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Peace Corps celebrate 50th anniversary in Lesotho
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE United States (US) Peace Corps marked 50 years of friendship with Basotho yesterday with the swearing in of 60 new volunteers at Thaba Bosiu Cultural Village bringing the number of...
View ArticleInefficient NDSO guzzles health budget: Minister
… shortages of drugs persist in govt hospitals despite huge cash outlay to the NDSO Lerato Matheka HEALTH Minister Nkaku Kabi says the National Drug Service Organisation (NDSO) is failing to discharge...
View ArticleLocals in danger of losing out on lucrative cannabis industry
Ntsebeng Motsoeli TWENTY Basotho-owned companies are in danger of losing their stakes in the country’s fledgling multi-million-dollar medical marijuana industry if they fail to meet a 31 January 2019...
View ArticleSecurity of diamonds not foolproof: Minister
…Minister Sello distances self from his secretary who was arrested for illegally peddling diamonds Bereng Mpaki THE Minister of Mining, Keketso Sello, says the systems aimed at securing the country’s...
View ArticleGovt-Tšepong stand-off leaves patients stranded
…some medical operations deferred as hospital tells patients to come in 2019 Mohalenyane Phakela THE stand-off between the government and Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital over the admission of...
View ArticleBroke govt struggles to pay M1, 1 billion debts
… more cost cutting measures planned Bereng Mpaki THE government is broke and struggling to pay debts to its suppliers which have ballooned to M1, 1 billion since July last year, Finance Minister...
View ArticleMokhosi flees again
former defence minister escapes Mahao death probe while former DPM Metsing goes into hiding. Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Defence Minister and Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) deputy leader, Tšeliso...
View ArticleMedi Kingdom launches marijuana processing plant
Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has urged Basotho to seize the opportunities presented by the nascent local medical marijuana industry to establish their own plantations to produce the...
View ArticleUS-Lesotho begin talks over military cooperation
Herbert Moyo THE United States and Lesotho have begun talks over the resumption of military cooperation between their respective armies, a senior official in the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), has said....
View ArticleGovt fleet tender fails
…funding challenges prevent locals from supplying vehicles Bereng Mpaki THE much-awaited tendering for the procurement of the government vehicle fleet from locals failed to produce the required 341...
View ArticleSADC protection for Mokhosi: LCD
Mohalenyane Phakela FUGITIVE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) deputy leader Tšeliso Mokhosi made a surprise appearance at the High Court this week amid revelations that the party had successfully...
View ArticleArmy must shoot to kill criminals: Mapesela
Mohalenyane Phakela THE newly appointed Minister of Defence and National Security, Tefo Mapesela, has declared war on murderers and as well as criminals who use the Mohokare (Caledon) River to smuggle...
View ArticleDC blasts former secretary general Sekatle
…says its former secretary general is an opportunist who joined the ABC for self-enrichment Pascalinah Kabi THE Democratic Congress (DC) has launched a blistering attack on its former secretary...
View ArticleDon’t write off DC just yet: Analysts
Pascalinah Kabi THE main opposition party Democratic Congress was this week left licking its wounds after its secretary general, Semano Sekatle, jumped ship and joined the All Basotho Convention (ABC)...
View ArticleSekatle, Mapesela appointments headline cabinet reshuffle
Ntsebeng Motsoeli FORMER Trade minister Tefo Mapesela and former Democratic Congress secretary general Semano Sekatle’s appointments to the Defence and Tourism portfolios respectively, were the...
View ArticleMore DC legislators to join ABC
Staff Writers THE recent departure of Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general Semano Sekatle to join the All Basotho Convention (ABC) is just the beginning of several such defections amid...
View ArticleSekatle attacks Mosisili, praises Thabane
…says Mosisili sided with his rivals and Thabane rescued him me from the “lion’s claws”. Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general, Semano Sekatle, has launched a blistering...
View ArticleABC lifts Maliehe suspension
…bids for ABC deputy leader’s post Pascalinah Kabi OUTSPOKEN ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator, Motlohi Maliehe, who was suspended from the party’s chairship has bounced back and he immediately...
View ArticleLesotho has a big diamond smuggling crisis: Analysts
Bereng Mpaki THE December 2018 arrest of Mining Minister Keketso Sello’s private secretary, Refiloe Mokone, while in possession of illegal diamonds in South Africa, has rekindled lingering concerns...
View ArticleBasotho top list of trafficking victims in SA
Mohalenyane Phakela BASOTHO studying or seeking jobs in South Africa are among the top victims of human, drug trafficking and forced labour syndicates specialising in these illegal trades. South...
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