LRA hosts second tax expo
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) will next week host the 2019 tax expo to enable various stakeholders to submit proposals to assist the finance ministry in amending or formulating...
View ArticleM2,8 million LHDA fraudster dies in prison
’Marafaele Mohloboli STEPHEN Dlamini, a South African national, who was handed a 62 year jail term in 2011 for defrauding the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) of M2, 8 million, has died...
View ArticleHealth crisis as blood bank runs dry
relatives asked to donate blood for patients shortages delay medical procedures and treatment of patients Limpho Sello THE country has been plunged into a health crisis amid revelations that the...
View ArticleMetsing blames Lesotho’s woes on “poor leaders”
’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, says more than 50 years after independence, Lesotho remains poor and underdeveloped due to the poor calibre of its...
View ArticleDon’t fire police officers: Mokhothu
DC leader also demands probe and arrests in Lipolelo Thabane’s murder ’Marafaele Mohloboli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has condemned government moves to dismiss police...
View ArticleABC “expulsions” case postponed again
Mohalenyane Phakela “ACTING” All Basotho Convention (ABC) “leader”, Professor Nqosa Mahao and his four allies will have to wait longer to know whether or not their court application challenging their...
View ArticleABC faces embarrassing electoral defeat: Mahao
Pascalinah Kabi “ACTING leader” of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Professor Nqosa Mahao has warned his party faces embarrassing defeat in the next general elections due to its failure to fulfil its...
View ArticleThabane reshuffles cabinet yet again
PM takes over Defence and National Security Ministry move aimed at consolidating army’s subordination to civilian authority Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane will today reshuffle his...
View ArticleHlaele slams “abuse” of King Letsie III in Mahase’s court bid
argues King should never have been enjoined as co-applicant in her case Mohalenyane Phakela / Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary general, Lebohang Hlaele, has blasted Acting Chief...
View ArticleMahase court drama
as her impeachment matter is heard in private while she controversially enjoins King Letsie as her co-applicant Mohalenyane Phakela FRESH controversy has again hit Lesotho’s judiciary after three...
View ArticleMagistrate “loses patience” in editor’s shooting case
Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU Senior Resident Magistrate, Peter Murenzi, is disappointed by the slow pace of the attempted murder trial of the army officers who allegedly shot at injured Lesotho Times...
View ArticleThabane needs to urgently tackle problems in judiciary
Poloko Mokhele TWO years after regaining power on the back of promises to implement multi-sector reforms, restore political stability, tackle rampant corruption and unemployment as well as stabilise...
View Article‘Power shortages cost Liqhobong M2, 5 million daily’
Bereng Mpaki LIQHOBONG mine is losing an estimated M2, 5 million revenue daily due to lack of electricity at its mining site in Butha Buthe after the recent maintenance shutdown of the ‘Muela...
View ArticleGovt renews Letšeng mining contract
Bereng Mpaki THE government has with immediate effect handed Letšeng Diamonds a 10-year extension of its mining lease, major shareholder Gem Diamonds has said. Gem Diamonds made the announcement in a...
View ArticleKabi attacks Tšepong
seeks World Bank help in reviewing unfavourable contract Pascalinah Kabi HEALTH Minister Nkaku Kabi has accused the Tšepong Consortium of prioritising profits over its contractual obligations to...
View ArticleJustice Monapathi clears the air on Mahase case
Mohalenyane Phakela A SENIOR judge, Justice Tšeliso Monapathi, has denied claims by some lawyers that the Constitutional Court flouted legal rules by electing to hear a case involving Acting Chief...
View ArticleFired workers drag Jonsson factory to court
Bereng Mpaki THE Labour Court will on 27 November 2019 hear a case in which 786 former employees of Jonsson Manufacturing Pty Ltd are challenging their dismissal. The workers were fired in April 2019...
View ArticleMinister vows to revoke cannabis licences
Pascalinah Kabi HEALTH Minister Nkaku Kabi has vowed to revoke all cannabis licences that are not operational by the end of this month. This as Lesotho grapples with complying with stringent...
View ArticleMapesela, Mahapa allege army jobs scam
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Defence and National Security Minister, Tefo Mapesela, has accused the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) of corruptly handing out posts in the army to supporters of the main opposition...
View ArticleI want to be prime minister in any GNU, Metsing declares
as PM Thabane promises to consider the LCD’ leader’s demands. ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, dropped a bombshell over the weekend, telling LCD...
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