Crime & Courts

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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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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...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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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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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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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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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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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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’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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’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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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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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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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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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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’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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’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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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’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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