…challenges suspension, disciplinary inquiry Moorosi Tsiane EMBATTLED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Principal Investigations Officer (PIO), Tsotang Likotsi, has petitioned the High Court to nullify his 24 April 2024 suspension and to block impending disciplinary proceedings against him. Mr Likotsi also seeks full disclosure of all evidence that DCEO Director General, Brigadier Mantšo Sello, intends to […]
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Commissioner of Police (ComPol), Kizito Mfolosi Mhlakaza, has taken Prime Minister Sam Matekane to court, demanding M3,476,760 as compensation for being placed on early retirement in 2014. Mr Mhlakaza was appointed Police Commissioner in July 2012 but was forced into early retirement at the age of 47 by then-Prime Minister Thomas […]
…after Justice Hlaele recuses herself from his bail case Moorosi Tsiane HIGH Court Judge, Mabatšoeneng Hlaele, has recused herself from hearing the bail application of former National Security Service (NSS) Director-General and Military Intelligence boss, Colonel Tumo Lekhooa, who is accused of attempting to topple her father’s government in August 2014. Justice Hlaele is the daughter of former Prime […]
—-As it expands to tackle crime in Mokhotlong Seithati Motšoeneng OPERATION Fiela, an initiative aimed at cracking down on crime, has successfully reduced criminal activities in the Berea and Leribe districts over the past year, the police claimed yesterday. According to police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli, this collaborative initiative led by the Lesotho […]
…as women protest escalating femicides Moorosi Tsiane A High Court Assistant Registrar, Tebello Mokhoema, has narrowly survived death after being shot by her boyfriend this past Saturday at her home in Bua-Sono, Berea. The suspect, Tšenolo Thamahane, an employee at the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), first shot Advocate Mokhoema’s sister, who had attempted to intervene […]
…as they lose the first leg of their bid to stop DPP from prosecuting them Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Leribe Criminal Investigation Division (CID) boss, Superintendent (Supt) ‘Mabohlokoa Makotoko, and her seven colleagues have suffered a major setback in their attempt to block Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Hlalefang Motinyane from charging them with the murder of three suspects who died in police custody in […]
Moorosi Tsiane ALLEGATIONS of sexual harassment against medical practitioner, Hlalele Mofubelu, have prompted more women to come forward, sharing their harrowing experiences with the doctor. Dr Mofubelu made headlines last week after this publication reported multiple allegations of sexual misconduct during his medical consultations with female clients. Several women claim that the doctor, who has been practicing since 1998, engaged […]
Hopolang Mokhopi A PHUTHIATSANA High School teacher accused of stabbing his student in December last year has chosen to represent himself in his trial before the Maseru Magistrates Court. The 32-year-old Motlatsi Molise allegedly stabbed his student, Tšepiso Mabathoana, multiple times with “an instrument” and bit her lip at Borokhoaneng, Maseru, on 3 December 2024. […]
—but the two dangerous criminals have not yet been arrested Mohloai Mpesi / Mohalenyane Phakela TWO fugitive former heads of security agencies, who ran away to South Africa in 2017, after allegedly committing a plethora of crimes, have returned to Lesotho. Former Commissioner of Police, Molahlehi Letsoepa, and former Military Intelligence boss and National Security Services (NSS) Director General, […]
Moorosi Tsiane A 41-YEAR-OLD man from Thaba-Tseka has been found guilty of murder after fatally stabbing his 3-year-old son 21 times with a knife on 13 October 2018. Reli Letuka, of Khohlo-Ntso Bokong on the outskirts of Thaba-Tseka, first appeared before Justice Tšeliso Mokoko on Monday. He pleaded guilty to the charge of murder, going […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE treason and murder trial of former army commander Tlali Kamoli, alongside politicians Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane, resumed yesterday amid threats by prosecutors to withdraw from the case due to non-payment. Prosecutors Advocates Rethabile Setlojoane and Motena Rafoneke informed trial judge ‘Maliepollo Makhetha as early as Monday that they intended to […]
Moorosi Tsiane BOMBS had gone missing from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) armoury in the wake of the attacks on former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane’s Moshoeshoe II residence and the Ha-Abia home of then Police Commissioner Khothatso Tšooana. This according to the LDF’s Major Pali Hlehlisi who testified before the High Court this week. Major Hlehlisi, who was called as the eighth Crown […]
Hopolang Mokhopi Lehlohonolo Makotoane, 42, the husband of the late South African Magistrate and Acting Judge Mamello Thamae, has been extradited to South Africa under heavy escort by the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). He is set to face charges for allegedly murdering his wife in the Free State Province late last year. The formal extradition took place at […]
Staff Reporters FUEL giant, Tholo Energy, allegedly defrauded the government of M660 million between 2012 and 2023 by under declaring petroleum levies to the Petroleum Fund, the company’s former acting chief executive officer, Tumisang Thahanyane, has said. Mr Thahanyane makes the shocking claims in his affidavit filed in opposition to the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)’s […]
