Get tough on criminals, PM urges police
’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has called on the police to be tough on criminals, saying “anyone who chooses to steal should suffer immensely at the hands of the police”. Dr...
View ArticleLawyers fume over foreign judges
Mohalenyane Phakela DEFENCE lawyers in the case in which the deputy leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), Tšeliso Mokhosi, and former police commissioner Molahlehi Letsoepa stand accused...
View ArticleGovt finalises recruitment of foreign judges
Mohalenyane Phakela THE government has finalised the recruitment of foreign judges to preside over the much-anticipated criminal trials of past and serving members of the security agencies which are...
View ArticleRow over ANC honours for Leabua Jonathan
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE ruling African National Congress’ (ANC) decision to honour the late founding Prime Minister of Lesotho, Leabua Jonathan, has sharply divided opinion locally and in South Africa...
View ArticleJudiciary in crisis: Mosito
…only one criminal case on the roll of the Court of Appeal Pascalinah Kabi THE recently reinstated president of the Court of Appeal, Kananelo Mosito, says the criminal justice system is in a crisis and...
View ArticleWool and mohair smugglers will be dealt with: Thabane
… premier warns as historic local auctions begin Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO held its first-ever local auction of wool and mohair with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane warning that any attempts to smuggle the...
View ArticleMPs demand 100 percent salary hike
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S parliamentarians, already among the best paid people in the Kingdom, are demanding a whopping 100 percent salary increment, the Lesotho Times has established. Their demand...
View ArticleMosisili warns SADC on Metsing’s security
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has blasted the government for failing to meet former deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing’s security demands, adding that if anything...
View ArticleHome Affairs workers unpaid amid M11 million fraud claims
Pascalinah Kabi THE Office of Auditor General which was roped in to audit the accounts of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) has so far failed to complete its task due to the...
View Article‘Killer’ soldiers trial date set
Mohalenyane Phakela TEN murder-accused soldiers who have been languishing in remand prison for more than a year will have to wait until 11 December to know when they will stand trial. This comes after...
View ArticlePolice kill 23: Mosisili
’Marafaele Thabane OUTGOING Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili has sensationally claimed that the police have killed at least 23 civilians in the 18 months that it has been in power. He...
View ArticleKing pleads for professional security sector
Bereng Mpaki KING Letsie III says the envisaged multi-sector reforms should yield a professional security sector that is free from the unwarranted interference and abuse by politicians. His Majesty...
View ArticleGovt debt to LRA, Pensions Fund tops M124 million
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government owes the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Pensions Fund a combined total of M124 million in unremitted tax and pensions contributions, parliament has heard. This...
View ArticleRace for ABC posts hots up
Pascalinah Kabi THE race is on for the top leadership posts in the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) after the party set tomorrow as the deadline for submission of names of potential candidates to...
View ArticleMetsing insists on GNU, truth commission
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has reiterated his demand for the establishment of a government of national unity (GNU) and an independent truth and reconciliation...
View ArticleMutiny soldiers mull suing army over compensation
…the compensation claims are as high as M1 million per soldier Pascalinah Kabi A STORM is said to brewing in the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) amid indications that some soldiers are mulling legal action...
View ArticleI don’t fear arrest: Metsing
“…because SADC-brokered deals supersede local court judgements” ’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing says he is unfazed by the recent Constitutional Court ruling that...
View ArticleABC has lots focus: Mahao
NATIONAL University of Lesotho Vice Chancellor, Nqosa Mahao, was recently nominated for a senior post in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in the run up to the party’s elective conference scheduled for...
View ArticleBasotho top SA festive season arrivals
Herbert Moyo SOUTH Africa has extended operating times at its border posts and deployed 425 additional staff in anticipation of greater volumes of travelers from Lesotho and other countries during the...
View ArticleThabane reads riot act to ABC members
’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has read the riot act to members of his All Basotho Convention (ABC), saying party officials who fight each other in the media would have...
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