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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Expedite probe into MP’s shooting, Molibeli urged
Ntsebeng Motsoeli
POLICE and Public Safety Minister ‘Mamoipone Senauoane has called on Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli to expedite investigations into the near-fatal shooting of…
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‘Maesaiah jailed
former first lady sent to prison after top court revoked her bail
Mohalenyane Phakela
FORMER First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane is now languishing in remand prison.
She was…
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“Deeply rooted fraud and corruption” at LEC – report
Pascalinah Kabi
A FORENSIC investigation into the affairs of the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has revealed deep rooted malfeasance within the power utility including fraud,…
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Metsing, Mochoboroane ConCourt case postponed again
Mohalenyane Phakela
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing, former army commander Tlali Kamoli, and newly appointed Development Planning Minister Selibe Mochoboroane’s…
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Judge Molete dies
’Marafaele Mohloboli
BARELY a year after the death of Justice ‘Maseshophe Hlajoane, the judiciary has once again been plunged into mourning after the sudden death of another High…
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Top cop arrested, charged in SA
’Marafaele Mohloboli
LESOTHO Mounted Police (LMPS) Deputy Commissioner Mahlape Florence Morai was last Thursday arrested and charged for contravening South Africa’s lockdown…
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Minister to be charged for violating liquor ban
Ntsebeng Motsoeli
POLICE and Public Safety Minister Lehlohonolo Moramotse will soon appear in court after he allegedly purchased alcohol at a local liquor shop in contravention of…
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Gun-toting burglars raid Home Affairs PS’ home
Lemphane-Letsie blames RCL infighting for incident
’Marafaele Mohloboli
THE principal secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, ’Machabana Lemphane-Letsie, and her family…
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Police, judicial officers clash over ‘Maesaiah bail
as police charge officers involved in bail decision
Mohalenyane Phakela / Pascalinah Kabi
The police say they will lay criminal charges against senior judicial officers…
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Mahase conduct soils image of the judiciary: analysts
Staff reporter
IF ever Acting Chief Justice ’Maseforo Mahase’s detractors needed any ammunition to oppose her recommendation by outgoing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, it was…
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Financial Intelligence Unit officers investigated for graft
’Marafaele Mohloboli
FINANCIAL Intelligence Unit (FIU) director, Palesa Khabele and eight other officers of the national anti-corruption entity are being investigated by police for…
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Metsing blames Thabane for Mahao’s assassination
’Marafaele Mohloboli
LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, has bizarrely blamed the murders of army commander Maaparankoe Mahao and Police Sub Inspector…
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Victory for Mahase
Mohalenyane Phakela
ACTING Chief Justice, ‘Maseforo Mahase, yesterday won her Constitutional Court bid for the recusal of all local judges from presiding over All Basotho Convention…
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Date set for Scott verdict
Mohalenyane Phakela
DOUBLE ritual murder suspect, Lehlohonolo Scott, will have to wait until 12 February 2020 to know his fate.
This after High Court judge Teboho Moiloa this week…
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Killers must die-Maliehe
NEWLY appointed Minister of Social Development Motlohi Maliehe says rapists and killers must get stiffer penalties including the death sentence. In this second part and last part of a…
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More charges for Kamoli
Mohalenyane Phakela
IT never rains but pours for former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli.
Not only is the army commander set to spend a third Christmas in remand…
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ABC expulsions case drags on
Mohalenyane Phakela
ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao and his allies’ long wait for the hearing of their application for the nullification of their…
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Govt incurs M212 000 Mahase legal bill
Pascalinah Kabi
THE government’s insistence on hiring a South African lawyer, Advocate Guido Heinz Penzhorn, to defend Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase in the impeachment case…
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Court of Appeal sits for final 2019 session
Mohalenyane Phakela
THE second session of the Court of Appeal got underway on Monday 14 October 2019 and is expected to end on 1 November 2019 when the court delivers its judgements.…
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Date set for ABC “expulsions” case
Mohalenyane Phakela
THE much-anticipated All Basotho Convention (ABC) expulsions case will now be heard next week on 23 October 2019.
High Court judge, Justice Tšeliso Monapathi,…
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PAC slams police, DCEO’s failure to investigate corruption
Ntsebeng Motsoeli
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week lambasted the police and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offence (DCEO) for allegedly failing to follow up…
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Cannabis lawyer accused of turning rogue
Staff Reporters
One of Lesotho’s oldest and most respected law firms, Webber Newdigate, has essentially accused one of its former partners of turning into a rogue by wantonly…
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Justice Monapathi clears the air on Mahase case
Mohalenyane Phakela
A SENIOR judge, Justice Tšeliso Monapathi, has denied claims by some lawyers that the Constitutional Court flouted legal rules by electing to hear a case…
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I want to be prime minister in any GNU, Metsing declares
as PM Thabane promises to consider the LCD’ leader’s demands.
’Marafaele Mohloboli
LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, dropped a bombshell over the…
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Magistrate “loses patience” in editor’s shooting case
Mohalenyane Phakela
MASERU Senior Resident Magistrate, Peter Murenzi, is disappointed by the slow pace of the attempted murder trial of the army officers who allegedly shot at…
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M2,8 million LHDA fraudster dies in prison
’Marafaele Mohloboli
STEPHEN Dlamini, a South African national, who was handed a 62 year jail term in 2011 for defrauding the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) of M2, 8…
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