Manyokole pleads bankruptcy
…asks govt for M1, 6 million to pay his legal bills Pascalinah Kabi SUSPENDED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole, says he has no money to fund...
View ArticleCovid-19 vaccines are safe — Sekatle
Limpho Sello THE five people who died in Leribe last month after taking the Johnson&Johnson Covid-19 vaccine were not killed by the jab, Health Minister Semano Sekatle said yesterday. Mr Sekatle...
View ArticleAnother oxygen plant launched
Limpho Sello PRIME Minster Moeketsi Majoro says the launch of an oxygen production plant at Motebang Hospital, Leribe will not only help the country in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic but also...
View ArticleMetsing, Mochoboroane slam Motinyane for “politically-motivated” charges
Mohalenyane Phakela TREASON and murder accused politicians, Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane, say the charges against them are politically motivated. They allege that the Director of Public...
View ArticlePS slammed for partisan appointment
Mohalenyane Phakela EDUCATION and Training Ministry Principal Secretary (PS), John Oliphant, stands accused of unprocedurally appointing an “unqualified” member of his Democratic Congress (DC) party to...
View ArticleMolibeli, police minister spit fire
as yet another police officer is gunned down, it’s a declaration of war against the police, police chief, minister say ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE and Public Safety Minister Lepota Sekola and Police...
View ArticleMofomobe appointed substantive minister
Nthatuoa Koeshe BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has been appointed minister of Small Business Development and Cooperatives. The post was previously held by Thesele Maseribane...
View ArticleJustice must be served in Lipolelo murder case: Sibolla
Pascalinah Kabi THATO Sibolla, a key state witness in the June 2017 murder of Lipolelo Thabane, says she remains committed to ensuring that justice is served in the matter. Not even a diplomatic...
View ArticleWar over constituency boundaries
…as congress parties demand 2022 elections on the basis of old constituencies Mohalenyane Phakela THE country’s main political parties are at loggerheads over the delimitation of constituencies by...
View ArticleBAP calls for dissolution of parliament and fresh elections
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Basotho Action Party (BAP) wants parliament to compel Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro to advise King Letsie III to dissolve parliament and call for elections within the next...
View ArticleLegal fraternity mourns “intelligent” Justice Nomngcongo
Mohalenyane Phakela MEMBERS of Lesotho’s legal fraternity have described the late High Court judge, Thamsanqa Nomngcongo, as an intelligent man who had exceptional command of the law. Justice...
View ArticleManyokole cornered
Pascalinah Kabi SUSPENDED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general, Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, has been given until next Friday to file his full response in the...
View ArticleIEC, govt blast TRC
…accuse civic organisation of steering a constitutional crisis Mohalenyane Phakela THE government and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have accused the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) of...
View ArticleTRC launches fresh war on IEC
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) has launched a fresh war against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) over its failure to hold by elections in five vacant...
View ArticleEconet simplifies Ecocash payments
Bereng Mpaki ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL) has simplified Ecocash payments by integrating them with different businesses’ point-of-sale (POS) devices. The innovation is meant to enhance customer...
View ArticleABC NEC bids to save Majoro
. . . canvasses for MPs’ support to avert no confidence motion Pascalinah Kabi IN a desperate move to save the coalition government from potential collapse, the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s...
View ArticleMapesela pushes for Majoro’s ouster
. . . demands secret ballot for no confidence motion Bereng Mpaki Mokhotlong legislator, Tefo Mapesela, is pushing for his no confidence motion against Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro to be conducted...
View ArticleHigh profile trials in limbo
…as lead prosecutor Shaun Abrahams quits over lack of pay Mohalenyane Phakela Top prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has resigned over lack of pay. His resignation puts the high-profile trials he has been...
View ArticleGovt must avert judiciary crisis
THE sudden death of High Court judge, Thamsanqa Nomngcongo, last Thursday could not have come at a worse time for Lesotho’s ailing judiciary. The learned judge took his last breadth at a time when...
View ArticleEU appoints new ambassador
Silence Charumbira THE European Union (EU) has appointed Paola Amadei as its new ambassador to Lesotho. Ms Amadei has since landed in the country. She presented her credentials to the Minister of...
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