Lesotho in crisis-Majoro
…urgent action required to halt economic decline Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO is in dire straits and the government must “bite the bullet” and implement painful decisions to avoid political and economic chaos...
View ArticleMajoro raises red flag over Lesotho Flour Mills
Billy Ntaote FINANCE Minister, Moeketsi Majoro, has raised a red flag over the 19-year-long failure of the country’s largest milling company, Lesotho Flour Mills (LFM), to pay dividends to the Lesotho...
View ArticleNSS officers’ challenge their “unlawful” dismissals
Tefo Tefo THE High Court will on 9 April 2018 hear a case in which 77 National Security Service (NSS) officers are challenging their dismissal from the spy agency. The officers, who were dismissed...
View ArticleLHDA defends compensation policy
Silence Charumbira THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), has launched a broadside at some civic society organisations for “inciting” local communities to reject agreed compensation...
View ArticleABC elections turn bloody
Mohalenyane Phakela THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) had to call off committee elections for the Lithabaneng #36 constituency early this week after bloody clashes among rival factions left four...
View ArticleSADC troops hospitalised
Pascalinah Kabi A 36-year-old Mosotho woman died on Saturday night following a hit-and-run car accident which also left her companion, an Angolan soldier with broken bones. The Angolan soldier, who is...
View ArticlePhamotse elected AD Secretary General
Keiso Mohloboli Gender, Youths, Sports and Recreation minister, Mahali Phamotse, was this week elected secretary general of the Alliance of Democrats at the party’s elective conference in Maseru. This...
View ArticleMojapela demands SADC, AU protection
’Marafaele Mohloboli SOCIALIST Revolutionaries (SR) leader, Teboho Mojapela, who resides in neighbouring South Africa, has alleged a government plot to kill him and said he will not set foot in Lesotho...
View ArticleSenior LRA officials suspended
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) yesterday suspended five of its senior management officers for six weeks to facilitate investigations into allegations of “financial and governance...
View ArticleMolibeli should step down: Mapesela
’Marafaele Mohloboli Trade and Industry Minister Tefo Mapesela has called on the Commissioner of Police, Holomo Molibeli, to step down over his alleged failure to suspend police officers who were...
View ArticleMetsing threatens to cause mayhem
…demands end of “persecution” of his supporters Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, has threatened to cause mayhem unless the government of Prime Minister...
View ArticleNGO engages SA parly on Polihali
Nthatuoa Koeshe A DELEGATION from the South African parliamentary portfolio committee on water and sanitation will visit Lesotho next month on a fact-finding mission following a petition by a local...
View Article230 000 Basotho in need of food aid
Staff Writer About 225 000 Basotho or 11 percent of Lesotho’s 2, 1 million people urgently need food assistance, at least until the end of the 2017/2018 harvest season, the Food and Agriculture...
View ArticleFood manufacturer faces class action over listeriosis
Herbert Moyo Lawyers representing about 100 South Africans will shortly file a multi-million rand class action against food conglomerate, Tiger Brands, over its products afflicted by the bacteria...
View ArticleSADC consulting on Ramaphosa replacement
Pascalinah Kabi ANGOLAN president, Joao Lourenco, says Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are currently locked in consultations regarding the replacement of South African...
View ArticleSuspended LRA managers fight back
Tefo Tefo Five senior managers who were recently suspended by the board of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) have petitioned the High Court to order their reinstatement, claiming their suspensions...
View ArticleKamoli bombing case postponed
Tefo Tefo FORMER army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, yesterday appeared before the High Court to face numerous charges of attempted murder and malicious damage to property for bombing...
View ArticleMetsing extradition process begins in SA
’Marafaele Mohloboli South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has kick-started the process leading to the extradition of Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader and former Deputy Prime...
View ArticlePoopa given ambassadorial post
…appointment greeted with mixed reactions Pascalinah Kabi FORMER acting army commander, Retired Major General Lineo Poopa, has been appointed Lesotho’s ambassador to Malaysia, a development that has...
View ArticleFormer Police Commissioner accused of murder
Tefo Tefo FORMER Police Commissioner Molahlehi Letsoepa has been added to a list of suspects who will stand trial for the murder of police constable Mokalekale Khetheng. The others are former Defence...
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