BNP conference in doubt
as party members file lawsuit Nat Molomo/Mohalenyane Phakela IT never rains but pours for the governing coalition with the Basotho National Party (BNP) being the latest to be beset by infighting....
View ArticleMetsing must account for Mahao murder – family
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE family of slain army commander Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao has warned Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing against entertaining any notion...
View ArticleMahao blasts ’Maesaiah Thabane’s “takeover of govt”
says “bedroom coup” potentially more disastrous than that of Grace Mugabe Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao has savaged ABC leader and Prime Minister...
View ArticleThabane, Kabi move to block ABC conference
Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court will today hear a case in which ABC leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and deputy secretary general Nkaku Kabi are seeking to block the holding of a special...
View ArticleCongress parties outfox gvt on IEC commissioners
Pascalinah Kabi OPPOSITION parties outwitted the ruling coalition and parachuted their loyalists for appointments into the all-powerful Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). If the opposition’s...
View ArticleBNP elections fate today
Mohalenyane Phakela HIGH Court judge Molefi Makara will today determine the fate of the Basotho National Party (BNP)’s elective conference penned for this weekend. Judgment was reserved for today after...
View ArticleMetsing criticises Mosito’s “politically motivated ouster”
’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing has criticised the “politically motivated move” to oust Court of Appeal president Justice Kananelo Mosito. Mr Metsing...
View ArticleThabane warns of bloodshed
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says his patience with party rivals has worn thin, adding “all hell will soon break loose” if they continue to...
View ArticleThabane, Mosisili, security chiefs to testify in Mahao murder case
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane and his predecessor, Pakalitha Mosisili, and the security chiefs have been roped in to testify in the case in which former army commander Lieutenant...
View ArticleRamaphosa can’t save Thabane: Mochoboroane
Bereng Mpaki MOVEMENT for Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe Mochoboroane says moves to oust Prime Minister Thomas Thabane through a no confidence vote in parliament will go ahead. They had not been...
View ArticleGovt moves to gag Chief Theko
Pascalinah Kabi THE government has moved to gag outspoken Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief Khoabane Theko who has consistently called for the ouster of All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister...
View ArticleSouth Africa confiscates starving LDF horses
Staff Reporter SOUTH Africa’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) recently confiscated 68 starving and emaciated horses belonging to the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF). The horses were...
View ArticleHlaele hits out at Mahase
alleges top judge is a “politician and card-carrying ABC member” Mahase says unmoved by the public attacks by the Mahao faction Limpho Sello ACTING Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase says she is unmoved...
View ArticleThabane turns on daughter
blasts her for siding with ABC rivals while husband Hlaele slates PM for questioning his love for his daughter Ntsebeng Motsoeli A LIVID All Basotho Convention leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane...
View ArticleLaw Society sues Thabane over Mosito
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Law Society of Lesotho last night filed an urgent High Court application to halt Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s bid to suspend Court of Appeal President Kananelo Mosito....
View ArticlePrepare for polls, Mokhothu tells supporters
Ntsebeng Motsoeli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress (DC) leader Mathibeli Mokhothu has told his supporters to brace for snap elections as Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will not just give up power even if...
View ArticleMahao, allies defy Mahao’s rally ban
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao this week addressed a party rally in Likhoele, Mafeteng, in apparent defiance of Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo...
View ArticleI will fight Mahase to the bitter end: Hlaele
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary Lebohang Hlaele has vowed to fight Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase and ensure she is never appointed to the top post on a substantive...
View ArticleWool and mohair farmers pocket M378 million
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Wool Centre (LWC) says it has paid wool and mohair farmers a total of M378 million for the produce it auctioned on their behalf during the 2018/19 shearing season. The LWC...
View ArticleConCourt sets date for IEC commissioners’ case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Constitutional Court has postponed to 30 July 2019 a case in which the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) and two others are challenging processes expected to culminate in the...
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