Assembly last week approved the Counter Domestic Violence Bill 2021, to try and end the scourge of gender violence, but analysts say it is not yet time for celebrations....
View ArticleStep aside for Kabi: PM told
. . . Mochoboroane advises pro-Majoro ABC MPs to support Kabi to secure their political future Bongiwe Zihlangu MOVEMENT for Economic Change (MEC) leader, Selibe Mochoboroane, has called on Prime...
View ArticleEditor narrates shooting ordeal
. . . explains how his shooters waylaid him and left him for dead . . . says the injuries he sustained ended his journalism career Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Lesotho Times and Sunday Express editor,...
View ArticleKamoli’s treason and murder trial in limbo
Mohalenyane Phakela THE trial of former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and his co-accused in their treason and murder trial is in limbo as Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane will have to wait for the Court...
View ArticleKiller photographer captured a decade later
’Marafaele Mohloboli KILLER photographer, Habofanoe Ntsie, who mysteriously fled from court and sought refuge in South Africa during his judgment reading for double murder in 2012, has been arrested...
View ArticleABC upbeat about retaining Hololo constituency
Bereng Mpaki ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, is confident that his party will reclaim the Hololo constituency in the upcoming general elections after its incumbent legislator defected...
View ArticleThabane murder trial in false start
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated murder trial of former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife, ‘Maesaiah, failed to take off Tuesday because the prosecution had not provided the accused...
View Article“DC ready to welcome Majoro” — Qoo
’Marafaele Mohloboli DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu’s Democratic Congress (DC) is ready to embrace everyone who wants to join its ranks including Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro if he decides...
View ArticleMajoro survives no confidence vote
PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has survived the no confidence which was filed against him and his administration by Basotho Patriotic Party (BPP) leader, Tefo Mapesela. Thirty-eight MPs voted for the...
View ArticleJelušić plots Seychelles scalp
Leemisa Thuseho NATIONAL senior soccer team coach, Veselin Jelušić, is confident that his charges will beat Seychelles next week when the sides clash in two 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)...
View ArticleGovt has no desire to root out corruption: Mochoboroane
MOVEMENT for Economic Change (MEC) leader, Selibe Mochoboroane, says the rampant corruption and abuse of public funds are a result of lack of political will to build capacity among anti-graft bodies....
View ArticleDC members sue to force internal elections
Mohalenyane Phakela CRACKS have started emerging in the Democratic Congress (DC) after two of its members petitioned the High Court to force the party to elect a new national executive committee...
View ArticleMokete must answer to sex abuse charges: Crown
Mohalenyane Phakela DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP), Paseka Mokete, who is currently in court over allegations of sexually assaulting a subordinate, has a case to answer and should take the stand...
View ArticlePolls on mid-October: IEC
Kaleen Chikowore THE much-anticipated 2022 general elections are most likely going to be held around mid-October, the newly appointed director of elections at the Independent Electrical Commission...
View ArticleLawyer blasts police, govt for teenager’s killing
. . . says there is no political will to end police brutality Moorosi Tsiane/ Mohalenyane Phakela HUMAN rights lawyer, Advocate Napo Mafaesa, has blasted the police for killing a 17-year-old boy in...
View ArticleI will not flee prosecution: Mochoboroane
. . . accuses state of fabricating cases and hiring “mercenary judges” to sink him and Metsing Bongiwe Zihlangu MOVEMENT for Economic Change (MEC) leader, Selibe Mochoboroane, says unlike his...
View ArticlePeace Corps volunteers resume duties
Bereng Mpaki THE United States (US) Peace Corps Volunteers are set to resume services in Lesotho later this year after the 2020 suspension of their programme due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was...
View ArticleMolibeli, LEPOSA fight takes new twist
as LEPOSA president fights looming suspension accuses Commissioner Molibeli of discrimination Mohalenyane Phakela THE long-drawn fight between Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, and the Lesotho...
View ArticleCivil servants’ strike looms
’Marafaele Mohloboli | Bereng Mpaki A CRIPPLING civil servants’ strike is looming. This after the coalition of Lesotho Public Employees (COLEPE) announced its intention to protest the government’s...
View ArticleKabi rips into Majoro
attacks the PM as an “irrelevant nobody” with no mandate to remain in govt says he remains confident of ousting him in a no confidence motion ‘Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro is an...
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