Top cop arrested, charged in SA
’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Mounted Police (LMPS) Deputy Commissioner Mahlape Florence Morai was last Thursday arrested and charged for contravening South Africa’s lockdown regulations. Deputy...
View ArticleABC faces new power dynamic after Thabane ouster
Ntsebeng Motsoeli A NEW power dynamic has emerged in the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) after Thomas Thabane quit as prime minister but opted to remain party leader. That dynamic remains a...
View ArticleMoeketsi Majoro at a glance
MOEKETSI Majoro, who has assumed the reins of power in Lesotho, is considered less of a career politician and more of a technocrat. He was born in the dusty streets of Tsikoane Constituency, Leribe, on...
View ArticleThabane resigns, pledges support for Majoro
…thanks wife and family for support Pascalinah Kabi/Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and former prime minister, Thomas Thabane, has pledged his support for incoming Prime Minister...
View ArticleDPP slammed for “siding” with ‘Maesaiah in bail issue
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane, has been accused of unreasonably siding with murder-accused former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane in a...
View ArticleMajoro takes over
…amid high expectations that he will revive comatose economy Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Finance minister Moeketsi Majoro yesterday took over as the new premier of Lesotho amid high expectations that he...
View ArticleThe nation joins in celebrating Her Majesty’s Birthday
Staff Reporter THE nation will be joining Her Majesty Queen ’Masenate Mohato Bereng Seeiso in celebrating her 44th birthday on Tuesday. Queen ’Masenate Mohato Bereng Seeiso was born on 2 June 1976 as...
View ArticleWorld Bank unveils M135 million Covid-19 credit for Lesotho
Bereng Mpaki THE World Bank yesterday granted Lesotho a M135 million credit that will be used in the country’s fight against the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Although there was no indication...
View ArticleCovid-19 cases a wake-up call for Lesotho: analysts
Staff Reporter THE honeymoon is finally over for Lesotho after the country recorded its first and second cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) on 12 and 20 May 2020 respectively, analysts say. The analysts...
View ArticleLCD criticises Mapesela, Sello and Mosenene appointments
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has criticised the re-appointment of “failed ministers” such as Keketso Sello and Tefo Mapesela to the new...
View ArticlePolice grill Moleleki over Khetheng murder
Ntsebeng Motsoeli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki was yesterday grilled by the police over the 2016 murder of Police Constable (PC) Mokalekale Khetheng. The development comes barely a...
View ArticleRapapa brothers renew their political feud
Pascalinah Kabi BROTHERS Samuel Rapapa of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Professor Ntoi Rapapa of the Alliance of Democrats (AD) are at each other’s throats again after the police stopped a horse...
View ArticleRamaphosa congratulates Majoro
Marafaele Mohloboli SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro on his appointment. “His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa, President of…South Africa and...
View ArticleDPP Motinyane accuses Mokete of “persecuting” ‘Maesaiah.
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane, has accused Deputy Police Commissioner (DCP) Paseka Mokete of persecuting murder accused former First Lady...
View ArticleMokete-Motinyane feud intensifies
as DCP accuses DPP of shielding Thabane and ‘Maesaiah from prosecution. demands her recusal from prosecuting the Thabanes’ Mohalenyane Phakela DEPUTY Police Commissioner (DCP) Paseka Mokete has fired...
View ArticleABC legislators cry foul over cabinet exclusion
’Marafaele Mohloboli BARELY a week after his appointment, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has incurred the wrath of some of his All Basotho Convention (ABC) party legislators who are unhappy after they...
View ArticleManchester United right to be concerned by Manchester City gap, says Jamie...
Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House’s master bedroom. He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging...
View ArticleStoke v West Ham preview: Marko Arnautovic will get frosty reception, says...
Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House’s master bedroom. He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging...
View ArticleMauricio Pochettino knows Tottenham’s ‘project’ is a ‘problem’ for ambitious...
Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House’s master bedroom. He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging...
View ArticleArsene Wenger says Arsenal players have been left psychologically scarred by...
Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House’s master bedroom. He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging...
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