PAC slams police, DCEO’s failure to investigate corruption
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week lambasted the police and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offence (DCEO) for allegedly failing to follow up and prosecute...
View ArticleGovt pays foreign judges
Mohalenyane Phakela THE three foreign judges who were recruited by the government to preside over high profile murder and attempted murder cases involving politicians and serving and former members of...
View ArticleDate set for ABC “expulsions” case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated All Basotho Convention (ABC) expulsions case will now be heard next week on 23 October 2019. High Court judge, Justice Tšeliso Monapathi, set the date on Monday...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal sits for final 2019 session
Mohalenyane Phakela THE second session of the Court of Appeal got underway on Monday 14 October 2019 and is expected to end on 1 November 2019 when the court delivers its judgements. Led by its...
View ArticleIEC Commissioners lose fight to remain in office
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Independent Electoral commissioners, Mahapela Lehohla, ‘Mamosebi Pholo and Makase Nyaphisi yesterday lost their Constitutional Court bid to remain in office pending the...
View ArticleGovt incurs M212 000 Mahase legal bill
Pascalinah Kabi THE government’s insistence on hiring a South African lawyer, Advocate Guido Heinz Penzhorn, to defend Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase in the impeachment case brought against her...
View ArticleDoctors suspend emergency services
Pascalinah Kabi DOCTORS have indefinitely suspended critical emergency services at all government hospitals to protest the government’s failure to address their demands for the provision of adequate...
View ArticleVIDEO: UN, govt working to address food security challenges: Niyonzima
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View ArticleMore charges for Kamoli
Mohalenyane Phakela IT never rains but pours for former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli. Not only is the army commander set to spend a third Christmas in remand prison over a plethora...
View ArticleGovt settles with fired ambassador
Mohalenyane Phakela THE government has agreed an out of court deal to pay former ambassador to China, Lebohang Ntšinyi, all her terminal benefits and salary arrears after her contract was prematurely...
View ArticleMokhothu pushes for Thabane’s ouster
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, says he has nothing personal against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his bid to topple him is borne out of the singular...
View ArticleEconet improves EcoSure packages
Nthatuoa Koeshe ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL) and the Lesotho National Life Assurance Company have upgraded their insurance policy from EcoSure Mpolokeng to EcoSure Re Bolokehile. Launched in 2013,...
View ArticleLiqhobong rakes in US$10, 6 million from first quarter sales
Bataung Moeketsi LIQHOBONG Diamond Mine realised US$10, 6 million from the sale of 168 612 carats worth of diamonds in the first quarter of its 2019/2020 financial year which ended on 30 September...
View ArticleGovt, Justice Majara agree on exit package
Herbert Moyo THE government and suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara have agreed an out-of-court settlement which will see the latter leave office without undergoing a potentially damaging...
View ArticleDCEO stops Mpilo Boulevard tender
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Mahlomola Manyokole, has ordered the Maseru City Council (MCC) to stop the processes of awarding...
View ArticleDCEO chief investigator ‘spills the beans’
alleges he was suspended for investigating DCEO boss’ powerful friends mentions First Lady in the sacking of former DCEO boss Matsoso Ntsebeng Motsoeli SUSPENDED Directorate on Criminal and Economic...
View ArticleLesotho risks losing out on second MCC compact
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO risks losing out on the multi-billion-maloti second compact under the United States sponsored Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) after American Ambassador to Lesotho Rebecca...
View ArticleLegislators flex muscles against PM
Unanimously approve motion to curtail PM’s powers to dissolve parly In first step towards ousting Thabane Ntsebeng Motsoeli IN a rare show of unity, legislators across the political divide joined...
View ArticleI stand with Mahali
Moorosi Tsiane GENDER and Youth, Sports and Recreation minister Mahali Phamotse made a bold declaration last week that the country would continue hosting the 2020 African Union Sport Council (AUSC)...
View ArticleMakhakhe off to Mozambique
Moorosi Tsiane TENNIS sensation Neo Makhakhe is aiming to gain International Tennis Federation (ITF) points at the World Tours and Futures tournaments in Mozambique next month. Makhakhe represented...
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