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Kamoli authorised Mahao’s arrest: Poopa
Moorosi Tsiane
RETIRED Major General Lineo Poopa has thrown murder-accused former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, under the bus. He has essentially accused Kamoli of ordering the…
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Central Bank appoints new governor
Bereng Mpaki
THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has appointed Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s former economic adviser and head of the accountability unit, Maluke Letete, as…
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Travellers urged to be on the lookout for Monkeypox
Limpho Sello
FOLLOWING the breakout of the Monkeypox disease in some parts of the world last month, the Ministry of Health has called on travellers to report any illnesses during…
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Businessman Mahlala donates classroom block
Tšoloane Mohlomi
PROMINENT businessman, Bothata Mahlala, has donated a newly constructed classroom block to Maqokho Primary School in Mt Moorosi, Quthing district.
The…
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We have to work hard to restore public confidence in the police: Mokete
DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP), Paseka Mokete, will today be reassigned to his previous post as DCP in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). He has been…
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BNP wants pension for chiefs
Bereng Mpaki
BASOTHO National Party (BNP) will set a retirement age for chiefs and introduce pension benefits for them if the party is voted into power.
BNP leader,…
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Crowd-pulling power doesn’t translate into election victory for RFP
. . . analysts warn that party must establish grassroots structures if it is to emerge victorious
Bongiwe Zihlangu/Moroke Sekoboto
WHILE this week’s manifesto launch rally of the…
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ABC bigwigs in near fist-fight
…as feuding Majoro-Kabi factions’ reconciliation talks flounder
’Marafaele Mohloboli
RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) bigwigs Keketso Sello and Prince Maliehe engaged in a…
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NSS aghast as officer rapes girl, sodomises boy
spy agency begs for forgiveness,
says it is “remorseful” over the spate of crimes by its officers
’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Tokelo Khausela
AN intelligence officer stands…
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LEPOSA dragged to court
Mohalenyane Phakela
LESOTHO Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) deputy president, Teboho Molumo, has petitioned the High Court to nullify his 13 March 2022 suspension by his fellow…
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Duo jailed six years for stealing Econet property
Staff Reporter
TWO Lithabaneng men have each been jailed for six years for stealing Econet Telecom Lesotho’s overhead copper cables.
Maruping Maruping and Motlatsi Mpeoa…
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Govt receives US$4 million dividend from Letšeng
. . . 28461 carats sold for US$52, 1 million as mine registers strong first quarter performance for 2022
Staff Reporters
BUSINESS is booming at Letšeng Mine in Mokhotlong. This…
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IEC wins delimitation case
Moorosi Tsiane
HIGH Court Judge Molefi Makara has dismissed Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general Tšitso Cheba and DC member, Lethusang Kompi’s application to stop the…
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The sad stories of women who continue to suffer from botched medical operations
…they say the “axe may forget but the tree that has been cut never forgets its tormentor”.
Limpho Sello
A MEDICAL operation is something in a day’s work for a doctor. Quite often…
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Former LCA boss accuses judge of lying
Moorosi Tsiane
FORMER Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) CEO, ‘Mamarame Matela has accused a recently appointed judge of lying under oath.
Advocate Matela made the allegations…
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Woman up for daughter’s murder
’Marafaele Mohloboli
THE mystery surrounding the death of a four-year-old girl, whose body has been lying unclaimed in a Maseru mortuary after her lifeless body was discovered three…
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Ex-LCA boss Matela enters the political fray
. . . pleads with women politicians to work together across political lines
FORMER Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) CEO, ‘Mamarame Matela, caught many by surprise…
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Mothae digs up 204-carat diamond
Bereng Mpaki
MOTHAE diamond mine has recovered a massive 204-carat diamond.
The white stone recovered last week is the mine’s third larger than 200 carats diamond and eighth over…
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35 tortured as police brutality rears its ugly head again
…police brutality continues even as MCC Compact II is signed
’Marafaele Mohloboli
THE ugly monster of police brutality has reared its ugly head once again.
This time the…
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Recruits fired from police training
’Marafaele Mohloboli
SIX recruits have been sent home barely three weeks after their enrolment for training at the Police Training College (PTC) in Maseru.
Police spokesperson,…
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DC, Mochoboroane in fresh lawsuit against IEC
Mohalenyane Phakela
THE Democratic Congress (DC) has launched a fresh legal bid to nullify the constituency delimitation exercise by the Independent Electoral Commission…
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Sakoane slams Appeal Court judges
. . . accuses apex court of usurping his powers to allocate cases in the High Court
Moorosi Tsiane/Mohalenyane Phakela
CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has ripped into…
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Lawyer challenges King’s Counsel title conferment
Mohalenyane Phakela
THE Law Society of Lesotho is entangled in a legal battle with one of its members over the conferment of the prestigious King’s Counsel (KC) title to…
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LCS boss disowns Netflix prison documentary
Limpho Sello
LESOTHO Correctional Service (LCS) Commissioner, Mating Nkakala, has belatedly disowned a documentary film shot inside in the Maseru Central Prison by a British…
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Lesotho’s cyber law not well thought-out, potentially violates human rights: Analysts
Herbert Moyo
LESOTHO is edging closer towards enacting a draconian cybercrimes law that prescribes hefty fines and lengthy jail terms for various cyber and computer crimes.
People…
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Cannabis grower busted for illegal production
Bereng Mpaki
ISRAELI businessman, Tom Srugo, has been hauled before the Maseru Magistrate Court for illegally growing and selling cannabis inside his house.
Mr Srugo was in court…
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Defer tourism levy introduction: stakeholders
Bereng Mpaki
THE government’s intention to impose a tourism levy from 1 July 2022 without proper ground work could compound the Covid-19 ravaged sector’s woes, stakeholders have…
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Majoro, Kabi meet under church mediation
..as the ABC bigwigs seek to close ranks
’Marafaele Mohloboli
WHEN all else fails, human beings have been known to seek divine intervention, either through traditional…
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‘Maesaiah donates to needy family
Senate Lerotholi
FORMER First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane says she will continue with the charity work that she started years ago.
Ms Thabane became Lesotho’s First Lady following her…
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DC govt will engage SA for a corridor to the sea: Mokhothu
Bongiwe Zihlangu | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli
UPON winning power, one of the first tasks of a Democratic Congress (DC) government will be to engage South Africa for the return of its…
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