Ministers accuse Mochoboroane of treason
he will have his day in court, Minister Phori says Mohalenyane Phakela/Silence Charumbira SMALL Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing Minister, Chalane Phori, and Home Affairs Deputy...
View ArticleA look back at 2019
Compiled by Herbert Moyo January 2019 ABC and DC infighting MUCH like the year before, 2019 was very eventful in the history of Lesotho. The year started off with increasing tensions within two of the...
View ArticleFarmers resume wool and mohair exports
Staff Reporter FARMERS have resumed exporting their wool and mohair through the South African broker, BKB (Pty) Ltd, amid revelations that two trucks have successfully offloaded wool at the company’s...
View ArticleDeadly festive season
three officers murder Naleli man angry mob beats up, burn corpse of alleged killer-rapist ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE are investigating a case in which three of their own allegedly murdered a 39 year...
View ArticleDisgruntled ABC members “form” splinter party
former minister Thotanyana distances himself from new party ’Marafaele Mohloboli SOME disgruntled members of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) have ditched the party’s deputy leader, Professor Nqosa...
View ArticleDC threatens to scuttle budget vote
Ntsebeng Motsoeli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress (DC) leader Mathibeli Mokhothu has warned that they will not pass next year’s budget unless the Speaker of Parliament, Sephiri Motanyane, allows them to...
View ArticleSoldier goes berserk, shoots at court registrar
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Assistant Registrar of the High Court and Appeal Court Advocate Mosito Rabotsoa recently escaped death by a whisker when a trigger-happy Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) officer...
View ArticleThabane suspended again
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has upheld the suspension of party leader and Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, and other senior ABC...
View ArticleLesotho High Court refuses to cancel First Lady’s warrant of arrest
Staff Reporter FIRST Lady, ’Maesaiah Thabane, on Saturday suffered a huge blow in her bid to stop the police from arresting her in connection with June 2017 murder of of her husband Prime Minister...
View ArticlePreviewing what needs to be done in 2020
Herbert Moyo/Bataung Moeketsi DESPITE beginning its reign with so much promise in the aftermath of its victory in the 3 June 2017 elections, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s government has struggled to...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II yet to begin
no indication when the job will begin as January deadline looms Ntsebeng Motsoeli DESPITE repeated assurances from senior health ministry officials, the demolition of Queen Elizabeth II Hospital to...
View ArticleMajoro to investigate Financial Intelligence Unit ‘fraud’
’Marafaele Mohloboli FINANCE Minister Moeketsi Majoro says he will soon appoint “a third party” to investigate fraud and other allegations that have been raised against senior officials of the...
View Article71 000 Basotho a step away from famine: UN
Herbert Moyo AT least 71 000 out of the half a million food insecure Basotho are “one step away from famine”, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. OCHA...
View ArticleSA army officers accused of reign of terror in Lesotho
fearful villagers petition Thabane over “cattle-rustling” SA soldiers Ntsebeng Motsoeli MAKHOAKHOENG villagers in Butha-Buthe district say they are living in fear of officers of the South African...
View ArticleLesotho consulate to be sued over SA fuel debt
Bereng Mpaki A SOUTH African fuel company, Eriksons Motor Centre, has threatened to seize the property of Lesotho Consulate in Welkom over its alleged failure to settle its outstanding fuel debts. In a...
View ArticleEx-Medigrow workers apply for default judgement
Bereng Mpaki A LABOUR union has applied for default judgement in the case in which 24 workers are challenging their dismissal by medical cannabis producer, MG Health, formerly known as Medigrow...
View ArticlePhamotse charged with corruption over 2015 books tender
Mohalenyane Phakela GENDER, Sports and Recreation Minister, Mahali Phamotse, was on Tuesday charged with corruption for allegedly influencing the awarding of a 2015 high schools textbooks tender to...
View ArticleMahao murder trial stalls again
Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Tlali Kamoli, and others yesterday lost their application for the recusal of Judge Charles Hungwe from trying them...
View ArticleNetcare accused of siphoning M320 million from Tšepong
Pascalinah Kabi ONE of the companies in the Tšepong Consortium, Afri’nnai Health, has accused South Africa’s Netcare Group of siphoning millions of maloti from the company under “dubious and...
View ArticleEU speaks out on Thabane murder allegations, retirement
Silence Charumbira EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Lesotho, Christian Manahl, has urged Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to announce a specific date for his impending retirement, saying this is...
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