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High Court gives Frazer Solar 14-day ultimatum
Mohalenyane Phakela HIGH Court Judge Tšeliso Monapathi has given Frazer Solar 14 days to respond to Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s application to nullify the award of £50 million (M856 million)...
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SA govt boosts Majoro’s fight against Frazer Solar
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s quest to overturn a South African arbitrator’s award of £50 million (M856 million) damages to Frazer Solar has received a boost from the South African...
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Auditor General raps Maseru council for shoddy road works
Bereng Mpaki ACTING Auditor General, Monica Besetsa, has rapped the Maseru District Council (MDC) for its shoddy rural road construction work during the 2019/20 financial year. The revelations are...
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Pastor gunned down in Semonkong
Bereng Mpaki ANOTHER week, another killing. This time the victim is French pastor, Francois Snyman, who was gunned down at his Semonkong home during the weekend. Mr Snyman was shot dead in front of his...
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Ministers, PSs fail to declare assets
Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is unhappy with the majority of cabinet ministers and principal secretaries (PSs) who have still not declared their assets to...
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Guns stolen from police sold to Famo gangsters
…theft of 75 weapons thought to be an inside job Pascalinah Kabi SOME of the 75 guns that were stolen from the Mafeteng Police Station armoury – with inside help from corrupt police officers – have...
View ArticleIrate Chief Justice Sakoane expels journalist from court over Scrutator
Staff Reporter CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane this week expelled Lesotho Times’ senior legal journalist, Mohalenyane Phakela, from a Constitutional Court hearing he was presiding over. This was...
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Police investigate ex-soldier for wife’s murder
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Mounted Police (LMPS) is investigating a 63-year-old former army sergeant for the murder of his wife. Lepanya Sekopa of Khubetsoana is accused of brutally murdering his...
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LEPOSA probed over “missing” firearms
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE police have begun investigating the Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) over its alleged failure to account for 159 firearms that it purchased for its members through a...
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M41 million recovered from fraud suspects: Molibeli
Mohalenyane Phakela POLICE Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, says they have recovered about M41 million out of the M49, 5 million looted from the Ministry of Finance in recent months. To date, nine people...
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LMDA broke, owes suppliers M40 million
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Millennium Development Agency (LMDA) is broke and owes its suppliers millions of maloti. The LMDA was established by the government to oversee the implementation of...
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Defiant Molibeli insists he is the right man to lead LMPS
Pascalinah Kabi EMBATTLED Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, insists he is the right man to continue leading the police service. This is despite the widespread calls for his ouster by the Lesotho...
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Molibeli faces axe
Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro and his deputy, Mathibeli Mokhothu, are said to have agreed to fire Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli. Authoritative government...
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NAC, Limkokwing launch tech-based HIV intervention for youths
Limpho Sello the National AIDS Commission (NAC) and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology yesterday jointly launched the Southern African Development Community (SADC) technology-based HIV...
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Hungwe contract extended
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has finally renewed Zimbabwean judge, Charles Hungwe’s contract. JSC secretary, ‘Mathato Sekoai yesterday confirmed the development, saying the...
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Mokete drops fresh ‘Maesaiah bombshell
suggests she is responsible for the “suspicious” deaths of state witnesses in her murder trial, insists she ought to be in remand prison and should never have been granted bail Staff Reporters...
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Workers sue China Geo for pay rise
Bereng Mpaki FIFTY China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) workers contracted for the construction of the Marakabei to Monontša road project have petitioned the Directorate of Dispute Prevention and...
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Loti Brick lays off workers
Bereng Mpaki BRICK manufacturer, Loti Brick, has temporarily laid off the majority of its 150 workers on account of crippling cashflow challenges, a company source has said. The source this week...
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Parliament passes small scale mining law
Bereng Mpaki THE National Assembly this week passed the Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which legalises artisanal and small scale (ASM) mining. The Bill must now be okayed by the Senate...
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Badminton duo off to Bots
Leemisa Thuseho TWO badminton players and two coaches left the country this week for Gaborone where they will participate in this year’s edition of the Botswana Badminton International Tournament. The...
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