Category : Crime & Courts

Forty-one year-old Walim Ashraf taken into custody after failing to raise half-a-million maloti bail and M1 million surety. Moorosi Tsiane A MAFETENG man of Indian...

Mohalenyane Phakela EIGHT National Security Service (NSS) officers have gone to court to fight for salary structures that are equal to those of other three uniformed...

Mohalenyane Phakela / Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) has been dealt a heavy blow by the Labour Appeal Court which has refused...

Mohalenyane Phakela Alleged M50 million fraudster, Lehlohonolo Selate, will spend at least a  month more in prison while awaiting the fate of his bail decision....

Mohalenyane Phakela AN association of local construction and mining companies has petitioned the High Court to join the government’s Procurement Tribunal as one of the...

but German company dismisses “irrelevant ruling,” vows to pursue litigation in other countries to seize Lesotho’s assets there… Mohalenyane Phakela THE government has scored a...

…28 years after being caught by stray bullets from the police Moorosi Tsiane A WOMAN is seeking justice from the police, 28 years after being...

  …as pro deo lawyers press govt for payment Moorosi Tsiane DEFENCE lawyers in the trial of nine soldiers charged with murdering three civilians in...

  Moorosi Tsiane THE treason and murder trial of former army commander, Tlali Kamoli and others has been postponed yet again. It was on Tuesday...

  Moorosi Tsiane FOR the umpteenth time, Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is facing a massive damages claim for “wrongful and malicious arrest”. This time, the...

  Moorosi Tsiane THE much-postponed trial of former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and eight other soldiers accused of murdering army commander Maaparankoe Mahao has again...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Hlalefang Motinyane  has today withdrawn murder charges against former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife, ‘Maesaiah. The two...

Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has on Monday summoned the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, to appear before him to answer charges...

Staff Reporters  Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane is unhappy with Prosecutor Shaun Abrahams’s no show at the treason trial of Development Planning Minister Selibe Mochoboroane, former...

Staff Reporter FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will finally stand trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Lipolelo, early next year after a formal decision...

…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...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli A MASERU woman has suffered the double jeopardy of being raped and turned away by police officers who refused to attend to...

. . . another seven to be appointed “soon” to address crippling shortage of judges Mohalenyane Phakela TWO new judges, ‘Malebona Khabo and Realeboha Mathaba...

…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...

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 law. Justice...

. . . claims he was fired to stop Thabane’s arrest and prosecution for murder  Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Law and Justice Minister Nqosa Mahao has...

Mohalenyane Phakela SUSPENDED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole’s money laundering and corruption trial will now proceed in the High...

. . . analysts blame lack of political will for the surge in murders Kaleen Chikowore LESOTHO has again recorded yet another brutal murder of...