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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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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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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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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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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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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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. . . 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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…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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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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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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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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. . . 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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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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…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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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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’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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. . . 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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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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…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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’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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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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 . . . 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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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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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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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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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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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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..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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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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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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