Matekane pledges more resources for security sector
Bongiwe Zihlangu PRIME Minister Sam Matekane has pledged to provide the security agencies with adequate resources to enable them to fulfil their mandate and achieve lasting peace and stability in the...
View ArticleDutch families adopt children from Beautiful Gate
Moroke Sekoboto TWO Dutch families are over the moon after adopting children from the Beautiful Gate Lesotho children’s home. Each of the families adopted a girl. The adoptions were facilitated by...
View ArticleMokhothu breathes fire over cabinet’s parly no-show
Bongiwe Zihlangu/ ‘Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu has criticised Prime Minister Sam Matekane and his cabinet for failing to attend parliament due to a prolonged...
View ArticleDaggers drawn as BNP leader, SG face off
’Marafaele Mohloboli | Bongiwe Zihlangu THE battle lines have been drawn between Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, and party secretary general, Moeketsi Hanyane. This as the...
View ArticleKhetheng trial postponed again
Moorosi Tsiane THE trial of four police officers accused of the March 2016 murder of Police Constable (PC) Mokalekale Khetheng has been postponed again to 30 January 2023. The trial was supposed to...
View ArticleGvt must urgently address GBV scourge: Report
Herbert Moyo MOST Basotho have railed against gender-based violence (GBV), saying the scourge is the “most important women’s-rights issue that the government and society must address”. This and other...
View ArticleMatekane to meet Ramaphosa in Pretoria
Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Sam Matekane, has cut all planned engagements back home to meet his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa this Friday. Through a government notice, the office of the...
View ArticleCSOs seek ways to protect children on the internet
Tokelo Khausela/Seithati Mphatsoane CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) from across Africa recently attended a forum in Maseru aimed at coming up with strategies to promote and safeguard the rights of...
View ArticleNUL students complete mentorship programme
Mosoatsi Mosoatsi TWENTY current and former National University of Lesotho (NUL) male students have completed a one-year mentorship programme aimed at encouraging them to respect women and shun gender...
View ArticleMagistrate Letsika sued for misconduct
Mohalenyane Phakela MAGISTRATE Itumeleng Letsika has been accused by a lawyer, Makhabane Masupha, of threatening to send him to jail along with his two murder accused clients and two other lawyers....
View ArticleBAP calls for the removal of IEC commissioners
Moroke Sekoboto Basotho Action Party (BAP) has written a letter to the Council of State seeking the removal of Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioners in individual and collective...
View ArticleZaly challenges dismissal
Mohalenyane Phakela FIRED Ministry of Trade, Industry, Business Development and Tourism Principal Secretary, Nonkululeko Zaly, is fighting her dismissal from her plump public service job. Ms Zaly has...
View ArticleFormer GS Mphaka fights for job
….as he claims political victimisation to remove him from his plump job Mohalenyane Phakela THE government’s advisor at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), Moahloli Mphaka, has won a High Court...
View ArticlePS Manyokole charged with fraud
Mohalenyane Phakela SUSPENDED Local Government and Chieftainship Principal Secretary, Lefu Manyokole, has been charged with fraud after he allegedly connived with other state officials to unlawfully...
View ArticleGvt ordered to pay former GS Mphaka’s salary
As he claims political victimization to remove him from his plump job Mohalenyane Phakela THE government’s advisor at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), Moahloli Mphaka, has won a High Court...
View ArticleMofomobe accuses Moleleki of pushing for Letsoela’s ouster
’Marafaele Mohloboli/Bongiwe Zihlangu BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has accused Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader Monyane Moleleki of being a bad influence on the country...
View ArticleSuspended LTDC boss charged with attempted murder
Mohalenyane Phakela SUSPENDED Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) chief executive officer, Retṥelisitsoe Nko, is expected to reappear before the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on 7 February...
View ArticleI’m on a journey to revitalise ABC: Kabi
ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, says after his party’s humiliating performance in the 7 October 2022 elections, he had to hibernate and gather new strength. He claims that he is now...
View ArticleMokhotlong businessman charged with wife’s murder
Moorosi Tsiane A MOKHOTLONG businessman is on trial for allegedly killing his wife on 21 May 2021. Lepota Natsoane (35) is appearing before High Court Judge Mabatsoeneng Hlaele over the charge that he...
View ArticleACP Mapola fights early retirement
Moorosi Tsiane ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police (ACP) Motlatsi Mapola has petitioned the High Court to stop Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, from sending him on early retirement in March this...
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