Mohalenyane Phakela / Moorosi Tsiane OFFICIALS from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport on Tuesday met a delegation from South African company, Lesedi Technical Engineering (LTE) Consulting, to discuss the amicable termination of the controversial M33.6million contract the two parties entered into for the refurbishment of Moshoeshoe I International Airport. The Lesotho Times has […]

…asserts he is ready to call to order even the bigger political parties …vows to sue and continue to deregister parties for non-compliance Bongiwe Zihlangu and Moroke Sekoboto INDEPENDENT Electoral Commission (IEC) Director of Elections, Mphaiphele Maqutu, has vowed to take decisive action against any political party that fails to abide by the country’s electoral […]

Staff reporter Econet Telecom Lesotho has donated toothbrushes and toothpaste worth M10 000 to students and herd-boys in Thaba-Tseka district. The donation was in commemoration of Oral Health Awareness Week 2023, and covered nine schools and communities in the district. Econet partnered with the District Health Management Team (DHMT) to hand out the critical donations […]

…as Public Accounts Committee grills PS and other Covid-19 staff. Tokelo Khausela PARLIAMENT’S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week grilled the principal secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office, Mapeo Matlanyane, and other officials who were employed in 2020 to manage Lesotho’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms Matlanyane literally choked on the PAC questions as […]

Hopolang Mokhopi THE Alliance of Democrats (AD) has reaffirmed its allegiance to the coalition government the party formed with the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) and Movement for Economic Change (MEC) after last year’s general elections. Party leader Professor Ntoi Rapapa has further rubbished allegations that his predecessor and AD founding leader, Monyane Moleleki, was conniving […]

…demands M485,000 for torture and unlawful arrest Moorosi Tsiane Former Land Administration Authority (LAA) chief executive officer, Mahashe Chaka, is demanding M485 000 from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) for unlawful arrest and torture. Mr Chaka was arrested by DCEO officials on 10 August 2020 and detained “without any reason justifiable in law” […]

…but premier downplays the danger, insisting the government is intact and his detractors failed when they were in power. ’Marafaele Mohloboli Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) leader, Sam Matekane, has publicly acknowledged there is trouble in his 18-month-old ruling party which the opposition was trying to exploit in a bid to remove him from power. The […]

Moorosi Tsiane Former Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) spokesperson, Motlatsi Mofokeng, has decided to challenge his dismissal from the police, two years after leaving the organisation. The former police constable last week petitioned the High Court to set aside his April 2021dismissal, alleging Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli had a personal vendetta against him hence he […]