Mohalenyane Phakela THREE male soldiers accused of assaulting their female colleague in 2012 have applied to be discharged on the grounds that their case has taken far too long to be heard in contravention of their...
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Mahao Guns for top ABC Post
says ruling party has lost its luster and the country is sinking Pascalinah Kabi Professor Nqosa Mahao, the vice chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (NUL), has finally confirmed that he will contest for the...
Mahao attacks Ramaphosa, SADC
Pascalinah Kabi ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) nominee for the deputy leader position, Nqosa Mahao, has launched a blistering attack on current South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the then Namibian President...
SADC approves smaller standby force for Lesotho
…the force’s three months tenure to cost US$785 000 ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is maintaining a small contingent of troops in the country until March next year amid concerns...
Lipolelo Thabane murder probe stalls
’Marafaele Mohloboli INVESTIGATIONS into the June 2017 assassination of former First Lady Lipolelo Thabane have encountered some challenges with Foreign Affairs Minister Lesego Makgothi saying “the leads have gone cold”...
Men nabbed for raping minor
Ntsebeng Motsoeli FOUR men from Naleli, in the Berea district were yesterday remanded in custody to 14 December this year when they appeared before the court for allegedly raping a 13-year-old boy on Saturday evening...
300 000 Basotho will need food aid
Mohalenyane Phakela MORE than 300 000 people or one seventh of the country’s 2, 1 million population will require food aid due to the El-Niño induced drought which is expected to hit the country during the 2018/2019...
LHDA awards M123 million bridges tender
Herbert Moyo THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded Aurecon Lesotho (Pty) Ltd a M123 million contract to design and supervise the construction of the major bridges under Phase II of the Lesotho...
Thabane reads riot act to ABC members
’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has read the riot act to members of his All Basotho Convention (ABC), saying party officials who fight each other in the media would have automatically expelled...
Basotho top SA festive season arrivals
Herbert Moyo SOUTH Africa has extended operating times at its border posts and deployed 425 additional staff in anticipation of greater volumes of travelers from Lesotho and other countries during the 2018/19 festive...
