Govt, WHO clears air on coronavirus in Lesotho
Staff Reporter HEALTH ministry and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials have announced Lesotho’s first suspected case of the deadly coronavirus (now known as COVID 19)....
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Police charge Thabane with Lipolelo murder
as PM’s party demands that he steps down now Mohalenyane Phakela/ Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE will now charge Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, with the 14 June...
Fed up ABC demands Thabane steps down now
as premier’s plot to ease way for Moleleki to succeed him infuriates ruling party ’Marafaele Mohloboli OUTGOING Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC)...
Local judges dismiss Mahase’s bias claims
Mohalenyane Phakela The Constitutional Court has dismissed Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase’s application for the recusal of all local judges from presiding over All Basotho...
Appeal court blow for Thabane Jr, Sibolla
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s grandson, Thomas Thabane Jr and three others have been dealt a massive blow in their quest to have First...
’Maesaiah supporters mock police chief as her case is deferred
Mohalenyane Phakela FIRST Lady ’Maesaiah Thabane, who stands accused of the June 2017 murder of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s former wife, Lipolelo, will return to...
Once Thabane goes, I go too: Phori
’Marafaele Mohloboli LOYAL to the very end. This aptly sums up Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing Minister, Chalane Phori, who says he will step...
EU avails €1, 5 million aid for 22 000 food insecure Lesotho
Limpho Sello THE European Union (EU) has given the World Food Programme (WFP) €1, 5 million to provide emergency food aid to at least 22...
Medigrow ripping us off, locals allege
Bereng Mpaki MARAKABEI villagers are up in arms with medical cannabis producer, MG Health (formally Medigrow Lesotho), who they accuse of paying them as little...
Lawyer applies for discharge in Tang murder trial
Mohalenyane Phakela JUSTICE Kabelo Lebotse yesterday reserved judgement to 5 March 2020 in the trial of three soldiers accused of murdering Lisebo Tang on 9...
Opposition demands answers on Thabane involvement in murder
Ntsebeng Motsoeli OPPOSITION parties say they will make full use of tomorrow’s reopening of parliament to demand answers from Prime Minister Thomas Thabane concerning his...
Cannabis licences to be revoked: minister
Bereng Mpaki SEVERAL companies and individuals risk losing their medical cannabis licences as only four out of 140 licensees are actually in active production, Health...
Fresh turmoil hits the Thabane family
as PM’s grandson and nephews oppose bail for “extremely dangerous” First Lady whom they accuse of hiring famo gangsters to kill opponents Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED...
Lipolelo murder survivor speaks out
“I feel betrayed by Thabane, scarred for life,” vows to remain in exile as long as PM is in power Marafaele Mohloboli FRIENDSHIP, betrayal, murder,...
Hlaele backs Rapapa for Prime Minister
as four ABC factions emerge in Thabane succession race Herbert Moyo RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary general, Lebohang Hlaele, has thrown his weight behind...
RCL leader Rantšo bids to block ouster
files urgent High Court application to stop elective conference to choose successor Mohalenyane Phakela SHARP divisions have re-emerged in the ruling Keketso Rantšo-led Reformed Congress...
Infighting rocks AD amid calls for Phamotse’s ouster
14 constituencies say they have no confidence in the Moleleki-led national executive Nat Molomo/ ’Marafaele Mohloboli DEPUTY Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki’s Alliance of Democrats (AD)...
Thabane has always tried to stop Lipolelo murder probe: Metsing
Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, says Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s bid to oust Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is borne out...
Factory workers down tools over Coronavirus scare
Limpho Sello/ Ntsebeng Motsoeli Workers at one of the textile factories in Thetsane, Maseru yesterday downed tools demanding answers from management as to why a...
Scott ritual murder judgement deferred
Mohalenyane Phakela Scores of people who thronged the High Court in anticipation of the delivery of the verdict in the double ritual murder trial of...
Mahase conduct soils image of the judiciary: analysts
Staff reporter IF ever Acting Chief Justice ’Maseforo Mahase’s detractors needed any ammunition to oppose her recommendation by outgoing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, it was...
Lucapa rakes in US$5,5 million from Lesotho, Angola diamond sales
Herbert Moyo LUCAPA Diamond Company Limited has realised US$5, 5 million from the sale of diamonds from its Mothae Kimberlite Mine and Lulo Alluvial Mine...
ABC NEC has the final say on Thabane successor: Hlaele
THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) is going through a protracted process to choose a successor for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who announced last month that...
Lesotho declares Coronavirus a health emergency
Limpho Sello Lesotho has declared Coronavirus a health emergency and the Ministry of Health has begun the necessary processes of mobilising human and other resources...
We are building a new ABC free of the cult of the great leader: Mahao
A year ago, the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) held its elective conference on 1 and 2 February 2019. Despite strong objections from ABC leader...
I feel used: Rapapa
ALL Basotho Convention chairperson Samuel Rapapa (SR) is one of the candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Thomas Thabane who announced last month that...
ABC in crisis over Thabane succession
infighting forces party to postpone vote and announcement of successor Thabane threatens to appoint own successor ’Marafaele Mohloboli BARELY three weeks after All Basotho Convention...
Thabane’s possible successors: who is who?
Staff Reporter THREE candidates namely, ’Matebatso Doti, Samuel Rapapa and Nkaku Kabi, have emerged as the frontrunners in the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s internal...
EU speaks out on Thabane murder allegations, retirement
Silence Charumbira EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Lesotho, Christian Manahl, has urged Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to announce a specific date for his impending retirement,...
Netcare accused of siphoning M320 million from Tšepong
Pascalinah Kabi ONE of the companies in the Tšepong Consortium, Afri’nnai Health, has accused South Africa’s Netcare Group of siphoning millions of maloti from the...