Moroke Sekoboto LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Youth Development Programme (YDP) Coordinator, Major Bokang Melato, has urged the government to invest in the military to ensure the nation’s advancement. Major Melato said this while addressing the latest cohort of graduates from the army’s bootcamp project at Makoanyane Barracks on Friday. The project is meant to foster […]

—Court acquits them on corruption, fraud charges Mohloai Mpesi THE Maseru Magistrates Court has acquitted former Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police Principal Secretary (PS) Lefu Manyokole and businessman Pitso “Bikerboy” Ntsukunyane of fraud and corruption involving M4.5 million. In August 2023, the duo was indicted by the Directorate on Corruption and […]

—As Mosito appears to cast himself between a rock and a very hard place  Opinion: By Investigations Desk It is almost impossible to fathom.  It  sounds and looks like fiction.  But it still happened. On Boxing Day 2024, when most would have been relaxing and recovering from the hangovers of the previous day, when all […]

—Accuses  Matekane’s gvt of perpetuating corruption and “capturing” the courts ADVOCATE Teboho Mojapela, the outspoken Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) leader, says he is challenging the government’s refusal to pass the Conflict of Interest Bill, 2024, in court to expose the self-serving nature of most of Lesotho’s politicians. Their rejection of this important bill proves that these […]

Mohloai Mpesi  THE ruling Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) spokesperson, Mokhethi Shelile, has launched a scathing attack on Basotho Action Party (BAP) leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, accusing him of lacking expertise to lead a serious political party.  According to Mr Shelile, Prof Mahao should reflect on his leadership journey and acknowledge that he is a political […]

The admission and enrollment of foreign legal practitioners in South Africa recently came under the judicial spotlight when an advocate who is a Lesotho national challenged certain provisions of the Legal Practice Act which are standing in her way from practising law in South Africa.  Lihaelo Molapo (applicant) turned to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, […]

THONTṦO Moepi, a police officer stationed at the Makhaleng Police Station in Mohale’s Hoek, believes she is being victimised over her efforts to account for guns that have gone missing at the station.  She is now seeking a High Court interdict to stop her impending transfer to Maseru.  Inspector Moepi wants the High Court to compel […]

  …it has not started six weeks after suspension of executives Mathatisi Sebusi The Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has yet to appoint an auditor to investigate allegations of financial impropriety against 10 suspended executive officers, nearly seven weeks after their suspension. The audit, which was supposed to justify the March 2025 suspension of the executives, […]