Senate VP commits to SADC reforms
Nthatuoa Koeshe NEWLY-APPOINTED Senate Vice-President Tšepo Monethi’s story can be best described as that of steely determination which has ensured his rise to one of the top positions in the...
View ArticleMosisili’s son fired from water body
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER premier Pakalitha Mosisili’s son, Rethabile, has been fired from the influential and plum post of chief delegate for the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC), as the...
View ArticleGovt fires Mosisili-era PSs
Acting Government Secretary Emmanuel Lesoma . . . as eight challenge dismissal Pascalinah Kabi PRINCIPAL Secretaries (PSs) appointed by the previous regime have been sent on a 40-day leave pending...
View ArticleThabane’s office bugged
. . . as tracking devices also found on PM wife’s official vehicles Pascalinah Kabi HIDDEN electronic surveillance equipment has been discovered in Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s office, with some...
View ArticleLDF members undergo training in China
LDF Commander Lieutenant General Khoantle Motsomotso Limpho Sello TWENTY-ONE Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) members are set to undergo training in various fields in the People’s Republic of China as part...
View ArticleDates set for LCD polls challenge
Tefo Tefo THE High Court has scheduled 15 to 18 August 2017 as the dates of hearing a case in which the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) seeks the nullification of the 3 June 2017 elections...
View ArticleMinister calls for politics paradigm shift
’Marafaele Mohloboli MINISTER of Mining, Keketso Sello, says he joined politics out of a strong desire to help create a new Lesotho teeming with economic opportunities for all citizens. As a...
View ArticleMolapo hits back at nepotism claims
Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Joang Molapo & His wife Kutloano Molapo Pascalinah Kabi COMMUNICATIONS, Science and Technology Minister Joang Molapo has dismissed as “fabricated...
View ArticleMoleleki condemns killing of foreigners
Limpho Sello DEPUTY Prime Minister, Monyane Moleleki, has condemned the killings of Chinese and other foreign nationals, saying such criminal activities prevented the country from fully realising the...
View ArticleDream to serve realised
. . . as former cop takes helm of Police ministry Pascalinah Kabi FOR newly-appointed Police and Public Safety Minister, ‘Mampho Mokhele, her approach in superintending over the Lesotho Mounted...
View ArticleCourt rules against PSs
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge, Justice Tšeliso Monaphathi, on Tuesday ruled that the case in which principal secretaries (PSs) are challenging the termination of their contracts is not an urgent issue...
View ArticleCourt battle looms over LHWP
Nomvula Mokonyane Herbert Moyo A SOUTH African non-governmental organisation has accused Water and Sanitation Minister, Nomvula Mokonyane of maladministration and delaying the implementation of the...
View ArticleMinister speaks on fired cops’ recall
Pascalinah Kabi POLICE and Public Safety Minister, ‘Mampho Mokhele, says government recalled 21 police officers because the previous regime did not follow the proper procedures when it fired them....
View ArticleCops nabbed over missing officer
. . . as Letsoepa fate hangs in the balance ‘Marafaele Mohloboli and Pascalinah Kabi A SPECIAL police investigating team has arrested two Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) members in connection...
View ArticleLearners receive book donations
Tokelo Rasephei GRADE one pupils from Iketsetseng and Mejametalana Primary Schools recently received colouring books from Little Feet Foundation. The books were donated at two separate functions at the...
View ArticleDuo jailed over illegal diamonds
Nthatuoa Koeshe Maseru Urban TWO men who were found in illegal possession of diamonds will spend six years in jail after failing to pay the alternative fine. Ntemekoane Chapa (27) who resides at Ha...
View ArticleShooting suspects were beaten to death
Maseru Rural Two of the four men who broke into the home of a 23 year old entrepreneur before shooting him, were beaten to death by the some members of the Thaba Bosiu Hajobe community. The would-be...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS lab launched in Leribe
Mimi Machakaire OFFICIALS from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Ministry of Health this week launched the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at Motebang...
View ArticlePopulation passes two million mark
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO’S population breached the two million mark for the first time in the country’s history, the preliminary results of the 2016 Population and Housing Census (PHC) show. The results of...
View ArticleFamo turf wars rock Malealea
Limpho Sello THE Malealea community in the Matelile area of Mafeteng district say they are living in fear of the deadly clashes among rival Famo gangs that have spawned reprisals and revenge killings....
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