Multi-million-dollar boost for Mothae Mine
Staff Writer LUCAPA Diamonds has been handed a massive boost by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) which has approved a M100 million (US$7 million) loan to the mining company...
View ArticleABC rifts widen
… as Koro-Koro vows court action to reverse party decisions. ’Marafaele Mohloboli INTERNAL rifts in the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) are worsening after the party’s Koro-Koro constituency...
View ArticleDC supporters embarrass Sekhamane
’Marafaele Mohloboli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) supporters, who attended the party’s rally in Maputsoe in Leribe this week, embarrassed their deputy secretary general Tlohang Sekhamane when they booed...
View ArticleParly summons Police Minister, Compol over Kao violence
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE parliamentary portfolio committee on law and public safety has summoned Police and Public Safety Minister ‘Mampho Mokhele and Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli over the alleged...
View ArticleMosisili calls for unity
…accuses Thabane of ‘gross misgovernance’ ’Marafaele Mohloboli ACCUSSING Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s coalition of gross incompetence and mismanagement, outgoing Democratic Congress (DC) leader,...
View Article“I wanted to step down in 2012” – Mosisili
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Prime Minister and outgoing leader of the main opposition Democratic Congress (DC) Pakalitha Mosisili says he had wanted to quit way back in 2012 but his supporters “begged”...
View ArticleSetsoto Stadium management must improve
Mikia Kalati ALL roads led to Setsoto Stadium on Saturday as soccer lovers thronged the arena for the double header featuring four Premier League big guns in the first matches of the New Year. On the...
View ArticleCrime briefs
Rapist granddad nabbed Mafeteng A 70-YEAR-OLD Mafeteng man has been arrested for rapping his 8-year-old granddaughter left under his care, on 22 December 2018. According to the police, the man violated...
View ArticleBlue Cross Shuts Down
…drug and alcohol addicts sent home prematurely after closure Keiso Mohloboli LESOTHO’S only national rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol addicts, Blue Cross, has shut its doors amid...
View ArticleGovt to outsource vehicle registration
Bereng Mpaki THE government’s financial hurdles have forced the cabinet to direct the Ministry of Transport and Public Works to outsource some of its services, among them the provision of vehicle...
View ArticleKoro-Koro ups the stakes over Mahao
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE beleaguered Koro-Koro constituency committee has launched a broadside at All Basotho Convention (ABC) Youth League president, Tšoloane Maphasa, accusing him of not being a bona...
View ArticleKoro-Koro goes to court for Mahao
’Marafaele Mohloboli & Nat Molomo THE All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s Koro-Koro constituency committee has made good on its promise to petition the courts for an order to nullify the...
View ArticleGovt hands Flour Mills reprieve
…company commits to paying dividends after posting M33.5 million profit Bereng Mpaki THE government has handed Seaboard Overseas and Trading, which operates the Lesotho Flour Mills (LFM), a short...
View ArticleNthane victim’s family speaks out
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE family of the slain Nthane Brothers company driver, Kopang Mohapi, have rejected the company’s version of events surrounding his death last Thursday at the hands of his boss,...
View ArticleM5000 bail for business mogul Nthane
Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER accused business mogul Tšeliso Nthane of Nthane Brothers Pty (Ltd) has been granted M5000 bail in a case in which he stands accused of shooting and killing one of his...
View ArticleDaggers drawn in tough DC contest
’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO’S biggest opposition party, the Democratic Congress (DC) holds its elective conference next week. While all positions are up for grabs, the spotlight is on the contest for...
View ArticleSekhamane speaks on DC leadership contest
I want to become Prime Minister Poor people – with no campaign money – should not contest ’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress (DC) deputy secretary general, Tlohang Sekhamane, is...
View ArticleABC clears Maphalla for SG election
Pascalinah Kabi THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has cleared its former legislator Sello Maphalla to contest the post of secretary general after his Hlotse Constituency had challenged his...
View ArticleThabane savages Mahao, then issues apology
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Prime Minister and leader of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Thomas Thabane, recently savaged Professor Nqosa Mahao, saying the latter was “just a rag” who should not be...
View ArticleJudge, prosecution rap top lawyers
Mohalenyane Phakela/Nat Molomo THIRTEEN soldiers facing murder charges will soon be given the option of choosing new lawyers to represent them on a pro deo (free of charge) basis if their current legal...
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