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877 bags of dagga confiscated
MASERU — The Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) confiscated 877 bags of dagga during a nationwide operation last week.
During the operation 776 bags of dagga were found in Berea…
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Firearm lands man in court
MASERU – A 34-year-old Maseru man was on Monday sentenced to five years in prison or pay a fine of M5 000 for illegally possessing a firearm.
Seabata Nthethe was arrested last Friday…
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Pupils injured in taxi crash
BEREA – Seven pupils from St Agnes High School were seriously injured when the taxi they were travelling in was involved in an accident last Saturday.
The pupils were coming from a…
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Illegal abortion proves costly
THABA-TSEKA — Two women from Thaba-Tseka were on Monday sentenced to three months in jail or pay a fine of M300 after they were convicted of carrying out an illegal abortion.
The…
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Four convicted of stock-theft
THABA-TSEKA — Two men from Ha Moqekela in Thaba-Tseka, Rejeleng Khalatha, 31, and Molantoa Molantoa, 44, were on Tuesday sentenced to one-year in prison or pay a fine of M1 000 each…
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Thabane still defiant as defections rock party
PART ONE : ABC Leader says rebel MPs ignorant
ALL is not well in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. Over the past six months the party has lost three MPs.The MP for Maputsoe,…
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Nyenye reach ‘promised land’
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Mphatlalatsane in dire straits
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Linare, Rovers fined over skirmish
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Lesotho protest at use of old flag
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LNOC seeks to end ‘internal conflicts’
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Defection gives ABC chance for introspection
TUESDAY’S dramatic events in parliament have deeper implications for democracy in Lesotho.
As reported in our lead story All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator, Nkhets’e Monyalotsa,…
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Violent husband fined
MASERU – A Maseru man, Mohau Matlaeea, was this week slapped with a five-year jail term or a fine of M5 000 for assaulting his wife.
Half the sentence was suspended for two years on…
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Corpse dumped in river
MOKHOTLONG – The body of a three-year-old boy was found dumped in Mokhotlong River last week.
The police in Mokhotlong say they are investigating a case of murder following the…
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Rapist gets 10 years
MASERU – A 24-year-old Maseru man was this week sentenced to 10 years in jail after he was convicted of rape.
Serope Mabusetsa Lekaka was charged with contravening the Sexual…
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Daughter assaults mum
QUTHING – A 63-year-old woman, ‘Matholang Khiba, appeared in court last week to answer charges of violating the Sexual Offences Act of 2003.
Khiba, from Ts'oeneng in Masetise in…
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Vodacom, Vodafone launch partnership
MASERU –“One plus one equals three.”
It sounds weird mathematically but that is precisely how Communications, Science and Technology Minister Mothetjoa Metsing described the…
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Law society calls for code of conduct for judges
MASERU – Law Society of Lesotho president, Advocate Zwelakhe Mda, says the absence of a code of conduct for judges is impacting negatively on the administration of justice in the…
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Return of fugitives hailed
MASERU – The Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Mothetjoa Metsing has hailed the return of the four fugitives who were wanted in Lesotho for alleged treason charges.…
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Chicken abattoir fails to pay farmers
MASERU-About 228 farmers are stranded after a locally abattoir failed to pay them for the chickens they have supplied for the past three years.
Thuathe Chicken Abattoir based Ha Hoohlo…
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Another MP ditches ABC
MASERU-An All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP defected to the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) this week.
Nkhets’e Monyalotsa who represents Maputsoe Constituency in the…
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Fugitives in town
MASERU - Three fugitives wanted on treason charges that arose from the 2007 political disturbances returned home and handed themselves over to the police this week.
The three were part…
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Family accuses cops of covering up murder
MASERU – The family of a Maseru man who was shot and killed by armed police last month have accused the police of covering up the murder.
Sekete Moshoeshoe, who was wanted by the police…
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Ex-NIP leader sues executive committee
MASERU – A case in which the former National Independent Party (NIP) leader Anthony Manyeli is suing the party’s current executive committee will be heard on March 30.
Manyeli is…
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Thabane raps PM’s farming remarks
MASERU – The leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Tom Thabane, last Sunday expressed dismay at remarks by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili suggesting that…
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Law firm wins M16 500 suit against LDF chief
MASERU – The magistrates’ court last week ordered army commander Thuso Motanyane to pay M16 500 to a Maseru law firm for services rendered by the firm to the army.
Maieane &…
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Poisoned food claims three family members
LERIBE – Three family members in Leribe died two weeks ago after eating poisoned food.
It is suspected that the poisoned food was prepared by their house keeper.
The house keeper…
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MPs in fist fight
MASERU - Two opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) exchanged blows at parliament last Friday.
Lithoteng MP Eliabe Mokhanoi and Molobeli Soulo who is a legislator through the…
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