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I am smart enough to draw the line between politics and my job: NSS boss
NATIONAL Security Service (NSS) director general Pheello Ralenkoane’s contract expires at the end of the month. The 60-year-old has been at the helm of the spy agency since June 2017.
Mr Ralenkoane, who is a member of…
Thabane not exempt from DCEO investigations
NEXT week, the director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, celebrates his first anniversary at the helm of the anti-graft body.
Ahead pf the milestone, the Lesotho Times…
Basotho are a selfish, intolerant lot: PS Mothae
LAW and Justice Principal Secretary, Retired Colonel Tanki Mothae (TM) has been in government since his return to Lesotho from an eight-year stint with the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
He joined SADC in November 2006 as…
Lets give Majoro’s gvt a chance: Mokebe
FIRST National Bank of Lesotho (FNB Lesotho) recently appointed its former treasurer, Delakazi Mokebe, as the bank’s new chief executive officer.
The appointment is with effect from 8 June 2020. This week the Lesotho Times (LT)…
‘We need political stability for economic revival’
LESOTHO must anchor her economic turn-around plans after the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on empowering domestic investors, the recently appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, Thabiso Molapo, has said.
Dr Molapo spoke to Lesotho…
Govt must prioritise decentralisation: Rapapa
IN February 2014, former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s administration adopted a national decentralisation policy. The policy will enable the central government to implement Section 106 of the constitution which stipulates that “parliament…
Mahao outlines govt priorities
A new government assumed the reins of power last week amid a host of problems including a comatose economy, high unemployment and widespread poverty, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and food shortages expected to afflict almost half of…
“Uncertain times for the textile industry amid Covid-19”
LESOTHO’S textile sector faces huge viability challenges due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) induced lockdown from 30 March to 5 May 2020. Nien Hsing is one such company. The company employs over 12 000 workers. It is faced with an acute…
Security forces should not be used to solve political conflicts: EU
FOREIGN missions in Lesotho are anxious to see peace and stability prevail in the country even it remains under lockdown as part of measures to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19).
While there is a general consensus…
Lawyers press Law Society to sue police, army
THE Lesotho Lawyers for Human Rights (LLHR) recently wrote to Law Society of Lesotho president, Advocate Mosoeunyane Masiphole, demanding that the society launches an urgent application seeking an interdict restraining the army and the…