AD special conference postponed over Coronavirus
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE ruling Alliance of Democrats (AD) indefinitely postponed its special conference called after restive party members passed a no confidence vote against party...
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Dr Ranyali-Otubanjo spearheads fight against coronavirus
Limpho Sello MAKHOASE Ranyali-Otubanjo sits edgily as gusts of the morning breeze blow into her Ministry of Health Headquarters office. There is an air of...
New salary structure divide teachers
Ntsebeng Motsoeli | Mohalenyane Phakela TEACHERS are divided over the newly proposed Teachers’ Career and Salary Structures which are supposed to be implemented in the...
Lesotho Times 2 – 8 April 2020
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Kangaroo meat sold to Basotho
Bereng Mpaki BASOTHO in Maseru may have consumed at least 2, 7 tonnes of kangaroo meat in January and February this year. This after a...
DPP fires back at Metsing, Mochoboroane
says their treason trial will not affect the reforms process Mohalenyane Phakela THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane, says the treason trial...
LHWP contractor evicts striking workers
Pascalinah Kabi STRIKING workers at one of the infrastructure projects being constructed ahead of the construction of the multi-billion Polihali Dam in Mokhotlong have been...
Thabane, Mahao issue unity plea
Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane and his deputy, Professor Nqosa Mahao, preached the message of unity and reconciliation when they attended...
Police, judicial officers clash over ‘Maesaiah bail
as police charge officers involved in bail decision Mohalenyane Phakela / Pascalinah Kabi The police say they will lay criminal charges against senior judicial officers...
Metsing fears death sentence
’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy leader Mothetjoa Metsing has expressed fears that he and others could be sentenced to death for treason. The former...
No confidence vote in Moleleki-led NEC leaves AD in flames
’Marafaele Mohloboli DEPUTY Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki’s Alliance of Democrats (AD) is once again in the throes of serious infighting after 26 constituency committees passed...
Lesotho’s food crisis to continue even harvests: report
Staff Reporter LESOTHO is unlikely to achieve good harvests this year due to the late start of the farming season last October and the reduced...
Editor’s shooting trial fails to take off again
Nat Molomo THE trial of soldiers accused of the July 2016 attempted murder of Lesotho Times editor Lloyd Mutungamiri failed to take off at the...
Textile workers reject wage offer
Bereng Mpaki TEXTILE workers have rejected the government’s offer to increase minimum wages by 5, 5 percent. They insist they want a 20 percent increment...
‘I grew up with the late Lipolelo Thabane and she was always very fiery’
Pali Lehohla LIPOLELO Thabane, the murdered wife of Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, was born and bred in the same village as me. Though younger by a few...
Mofomobe, Mochoboroane in nasty fight over treason claims
Ntsebeng Motsoeli A NASTY war of words has broken out between Basotho National Party (BNP) deputy leader Machesetsa Mofomobe and opposition Movement for Economic Change...
RCL leader Rantšo “toppled”
’Marafaele Mohloboli REFORMED Congress of Lesotho (RCL) leader Ms Keketso Rantšo was “ousted” from her post at a “special conference” held by the party in...
Taxi operators in violent clashes with police
Limpho Sello/Bataung Moeketsi A TUESDAY morning strike by taxi drivers turned violent as the public transport operators fought running battles with police officers who accused...
Magistrates suspend salaries lawsuit against govt
Mohalenyane Phakela MAGISTRATES have suspended their Constitutional Court application to force the government to award them salary increments and improve their working conditions to allow...
I don’t want Rantšo to suffer: Machabana Lemphane-Letsie
THE Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) this weekend “elected” Home Affairs Principal Secretary Machabana Lemphane-Letsie as the new leader in place of Labour and Employment...
ABC chooses Rapapa as next Prime Minister
amid fierce resistance from some ABC MPs, as party SG Hlaele, dubs decision “final”. ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) has nominated its chairperson...
Thabane asks ConCourt to throw out murder charges
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has launched a desperate bid to escape murder charges by petitioning the Constitutional Court for an order that a...
Metsing, Selibe and Kamoli treason trial fails to kick off
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing, former army commander Tlali Kamoli, and former Communications, Science and Technology Minister Selibe Mochoboroane’s much-anticipated treason trial...
Mochoboroane, Metsing unfazed by treason charges
Mohalenyane Phakela OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe Mochoboroane has accused Basotho National Party leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane and his deputy, Machesetsa Mofomobe, of...
Rapapa speaks on priorities as prime minister
promises lean cabinet, security sector free of political interference ’Marafaele Mohloboli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) chairperson Samuel Rapapa, who has been nominated to succeed outgoing...
Thabane refutes Molibeli’s allegations
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has said his spirited bid to oust Police Commissioner is solely motivated by the latter’s alleged incompetence and not...
Irate judge raps lawyers
Nat Molomo FOUR prominent lawyers representing some of the murder-accused soldiers face imprisonment after failing to appear before Justice Kabelo Lebotse in the High Court...
Netcare declares war against govt over debts
Pascalinah Kabi THE government may soon be slapped with a M686 million lawsuit for its alleged failure to meet its financial obligations towards the running...
EU avails €2 million for reforms
Staff Reporter THE European Union (EU) has availed €2 million funding for the National Reforms Authority (NRA) to enable it to carry out its mandate...
ABC picks Rapapa for PM: Mahao
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, says the party’s national executive committee (NEC) has decided on a candidate to succeed...