Lephema accused of lying over passport crisis
His ministry is still failing to issue passports to Basotho Despite the minister’s claims to the contrary Mathatisi Sebusi MINISTER of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police, Lebona Lephema, has been accused of lying to Senators that his ministry was now seamlessly issuing passports to Basotho. Members of the Senate’s Government Assurances Committee […]
DC MP’s murder trial stalls due to unpaid legal fees
Moorosi Tsiane THE murder trial of Democratic Congress (DC) Member of Parliament, Thabiso Lekitla, has been deferred to today due to his inability to pay for legal representation. The trial, which was supposed to proceed this week, was postponed after Lekitla informed the court that his lawyer, Advocate (Adv) Lepeli Molapo, demanded between M150 000 […]
Job losses begin at diamond mines
…as first 199 workers are laid off Mathatisi Sebusi LETSENG Diamonds mine’s plant operator, Minopex Lesotho (Pty) Ltd, will lay off all employees at the Mokhotlong based mine at the end of November this year. This after Letšeng Diamonds decided not to renew Minopex’s contract, bringing an end to their 20-year partnership. The Letšeng Chief Executive Officer, Motooane Thinyane, told the Lesotho […]
‘Phapano engineered BAP rebellion’- Mahao
Mohloai Mpesi MINISTRY of Energy Principal Secretary, Tankiso Phaphano, “engineered rebellion” in the Basotho Action Party (BAP), by seducing some members with false economic promises. This is according to the party’s leader and Minister of Energy, Professor Nqosa Mahao, who alleges Mr Phapano “pulled the rebellion off” by “seducing” party members with promises of government […]
PM visits China’s agro science centre
Letsatsi Selikoe PRIME Minister Sam Matekane has visited the China Academy of Agricultural Mechanisation Science (CAAMMS) to foster enhanced relations between Lesotho and the Asian company as Lesotho bids to boost its agricultural potential. The visit was on Tuesday, just a day before the highly anticipated Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) which commenced yesterday. During the […]
LHDA welcomes first tunnel boring machine
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has celebrated the arrival of the first of two double-shielded Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM). The machine, designed to excavate the 38-kilometer Polihali Transfer Tunnel as part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project II (LHWP II), entered the country through the Caledonspoort Bridge in Butha-Buthe, where a welcome […]
Substance abuse – a ticking time bomb
Seithati Motšoeneng DIRECTOR of the Lesotho Schools Early Detection and Treatment of Addiction Programme, Teboho Bulane, has urged parliament to declare drug abuse a national crisis and establish a dedicated body to address the problem. Addressing the parliamentary Social Cluster Committee on Tuesday, Dr Bulane warned that the current trends in substance abuse in Lesotho indicated the country was at risk […]
NUL Pension Fund has inherited the PODCPF’s rot
THE recent interrogation of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) Pension Fund Board of Trustees by parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has laid bare the pension fund industry’s general chronic rot, corruption and incompetence. It has also exposed a syndicate that has corruptly consolidated itself in the Public Officers’ Defined Contribution Pension Fund (PODCPF) for […]