Category : Local News

’Marafaele Mohloboli THERE were chaotic scenes at the special sitting of the Maseru City Council as Mayor ‘Mampho Thabane-Libate was toppled in a no confidence...

  . . . awards huge M250 000 pay-out to victim of police brutality Mohalenyane Phakela POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli’s repeated failure to rein in rogue...

  Pascalinah Kabi POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli could soon be investigated for alleged money laundering by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO). This...

Herbert Moyo TODAY is exactly a year to the day that Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro took power. Dr Majoro succeeded Thomas Thabane who was forced...

Pascalinah Kabi A BOTCHED 2018 M1, 7 billion solar energy deal has come back to haunt Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s coalition which now risks having...

Pascalinah Kabi BASOTHO Action Party (BAP) leader Nqosa Mahao says the massive attendance at this party’s weekend rally is proof that the formation of the...

as Thabane, Majoro snub key party meeting, amid fears that more disgruntled MPs could ditch the party for Mahao’s BAP. Pascalinah Kabi JUST when it...

dismissal a key condition for the DC’s continued support for Majoro Pascalinah Kabi POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli’s head is said to be on the chopping...

as 18 more queue for approval, I want to be first woman prime minister, UFC party leader Lekhoaba declares. ’Marafaele Mohloboli ALMOST a year after...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court has barred Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli from removing 32 police officers from the Maseru Bridge Police Post pending the finalisation...

  Mohalenyane Phakela JUSTICE Charles Hungwe has dismissed an application for his recusal from presiding over the trial of four police officers accused of the...

NACOSEC demands lockdown, stringent restrictions as fears of Covid-19 “third wave” mount Limpho Sello THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) is said to be unhappy with...

  …enactment laws to curb the proliferation of political parties, they say. Herbert Moyo ELEVEN months after its formation, Harvest FM radio owner ‘Malichaba Lekhoaba’s...

Mohalenyane Phakela ACTING Commissioner of the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS), Chabana Majara, is locked in a fresh legal fight with his subordinate, Bokang Ramotena. This...

  EMPLOYEES at a garment factory in Lesotho, a tiny country in southern Africa, say they have lived in constant fear for years. Each day at...

says he opposed Thabane’s attempts to kick out Mahao “only on principle” Herbert Moyo/ Silence Charumbira ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary general, Lebohang Hlaele, says...

Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Ministry of Finance Principal Secretary (PS) Motena Tšolo yesterday appeared before the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on charges of corruption in the 2018...

Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro and Deputy Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu have reassured “worried” Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders that their government remains...

  ‘Marafaele Mohloboli AT least 140 diamonds have been confiscated from illegal dealers after they failed to heed the government’s call to surrender the gems...

  Mohalenyane Phakela THE country’s factory workers have been dealt a heavy blow in their quest for salary increments. This after the High Court this...

as accused police officers file fresh application for Justice Hungwe’s recusal Mohalenyane Phakela THE murder trial of four police officers accused of the March 2016...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli MOKHOTLONG legislator Tefo Mapesela, who recently dumped the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC), has formed his own party called the Basotho Patriotic Party...

’Marafaele Mohloboli   EIGHT of the 17 civil servants who are suing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations for “unfairly” overlooking them in...

rejects claims that he plotted against Mahao Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has been appointed deputy leader of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)....

as DC leader pledges to stick with Majoro in governing coalition, dashing Mahao’s hopes of DC support to topple Majoro. Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister and...

Pascalinah Kabi POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli has fired Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) spokesperson, Police Constable (PC) Motlatsi Mofokeng. PC Mofokeng was served...

  Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has further relaxed the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to allow a host of economic and social activities to resume...

demands billions in compensation from govt   Pascalinah Kabi THE Tšepong Consortium has elected not to challenge last month’s decision by the government to terminate...

  Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) this week partnered with Coca-Cola in donating tippy tanks to district police headquarters across the country....