Metsing’s corruption trial set for 9 September
Tefo Tefo A landmark constitutional case in which Deputy Prime Minister, Mothetjoa Metsing, wants the Constitutional Court to declare acquisition of his banking details...
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Lesotho in turmoil
…as Prime Minister Thomas Thabane flees to South Africa Staff Reporters ANARCHY reigned in Lesotho yesterday after Prime Minister Thomas Thabane fled into South Africa...
LCD cancels anti-prorogation march
Keiso Mohloboli THE LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) Deputy Secretary General, Tšeliso Mokhosi, yesterday said the LCD-led march which had been earmarked for tomorrow has...
I am still in control – Thabane
Premier insists Lieutenant General Kamoli is no longer army commander Staff Reporters PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has assured Basotho that he remains in charge of the...
I am still LDF commander – Kamoli
Keiso Mohloboli LIEUTENANT General Tlali Kamoli says he is still the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander despite a statement to the contrary issued by Prime...
New’ army boss survives attack
Billy Ntaote NEWLY-APPOINTED Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao, escaped unharmed when unknown gunmen attacked his Koalabata home yesterday morning. Lieutenant General...
Cop shot dead as army, police clash
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) sub-inspector was shot dead, while three constables were seriously injured during yesterday’s clashes between the police and...
Suspects released at police headquarters
SUSPECTS held at the police headquarters in Maseru have been released following the storming of government and police buildings and jamming of radio stations...
Brigadier Mohao survives assassination attempt
SUSPENDED Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Brigadier Maaparankoe Mahao survived an assassination attempt at 4 am this morning after his Koalabata home was attacked by suspected...
Prominent Lesotho businessman arrested in SA
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PROMINENT Lesotho businessman, Edward Poone, was arrested in Kimberley, South Africa, on Friday last week for allegedly illegally dealing in diamonds. Mr...
Thetsane, Makhethe recount “horror eviction”
Public Prosecutor Leaba Thetsane and Attorney General Tšokolo Makhethe still coming to terms with their unceremonious removal from office Keiso Mohloboli Director of Public...
Daggers drawn over prorogation protest
ABC-linked UTTA accused of planning to stop next week’s LCD-led march Billy Ntaote and Bongiwe Zihlangu Lesotho will sit on a knife edge on...
Battle for NUL top post intensifies
. . . as Sejanamane contests Mahao appointment Keiso Mohloboli NATIONAL University of Lesotho (NUL) Acting Vice Chancellor Mafa Sejanamane is challenging the appointment...
Health PS in the dock
Tefo Tefo THE High Court on Monday this week ordered the Ministry of Health Principal Secretary (PS), Lefu Manyokole, to apologise “within two days”,...
Moleleki trial postponed due to ‘worsening’ health
Tefo Tefo THE corruption trial of former Natural Resources Minister Monyane Moleleki has been postponed yet again due to his illness. The case was...
. . . as Metsing justifies protest
Bongiwe Zihlangu DEPUTY Prime Minister (DPM) Mothetjoa Metsing is hoping next Monday’s “peaceful march” against the current prorogation of parliament would “finally drive the...
We will not be intimidated: Motsamai
Billy Ntaote THE Lesotho Council of Nongovernmental Organisations (LCN) leadership yesterday vowed to continue lobbying for “peace and a stable democracy” regardless of allegations...
Fears of violence scuttle Thabane ‘hero’s welcome’
Billy Ntaote THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Basotho National Party (BNP) have cancelled plans for party supporters to descend on Moshoeshoe I International...
Moleleki to know fate next week
Tefo Tefo ARGUMENTS on whether former Natural Resources Minister, Monyane Moleleki’s corruption case should proceed or not would be made on Tuesday next...
‘Large’ quantity of ARVs stolen
’Mantoetse Maama The police are yet to make any arrests regarding the theft of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs from Paki Health Centre of Mazenod two...
Civil society battles to clear name
…accused of sabotaging Lesotho’s SADC Organ chairmanship Billy Ntaote THE Lesotho Council of Nongovernmental Organisations (LCN) leaders are fighting to clear themselves of any...
Four Fokothi students charged with murder
Tefo Tefo FOUR Lerotholi Polytechnic students appeared before the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Monday this week charged with two counts of murder. The students...
Lesotho pays heavy price for instability
Bongiwe Zihlangu LESOTHO failed to secure the highly anticipated Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation chairmanship on Sunday...
SADC snub must be a lesson to Lesotho: analysts
Bongiwe Zihlangu FAILURE by Lesotho to secure the chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (OPDS),...
Court martial reserves judgment in brigadier’s case
Tefo Tefo THE fate of suspended Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Brigadier, Maaparankoe Mahao, is still hanging in the balance after the Military Court on...
Govt denies selling US property
Govt denies selling US property . . . American media reports claim Lesotho has sold, for $7.6 million, a Manhattan building government acquired in 1989...
Minister in quandary as Zaly reports for work
Keiso Mohloboli THE Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Selibe Mochoboroane, found himself with two principal secretaries (PS) this week, leaving him at a...
Stakeholders meet over Mokhotlong abattoir
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane TALKS aimed at resolving a “misunderstanding” between Letšeng Diamond Mine and the Maluti Community Development Forum (MCDF) over the proposed establishment of...
Queen II rises from the ashes
Tsitsi Matope Queen Elizabeth II Hospital is back to life once again, with the cry of babies following medical interventions that induce a little...
Fokothi students warned off colleagues’ burials
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane LEROTHOLI Polytechnic students have been warned not to attend the funerals of their colleagues, Motlatsi Matete and Tokelo Masiu, whose bodies were found...