Motanyane rejects no confidence motion against Thabane
Pascalinah Kabi SPEAKER of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane has thrown out a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane saying it has no basis in...
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Kamoli to face treason charges
additional charges stem from the August 2014 attempted coup against Thabane’s first govt Mohalenyane Phakela/Pascalinah Kabi FORMER army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and others...
Top Banker Sets Record Straight
Following the Lesotho Times article published last week, titled ‘DCEO INVESTIGATES FORMER BANK CHIEF FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION’, I, Mpho Vumbukani have sought the right of...
No IMF bailout this year
Staff Reporter THE government is nowhere near securing a financial rescue package from the International Money Fund (IMF), almost 18 months after it first began...
PS fears for his life after break-in at offices
says burglary stems from “baseless claims” that he keeps M10 million cash from tenders ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Public Works,...
Setback for bid to oust Thabane
Pascalinah Kabi PARLIAMENT has slowed a joint bid by the opposition and disgruntled All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators to expedite the overthrow of Prime Minister...
Royal Palace building almost complete: Hlalele
Staff Reporter THE new royal palace building in Maseru is almost complete and could be officially handed over to their majesties next July, the principal...
Witchdoctors can’t save Thabane; vows Mokhothu
as DC leader takes a dig at First Lady Mohalenyane Phakela DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, says snap elections are imminent and “witchdoctors will...
Workers demand IEC Director’s ouster
Pascalinah Kabi BARELY a fortnight after her reinstatement, Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Director of Elections, Letholetseng Ntsike, has a fresh headache after more than 100...
Registrar to decide on soldiers’ pro deo applications
Mohalenyane Phakela THE office of the Registrar of the High Court says it will soon decide whether or not to pay the legal fees of...
Unpaid ambulance drivers threaten strike
Pascalinah Kabi OVER 100 ambulance drivers engaged to transport patients from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)-funded clinics are threatening strike action over non-payment of salaries....
Home Affairs PS under fire
Pascalinah Kabi MINISTRY of Home Affairs Principal Secretary ‘Machabana Lemphane-Letsie has come under fire for allegedly masterminding a deal between two local construction companies that...
LDF in weapons storm
facilitates private gun purchases for its soldiers move flies in the face of SADC’s instability warnings ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) is facilitating...
Mokhothu, Metsing in talks over deal to oust Thabane
’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO of the country’s biggest opposition parties, the Mathibeli Mokhothu-led Democratic Congress (DC) and former Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing’s Lesotho Congress for...
Tempers flare in parly after Chief Theko attacks Thabane
accuses Thabane of ignoring reforms while entertaining himself on foreign trips Pascalinah Kabi TEMPERS flared in parliament this week when outspoken Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane...
LDF paid M10 000 to gag shooting victim’s family
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) paid M10 000 to the family of Lisebo Tang, who was gunned by soldiers guarding the Ha-Leqele residence...
DCEO investigates former bank chief for alleged corruption
Staff Reporter THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating former Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) Chief Executive Officer, Mpho Vumbukani, for allegedly breaching...
Businessmen want fleet tender corruption charges dropped
Pascalinah Kabi/Nat Molomo TWO local businessmen, Teboho Tlokotsi and Tumo Ramonaheng, have filed a Constitutional Court application to stop their trial for corruption in connection...
Govt has itself to blame for wool and mohair debacle: Mokhothu
Ntsebeng Motsoeli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, says the Thomas Thabane regime only has itself to blame for the wool and mohair debacle which...
Opposition MPs reject salary increments
Bereng Mpaki OPPOSITION legislators have refused to adopt a parliamentary report recommending salary increments for members of parliament and officials in charge of the parastatals....
Auditor General bemoans poor state of public accounts
Bereng Mpaki AUDITOR General (AG) Lucy Liphafa has bemoaned the poor state of the government’s financial statements due to, among others, officials’ non-compliance with the...
Mandela’s Cressida resurfaces in Lesotho?
’Marafaele Mohloboli A MOSOTHO man has claimed that he is the owner of the Toyota Cressida which the late former South African President, Nelson Mandela,...
Moletsane in altercation with party member
Pascalinah Kabi AN Alliance of Democrats (AD) activist, Seeiso Letsie, has accused senior AD official and Home Affairs Minister, Mokhele Moletsane, of using soldiers to...
IMF warns govt on unbridled spending
Bataung Moeketsi THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government against unbridled spending on large scale projects such as the proposed M2, 4 billion...
No confidence motion ‘mysteriously vanishes’ from speaker’s office
Pascalinah Kabi THE no confidence motion which was filed against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane by All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s Koro-Koro legislator, Motebang Koma, allegedly vanished...
Minor opposition party attacks ABC
Pascalinah Kabi THE opposition Mpulule Political Summit has lambasted the warring All Basotho Convention (ABC) factions for endangering the country’s stability and economic prospects through...
Min of Trade, World Bank handover ICT equipment to Min of Law
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Ministry of Trade, Cooperatives and Marketing and the World Bank recently handed over information and communication technology (ICT) equipment to the...
Letšeng rescues Tšepong Primary School
Bataung Moeketsi LETŠENG Diamond Mine recently handed over four classrooms and a three-roomed staffroom to Tšepong Primary School in Mofoloaneng, Mokhotlong. The construction of the...
Minister appoints deputy commissioners
Pascalinah Kabi POLICE and Public Safety minister Lehlohonolo Moramotse has promoted Senior Superintendent Moqhibi Likhama and Senior Inspector Sera Makharilele to posts of Deputy Commissioners...
ABC supporters bay for PS Tšooana’s blood
Pascalinah Kabi SOME members of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) are livid with Local Government and Chieftainship ministry principal secretary, Khothatso Tšooana, and want...