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Former minister in police brutality saga
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 stalks from his farm last month.
Mpiti Seeisa (20)…
DCP Mokete charged with sexual assault
Mohalenyane Phakela
The Deputy Police Commissioner (DCP), Paseka Mokete, appeared before Maseru Magistrate Senekal Qobolo on charges of sexually assaulting a female subordinate police officer. He was released on free bail and is expected…
Judge tears into “hearsay” state case against Thabane and wife
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 in a hard-hitting judgement which pokes holes into the…
Judge urges govt to clampdown social media
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 this while delivering judgement in murder-accused former…
ConCourt slams Moseneke, SADC
Mohalenyane Phakela
THE Constitutional Court has questioned the legality of the October 2018 agreement between the government and opposition to defer criminal prosecutions of politicians until after the finalisation of the multi-sector…
Unresolved crimes turn Lesotho into a criminal haven
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 have plagued the nation in recent years.
Mr Ramatla…
Ritual killer Scott gets life sentence
Nat Molomo
CONVICTED double ritual murderer Lehlohonolo Scott has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
This after High Court Judge Teboho Moiloa on Tuesday found him guilty of murdering fellow…
SADC can’t dictate to us: judge
Mohalenyane Phakela
JUDGE Molefi Makara says the Southern African Development Community (SADC) cannot dictate terms to Lesotho’s judiciary as it is an independent institution.
SADC has through its interlocuter, retired South African…
Prison authorities foil plot to smuggle alcohol to ‘Maesaiah
...former first lady’s friend faces jail, fine for the offence
’Marafaele Mohloboli
A CLOSE friend of the former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane faces an M5 000 fine and two years’ imprisonment after being caught attempting to…
Lesotho nationals to receive SA Covid grants
Nthatuoa Koeshe
THOUSANDS of Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) holders and other asylum seekers are set to receive M350 grants over a six-month period from the South African government to cushion them from the effects of the Coronavirus…