Blood bank well stocked, ready for the festive period
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Blood Transfusion Services (LBTS) says it is well stocked with enough blood units to sustain the country throughout the festive season....
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Another gruesome killing
. . . as soldier kills wife, daughter before shooting himself ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE are investigating a case in which a Maseru-based army sergeant...
LRA officers in hot soup over missing M1, 4 million
’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO Lesotho Revenue Authority officers are in hot soup for allegedly misappropriating about M1, 4 million which was collected as toll fees...
Govt imposes mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for all workers
Limpho Sello THE government will make it compulsory for all private and public sector employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 amid spiraling infections. Health...
ABC is finished: Mahao
…former ABC deputy leader slams Majoro, Mokhothu for “failure of leadership” ’Marafaele Mohloboli BASOTHO Action Party (BAP) leader, Nqosa Mahao, has accused Prime Minister Moeketsi...
LETSHEGO LAUNCHES LETSGO DIGITAL ACADEMY TO BUILD FUTURE-FIT COMMUNITIES
Gaborone, Botswana, December 14, 2021—: Letshego is making considerable strides in its digital transformation strategy, having digitised its access channels with the launch and improvement...
GNU an unnecessary, selfish and elitist political enterprise: Analysts
Herbert Moyo/Kaleen Chikowore OVER the past two weeks, the country waited with bated breath to see what the major political parties would come up with....
12 perish in SA road accident
Bereng Mpaki TWELVE Lesotho nationals were killed when their mini-bus collided with another in the early hours of Saturday in South Africa. The accident...
Govt, QMMH accused of denying minor life-saving operation
Limpho Sello A HA-LEQELE, Maseru family has accused the government and Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) authorities of denying their six-year-old daughter an opportunity to...
Majoro fight back intensifies ABC war
. . . as PM fires Kabi while Phori and Masoetsa are arrested for sedition, . . . PM’s allies launch court bid to stop...
Majoro has declared war on ABC’s NEC: Masoetsa
Pascalinah Kabi / Mohalenyane Phakela THE ugly, bruising struggle for the control of both the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) and government has scaled greater...
Moleleki decries “alarming political situation”
. . . slams Majoro for the “unfortunate harassment” of Metsing, Mochoboroane, . . . says he is horrified and dismayed by the unnecessary arrests...
Security guard pays the price for insulting DPP Motinyane
Mohalenyane Phakela A PRIVATE security officer has paid a heavy price for hurling misogynistic insults at the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane. The...
Mochoboroane wants swift treason and murder trial
. . . says speedy trial will enable him to switch focus to more pressing matters of national development Mohalenyane Phakela MOVEMENT for Economic...
Manhunt for fugitive Metsing
Mohalenyane Phakela THE police are searching high and low for fugitive former deputy prime minister and current Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing....
Molibeli ordered to return seized LEPOSA property
. . . but police boss defies court order, again Nthatuoa Koeshe EMBATTLED Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, has been left with another egg on his...
Sakoane orders state to pay pro deo lawyers
Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has ordered the prosecution to facilitate the payment of lawyers who have been engaged by the state to represent...
LCD pulls out of reforms
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has ‘’with immediate effect’’ pulled out of the ongoing multi-sector reforms process. Announcing the move at...
Parly breaks for Christmas
. . . break gives Majoro breathing space Pascalinah Kabi THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive committee (NEC) might have to wait until...
NRA members sue chairperson Letsoela
Mohalenyane Phakela OUTSPOKEN Thaba-Bosiu chief, Khoabane Theko, and 12 other members of the National Reforms Authority (NRA) have filed a High Court application for the...
Hippo Transport owner attacks DCEO
. . . demands M10 million damages for lost business, . . . accuses anti-graft body of routinely leaking information to destroy public figures’ reputations....
ABC recalls Majoro?
. . . proposes deputy SG Nkaku Kabi to replace him as premier . . . but move unlikely to succeed Pascalinah Kabi SENIOR leaders...
Date set for ex-premier Thabane’s murder trial
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Prime Minister and current All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, will finally stand trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Lipolelo,...
Metsing pulling all the stops
. . . meets Moseneke to pressure SADC to block his treason, murder trial ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress of Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothejoa Metsing, is...
Nearly 100 murder suspects jailed in 26 days
Staff Reporter JUST when Lesotho is still fretting from revelations that 59 murder suspects were jailed within a space of nine days from 15 to...
EU injects M17 million into food security
Staff Reporter THE European Union (EU) this week officially handed over M17 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for a hunger alleviation programme in...
Murder accused soldiers plead “not guilty”
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF)’s Captain, Litekanyo Nyakane, and four other soldiers, who are being tried for the 2012 murder of three Mafeteng civilians,...
Parly passes media policy
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE National Assembly has adopted a National Media Policy developed by the National Reforms Authority (NRA) and approved by cabinet in September 2021...
Phamotse’s graft case postponed to next year
Mohalenyane Phakela THE case in which former Education and Training Minister, Mahali Phamotse, is charged with corruption for allegedly influencing the awarding of a 2015...
Rape victim can no longer trust men, taxi crews
. . . feels let down by a system that tolerates gender violence Staff Reporter *ROSA Molise sits in a black couch in her lounge...