Metsing speaks on fallout with Thabane
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has attributed his fallout with the coalition partner and current Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to disagreements over the withholding...
View ArticleABC supporters bay for PS Tšooana’s blood
Pascalinah Kabi SOME members of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) are livid with Local Government and Chieftainship ministry principal secretary, Khothatso Tšooana, and want Prime Minister Thomas...
View ArticleMinister appoints deputy commissioners
Pascalinah Kabi POLICE and Public Safety minister Lehlohonolo Moramotse has promoted Senior Superintendent Moqhibi Likhama and Senior Inspector Sera Makharilele to posts of Deputy Commissioners of...
View ArticleLetšeng rescues Tšepong Primary School
Bataung Moeketsi LETŠENG Diamond Mine recently handed over four classrooms and a three-roomed staffroom to Tšepong Primary School in Mofoloaneng, Mokhotlong. The construction of the classrooms and...
View ArticleMin of Trade, World Bank handover ICT equipment to Min of Law
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Ministry of Trade, Cooperatives and Marketing and the World Bank recently handed over information and communication technology (ICT) equipment to the Ministry of Law and...
View ArticleMinor opposition party attacks ABC
Pascalinah Kabi THE opposition Mpulule Political Summit has lambasted the warring All Basotho Convention (ABC) factions for endangering the country’s stability and economic prospects through their...
View ArticleNo confidence motion ‘mysteriously vanishes’ from speaker’s office
Pascalinah Kabi THE no confidence motion which was filed against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane by All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s Koro-Koro legislator, Motebang Koma, allegedly vanished without trace...
View ArticleIMF warns govt on unbridled spending
Bataung Moeketsi THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government against unbridled spending on large scale projects such as the proposed M2, 4 billion construction of new sports...
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Mandela’s Cressida resurfaces in Lesotho?
’Marafaele Mohloboli A MOSOTHO man has claimed that he is the owner of the Toyota Cressida which the late former South African President, Nelson Mandela, and his then wife Winnie were driven in shortly...
View ArticleAuditor General bemoans poor state of public accounts
Bereng Mpaki AUDITOR General (AG) Lucy Liphafa has bemoaned the poor state of the government’s financial statements due to, among others, officials’ non-compliance with the country’s financial laws. Ms...
View ArticleOpposition MPs reject salary increments
Bereng Mpaki OPPOSITION legislators have refused to adopt a parliamentary report recommending salary increments for members of parliament and officials in charge of the parastatals. The proposals for...
View ArticleGovt has itself to blame for wool and mohair debacle: Mokhothu
Ntsebeng Motsoeli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, says the Thomas Thabane regime only has itself to blame for the wool and mohair debacle which saw thousands of angry farmers take...
View ArticleBusinessmen want fleet tender corruption charges dropped
Pascalinah Kabi/Nat Molomo TWO local businessmen, Teboho Tlokotsi and Tumo Ramonaheng, have filed a Constitutional Court application to stop their trial for corruption in connection with the government...
View ArticleDCEO investigates former bank chief for alleged corruption
Staff Reporter THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating former Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) Chief Executive Officer, Mpho Vumbukani, for allegedly breaching the bank’s...
View ArticleLDF paid M10 000 to gag shooting victim’s family
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) paid M10 000 to the family of Lisebo Tang, who was gunned by soldiers guarding the Ha-Leqele residence of then army commander, Tlali Kamoli, on 9 May...
View ArticleTempers flare in parly after Chief Theko attacks Thabane
accuses Thabane of ignoring reforms while entertaining himself on foreign trips Pascalinah Kabi TEMPERS flared in parliament this week when outspoken Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko,...
View ArticleMokhothu, Metsing in talks over deal to oust Thabane
’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO of the country’s biggest opposition parties, the Mathibeli Mokhothu-led Democratic Congress (DC) and former Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing’s Lesotho Congress for...
View ArticleLDF in weapons storm
facilitates private gun purchases for its soldiers move flies in the face of SADC’s instability warnings ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) is facilitating the acquisition of...
View ArticleHome Affairs PS under fire
Pascalinah Kabi MINISTRY of Home Affairs Principal Secretary ‘Machabana Lemphane-Letsie has come under fire for allegedly masterminding a deal between two local construction companies that has now gone...
View ArticleUnpaid ambulance drivers threaten strike
Pascalinah Kabi OVER 100 ambulance drivers engaged to transport patients from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)-funded clinics are threatening strike action over non-payment of salaries. The...
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