LCS boss disowns Netflix prison documentary
Limpho Sello LESOTHO Correctional Service (LCS) Commissioner, Mating Nkakala, has belatedly disowned a documentary film shot inside in the Maseru Central Prison by a British journalist, Raphael Rowe,...
View ArticleLawyer challenges King’s Counsel title conferment
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Law Society of Lesotho is entangled in a legal battle with one of its members over the conferment of the prestigious King’s Counsel (KC) title to “outstanding” lawyers. Advocate...
View ArticleSakoane slams Appeal Court judges
. . . accuses apex court of usurping his powers to allocate cases in the High Court Moorosi Tsiane/Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has ripped into Court of Appeal judges, accusing...
View ArticleDC, Mochoboroane in fresh lawsuit against IEC
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Democratic Congress (DC) has launched a fresh legal bid to nullify the constituency delimitation exercise by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) ahead of general...
View ArticleRecruits fired from police training
’Marafaele Mohloboli SIX recruits have been sent home barely three weeks after their enrolment for training at the Police Training College (PTC) in Maseru. Police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent...
View ArticleDPP challenges Nthane acquittal
Staff Reporters THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, has appealed against business mogul Tšeliso Nthane’s 8 April 2022 acquittal on murder charges by then acting Judge Palesa...
View Article35 tortured as police brutality rears its ugly head again
…police brutality continues even as MCC Compact II is signed ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE ugly monster of police brutality has reared its ugly head once again. This time the victims are 35 Liseleng,...
View ArticleMothae digs up 204-carat diamond
Bereng Mpaki MOTHAE diamond mine has recovered a massive 204-carat diamond. The white stone recovered last week is the mine’s third larger than 200 carats diamond and eighth over 100 carats to date....
View ArticleM-Pesa launches Patala Ka M-Pesa
…service expected to simplify online purchases Bereng Mpaki/Tsoloane Mohlomi M-PESA users can now make online purchases from their mobile money accounts, thanks to the introduction of the Patala Ka...
View ArticleEx-LCA boss Matela enters the political fray
. . . pleads with women politicians to work together across political lines FORMER Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) CEO, ‘Mamarame Matela, caught many by surprise over the weekend after she was...
View ArticleWoman up for daughter’s murder
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE mystery surrounding the death of a four-year-old girl, whose body has been lying unclaimed in a Maseru mortuary after her lifeless body was discovered three weeks ago in...
View ArticleFormer LCA boss accuses judge of lying
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) CEO, ‘Mamarame Matela has accused a recently appointed judge of lying under oath. Advocate Matela made the allegations at a hastily arranged...
View ArticleThe sad stories of women who continue to suffer from botched medical operations
…they say the “axe may forget but the tree that has been cut never forgets its tormentor”. Limpho Sello A MEDICAL operation is something in a day’s work for a doctor. Quite often when such an operation...
View ArticleIEC wins delimitation case
Moorosi Tsiane HIGH Court Judge Molefi Makara has dismissed Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general Tšitso Cheba and DC member, Lethusang Kompi’s application to stop the Independent Electoral...
View ArticleGovt receives US$4 million dividend from Letšeng
. . . 28461 carats sold for US$52, 1 million as mine registers strong first quarter performance for 2022 Staff Reporters BUSINESS is booming at Letšeng Mine in Mokhotlong. This amid revelations that...
View ArticleDuo jailed six years for stealing Econet property
Staff Reporter TWO Lithabaneng men have each been jailed for six years for stealing Econet Telecom Lesotho’s overhead copper cables. Maruping Maruping and Motlatsi Mpeoa were both charged with...
View ArticleLEPOSA dragged to court
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) deputy president, Teboho Molumo, has petitioned the High Court to nullify his 13 March 2022 suspension by his fellow executive committee...
View ArticleNSS aghast as officer rapes girl, sodomises boy
spy agency begs for forgiveness, says it is “remorseful” over the spate of crimes by its officers ’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Tokelo Khausela AN intelligence officer stands accused of sodomising a...
View ArticleABC bigwigs in near fist-fight
…as feuding Majoro-Kabi factions’ reconciliation talks flounder ’Marafaele Mohloboli RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) bigwigs Keketso Sello and Prince Maliehe engaged in a heated argument that...
View ArticleWomen, you are the change that we seek: Seutloali
AT just 13 years old in 1998, Machere Seutloali was expelled from boarding school for bringing her parents’ Basotho National Party (BNP) regalia. She was also accused of being the ringleader of a...
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