‘Two year-curse’ strikes govt as Rantšo blasts coalition partners
says coalition govt principals sideline her in decision-making but still faces rebellion in her own party ’Marafaele Mohloboli TROUBLE is brewing in the two year-old governing coalition after Reformed...
View ArticleABC case postponed again
Mohalenyane Phakela THE case in which three All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators are seeking the nullification of the election of Professor Nqosa Mahao and others to the party’s national executive...
View ArticleMahao camp alleges assassination plot
as his bodyguard fatally shoots two would-be assailants Pascalinah Kabi THE Professor Nqosa Mahao faction of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) has accused its rivals of plotting his assassination in a...
View ArticleMahase savages Mosito
says Court of Appeal boss should have recused himself in Mahao cases Mohalenyane Phakela The age-old battle for supremacy between the offices of the chief justice and the president of the Court of...
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Judge….please resign…for your sake and your profession
THERE are many reasons why judges and magistrates are the most important public officers in any nation. I would shudder to argue that a judge is more important than a Prime Minister or a President....
View ArticleLaw society slams Mahase, Mosito
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Law Society of Lesotho yesterday criticised Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase for her recent attack on Court of Appeal President Kananelo Mosito, saying the clash between...
View ArticleAvani donates to St Bernadette
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Avani Group of Hotels this week donated blankets and sheets to the St Bernadette Resource Centre for the Blind in Maseru to help them keep warm during the cold winter. The hotel...
View ArticleDefiant IEC commissioners dig in
Pascalinah Kabi DEFIANT Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioners say they are staying put despite a government directive that they vacate office ahead of the recruitment of new...
View ArticlePhori basks in wool and mohair victory
Mohalenyane Phakela SMALL Businesses, Cooperatives and Marketing minister Chalane Phori has welcomed last Friday’s Court of Appeal ruling which reinstated the controversial 2018 regulations prohibiting...
View ArticleJudges grill lawyer in Mahao case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated case in which three All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators are seeking the nullification of the election of Professor Nqosa Mahao and others to the party’s...
View ArticleMahao issues a week’s ultimatum to Thabane
“allow new NEC to take over or we will bring your govt down” Ntsebeng Motsoeli IN an ominous development, Professor Nqosa Mahao has given All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas...
View ArticleBlow for former LHWC delegate
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S former chief delegate to the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC), Reatile Thabo Mochebelele, will soon be extradited back home to serve his five-year sentence after his...
View ArticleLesotho forced to repay SA M185 million in water taxes
Pascalinah Kabi THE much-vaunted Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) might not have been the lucrative money-spinning venture for Lesotho that it has been touted to be. This follows revelations that...
View ArticleGovt headed for collapse: coalition parties
’Marafaele Mohloboli The end is nigh and the governing coalition is on the verge of collapse. This is the stark admission by the coalition partners barely two years into the Thomas Thabane...
View ArticleThabane faces ouster
as Mahao faction tables no confidence motion DC backs motion Ntsebeng Motsoeli/Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s grip on power is now hanging by a thread after a parliamentary no...
View ArticleJealous husband murders wife
Nthatuoa Koeshe Butha-Buthe THIRTY-TWO year old Butha-Buthe resident Thabiso Ramalieletse, was recently arrested for allegedly murdering his 27-year-old wife. Mr Ramalieletse is said to have suspected...
View ArticleMahao defends alliance with DC
’Marafaele Mohloboli The deputy leader of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC), Professor Nqosa Mahao, has defended his faction’s decision to work with the opposition Democratic Congress (DC) to...
View ArticleAirport facilities breaking down
Mohalenyane Phakela FACILITIES at the Moshoeshoe Airport are already dilapidating barely a year after a Chinese-owned construction company, Chun Ye (Pty) Ltd, refurbished the VIP and VVIP lounges after...
View ArticleNo confidence motion shocks SADC
Pascalinah Kabi THE looming no confidence vote against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his government has sent shockwaves across the entire Southern African region. So worried is the regional bloc...
View ArticleMapesela lashes out at ‘divisive’ Mahao, Ntsekele
accuses the duo of using police to fight ABC’s factional wars ’Marafaele Mohloboli ACTING Police and Public Safety minister Tefo Mapesela has accused fellow minister Samonyane Ntsekele and in-coming...
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