Ex- minister Au breaks silence on human trafficking saga
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Home Affairs Minister, Tsukutlane Au, says he revoked the residence permit of the controversial Rana Qamar in 2017. Mr Qamar is a Pakistani currently at the centre of a drug...
View ArticleMajoro declares six-month state of emergency
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has declared a six-month state of emergency after the recent heavy rains massively damaged farms, roads and bridges. Dr Majoro said the state of...
View ArticleJudgement reserved in vendors’ case
Mohalenyane Phakela STREET vendors will have to wait until 24 February 2021 to know whether their application to reverse the government ban on street vending during the hard lockdown succeeds. High...
View ArticleDefence Minister Mosito fired
ousted minister says Majoro’s hand was forced by ABC officials, as Masoetsa blasts “spineless” Majoro for the decision. ‘Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has fired Defence and...
View ArticleMahao faction renews bid to oust Thabane
asks court to bar him from ABC’s NEC on the grounds that he is “too sick”, accuses Hlaele of using him to capture party and govt. Pascalinah Kabi TWO members of the Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction...
View ArticleABC faction asks court to oust Thabane
claims he is “too sick” to lead party, accuses Hlaele of using him to capture party and govt. Pascalinah Kabi TWO members of the Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention...
View ArticleLesotho Water Commission delegate faces axe
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’s chief delegate to the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC), Mzamo Lephoma, has been asked to “show cause” why he should not be fired over a host of issues revolving...
View ArticleCompany petitions High Court over impounded medical cannabis contraband
Pascalinah Kabi A LOCAL medical cannabis company, Magic Dragon Medical, claims it has asked the High Court to order the release of a consignment of cannabis impounded by the army in Butha-Buthe...
View ArticleFokothi students missing after initiation ritual
Nthatuoa Koeshe TWO Lerotholi Polytechnic students are missing after attending a ritual in the Mohokare river, school authorities said on Monday. The students have been missing since last Thursday....
View ArticleTšepong nurses ordered back to work
Mohalenyane Phakela | Limpho Sello STRIKING Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) nurses have been ordered to return back to work. Labour Court President, Motlatsi Monoko, ruled yesterday that the 311...
View ArticleCourt to rule on Thabane ouster today
Mohalenyane Phakela ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, will today know whether or not he will be ousted as his party’s boss. High Court Justice Polo Banyane is expected to deliver...
View ArticleMore woes for Manyokole
….as PM Majoro suspends him again to pave way for tribunal Pascalinah Kabi IT never rains but pours for Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole. The embattled Director General of the Directorate on Corruption...
View ArticleMajoro launches M800 million Maseru District Hospital
Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro yesterday officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the M800 million Maseru District Hospital and Eye Clinic. The important project...
View ArticleM1, 3 million LEC debt cripples courts
Mohalenyane Phakela OPERATIONS at the Maseru Magistrate Court were this week paralysed after the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) abruptly cut power supplies due to the judiciary’s failure to pay a...
View ArticleMajoro dodges bullet
as ABC factions call for ceasefire and shelve plans to recall him Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has dodged a bullet after his All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive...
View ArticleCommissioner Molibeli has failed and must go; analysts
Silence Charumbira | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE recent deaths of four police recruits just two days into their training at the Police Training College (PTC) is a clear signal of Police Commissioner...
View ArticleFAL fights take new twist
Leemisa Thuseho DISPUTE in the Federation of Athletics Lesotho (FAL) seem to be far from over after the organisation failed to hold its special annual general meeting (AGM) last Saturday. This after...
View ArticlePlayers need mentors
Moorosi Tsiane ELSEWHERE in this publication we carry a story on two Likuena players, Tšepo Seturumane and Motlomelo Mkhwanazi, who failed to report for camp last Friday. The team was expected to...
View ArticleNew date for LTA elections
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Taekwondo Association (LTA) has proposed a new date for its elective annual general meeting which it failed to hold last July. The new proposed date, 13 March 2021, was set...
View ArticleGovernment reopens schools
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE government this week reopened schools albeit on a rotational basis for learners after several months of no classes. Private schools opened starting yesterday. The Minister of...
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