Teachers vow to fight education bill
Mohalenyane Phakela TEACHERS’ unions have vowed to challenge the Education (Amendment) Bill of 2019 which was tabled last week in parliament, saying that it is meant to repress teachers rather than...
View ArticleMokhothu takes aim at govt
Moorosi Tsiane THE leader of the opposition in parliament, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has accused the Thomas Thabane led government of taking advantage of its numbers in parliament to pass laws that oppress...
View ArticleMokhothu mocks Thabane govt
Moorosi Tsiane THE newly-elected Democratic Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, recently mocked Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, saying his quest to politicise the judiciary through undeserving...
View ArticleMahao breathes fire
…says he and Lebohang Hlaele will not be pushed out by old NEC Pascalinah Kabi Nqosa Mahao is breathing fire. The National University of Lesotho (NUL) Vice-Chancellor says he and former Law,...
View ArticlePress Conference By H.E. Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China at the 13th...
Wang Yi: Friends from the media, good morning. It’s my great pleasure to host this annual press conference again on the margins of the National People’s Congress Session. As always, let me begin by...
View ArticleBudget the best under the circumstances
THE budget presentation came and went this week and while many particularly, civil servants will feel hard done by the failure to award them salary increments, most Basotho will agree that Finance...
View ArticleAnother huge diamond recovered at Mothae
Mohalenyane Phakela LUCAPA Diamond Company Limited has recovered an 83, 9 carat diamond from its Mothae Mine in Mokhotlong district. The latest find is the fourth such recovery of diamonds that are 50...
View ArticleMaliehe attacks Mahao
Mohalenyane Phakela THE outspoken former chairperson of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Motlohi Maliehe this week launched a blistering attack on the newly elected deputy leader of the ABC, Professor...
View ArticleABC MP challenges Thabane
…be democratic and accept the Mahao-led NEC, MP Phamotse says Limpho Sello THERE were fireworks at the ABC rally in the Likhoele constituency in Mafeteng where the party’s legislator Molefi Phamotse...
View Article‘Forgive my prodigal son’
…father slams deputy minister Tsatsanyane for choosing ‘Thabane faction’ in ABC war Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE raging war for the control of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) party appears to have...
View ArticleHealth Ministry in drive to improve service delivery
Pascalinah Kabi THE Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Lefu Manyokole, says his ministry has heeded Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s call to come up with ways of improving service delivery...
View ArticleABC talks collapse, NEC factions back in court
Mohalenyane Phakela THE feuding national executive committee (NEC) factions of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) returned to the High Court after the lapse of the 13-day period they had been...
View ArticleI’m still the boss: Thabane tells ABC supporters
Limpho Sello ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane used his first public address since last month’s disputed ABC national executive committee (NEC) elections to remind...
View ArticleReforms process in danger
as SADC Oversight Committee, facilitation team tenures expire Herbert Moyo/ Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S faltering multi-sector reforms process as well as the overall political and security situation in...
View ArticleSADC speaks on ABC chaos
…regional body concludes that the infighting is about who will succeed veteran leader Thabane Pascalinah Kabi/ Herbert Moyo THE opposition to Professor Nqosa Mahao’s election as deputy leader of the...
View ArticleThabane attacks Court of Appeal, Mahao
says the court-imposed Prof Mahao on the party Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has attacked the Court of Appeal for its 1 February 2019 judgement which enabled Professor Nqosa Mahao to...
View ArticleWe are ready to work with old NEC: Mahao
Limpho Sello PROFESSOR Nqosa Mahao has called on the outgoing national executive committee (NEC) of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) to abandon any plans of forming a new party and work with his newly...
View ArticleABC case fails to kick off yet again
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated court application by three All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators challenging the results of the party’s 1-2 February 2019 elective conference failed to kick...
View ArticlePM’s office speaks on DCEO boss’ exit
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s office has dismissed allegations that the Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Borotho Matsoso, was forced out...
View ArticlePS admits human rights violations
Moorosi Tsiane THE Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and National Security, Tšeliso Mokoko, has admitted that members of the security agencies commit human rights violations in the course...
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