Mosito blasts Thabane
calls premier “incompetent” and “bitter” Pascalinah Kabi COURT of Appeal president Justice Kananelo Mosito has come out guns blazing against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, saying...
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ABC talks collapse, again
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE latest round of talks aimed at reconciling the warring All Basotho Convention (ABC) factions collapsed this week amid claims by the Professor...
DCEO goes after chief investigating officer
Pascalinah Kabi NEWLY-APPOINTED Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Mahlomola Manyokole, has commenced processes to suspend the DCEO’s Chief Investigating...
Manyokole vows not to cherry-pick cases for prosecution
Pascalinah Kabi NEW Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) boss, Mahlomola Manyokole, has rubbished allegations that he was “parachuted” to the top post to...
Pressure mounts on Molibeli to act against police brutality
’Marafaele Mohloboli GOVERNMENT officials and victims have joined the growing local and international calls for Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli to act against rogue police officers...
Take it like a man: a story of police brutality
’Marafaele Mohloboli WHOEVER spoke about enduring pain and taking it like a man was obviously pontificating from the comfort of their own home. People often...
DCEO boss warns brother
Pascalinah Kabi NEWLY-APPOINTED Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Mahlomola Manyokole has warned his brother, Ministry of Health principal secretary...
Thabane withdraws Mosito suspension threat
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minster Thomas Thabane yesterday abandoned his plans to suspend and impeach Court of Appeal president Kananelo Mosito. Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase...
MP sues police for M2 million torture damages
Pascalinah Kabi OPPOSITION Movement for Economic Change (MEC) legislator Thabo Ramatla is suing Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli, Assistant Commissioner (ACP) Beleme Lebajoa and two members...
SADC to introduce cheaper organ to replace oversight committee
Pascalinah Kabi THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation has resolved to replace the oversight committee...
Metsing wants power at all costs: Thotanyana
Staff Writer LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing is so desperate to return to government that he recently begged senior LCD officials to...
Mosito blasts politicians
Mohalenyane Phakela COURT of Appeal president Kananelo Mosito and fellow judges in the apex court have blasted politicians for turning the courts into arbiters of...
700 000 Basotho face severe hunger
while politicians continue bickering Staff Writer While politicians continue bickering over power, Lesotho faces its worst hunger crisis in recent years with at least 600...
Thabane gives up on ABC conflict
’Marafaele Mohloboli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says he has all but given up hope of ever resolving the ABC...
Law Society petitions Court of Appeal over Mahase
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Law Society of Lesotho have approached the Court of Appeal to have controversial Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase interdicted from unprocedurally presiding...
NGOs castigate Thabane
Pascalinah Kabi NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations, Development for Peace Education (DPE) and the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) have joined the growing chorus of local and...
Teachers threaten another strike
Mohalenyane Phakela RESTIVE teachers have scheduled countrywide meetings to decide whether or not to resume crippling strikes amid growing anger over the government’s tardiness in...
ConCourt sets date for IEC commissioners’ case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Constitutional Court has postponed to 30 July 2019 a case in which the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) and two others are challenging...
Wool and mohair farmers pocket M378 million
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Wool Centre (LWC) says it has paid wool and mohair farmers a total of M378 million for the produce it auctioned...
I will fight Mahase to the bitter end: Hlaele
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary Lebohang Hlaele has vowed to fight Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase and ensure she is never appointed to...
Mahao, allies defy Mahao’s rally ban
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao this week addressed a party rally in Likhoele, Mafeteng, in apparent defiance of Acting...
Prepare for polls, Mokhothu tells supporters
Ntsebeng Motsoeli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress (DC) leader Mathibeli Mokhothu has told his supporters to brace for snap elections as Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will not...
Majestic Queen steals the show at King’s birthday celebrations
Pascalinah Kabi QUTHING – HIS Majesty King Letsie III celebrated his 56th birthday with several local and foreign dignitaries in Upper Moyeni, Quthing, yesterday. Thousands...
Health ministry office gutted by fire
Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health’s finance office in Maseru was gutted by a fire in the early hours of yesterday. Police are still investigating...
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Law Society sues Thabane over Mosito
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Law Society of Lesotho last night filed an urgent High Court application to halt Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s bid to suspend Court...
Thabane turns on daughter
blasts her for siding with ABC rivals while husband Hlaele slates PM for questioning his love for his daughter Ntsebeng Motsoeli A LIVID All Basotho...
Hlaele hits out at Mahase
alleges top judge is a “politician and card-carrying ABC member” Mahase says unmoved by the public attacks by the Mahao faction Limpho Sello ACTING Chief...
South Africa confiscates starving LDF horses
Staff Reporter SOUTH Africa’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) recently confiscated 68 starving and emaciated horses belonging to the Lesotho Defence...