Nedbank’s Mohokare Golf Classic returns
Leemisa Thuseho THE two-day Nedbank Mohokare Golf Classic tournament is returning this March, organising committee chairperson, Mpeake Sekhibane has said. The tournament failed to take place in the...
View ArticleNasty LeFA, Tampane fight brews
Leemisa Thuseho A NASTY clash could be brewing between the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) and the Gender, Youth, Sport and Recreation Minister, Likeleli Tampane. This after LeFA this week said it...
View ArticlePolice brutality: Lesotho’s elephant in the room
Staff Reporters LESOTHO’S human rights record and in particular the issue of police brutality has been under local and international spotlight in recent years. Back in 2018, the African Commission...
View ArticleMajoro, Molibeli inaction in the face of police brutality worrying: Vox Pop
POLICE brutality has and continues to be a thorny issue in Lesotho. No less an authority than the African Union (AU) has spoken out against the scourge and pleaded with the government to capacitate...
View ArticleTeenager kills cop
’Marafaele Mohloboli VILLAGERS in Ha-Masupha, Metolong, are in shock after a 16-year-old boy shot and killed a police officer on Saturday. This after the now deceased 40-year-old Sergeant Mahase...
View ArticleBAP to hold first elective conference
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Nqosa Mahao-led Basotho Action Party (BAP) will hold its elective conference on 25 and 26 February 2022. This will be the party’s first elective conference since it’s formation...
View ArticleLDF troops could return home from Mozambique
. . . as govt pleads poverty, says it has no money to continue funding Mozambique tour of duty Moorosi Tsiane LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) troops could be forced to prematurely return home from their...
View ArticleSuspect nabbed in NUL lecturer’s gruesome murder
’Marafaele Mohloboli A 22-YEAR-OLD Ha-Leqele, Maseru, man has been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of National University of Lesotho (NUL) lecturer, Teboli Makafane (35). Mr Makafane’s...
View ArticleThere should be zero tolerance to police brutality, GBV: Amadei
IN September 2021, the European Union (EU) appointed Paola Amadei as its new ambassador to Lesotho. She replaced Christian Manahl, who left the country after spending four years in Maseru. Ambassador...
View ArticleGovt not ready for locusts outbreak – Agric ministry
Bereng Mpaki THE Agriculture and Food Security and Marketing Ministry is unprepared to handle a locust outbreak in the event that it happens. This because the ministry does not have adequate spraying...
View ArticleShort-term credit facility for M-Pesa users unveiled
Bereng Mpaki VCL Financial Services yesterday officially launched its new short-term credit facility for mobile money, M-Pesa, clients. The facility is meant to help clients meet their urgent...
View ArticleAccountant General’s office reforms hailed
Bereng Mpaki FORMER Accountant General, Sam Mphaka, has hailed the proposed reform of the Accountant General’s office saying it would enhance its efficiency. The National Reforms Authority (NRA’s)...
View ArticleHippo Knitting fights to save jobs
Bereng Mpaki HIPPO Knitting is working hard to secure orders for its orders from buyers to save the jobs of all its workers. The company this week said it was optimistic that it could end up not...
View ArticlePolice brutality: Lesotho’s elephant in the room
LESOTHO’S human rights record and in particular the issue of police brutality has been under local and international spotlight in recent years. Back in 2018, the African Commission on Human and...
View ArticleMajoro, Molibeli inaction in the face of police brutality worrying: Vox Pop
POLICE brutality has and continues to be a thorny issue in Lesotho. No less an authority than the African Union (AU) has spoken out against the scourge and pleaded with the government to capacitate...
View ArticleMofomobe wades into Sakoane-Motinyane row
. . . blasts chief justice for allegedly plotting to free Kamoli, Metsing, Mochoboroane without trying them. ’Marafaele Mohloboli CABINET minister and Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa...
View ArticleSakoane dismisses DPP’s application for recusal
Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane won’t recuse himself from presiding over the high-profile treason and murder trial of Mothetjoa Metsing, Selibe Mochoboroane, former army commander...
View ArticleABC special conference back on
. . . as Majoro lifts Covid-19 restrictions Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has lifted the Covid-19 restrictions, allowing the full-scale resumption of economic, social and political...
View ArticleHigh profile trials: We can’t go on like this
VICTIMS of human rights violations in our beautiful highly unstable Kingdom must wondering what needs to happen before there is actual movement with regards to the high-profile trials of politicians,...
View ArticleFour arrested over fraudulent Covid-19 certificates
Limpho Sello FOUR people have been arrested by Butha-Buthe police after they attempted to cross into South Africa using fraudulent Covid-19 certificates. Police spokesperson Senior Superintendent...
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