US pumps in M1 billion for HIV, AIDS fight
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO is set to receive over M1 billion in support from the United States government to strengthen its fight against HIV and AIDS during the 2019-2020 financial year. The news was...
View ArticleNo IMF bailout anytime soon
Herbert Moyo THE government has still not secured the financial rescue package from the International Money Fund (IMF), almost nine months after it first began negotiations with the Bretton Woods...
View ArticleI am not quitting NUL: Mahao
Pascalinah Kabi/Nthatuoa Koeshe NEWLY elected All Basotho Convention (ABC) party deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, says he will not quit his post as the National University of Lesotho (NUL)...
View ArticleForgive Nthane: Mosisili
…as slain driver is buried Ntsebeng Motsoeli FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has pleaded for forgiveness on behalf of businessman, Tšeliso Nthane, who shot and killed his driver Kopang Mohapi....
View ArticleMahao wins ABC leadership contest
’Marafaele Mohloboli PROFESSOR Nqosa Mahao is the new deputy leader of the All Basotho Convention’s (ABC) after powering to victory at the party’s drama-filled elective conference early this week in...
View ArticleMahao speaks on election victory
claims life in danger and cannot move freely as before see initial disqualification as part of a big conspiracy by rivals but insists it’s time to move on and re-unite as a party Pascalinah Kabi THE...
View ArticleSouthern Africa’s problem of elite impunity
FORMER South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad’s support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in southern Africa of die-hard...
View ArticleThe ABC must put its house in order
THE ongoing chaos in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) makes for sad reading especially at this time when the party and the government should be focusing all their energies on ensuring the successful...
View ArticleMy plea to Econet, PLMC
Mikia Kalati THE return of Econet Lesotho as the sponsors for the premier league brought a lot of hope for the beautiful game. The telecommunications company also came with brilliant initiations that,...
View ArticleButcheries lose red import ban appeal
Nat Molomo FOUR local butcheries have lost their Court of Appeal application to overturn the government’s March 2018 ban on the importation of red meat into the country. The businesses which...
View ArticleWool centre apologises to farmers
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Wool Centre (LWC) has apologised to wool and mohair farmers for delaying their payments for their produce which was has been sold at centre since it began operations last...
View ArticleWool and mohair farmers lose Court of Appeal case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a case in which wool and mohair farmers were attempting to have the Agricultural Marketing (Wool and Mohair) Regulations No. 37 of 2018 nullified....
View ArticleGovt pleads with teachers to abandon strike
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government has pleaded with teachers to abandon their planned strike and come to the negotiating table over their long-standing demands for salary increments and improved working...
View ArticleLCD worried about Metsing’s security
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) says it is worried about its leader Mothetjoa Metsing’s security after his army bodyguards were temporarily withdrawn by their supervisor...
View ArticleLCS boss rips into Ombudsman
describes Adv Thoahlane’s report on the LCS as “pure lies”. says he “shouldn’t be crucified for befriending Thabane and Moleleki”. Mohalenyane Phakela THE Commissioner of the Lesotho Correctional...
View ArticleThabane denies ABC split
Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has rubbished rumours that he is on the verge of forming a new party because he is not happy with the outcome of the party’s recent...
View ArticleABC must deal decisively with its challenges: Analysts
THE threats of cataclysmic violence and bloodshed within the All Basotho Convention (ABC) by some senior members who lost in the party’s recent national executive committee (NEC) elections are...
View ArticleABC headed for “chaos and bloodshed”
Pascalinah Kabi/Nat Molomo TWO cabinet ministers who contested and lost in the recent All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive committee (NEC) elections have warned of “chaos and bloodshed” if...
View ArticleCourt interdicts new ABC committee
Mohalenyane Phakela ACTING Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase yesterday granted an interim order barring the newly elected national executive committee (NEC) of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) from...
View ArticleLDF officers in peacekeeping training
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) continues to be the largest force that can intervene in conflicts to ensure law and order Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Major General Matela Matobakele...
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