Court of Appeal sitting in limbo
Tefo Tefo THE scheduled sitting of the second session of the Court of Appeal next month hangs in the balance in light of a pending legal challenge to the swearing-in of Justice Kananelo Mosito as...
View ArticlePolice boss Letsoepa retires
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER police commissioner, Molahlehi Letsoepa, is now officially retired as of 11 September 2017 after Prime Minister Thomas Thabane last week accepted his request to take an early...
View ArticleLesotho makes strides in HIV fight
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO has made huge strides in addressing the scourge of HIV and Aids with a recent study revealing that 90.2 percent of people living with HIV were now on antiretroviral (ARVs)...
View ArticleLesotho instability costs SADC M87m
THE proposed Southern African Development Community (SADC) intervention in Lesotho to help end instability and prepare the stage for the implementation of a raft of security sector, constitutional...
View ArticleBloc queries Mokhosi torture claim
Pascalinah Kabi A SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Double Troika fact-finding mission to Lesotho has poured cold water on former Defence minister Tšeliso Mokhosi’s claims of...
View ArticleMetsing inciting army: SADC
Pascalinah Kabi A SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Double Troika fact-finding mission to Lesotho gathered that Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) Mothetjoa Metsing was...
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SADC mission makes shock findings
Asserts that Bulane, Sechele met Kamoli just before Motšomotšo assassination States that Motšomotšo had no support from Military Intelligence Ngoni Muzofa THE government suspects that the alleged...
View ArticleDCEO investigator abducted, shot
’Marafaele Mohloboli AN investigator in the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is recovering in hospital after being abducted and shot by two unknown assailants last Friday. Thabang...
View Article‘Being in govt not about settling scores’
RCL leader Keketso Rantšo reflects on a ‘difficult’ exile and her vision for a new Lesotho for all Tsitsi Matope AFTER fleeing her homeland for South Africa on 25 May 2015 fearing for her life, the...
View Article‘Old local govt law blessing in disguise’
Pascalinah Kabi THE holding of Saturday’s local government elections under the framework of the Local Government Act of 1997 is a blessing in disguise, as it will enable more consultations and a fuller...
View ArticleSoldiers arrested, grilled over Ramahloko killing
’Marafaele Mohloboli FOUR Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) officers are in police custody and being interrogated in connection with the 30 August 2014 killing of police Sub-Inspector Mokheseng Ramahloko...
View ArticleLesotho given MCC compact breather
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO has until December this year to implement set governance benchmarks for eligibility in the multi-million dollar compact grant from the United States Millennium Challenge...
View ArticleNo repeat of 1998 disturbances: PM
Pascalinah Kabi Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has assured Basotho that there will be no repeat of the 1998 disturbances which led to the death of hundreds of people following the arrival of Southern...
View ArticleAll set for local govt polls
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says it’s all systems go for Saturday’s local government elections and three parliamentary by-elections. There are 11 urban councils, 65...
View ArticleGovt blasts Amnesty International
Pascalinah Kabi THE government has accused Amnesty International of maliciously misguiding itself when it accused Prime Minister Thomas Thabane of failing to tackle human rights violations in his first...
View ArticleMotšomotšo murder: Did the militia overreach itself?
OVER the years in Lesotho, we have witnessed ordinary citizens and soldiers being murdered with impunity by those who had the power of guns. The situation took a turn for the worst from 2014 when an...
View ArticleHashatsi’s abused loyalty cut his life short
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane WHILE I respect the position of the family of Tefo Hashatsi to prevent coverage of the funeral of their beloved son by local media on Saturday, I wish to note a few things about...
View ArticleReforms: Govt needs real support
The evolving security crisis in Lesotho reflects a deeply-rooted conflict requiring a robust mix of political, civilian, security and intelligence interventions. In the recent months, the new coalition...
View ArticleLiqhobong unearths 134-carat diamond
Bereng Mpaki FIRESTONE Diamonds has announced the recovery of a 134 carat gem-quality light yellow diamond from its Liqhobong Mine in Mokhotlong district- a development which the company believes...
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