Lesotho ill-prepared for Covid-19 outbreak: NECC
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane on Tuesday ignored the recommendations of the National Command Centre (NECC) to extend the lockdown by another 14 days to enable Lesotho to equip its...
View ArticleMoleleki forced out of parly, ordered to self-quarantine
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Assembly, Monyane Moleleki, was on Tuesday forced to leave parliament by fellow legislators who protested that he had travelled to...
View ArticleMajoro delays vote on 2020/21 budget
Bereng Mpaki The parliamentary vote on the 2020/21 budget has been delayed again. This after Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro yesterday withdrew his proposed amendments to the proposed M21, 9 billion...
View ArticleThabane lifts lockdown
widespread relief as “non-essential” businesses re-open Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane on Tuesday lifted the national lockdown which has been in place since 30 March 2020 as part of...
View Article“Fake” Molibeli affidavit weakens PM’s case against top cop
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has no basis to suspend Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli for alleged perjury in a case concerning the transfer of a junior police officer from...
View ArticleIllegal border crossings worry Thabane
Limpho Sello LESOTHO is at risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections from South Africa by Lesotho nationals illegally crossing back into the country, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said. Lesotho is...
View ArticleSADC should not shield Thabane from prosecution: analysts
Staff Writer DESPITE loud calls for his resignation by his own All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, coalition partners, the opposition and civic organisations, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is stalling...
View ArticleMaseribane attacks “lying” coalition partners
Pascalinah Kabi BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele Maseribane, has come out guns blazing accusing unnamed fellow coalition partners of lying to regional leaders about the security situation...
View ArticleWhat a failure of leadership…!!!
OUR people rightly feel cursed after almost 55 years of independence. They have been routinely misgoverned. The country is routinely mismanaged. Our leaders just cannot seem to do a single thing right...
View ArticleDon’t be swayed by popular opinion, Mosito implores judges
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal’s first session for 2020 began on Tuesday with the apex court president, Justice Kananelo Mosito, imploring judges not to be swayed by public opinion. He said...
View ArticleMachesetsa attacks ‘Maesaiah and her “corrupt cabal”
Pascalinah Kabi BASOTHO National Party (BNP) deputy leader Machesetsa Mofomobe has launched a scathing attack on the First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane, accusing her of running a cabal which received...
View ArticleABC infighting to blame for collapse of govt: Moleleki
Pascalinah Kabi | Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader and Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki says the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has only got itself to blame for the...
View ArticleDC speaks on coalition with ABC
two parties will work harmoniously in govt: Letsosa pledges to cut down on PM’s costly foreign trips Pascalinah Kabi/Ntsebeng Motsoeli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) deputy leader, Motlalentoa Letsosa,...
View ArticleDisgruntled youths slam Radebe for meddling in Lesotho
’Marafaele Mohloboli DISGRUNTLED youths from various political parties have attacked South African special envoy, Jeff Radebe, for allegedly pressurising Prime Minister Thabane to resign. The youths...
View ArticleCOVID-19 reaches Lesotho
as government threatens to reinstate lockdown Limpho Sello LESOTHO has recorded its first positive case of coronavirus (Covid-19). Health Minister Nkaku Kabi said yesterday the affected individual was...
View ArticleHeadache for ABC-DC as Thabane refuses to resign
insists on leading new govt until 31 July despite Majoro’s nomination Ntsebeng Motsoeli/Pascalinah Kabi EMBATTLED Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has not yet formally quit despite the collapse of his...
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Ntate Majoro’s first tasks….
NEVER in my life had I ever thought I would live to see this moment. A moment in which our two political behemoths would realise the need to come together and work for the good of Basotho. A moment in...
View ArticleLet’s all support Majoro and the new coalition
ON two occasions outgoing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has ridden to power on the back of popular discontent against incumbent governments. On both occasions he has failed to last the distance due to...
View ArticleMalealea community unites against Covid-19
Mahao Mahao and Gillian Attwood As the world’s wealthiest and poorest nations alike rallied their resources in open combat against the Coronavirus, Lesotho has been conspicuously silent in its retort....
View ArticleAdopt new policies to revive economy; Majoro urged
Staff Reporter LESOTHO’S business community, civic groups and the diplomatic sector say they expect newly sworn Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro to pursue new policies to revive the comatose economy and...
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