Gymnastics team finally gets equipment for AUSC Games
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO’S gymnastics team finally received equipment to prepare for the 2020 African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 Games last Saturday. However, this is
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Liqhomane, Maseru Warriors face-off in rugby finals
Leemisa Thuseho LIQHOMANE and Maseru Warriors will this Saturday face-off in the 2021 Econet National Rugby League final at Mabote Ground. Liqhomane advanced to the
AUSC: We have blown a chance to do things right
Moorosi Tsiane THE African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Games will be officially launched tomorrow but confusion is still reigning supreme among the hosts’
Farmers undergo practical Global GAP training
Bereng Mpaki FIFTEEN trainee farmers under the Local Supplier Development programme (LSDP) will this week complete practical training on the global GAP (good agricultural practice)
Tap into growing tourism value chain, Leribe villagers told
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) has encouraged Leribe villagers to tap into the emerging tourism value chain this festive season spurred by
ABC recalls Majoro?
. . . proposes deputy SG Nkaku Kabi to replace him as premier . . . but move unlikely to succeed Pascalinah Kabi SENIOR leaders
Date set for ex-premier Thabane’s murder trial
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Prime Minister and current All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, will finally stand trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Lipolelo,
Metsing pulling all the stops
. . . meets Moseneke to pressure SADC to block his treason, murder trial ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress of Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothejoa Metsing, is
Nearly 100 murder suspects jailed in 26 days
Staff Reporter JUST when Lesotho is still fretting from revelations that 59 murder suspects were jailed within a space of nine days from 15 to
EU injects M17 million into food security
Staff Reporter THE European Union (EU) this week officially handed over M17 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for a hunger alleviation programme in
Murder accused soldiers plead “not guilty”
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF)’s Captain, Litekanyo Nyakane, and four other soldiers, who are being tried for the 2012 murder of three Mafeteng civilians,
Parly passes media policy
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE National Assembly has adopted a National Media Policy developed by the National Reforms Authority (NRA) and approved by cabinet in September 2021
Phamotse’s graft case postponed to next year
Mohalenyane Phakela THE case in which former Education and Training Minister, Mahali Phamotse, is charged with corruption for allegedly influencing the awarding of a 2015
Rape victim can no longer trust men, taxi crews
. . . feels let down by a system that tolerates gender violence Staff Reporter *ROSA Molise sits in a black couch in her lounge
Warring factions in talks to save NRA
Pascalinah Kabi THE two warring factions of the National Reforms Authority (NRA) were yesterday locked in closed door peace talks after Law and Justice Minister,
Former top cop joins politics
. . . backs the DC to win next year’s polls ‘Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER top cop Keketso Monaheng has officially joined politics and is betting
LeFA trains refs, coaches
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) and FIFA hosted a week-long FIFA MA Elite Referees Course in Maseru. The course started on 22 November
Thabane to finally stand trial for ex-wife’s murder
Staff Reporter FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will finally stand trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Lipolelo, early next year after a formal decision
Wall Street ends down as investors eye slowing economy
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NRA infighting will only derail the reforms
HOW much longer will this country continue to suffer due to politicians and public officials who put their own selfish, parochial interests above the nation?
M50 million fraud mastermind must remain jailed: Crown
THE Crown is fighting a spirited battle to have a key mastermind in the M50 million fraud case involving the Ministry of Finance kept in
Army steps in, nabs four as murderous gang strikes again
. . . police found wanting, fearful residents seek LDF’s help. Staff Writer THE murderous Manomoro gang, which terrorised residents of various parts of Maseru
59 murder suspects jailed in just nine days
Staff Reporters FIFTY-NINE murder suspects have been arrested and remanded in custody in a short period of just nine days, in a worrying indication of
Man kills lover, self
’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE are investigating a case in which a Maseru man is alleged to have murdered his lover before committing suicide early this week.
Reforms under threat
Pascalinah Kabi A POWER struggle is tearing the National Reforms Authority (NRA) apart. This could scuttle the implementation of the much-delayed SADC-sponsored multi-sector reforms aimed
Masoetsa, Khoabane in near fist-fight
Pascalinah Kabi RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson, Montoeli Masoetsa, and Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, almost came to blows over the latter’s alleged support
LCD angered by decision to prosecute Metsing, Mochoboroane
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has accused the government of seeking to disrupt the ongoing reforms by forging ahead with the
High profile trials resume as Abrahams, Hungwe return
Mohalenyane Phakela THE high-profile trials of politicians, serving and former members of the security agencies are back on track and will continue in the High
Top lawyer accuses DCP Mokete of extortion, fraud
Pascalinah Kabi TOP lawyer, Zwelakhe Mda, has sensationally accused Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Paseka Mokete and three junior police officers of fraudulently coercing him
CBL hikes interest rates
Bereng Mpaki THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) this week increased the CBL rate to 3, 75 percent from 3, 5 percent to align it