‘Work permit system needs to be updated’
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Labour Commissioner, ‘Mamohale Matsoso says that there is need for an overhaul of the work permit system to do away with possible malpractices in the department. Ms Matsoso said...
View ArticleGovt loses M120 million from royalties
Bereng Mpaki THE government allegedly lost M119, 5 million revenue which could have been collected in royalties from Letšeng Diamonds from 2009 to 2012, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently...
View ArticleThabane abused his powers: Mosisili
Pascalinah Kabi DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader and former prime minister Pakalitha Mosisili fired a broadside at Prime Minister Thomas Thabane accusing him of abusing his authority to ensure that the...
View ArticleMapesela, Kaya speak on ABC chaos
Pascalinah Kabi THE fall-out from last week’s tension-filled All Basotho Convention (ABC) party conference in Quthing continued this week with outspoken senior legislator and former Health minister...
View ArticleAU to decide on SAPMIL tenure
Pascalinah Kabi AFRICAN Union (AU) leaders will only decide whether or not to extend the tenure of the SADC Preventative Mission in Lesotho (SAMPIL) and the SADC Oversight Committee after receiving a...
View ArticleABCYL backs Thabane, takes war to party rebels
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE All Basotho Convention Youth League (ABCYL) has thrown its weight behind party leader Thomas Thabane, saying it will do everything in its power to ensure he is re-elected at...
View ArticleSA gets tough on Lesotho
…imposes travel embargo on Lesotho politicians who derail the reforms Pascalinah Kabi SOUTH Africa has resolved to impose a travel embargo and to stop providing refuge to exiled Lesotho Congress for...
View ArticleImprove civil-military relations, armies urged
Pascalinah Kabi DEFENCE and security agencies across the world must effectively manage partnership between politicians, civil service and military to enhance stability. This was said by Laura Cleary, a...
View ArticleParliament passes Radiation Protection Bill
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government is set to save millions of maloti spent in treating cancer patients in neighbouring South Africa and India after parliament this week passed the Radiation Protection...
View ArticleFokothi students suspended
Ntsebeng Motsoeli LEROTHOLI Polytechnic College has indefinitely suspended the 12 students who were arrested last week at the Mohokare River on suspicion that they were part of the deadly initiation...
View ArticleGovt backlists construction firms
Pascalinah Kabi THE Ministry of Education has blacklisted two construction companies that are suspected to have been formed by directors of some firms which defrauded the government millions of maloti...
View ArticleNo safety guarantees for Mojakhomo: Police
’Marafaele Mohloboli EXILED fraud suspect ’Makarabo Mojakhomo will only return to the Lesotho to stand trial after receiving guarantees of her safety from the Commissioner of Police, Holomo Molibeli....
View ArticleNo IMF bailout yet
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government has still not secured the financial bailout it had hoped to receive from the International Money Fund (IMF) by the end of last month. This was revealed by the Finance...
View ArticleGovt to appoint representative in MKM
Pascalinah Kabi THE government has resolved to have an official representative in the ongoing discussions aimed at finding lasting solutions to MKM saga and ensure that investors are paid the millions...
View ArticleNo pay for striking teachers
Mohalenyane Phakela TEACHERS who have continued with their strike despite a government directive that they return to work will not receive their salaries, the Minister of Education and Training,...
View ArticleFitch slams coalition govt
…Lesotho given a negative credit rating amid fears of renewed tension and instability Herbert Moyo FITCH Ratings has given Lesotho a negative credit rating and painted a bleak picture of the country’s...
View ArticleGovt fleet tender rigged
…senior government officials suspected of illegally submitting tender bids Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE recent tendering process for the procurement of the government vehicles fleet services from locals has...
View ArticleWoman murders husband to access insurance pay-outs
Nthatuoa Koeshe Leribe A LERIBE woman (35) from Tsikoane Leralleng has been nabbed along with two other accomplices for allegedly murdering her husband to access life insurance premiums. The trio was...
View ArticleSix children killed in Qacha’s Nek inferno
Ntsebeng Motsoeli WHAT started off as a happy children’s play day ended in sorrow at Ha-Makoae in Qacha’s Nek recently when six children were killed in a fire when their playhouse (mantloane) caught...
View ArticleNo foreign judges yet for high profile cases
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated criminal trials of past and serving members of the security agencies could be further delayed amid revelations that the government is only in the early stages...
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