‘Africa needs to take bold steps’
IN order to achieve Africa’s socioeconomic transformation, the continent’s leaders have to embrace new thinking, and break with the past, according to Donald Kaberuka,...
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Growth on the cards for SA in 2015
LONDON – Lower oil prices and a rise in domestic demand could fuel a modest rebound for South Africa’s economy in 2015 after power...
Billions lost from fraud and tax avoidance
LONDON – Africa is losing more than $50 billion (M543 billion) every year in illicit financial outflows as governments and multinational companies engage in...
‘Government’ slams Ramaphosa facilitation
…submits damning report of his mediation to the African Union Letuka Chafotsa GOVERNMENT’S report submitted to the African Union Summit held in Ethiopia last...
Recaptured inmate found dead in cell
’Mantoetse Maama ONE of the 15 remand inmates who escaped from the Berea Correctional Institution last Tuesday, but later recaptured, was found dead in...
Divorce haunts Thabane
…as estranged wife threatens to sue Prime Minister for ignoring court order over child maintenance Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A lawyer representing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s...
Molapo barred from ministry office
Keiso Mohloboli ACTING Communications, Science and Technology Minister Joang Molapo has sensationally claimed he was denied entry to his office after it was barricaded...
ABC goes digital
. . . as record crowd attends party’s star rally at Setsoto Stadium Billy Ntaote ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane says his...
Slain guard was only breadwinner in a family of nine
…The late Mohau Qobete’s post-mortem results to be released tomorrow Letuka Chafotsa The post-mortem results of slain M & A Security guard, Mohau Qobete (37),...
Thabane vows to regain control of army
Billy Ntaote PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has vowed to regain full control of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) before the 28 February 2015 parliamentary...
Metsing sends chilling warning
Metsing vows the LCD will not ‘die’ while he is its leader Keiso Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing has said...
All set for poll
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A total of 23 political parties will take part in next month’s 9th National Assembly elections—up from 18 which contested the last poll...
Thabane too old to rule: Soulo
Keiso Mohloboli THEY were once the best of buddies but Molobeli Soulo on Sunday clearly indicated there was now no love lost between him...
Thabane leads delegation to Ethiopia
Keiso Mohloboli Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation Minister Thesele ‘Maseribane, Home Affairs Minister Joang Molapo, Development Planning Minister Moeketsi Majoro, Law...
BNP takes on Metsing
Chafotsa Letuka TEYATEYANENG – Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing no longer attends cabinet meetings hence his surprise when Prime Minister Thomas Thabane announces key...
Mosito sworn in as Appeal Court president
Tefo Tefo King’s Counsel (KC) Kananelo Mosito was sworn-in on Tuesday this week as the new President of the Court of Appeal, succeeding Justice...
Thabane charms NUL community
Billy Ntaote Prime Minister Thomas Thabane received a rousing welcome at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) on Tuesday this week. Dr Thabane’s visit...
Hotel group calls for end to wage dispute
Rethabile Pitso SUN International Lesotho (SIL) General Manager, Riaan Van Rooyen, has expressed disappointment with the “negative” image locked-out Lesotho Sun and Maseru Sun...
Vodacom launches DStv M-Pesa payment system
Rethabile Pitso VODACOM Lesotho (VCL) has said it is working on ensuring its financial services, such as mobile money transfers, are accessible to 80...
Africa struggles to be heard in Davos
LAST year, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan came to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland with half of his cabinet in tow. This...
DC eyes clean sweep in poll
… as Mosisili gets personal with Thabane calling him ‘an old man with wrinkles’ Lekhetho Ntsukunyane DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday...
Mosito appointed top judge
…confirmed as Court of Appeal president with effect from 15 January Tefo Tefo IT’S now official: King’s Counsel (KC) Kananelo Mosito is the new...
Kamoli to end SA stay
Keiso Mohloboli LIEUTENANT General Tlali Kamoli has finally found a country willing to accommodate him for his leave-of-absence after being stuck in transit in...
LCD rejects DC unity offer
Bongiwe Zihlangu DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Pakalitha Mosisili, has saaid the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) — his party’s prospective partner in a coalition...
ABC to launch campaign, unveil manifesto
Billy Ntaote ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) Secretary-General, Samonyane Ntsekele, says the party is set to unveil its poll manifesto at Setsoto Stadium on 1...
‘Agreement will create awareness of disability issues’
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) and National University of Lesotho Faculty of Law Legal AID Clinic (NULLAC)...
LMPS failing to cope with LCS prisoners
Keiso Mohloboli THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) has already spent an unbudgeted M100 000 for the upkeep of convicts as the ongoing Lesotho...
RCL will change Lesotho for the better – Rantšo
REFORMED Congress of Lesotho (RCL) leader, Keketso Rantšo, is one of the country’s most well-known and respected politicians. Until she co-founded the RCL last...
Setipa admits ‘short-lived’ DC membership
Billy Ntaote Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) candidate for Maseru constituency in next month’s parliamentary election, Joshua Setipa, yesterday admitted he was once a...
Metsing in the dock
. . . as third SA judge takes oath today to preside over deputy premier’s legal battle with DCEO Tefo Tefo SOUTH Africa’s Justice...