—disclose in court that former army boss ordered bombings Moorosi Tsiane TOP soldiers, Major General (Maj-Gen) Ramanka Mokaloba and retired Maj-Gen Poqa Motoa have thrown former army boss Tlali Kamoli under the bus. They have told the High Court that Kamoli directly ordered the 27 January 2014 simultaneous bombings of former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane’s Moshoeshoe […]
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Minister of Police and Public Safety, Lepota Sekola, has been slapped with stock theft charges for allegedly importing cattle from South Africa without proper documentation. Mr Sekola was hauled to the Maseru Magistrates Court on Tuesday where he appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate, Thamae Thamae, with Advocate Matiase Chopho as the prosecutor. […]
THE Sasolburg Regional Court has sentenced a young Lesotho national, Leona Moleko (23), to a lengthy imprisonment for tampering with essential Transnet infrastructure and stripping copper. The court found the accused guilty of theft and tampering with essential infrastructure, as well as being illegally in South Africa. The accused’s sentencing on 9 April was […]
Moorosi Tsiane LOCAL businesswoman, ‘Masibusiso Lebesa, has been charged by the Maseru Magistrates Court for allegedly trying to defraud the then Ministry of Police and Public Safety of M448 000. Lebesa had allegedly presented false purchase orders to the ministry, purporting to have provided it with catering services between November 2021 and February 2022. She […]
—businessman Ketso’s bank account with millions frozen in SA Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Local Government and Cabinet Principal Secretaries, Nonkululeko Zaly and Thabo Motoko, were the masterminds in the embezzlement of about M37 million in state funds during the state of emergency declared by former Prime Minister, Moeketsi Majoro, after the country experienced severe floods in […]
…as court rules his beliefs in witchcraft are an extenuating factor Moorosi Tsiane MURDER convicted Principal Chief of Tšakholo, Tebang and Ha- Seleso, Khoabane Mojela, has breathed a sigh of relief after the High Court resolved not to sentence him to death. Justice ‘Mabatṧoeneng Hlaele ruled that she was convinced there were extenuating circumstances which […]
Moorosi Tsiane MURDER accused Qamo Matela has decided not to testify in his wife’s murder case. Matela is currently standing trial in the High Court for the murder of his wife, ‘Mahlompho Matela (nee Rethabile Mofolo), who died in hospital after he allegedly brutally assaulted her over a dispute involving a mere M20. The trial, […]
Moorosi Tsiane PRINCIPAL Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police, ‘Mamphaka Mabesa, has been found guilty of contempt of court after she defied a 5 June 2023 High Court order. Justice Maliepollo Makhetha this week ruled that Ms Mabesa was guilty of defying her June 2023 order for her ministry […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE rogue behaviour of police officers continues to pile woes on Commissioner of Police, Holomo Molibeli, who has once again been dragged to court by victims of alleged police brutality. Latest on Commissioner Molibeli’s table are a combined half a million lawsuits from Maputsoe man, Lesole Nkholisa, and a Maseru woman, Madorisi Ntsie. The […]
after allegedly defying court order accused of lying to court Moorosi Tsiane PRINCIPAL Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police, ‘Mamphaka Mabesa, has landed in hot water after allegedly defying a High Court order. Ms Mabesa stands accused of defying Justice Maliepollo Makhetha’s 5 June 2023 order for […]
Moorosi Tsiane FOUR of 27 soldiers imprisoned over their participation in an array of crimes during the period of heightened political instability in the country have been finally freed on bail. The four are Lance Corporals Khauhelo Makoae and Sebilo Sebilo, Privates Tšepo Tlakeli and Thebe Tšepe. They stand accused of murdering Thabang Mosole, Monyane […]
as gvt loses Frazer Solar case in SA ordered to pay German company M1,2 billion faces worldwide assets seizure AG Motsieloa vows to appeal Mathatisi Sebusi/ Mohloai Mpesi LESOTHO has suffered a bloody nose after a South African court ordered the government to pay a controversial German company, Frazer Solar, €58 million (about M1,2 billion) for […]
Mohloai Mpesi THE Basotho National Party (BNP) has commended neighbouring South Africa over its “bold step” in suing Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over its war in Gaza. In a letter signed by party leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, and addressed to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, the BNP lauded South Africa for its […]
Mathatisi Sebusi THE Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) seems to be fighting a losing battle in its efforts to curb stock theft between Lesotho and South Africa as cases of livestock stealing continue to increase unabated. Both Basotho farmers and their counterparts in South Africa say they have grown weary of the sustained surge in […]
Moorosi Tsiane NOTORIOUS alleged conman, Lehlohonolo Selate, who is facing a plethora of fraud charges, heaved a sigh of relief last week after he was acquitted in one of them. Maseru Resident Magistrate, Nthabiseng Moopisa, aquitted Selate of defrauding Standard Lesotho Bank of M460 000 in 2018. The same magistrate had granted him M10 000 […]
—her driver emerges as key suspect Hopolang Mokhopi FORMER Disaster Management Authority (DMA) chief executive officer (CEO), ‘Makhotso Caroline Mahosi’s driver has emerged as the key suspect in her gruesome murder. Ms Mahosi was brutally murdered alongside her 11-year-old son, Kabelo, at their Matala Phase I home, Maseru, on 29 October 2023. Her house helper was also shot but […]
