Parallels between 1998, 2014 election talks
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane WHEN I started making these observations some two years ago, I could hardly surmise we would be sniffing another knee-jerk general election in the air as this piece goes to...
View ArticleCorruption and loss of moral fibre
Lehloenya Mahao Lehloenya Mahao IN recent years, Lesotho has slumped in international indices of development. One of the major sources of this decline is corruption. Incidentally, those who...
View ArticleNurses body urges recruitment
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has called on government to speed up the recruitment of nurses to reduce the strain on the health sector as well as alleviate the challenge of...
View ArticleMoleleki guard arrested
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A JOINT military and police task team is allegedly investigating opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki on suspicion of possessing illegal weapons at his...
View ArticleMan dies from ‘quarrel’ with cops
The late LEC Internal Audit head Thibello Nteso ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE say they are investigating the fatal shooting of Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) Internal Audit department head Thibello...
View ArticleLitjobo hits out at Mosisili
Billy Ntaote DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) Proportional Representation legislator, Refiloe Litjobo says his family blames party leader Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili for the alleged persecution of his...
View ArticleYouths protest over Ramatšella
ABC Youth Leagues Spokesperson Mphonyane Lebesa Billy Ntaote OPPOSITION youth leaders have vowed to stage a protest march against Prime Minister Mosisili for failing to take action against political...
View ArticlePM fires Mochoboroane
Movement for Economic Change leader Selibe Mochoboroane Billy Ntaote PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has officially fired Selibe Mochoboroane as Small Business Development minister after the latter...
View ArticleMalie leaves LCD for MEC
LCD stalwart and prominent businessman, Mpho Malie Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PROMINENT businessman Mpho Malie has ended his long association with the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and joined Selibe...
View ArticleLRA boss suspended
Thabo Khasipe ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE LESOTHO Revenue Authority (LRA) Board of Directors has suspended Commissioner-General (CG) Thabo Khasipe ahead of an investigation into alleged “contravention...
View ArticlePolice probe Mothae deal
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane POLICE Commissioner Molahlehi Letsoepa has requested Commissioner of Mines Tšeliso Ntabe to furnish him with information on the Mothae Diamond Mine deal, amid allegations of...
View ArticleFight over Mothae Mine
. . . as local firm accuses minister of violating bidding processes Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A LOCAL company has demanded that Mining Minister Lebohang Thotanyana cancel a contract he awarded to Lucapa...
View Article’Maseribane blasts Metsing
Chief Thesele Maseribane Lekhetho Ntsukunyane OPPOSITION Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ’Maseribane says “some leaders” in the government had sent emissaries to court them for a...
View ArticleSADC shouldn’t be fooled: Thabane
Billy Ntaote ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has accused the Southern African Development Community (SADC) of neglecting the recently exiled opposition leaders, saying the bloc...
View ArticleChief Theko tears into govt
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THABA-BOSIU Principal Chief Khoabane Theko says the nation’s salvation depends on the recently returned opposition leaders’ ability to unite and form a new government to “rescue...
View ArticleHow international relations undermine sovereignty
Lehloenya Mahao INTERNATIONAL relations deal with relationships between nation-states including all other factors encapsulated in inter-state relationships. These factors set standards that determine...
View ArticleHolistic action needed to development goals
GIVEN the rate at which we continually churn out negative reports about failed policies and programmes, it is only the eternal optimist who could hold fast to the picture of a future in which this...
View ArticleLioli can do the unthinkable in Zim
Mikia Kalati LIOLI head to Zimbabwe on Sunday face Caps United and the enormity of the task that awaits them on Sunday as they seek to overcome the odds and progress to the first round proper of the...
View ArticleKick4Life regain top spot
Mikia Kalati KICK4LIFE took advantage of Lioli’s inactivity and Bantu’s stuttering draw with Matlama to regain top spot in the Vodacom Premier League with a comprehensive 3-0 demolition of Sky...
View ArticleMahlaha buoyant ahead of Caps tie
Mahlaha buoyant ahead of Caps tie . . . as Lioli aim to end Champions League hoodoo Mikia Kalati LIOLI coach, Halemakale Mahlaha remains optimistic that his side can brew an upset by beating Caps...
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