‘King backed himself into a corner’
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane BY dissolving parliament without soliciting the advice of the Council of State, King Letsie III removed his insulation from political controversy, analysts have said. His Majesty...
View Article‘Mutiny’ soldiers case postponed
Tefo Tefo THE COURT Martial has again postponed the case of 23 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) members who are facing charges of mutiny to 18 April 2017. The case was postponed on Tuesday because of the...
View ArticleTšepong accused of forced sterilisation
Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) Pascalinah Kabi FOR Ha Mabote resident, ‘Mamalapane Hlabanyane, giving birth in 2011 resulted in many unintended consequences with which she continues to...
View Article‘Parents input key in career choices’
Pascalinah Kabi A LOCAL psychological services firm, Mind Liberation Psychological Consultancy (MLPSC) has called for a holistic approach which involves learners, teachers, communities, other...
View ArticleIEC demands poll funds from parties
. . . Mosisili declares funds for polls available Tefo Tefo THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has dropped a bombshell ahead of imminent snap elections by demanding that political parties...
View ArticleWhat price democracy?
Counting the cost of the upcoming polls Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO will hold its third general elections in five years later this year after King Letsie III dissolved parliament on Tuesday in light of the...
View ArticleTime for old guard to retire: Selibe
MEC Leader Selibe Mochoboroane at Mafeteng over the past weekend ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) recently held its inaugural leadership conference and rally in Mafeteng,...
View ArticleOpposition to block polls funding
Billy Ntaote THE four-party opposition bloc’s fight to block the holding of snap elections in the aftermath of last week’s vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government...
View ArticleThabane attacks King Letsie III
ABC Leader Thom Thabane . . . seethes at His Majesty’s dissolving of parly without convening Council of State Billy Ntaote ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has lashed out at King...
View Article‘Paediatric cancer needs parents’ attention’
Limpho Sello HEALTH experts have called for more attention on non-communicable diseases like cancer, which has now become more life-threatening even to children. Cancer is caused by the uncontrolled...
View ArticleMajalefa challenges MEC registration
Dr-Letholetseng Ntsiki Director of Elections presenting-certificate-of-registration to MEC leader SelibeMochoboroane Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge Justice Teboho Moiloa yesterday ordered the Movement...
View ArticleMahao family ‘hopeful’ of justice
Mahao’s Family spokesperson Lehloenya Mahao ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE family of Maaparankoe Mahao says the outgoing government was undone by its failure to implement all Southern African Development...
View ArticleLNFOD launches disability initiative
LNFOD Executive Director Adv Nkhasi Sefuthi Limpho Sello THE LESOTHO National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) this week collaborated with their affiliate organisations to introduce...
View ArticleIllegal miners’ bodies brought home
Pascalinah Kabi THE bodies of 13 of the 14 Basotho illegal miners who were killed in Benoni, South Africa were repatriated to Lesotho on Tuesday, the same day the South African Police Service (SAPS)...
View ArticleMoleleki acquitted on graft charges
Tefo Tefo ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader Monyane Moleleki is a free man after High Court judge Justice Tšeliso Monaphathi on Tuesday acquitted him and his co-accused of the corruption charges they...
View ArticleRCL SG defects to AD
’Mamolula Ntabe ’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) secretary-general, ’Mamolula Ntabe has joined the Alliance of Democrats (AD) taking with her several members of the...
View ArticleLCD denies pressuring King
LCD youth league President Motlatsi Maope ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE YOUTH league of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCDYL) has accused the opposition bloc of spreading false claims that King...
View ArticlePM returns from medical treatment
Staff Reporter PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday returned home from South Africa where he underwent a minor operation on Tuesday. Dr Mosisili’s Economic and Political Advisor, Fako Likoti...
View ArticleNikuv in drivers’ licenses storm
Minister of Works & Transport Ts’oeu Mokeretla Billy Ntaote THE Ministry Public Works and Transport has launched an investigation into the awarding of a M2 million deal to controversial Israeli...
View ArticleChakela speaks on illegal miners killings
Mosotho Chakela Pascalinah Kabi PROMINENT famo musician, Mosotho Chakela, who is also the Terene gang leader, says the recent killings of 14 illegal Basotho miners in Benoni, South Africa had nothing...
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