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PM unveils fresh restrictions to fight Covid-19
Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has reimposed new stricter rules to fight the increase of Covid 19 infections. The country is now back in the orange category of restrictions. This means...
View ArticleExplosive claims as Majoro and Mahao fingered in massive corruption claims
Mohalenyane Phakela EMBATTLED Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general, Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, has set the cat among the pigeons by sensationally accusing Prime...
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Govt sets aside M240 million for Covid-19 vaccine
Limpho Sello THE government will set aside M240 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has said. This in addition to the free vaccines Lesotho expects to receive from the...
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Molibeli in fresh court battle with subordinate
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi A FRESH war has broken out in the police command pitting Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, against one of his subordinates, Assistant Police Commissioner...
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Nteso’s widow weeps as his killers get 20 years
Mohalenyane Phakela | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli TWO police officers who were last month convicted of murdering Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) auditor, Thibello Nteso, were yesterday sentenced to 20...
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Manyokole part of plot to topple Majoro: DCEO officer
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi THE director general of the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Mahlomola Manyokole, is a disgruntled officer who was appointed at the behest...
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Vumbukani “pained and embarrassed” by corruption claims
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Standard Lesotho Bank chief executive officer (CEO), Mpho Vumbukani, says he is “pained and embarrassed” by the unfounded corruption allegations made...
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Lipolelo murder trial delay: Molibeli, Mokete blame DPP
police bosses baffled by DPP’s failure to act despite “water-tight case” against Thabane. ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli and Deputy Police Commissioner Paseka Mokete, say...
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US ambassador blasts pro-Trump rioters
acknowledges Biden’s electoral victory, says “criminals” who stormed the Capitol will face the music Herbert Moyo UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, has branded as...
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Majoro announces “hard lockdown” to fight Covid-19
hospitals, mortuaries overwhelmed, coffins run out as Covid situation reaches crisis levels, premier reveals. Limpho Sello | Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has reimposed a nationwide...
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Majoro, Mahao fight fire with fire
accuse Manyokole of destabilising govt Pascalinah Kabi / Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro and his Law and Justice Minister, Professor Nqosa Mahao, have joined forces against the...
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AG warns of Covid-19 doomsday
says war against pandemic may not be won as “illegal” NACOSEC splurges M1,5 billion on wasteful expenditure Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO is unlikely to win its fight against Covid-19 amid revelations by...
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So much at stake if Lesotho fails to address human trafficking concerns: US
FOR decades, Lesotho has benefitted from various forms of development assistance from the United States (US) government. Apart from funding to combat HIV and AIDS and other health programmes, Lesotho...
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TRC applauds ruling on Nteso killers
Mohalenyane Phakela A LOCAL human rights body, the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), has applauded the High Court for jailing two police officers who murdered Lesotho Electricity Company...
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Covid-19: 28 die in one week in Motimposo
Limpho Sello MOTIMPOSO in Maseru, is in mourning after 28 people died of Covid-19 related complications in just a week, the constituency’s legislator, Thabang Mafojane, said yesterday. The...
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Govt denies NACOSEC overspending
Pascalinah Kabi THE government has denied overshooting the Covid-19 budget, saying by December 2020, it had only spent about M341 million of the initial M698 million set aside to fight the pandemic....
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1980s coup leader Lekhanya dies
Mohalenyane Phakela MAJOR General Metsing Lekhanya, who led the 1986 coup against then Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan, died yesterday at the age of 83. The former army commander who later traded his...
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NACOSEC unveils ambitious plan to fight Covid-19
Limpho Sello THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) is intensifying testing and contact tracing for Covid-19 as part of an ambitious 11-day programme to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic in...
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Seleke bounces back, lands top LEC job
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Lesotho National Development Authority (LNDC) chief executive officer CEO), Mohato Seleke, has been appointed as the new Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) managing director. He...
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Jail terms, hefty fines for Covid violators
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ANYONE who flies in and out of the country in violation of the current ban on international travel will be fined M50 000 or be jailed for three years, Health Minister, Motlatsi...
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