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Mohalenyane Phakela THE police are searching high and low for fugitive former deputy prime minister and current Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing.…
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. . . but police boss defies court order, again Nthatuoa Koeshe EMBATTLED Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, has been left with another egg on his face. This after the Maseru…
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Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has ordered the prosecution to facilitate the payment of lawyers who have been engaged by the state to represent some of the…
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’Marafaele Mohloboli THE opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has ‘’with immediate effect’’ pulled out of the ongoing multi-sector reforms process. Announcing the move…
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. . . break gives Majoro breathing space  Pascalinah Kabi THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive committee (NEC) might have to wait until next year to push…
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Mohalenyane Phakela OUTSPOKEN Thaba-Bosiu chief, Khoabane Theko, and 12 other members of the National Reforms Authority (NRA) have filed a High Court application for the…
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. . . demands M10 million damages for lost business, . . . accuses anti-graft body of routinely leaking information to destroy public figures’ reputations.   Pascalinah Kabi…
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. . . proposes deputy SG Nkaku Kabi to replace him as premier . . . but move unlikely to succeed Pascalinah Kabi SENIOR leaders of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) have decided…
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Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER Prime Minister and current All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, will finally stand trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Lipolelo, in March…
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. . . meets Moseneke to pressure SADC to block his treason, murder trial ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress of Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothejoa Metsing, is pulling all the…
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Staff Reporter JUST when Lesotho is still fretting from revelations that 59 murder suspects were jailed within a space of nine days from 15 to 24 November 2021, the Lesotho…
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Staff Reporter THE European Union (EU) this week officially handed over M17 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for a hunger alleviation programme in Maseru and Qacha’s Nek…
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Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF)’s Captain, Litekanyo Nyakane, and four other soldiers, who are being tried for the 2012 murder of three Mafeteng civilians, have…
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’Marafaele Mohloboli THE National Assembly has adopted a National Media Policy developed by the National Reforms Authority (NRA) and approved by cabinet in September 2021 The…
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Mohalenyane Phakela THE case in which former Education and Training Minister, Mahali Phamotse, is charged with corruption for allegedly influencing the awarding of a 2015 high…
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. . . feels let down by a system that tolerates gender violence Staff Reporter *ROSA Molise sits in a black couch in her lounge staring at a blank wall. It is evident that a…
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Pascalinah Kabi THE two warring factions of the National Reforms Authority (NRA) were yesterday locked in closed door peace talks after Law and Justice Minister, Advocate Lekhetho…
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. . . backs the DC to win next year’s polls ‘Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER top cop Keketso Monaheng has officially joined politics and is betting on the Democratic Congress (DC)…
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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 to charge him was…
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THE Crown is fighting a spirited battle to have a key mastermind in the M50 million fraud case involving the Ministry of Finance kept in custody pending finalisation of his trial.…
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. . . police found wanting, fearful residents seek LDF’s help. Staff Writer THE murderous Manomoro gang, which terrorised residents of various parts of Maseru and its environs…
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Staff Reporters FIFTY-NINE murder suspects have been arrested and remanded in custody in a short period of just nine days, in a worrying indication of the escalating homicides in the…
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’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE are investigating a case in which a Maseru man is alleged to have murdered his lover before committing suicide early this week. Police spokesperson,…
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Pascalinah Kabi A POWER struggle is tearing the National Reforms Authority (NRA) apart.  This could scuttle the implementation of the much-delayed SADC-sponsored multi-sector…
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Pascalinah Kabi RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson, Montoeli Masoetsa, and Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, almost came to blows over the latter’s alleged…
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Nthatuoa Koeshe THE opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has accused the government of seeking to disrupt the ongoing reforms by forging ahead with the treason and murder…
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Mohalenyane Phakela THE high-profile trials of politicians, serving and former members of the security agencies are back on track and will continue in the High Court. This after…
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Pascalinah Kabi TOP lawyer, Zwelakhe Mda, has sensationally accused Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Paseka Mokete and three junior police officers of fraudulently coercing him to…
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Bereng Mpaki BRICK manufacturer, Loti Brick, has temporarily laid off the majority of its 150 workers on account of crippling cashflow challenges, a company source has…
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Bereng Mpaki FIFTY China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) workers contracted for the construction of the Marakabei to Monontša road project have petitioned the Directorate of…
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