Leaders must go: Mofomobe
Outspoken BNP spokesperson wants Thabane, Moleleki, Maseribane and Mosisili to give way to young blood Pascalinah Kabi BASOTHO National Party (BNP) spokesperson and Home Affairs deputy minister...
View ArticleHigh Court hears Kamoli case
Tefo Tefo THE High Court is today expected to set a date for the hearing of the case in which former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, is charged with the murder of Police Sub-Inspector,...
View ArticleLEPOSA attacks LCD
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) has registered its displeasure at what it views as attempts by the opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) to gain political...
View ArticleUS$13 million boost for diamond mining
Herbert Moyo LUCAPA Diamond Company Limited’s preparations for the commencement of full scale diamond mining at its Mothae Mine in the second of half of this year has received a massive boost after the...
View ArticleMahao dismisses MEC demands
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Professor Nqosa Mahao, has dismissed calls by the youth league of the opposition Movement for Economic Change...
View ArticleNSS officers back in court next week
Tefo Tefo THE High Court has set 20 April 2018 for arguments in a case in which 77 National Security Services (NSS) officers are seeking reinstatement to the spy agency after being fired in January....
View ArticleLesotho nationals breach SA immigration laws
Herbert Moyo LESOTHO had the dubious distinction of attaining third place on the list of “undesirable nationals” travelling to South Africa during the recent holidays after it was found that there were...
View ArticleUS MCC monitoring reforms progress
Keiso Mohloboli THE United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is closely monitoring the progress of Lesotho’s multi-sector reforms process as consultations continue to determine the size of...
View ArticleGovt, Metsing set to meet this week
Keiso Mohloboli A MEETING between the government and self-exiled Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, over his possible return to Lesotho to participate in the country’s...
View ArticleI once hated the ABC: Moleleki
’Marafaele Mohloboli ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki, has hailed his harmonious working relationship with Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, and the other coalition partners whom he...
View ArticleGvt seeks to extend timeframe for SADC force
…says the LDF is way behind in the implementation of the reforms agenda Keiso Mohloboli The government wants SADC troops to remain in Lesotho beyond their original six month mandate because the...
View ArticleFormer US presidents to visit Lesotho
Keiso Mohloboli THREE former presidents of the United States, Bill Clinton, George Walker Bush and Barrack Obama are due in the country in July for a policy dialogue which is expected to lead to the...
View ArticleLawyers threaten lawsuit on foreign judges
Tefo Tefo/ Keiso Mohloboli THE lawyers representing the murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and other soldiers on Tuesday threatened to file a constitutional...
View ArticleIndian doctors visit Lesotho
Limpho Sello A TEAM of doctors from Apollo Hospital, in India visited the country this week to assist the government in its fight against non-communicable diseases like cancer and kidney ailments....
View ArticleGender equality remains elusive 25 years after Beijing
Pascalinah Kabi ALMOST a quarter of a century has passed since the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference which came up with landmark decisions aimed at achieving equality between men and women but...
View ArticleBreakthrough for cancer patients
Keiso Mohloboli LESOTHO has spent billions of maloti towards cancer treatment for patients in foreign hospitals but the rate of Basotho dying due to delays in getting treatment keeps rising. This has...
View ArticleJudgement reserved in Chieftainess’ case
Tefo Tefo ACTING High Court judge, Justice Moroke Mokhesi, on Monday reserved a judgment in the case in which the Principal Chieftainess, Pontšo Mathealira, is challenging her 15 year suspension from...
View ArticleCollege, students conned
Mohalenyane Phakela DONA@BALOS Chef and Hospitality School, is in dire straits after it lost M845 000 worth of school fees to an alleged fraudster who conned the administration into signing a fake...
View Article‘We need all hands on the deck to succeed’
Tsitsi Matope NOTHING beats spending a cold, rainy morning over a steamy cup of coffee with a wonder-politician who dreamt it and had it all. He might have been born and raised in the high mountains of...
View ArticleBlow for reproductive health sector
Tsitsi Matope LESOTHO’S reproductive health sector has been dealt a body blow after some of its key players suspended operations due to lack of funding. Among the affected role-players is the Lesotho...
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