Once Thabane goes, I go too: Phori
’Marafaele Mohloboli LOYAL to the very end. This aptly sums up Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing Minister, Chalane Phori, who says he will step down the minute Prime Minister...
View Article’Maesaiah supporters mock police chief as her case is deferred
Mohalenyane Phakela FIRST Lady ’Maesaiah Thabane, who stands accused of the June 2017 murder of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s former wife, Lipolelo, will return to the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on 17...
View ArticleAppeal court blow for Thabane Jr, Sibolla
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s grandson, Thomas Thabane Jr and three others have been dealt a massive blow in their quest to have First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane’s bail revoked. This...
View ArticleLocal judges dismiss Mahase’s bias claims
Mohalenyane Phakela The Constitutional Court has dismissed Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase’s application for the recusal of all local judges from presiding over All Basotho Convention (ABC)...
View ArticleFed up ABC demands Thabane steps down now
as premier’s plot to ease way for Moleleki to succeed him infuriates ruling party ’Marafaele Mohloboli OUTGOING Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) party says it is fed up...
View ArticlePolice charge Thabane with Lipolelo murder
as PM’s party demands that he steps down now Mohalenyane Phakela/ Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE will now charge Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, with the 14 June 2017 murder of his former wife, Lipolelo....
View ArticleABC picks Rapapa for PM: Mahao
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, says the party’s national executive committee (NEC) has decided on a candidate to succeed outgoing Prime Minister...
View ArticleEU avails €2 million for reforms
Staff Reporter THE European Union (EU) has availed €2 million funding for the National Reforms Authority (NRA) to enable it to carry out its mandate of coordinating and spearheading the implementation...
View ArticleNetcare declares war against govt over debts
Pascalinah Kabi THE government may soon be slapped with a M686 million lawsuit for its alleged failure to meet its financial obligations towards the running of the Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital in...
View ArticleIrate judge raps lawyers
Nat Molomo FOUR prominent lawyers representing some of the murder-accused soldiers face imprisonment after failing to appear before Justice Kabelo Lebotse in the High Court on Monday. The...
View ArticleThabane refutes Molibeli’s allegations
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has said his spirited bid to oust Police Commissioner is solely motivated by the latter’s alleged incompetence and not by the selfish consideration of...
View ArticleRapapa speaks on priorities as prime minister
promises lean cabinet, security sector free of political interference ’Marafaele Mohloboli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) chairperson Samuel Rapapa, who has been nominated to succeed outgoing Prime...
View ArticleMochoboroane, Metsing unfazed by treason charges
Mohalenyane Phakela OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe Mochoboroane has accused Basotho National Party leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane and his deputy, Machesetsa Mofomobe, of...
View ArticleMetsing, Selibe and Kamoli treason trial fails to kick off
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing, former army commander Tlali Kamoli, and former Communications, Science and Technology Minister Selibe Mochoboroane’s much-anticipated...
View ArticleThabane asks ConCourt to throw out murder charges
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has launched a desperate bid to escape murder charges by petitioning the Constitutional Court for an order that a sitting prime minister cannot be...
View ArticleABC chooses Rapapa as next Prime Minister
amid fierce resistance from some ABC MPs, as party SG Hlaele, dubs decision “final”. ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) has nominated its chairperson Samuel Rapapa to succeed Prime...
View ArticleI don’t want Rantšo to suffer: Machabana Lemphane-Letsie
THE Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) this weekend “elected” Home Affairs Principal Secretary Machabana Lemphane-Letsie as the new leader in place of Labour and Employment Minister, Keketso Rantšo. It...
View ArticleTaxi operators in violent clashes with police
Limpho Sello/Bataung Moeketsi A TUESDAY morning strike by taxi drivers turned violent as the public transport operators fought running battles with police officers who accused them of blocking traffic...
View ArticleRCL leader Rantšo “toppled”
’Marafaele Mohloboli REFORMED Congress of Lesotho (RCL) leader Ms Keketso Rantšo was “ousted” from her post at a “special conference” held by the party in Berea over the weekend. She was replaced as...
View ArticleMofomobe, Mochoboroane in nasty fight over treason claims
Ntsebeng Motsoeli A NASTY war of words has broken out between Basotho National Party (BNP) deputy leader Machesetsa Mofomobe and opposition Movement for Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe Mochoboroane...
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