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preliminary probe shows prisoners’ secret illegal communications with politicians Pascalinah Kabi THE army, police, prisons and intelligence service are all investigating what they call a...

’Marafaele Mohloboli NEGOTIATIONS between the warring old and new national executive committees (NECs) of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) collapsed again this week. The...

dismisses talk of imminent snap elections, says his regime is “very stable” Bereng Mpaki PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has backtracked on his recent statements that...

Moorosi Tsiane THE infighting which erupted within Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki’s Alliance of Democrats (AD) took another turn this week with the party’s spokesperson,...

Pascalinah Kabi THE leader of opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), Mothetjoa Metsing, has applauded the government for finally meeting his security demands as one...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE internal election season for the country’s political parties continues this week with the opposition Movement for Economic Change (MEC) holding its first...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court has postponed to 10 May 2019 the acrimonious case in which fleet management companies are fighting over the tender to...

Nat Molomo A 2011 case of alleged police brutality has come back to haunt the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) after a Maseru widow recently...

Limpho Sello THE Tuberculosis (TB) Control Manager in the Ministry of Health, Llang Maama, says the public must change its behaviour towards the ongoing programme...

Mohalenyane Phakela MAGISTRATES’ courts are being forced to share paltry amounts as low as M500 to fund their operations in a shocking development that is...

Mohalenyane Phakela RESTIVE magistrates, who are currently on a go-slow strike action to force the government to address their demands for higher salaries and improved...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s new national executive committee (NEC) may not yet be in office due to a dispute over the legitimacy...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Import Car Dealers Association (ICDA) has distanced itself from all clearing and forwarding agencies who have in recent years operated as car...

Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) recently held a psycho-social support gathering for victims of child abuse victims in Qacha’s Nek. The initiative...

move plunges entire electoral management system into chaos Pascalinah Kabi/Nat Molomo EMBATTLED Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioners have lodged a High Court application to compel...

Mohalenyane Phakela/Nat Molomo ACTING Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase has allegedly ordered striking magistrates not to address the media regarding their grievances and their industrial action...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE case in which three All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators are seeking the nullification of the results of the party’s February 2019 executive...

“prove us wrong,” they say Mohalenyane Phakela ACTING Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase is once again in the eye of the storm after a civil society...

Moorosi Tsiane THE outgoing Vice Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho, Professor Nqosa Mahao, is set to pocket M1, 16 million when he leaves...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Minister of Small Businesses, Cooperatives and Marketing, Chalane Phori, has vowed that no wool or mohair will cross the border without a...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE family of the slain Nthane Brothers company driver, Kopang Mohapi, says it is ready for talks with murder-accused business tycoon, Tšeliso Nthane,...

opposition leader says DC’s return to power is imminent ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE leader of the opposition Democratic Congress (DC), Mathibeli Mokhothu, has urged supporters brace...

Herbert Moyo THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded SCLC Polihali Diversion Tunnel Joint Venture a M517 million contract for the construction of the...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO is making significant strides towards controlling the HIV epidemic and is on course to meet the global 90-90-90 targets by 2020. The...

Bereng Mpaki AT LEAST 250 delegates from 54 African countries are expected to descend on Maseru next month when the Ministry of Education and Training...

accuses premier of ceding power to wife; says ABC must hold special conference to recall PM; But Thabane rebuffs the respected chief; Pascalinah Kabi PRIME...

’Marafaele Mohloboli SERIOUS infighting has erupted within the Alliance of Democrats (AD) after the party spokesperson, Thuso Litjobo, has lambasted the party’s secretary general Mahali...