Category : Crime & Courts

Nthatuoa Koeshe  Butha-Buthe THIRTY-TWO year old Butha-Buthe resident Thabiso Ramalieletse, was recently arrested for allegedly murdering his 27-year-old wife. Mr Ramalieletse is said to have...

Mohalenyane Phakela / Nat Molomo THE pre-trial conferences of politicians and members of the different security agencies have been put on hold pending the outcome...

Mohalenyane Phakela ACTING High Court judge, Moroke Mokhesi, has reserved judgement in the case in which the Lesotho National Wool and Mohair Growers Association (LNWGA)...

…as slain driver is buried Ntsebeng Motsoeli FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has pleaded for forgiveness on behalf of businessman, Tšeliso Nthane, who shot and...

Mohalenyane Phakela AN orphaned girl who was allegedly raped and impregnated by former Law and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Mootsi Lehata, has since given birth to...

Mohalenyane Phakela RETHABILE Mosisili, the son of former prime minister Pakalitha Mosisili, has lost his appeal against his 2017 dismissal from the Lesotho Highlands Water...

…says it will not terminate multi-million maloti contract with his company Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) says it will not terminate the M235...

Mohalenyane Phakela/Nat Molomo THIRTEEN soldiers facing murder charges will soon be given the option of choosing new lawyers to represent them on a pro deo...

Pascalinah Kabi FORMER ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Principal Secretary, Makalo Theko, this week appeared before the Maseru Magistrate Court to face corruption charges...

Pascalinah Kabi Former Court of Appeal Assistant Registrar, Matieho Mothobi, was this week grilled by the police after criminal charges were laid against her for...

Limpho Sello THE minister of Social Development, ‘Matebatso Doti, has condemned the violent killings and abuse of older persons around the country. Ms Doti expressed...

Pascalinah Kabi FORMER president of the Court of Appeal Kananelo Mosito’s long-awaited appeal against Constitutional Court judgement against his reinstatement to the position ruling will...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and South Africa’s Free State police department have launched a manhunt for three Basotho nationals who allegedly...

’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO police constables have been nabbed after they solicited for a bribe from a civilian. The two officers are aged 33 and 36...

Pascalinah Kabi TEMPERS flared when lawyers representing suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara and those representing the government met behind closed doors on Monday in the...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating possible corruption and the flouting of tender procedures in the multi-million maloti fertiliser...

Staff Writer FORMER minister of Law, Mootsi Lehata was this week remanded to 9 October 2018 when he appeared at the Maseru Magistrates’ Court to...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated criminal trials of past and serving members of the security agencies could be further delayed amid revelations that the government is...

Nthatuoa Koeshe Leribe A LERIBE woman (35) from Tsikoane Leralleng has been nabbed along with two other accomplices for allegedly murdering her husband to access...

Tefo Tefo/ Keiso Mohloboli THE lawyers representing the murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and other soldiers on Tuesday threatened to file a...

Pascalinah Kabi A PROMINENT lawyer, Advocate Qhalehang Letsika, one of the provisional liquidators of the embattled MKM Star Lion Group estate has accused the company’s...

Tokelo Rasephei Mohale’s Hoek A WOMAN from Ha Mapooane will soon appear in court to face charges of culpable homicide after she allegedly knocked down...

Tefo Tefo FORMER Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Retired Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, will next week finally stand trial in the High Court over a...

Man kills wife’s boyfriend Leribe THE police recently arrested a 28-year-old man from Matukeng, in Leribe District for the murder of his wife’s boyfriend. Reports...

’Marafaele Mohloboli JUSTICE has remained elusive for ’Matšepang Kaizer six years after her husband, Motlalepula Kaizer, was gunned down at the house of former All...

Pascalinah Kabi “They have shot you badly…pray hard and ask God to spare your life.” These are the last words Thato Matamane uttered into her husband’s...

Tefo Tefo THE High Court will next Tuesday hear a bail application by murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli, who has been languishing in...