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as senior lawyer Phafane accuses police of torturing minister’s son to confess to crime, Moorosi Tsiane THERE was drama in the High Court yesterday when Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)…
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as senior lawyer Phafane accuses police of torturing minister’s son to confess to crime, Moorosi Tsiane THERE was drama in the High Court yesterday when Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)…
suspects corruption “messed up” state case, warns rampant killings will continue “as long as criminals walk free”. Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Justice minister Kelebone Maope has slammed the police and prosecution…
Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and his co-accused soldiers have reiterated their claims of innocence in the June 2015 murder of army commander, ‘Maaparankoe Mahao. They say…
Silence Charumbira OPPOSITION Basotho Action Party (BAP) secretary general, Lebohang Thotanyana, says the government must urgently ensure that Lesotho’s diamonds are locally processed to enable it to reap greater…
. . . four decomposing bodies recovered at the North West mine Staff Reporters SIXTY Lesotho nationals have been arrested by South African police for engaging in illegal mining activities…
…his decomposed corpse discovered barely two weeks after his wife’s brutal murder ‘Marafaele Mohloboli A QOALING man, who went missing a few days before the cold-bloodied 2 April 2022 murder of…
…cold-bloodied killing speaks to worrying escalation of murders by uniformed forces ’Marafaele Mohloboli IT never rains but pours for vulnerable and defenceless Basotho women who continue to be slaughtered…
says more than 100 000 have joined, says a BAP govt will lift Lesotho form its dependence on other countries Marafaele Mohloboli MORE than 100 000 people have joined the…
Silence Charumbira THE 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices released yesterday by the United States (US) State Department paints a picture of entrenched police brutality and arbitrary killings of…
Moorosi Tsiane PROMINENT businessman Tšeliso Nthane’s trial and acquittal on murder charges is a story that has got tongues wagging since it happened over two weeks ago. There have…
Limpho Sello HIV-positive mothers in Quthing have, since February this year, been struggling to access pediatric cotrimoxazole suspension and are on the verge of exposing their minor babies to the…
Bereng Mpaki THE South African High Court has postponed all cases related to Fazer Solar’s fight with the government over the latter’s alleged breach of a M1, 7 billion deal…
Nthabiseng Libate/Tokelo Khausela CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in ESwatini were recently in the country to draw lessons from Lesotho as they continue their fight for a constitutional monarchy. A…
Staff Reporter UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Lesotho, Maria E Brewer, on Friday led embassy staff on a climb up the historic Thaba Bosiu mountain. The Embassy coordinated the…
…as both sides fear defeat if the ABC fights elections disunited ’Marafaele Mohloboli AFTER months of debilitating infighting, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention…
…after High Court authorises pre-dawn raid to recover LCA property Bongiwe Zihlangu POLICE and sheriffs of the High Court yesterday staged a pre-dawn raid on the Lithabaneng, Maseru, home of…
’Marafaele Mohloboli IN an incident that has left his parents and Sekamaneng residents in Berea in shock, a teenage learner hung himself after being subjected to a humiliating ordeal by…
accuses them of being “bought” by Matekane’s uniform donations, says a DC govt will reform LMPS to instil discipline and professionalism Bongiwe Zihlangu DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu has slammed…
Bongiwe Zihlangu . . . says tycoon not telling truth about why he entered politics DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has slammed business tycoon Sam Matekane saying the latter…
fire spitting AD leader says his party is not for sale even to millionaires like Matekane, tears into “cowards” like Phamotse who dumped him for Matekane. ’Marafaele Mohloboli ALLIANCE of…
. . . the chief justice’s comments come after shoddy work in the Nthane murder trial. Moorosi Tsiane CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has blamed “inefficient and unprofessional” police officers and…
Bereng Mpaki THE first session of the Court of Appeal got underway this week and is expected to end on 21 April 2022. Led by its president, Justice Kananelo Mosito,…
but insists he is not aware of son’s involvement in the crime Moorosi Tsiane LOCAL Government and Chieftainship Affairs Minister, Lehlohonolo Moramotse, has bizarrely claimed that he is not even…
. . . slams judge’s insistence on proceeding with treason trial without ‘chief actor’ Metsing Mohalenyane Phakela DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, has upped the ante in her quest…
Moorosi Tsiane JUDGE Charles Hungwe has thrown out former army commander, Tlali Kamoli’s application for his recusal from presiding over the latter’s attempted murder trial. The trial is in connection…
LESOTHO Times (LT) deputy editor, Silence Charumbira, recently sat down with newly elected Basotho Action Party (BAP) secretary-general (SG), Lebohang Thotanyana to discuss his party’s prospects in the forthcoming…
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded a M97 million tender for the construction of the Polihali Operations Centre to the L&M Joint Venture. The joint venture…
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as prominent politicians flock to Matekane’s party AD hardest hit after defection of four top officials Even PM Majoro said to be on his way to RPF ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE…
’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Bongiwe Zihlangu FORMER Alliance of Democrats (AD) secretary-general Mahali Phamotse says she dumped the party for the newly formed Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) because of unnamed erstwhile colleagues…