Crime & Courts

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 the escalating homicides in the…
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’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. Police spokesperson,…
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…as Judge Hungwe’s contract expires Mohalenyane Phakela THE high-profile trials of politicians, serving and former members of the security agencies are in limbo after the expiry…
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’Marafaele Mohloboli A MASERU woman has suffered the double jeopardy of being raped and turned away by police officers who refused to attend to her at Maseru Central…
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. . . another seven to be appointed “soon” to address crippling shortage of judges Mohalenyane Phakela TWO new judges, ‘Malebona Khabo and Realeboha Mathaba were yesterday sworn…
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. . . as pro deo lawyers remain unpaid for their services Mohalenyane Phakela LAWYERS engaged by the government to represent members of security agencies accused of various…
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THE sudden death of High Court judge, Thamsanqa Nomngcongo, last Thursday could not have come at a worse time for Lesotho’s ailing judiciary. The learned judge took his…
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…as lead prosecutor Shaun Abrahams quits over lack of pay Mohalenyane Phakela  Top prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has resigned over lack of pay. His resignation puts the…
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Mohalenyane Phakela MEMBERS of Lesotho’s legal fraternity have described the late High Court judge, Thamsanqa Nomngcongo, as an intelligent man who had exceptional command of the…
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. . . claims he was fired to stop Thabane’s arrest and prosecution for murder  Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Law and Justice Minister Nqosa Mahao has sensationally claimed that he was…
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Mohalenyane Phakela SUSPENDED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole’s money laundering and corruption trial will now proceed in…
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. . . analysts blame lack of political will for the surge in murders Kaleen Chikowore LESOTHO has again recorded yet another brutal murder of a police officer, the third such…
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Chief Justice Sakoane blames funding constraints, backlog of cases set to worsen. Mohalenyane Phakela THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will only hire two High Court…
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Mohalenyane Phakela A TEARFUL Police Constable (PC) Tumelo Ntoane accused his former boss, Senior Superintendent Thabo Tšukulu, of threatening to kill him to get to lie…
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Mohalenyane Phakela POLITICIANS, Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane’s application to stop the state from joining them to the treason and murder trial alongside…
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’Marafaele Mohloboli Four men have been arrested in connection with last week’s abduction and murder of a police officer in Ha Motlalepula, Mokhotlong. Police spokesperson, Senior…
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high-profile trials thrown into doubt as only one foreign judge remains on High Court bench Mohalenyane Phakela BOTSWANA Judge Onkemetse Tshosa, who was recruited to preside…
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Mohalenyane Phakela MAGISTRATES and the Law Society of Lesotho have questioned the criteria used by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to shortlist six candidates from an initial…
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Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court will begin virtual hearings when it opens for its second session of the year on Monday. The move is meant to curb the spread of Covid-19 infections…
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Mohalenyane Phakela TREASON and murder-accused politicians, Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane, have accused the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang…
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Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi THREE of the four treason and murder-accused soldiers have filed High Court applications for their discharge on the grounds that they…
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as murder-accused soldier files fresh lawsuit for his recusal from trying him Mohalenyane Phakela BOTSWANA Judge Onkemetse Tshosa has a fresh headache to deal with. This…
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Mohalenyane Phakela THE seven prominent members of the Basotho National Party (BNP) who filed an urgent application for the immediate removal of party leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane,…
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top cops Molibeli & Lebajoa also recommended for prosecution for helping her evade justice. Pascalinah Kabi MURDER-ACCUSED former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane faces…
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Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Agriculture and Food Security Minister, Litšoane Litšoane, has been accused of ordering police officers to assault a Mapoteng man for allegedly stealing maize…
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Mohalenyane Phakela The Deputy Police Commissioner (DCP), Paseka Mokete, appeared before Maseru Magistrate Senekal Qobolo on charges of sexually assaulting a female subordinate…
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as ‘Maesaiah is granted bail  Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane has been released on M10 000 bail by High Court Judge Thamsanqa Nomngcongo…
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Mohalenyane Phakela HIGH Court Judge Thamsanqa Nomngcongo has called for government action to “sanitise” what he describes as the “gutter social media”. Justice Nomngcongo said…
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Mohalenyane Phakela THE Constitutional Court has questioned the legality of the October 2018 agreement between the government and opposition to defer criminal prosecutions of…
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Staff Reporter THE 13 June 2020 near-fatal shooting of Movement for Economic Change (MEC) legislator, Thabo Ramatla, by unknown gunmen is one of many such unsolved shootings which…
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