Rebokile wins Paris trip
Nthatuoa Koeshe REBOKILE Lekena, who is the founder of fashion brand, Lushlush Lifestyle Solutions, has won an invitation to the prestigious Paris Fashion Week after her brilliant exhibition at the...
View ArticleCrime briefs
Rapist granddad nabbed Mafeteng A 70-YEAR-OLD Mafeteng man has been arrested for rapping his 8-year-old granddaughter left under his care, on 22 December 2018. According to the police, the man violated...
View ArticleBlue Cross Shuts Down
…drug and alcohol addicts sent home prematurely after closure Keiso Mohloboli LESOTHO’S only national rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol addicts, Blue Cross, has shut its doors amid...
View ArticleGovt to outsource vehicle registration
Bereng Mpaki THE government’s financial hurdles have forced the cabinet to direct the Ministry of Transport and Public Works to outsource some of its services, among them the provision of vehicle...
View ArticleKoro-Koro ups the stakes over Mahao
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE beleaguered Koro-Koro constituency committee has launched a broadside at All Basotho Convention (ABC) Youth League president, Tšoloane Maphasa, accusing him of not being a bona...
View ArticleKoro-Koro goes to court for Mahao
’Marafaele Mohloboli & Nat Molomo THE All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s Koro-Koro constituency committee has made good on its promise to petition the courts for an order to nullify the...
View ArticleGovt hands Flour Mills reprieve
…company commits to paying dividends after posting M33.5 million profit Bereng Mpaki THE government has handed Seaboard Overseas and Trading, which operates the Lesotho Flour Mills (LFM), a short...
View ArticleNthane victim’s family speaks out
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE family of the slain Nthane Brothers company driver, Kopang Mohapi, have rejected the company’s version of events surrounding his death last Thursday at the hands of his boss,...
View ArticleM5000 bail for business mogul Nthane
Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER accused business mogul Tšeliso Nthane of Nthane Brothers Pty (Ltd) has been granted M5000 bail in a case in which he stands accused of shooting and killing one of his...
View ArticleDaggers drawn in tough DC contest
’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO’S biggest opposition party, the Democratic Congress (DC) holds its elective conference next week. While all positions are up for grabs, the spotlight is on the contest for...
View ArticleSekhamane speaks on DC leadership contest
I want to become Prime Minister Poor people – with no campaign money – should not contest ’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress (DC) deputy secretary general, Tlohang Sekhamane, is...
View ArticleABC clears Maphalla for SG election
Pascalinah Kabi THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has cleared its former legislator Sello Maphalla to contest the post of secretary general after his Hlotse Constituency had challenged his...
View ArticleThabane savages Mahao, then issues apology
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Prime Minister and leader of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Thomas Thabane, recently savaged Professor Nqosa Mahao, saying the latter was “just a rag” who should not be...
View ArticleJudge, prosecution rap top lawyers
Mohalenyane Phakela/Nat Molomo THIRTEEN soldiers facing murder charges will soon be given the option of choosing new lawyers to represent them on a pro deo (free of charge) basis if their current legal...
View ArticleFirst foreign judge jets in
immediately gets down to business of hearing politically sensitive criminal cases Mohalenyane Phakela ZIMBABWEAN judge, Justice Charles Hungwe, has arrived in Lesotho as the first of five foreign...
View ArticlePolice officers clash
Pascalinah Kabi OPERATIONS at the Police Training College (PTC) were this week brought to standstill when 252 junior police officers clashed with their superiors who had assigned them menial tasks...
View ArticleI want to be PM until 2027: Thabane
PM will be nearly 90 by then ’Marafaele Mohloboli Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says he wants to remain in office until 2027 when he will only be two years shy of the ripe old age of 90. The next...
View ArticleCourt reserves judgement in Mosisili application
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal will on 1 February 2019, deliver judgement in the case in which Rethabile Mosisili is challenging his 2017 dismissal from the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission...
View ArticleGovt, SA police investigate books scam
Pascalinah Kabi THE Ministry of Education and Training is investigating a possible scam which has seen exercise books meant for primary school learners being illegally diverted to South Africa for...
View ArticleOnly one company paying full diamond royalties
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ONLY one of seven diamond mining companies operating in Lesotho is paying the full statutory 10 percent royalties to the government for each diamond recovered, the public accounts...
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