Mathatisi Sebusi MINISTER of Finance and Development Planning, Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, says Cabinet has approved the allocation of M500 million to settle the government’s outstanding debts to service providers. The government owes huge amounts to service providers who have for long rendered services without getting paid. Dr Matlanyane said this in parliament yesterday in her mid-term budget […]
Mathatisi Sebusi The government has established a counter terrorism unit to deal with what Finance and Development Planning Minister, Retsélisitsoe Matlanyane, describes as “hostile domestic actors” bent on destabilising the country. She did not mention names but accused the internal “hostile actors” of working with an equally hostile foreign intelligence service that she also did […]
Moorosi Tsiane BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after Labour Court president, Teboho Thoso, temporarily interdicted his incarceration following an arrest warrant issued against him on Monday. Mr Thoso stayed the execution of the warrant for Mr Mofomobe’s arrest after the legislator’s lawyer, Christopher Lephuthing, approached the court […]
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER police officer, Lebohang Moletsane, who was fired by Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli after he was charged with fatally stabbing his wife, has petitioned the High Court seeking to overturn his dismissal from the police force. Commissioner Molibeli fired him after he was charged by the Maseru Magistrates’ Court for the murder of […]
Hopolang Mokhopi PRIME Minister Sam Matekane says the government has set aside M250 million for the rehabilitation and installation of new streetlights across the country to eradicate crime which usually occur in dark spots. Mr Matekane said this while launching Maseru by night – a project to install streetlights around Maseru and lit up the capital to combat crime, among other […]
Moorosi Tsiane IT remains unclear when the trial of former commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Tlali Kamoli, who is facing attempted murder charges, will eventually proceed after it failed to kick-off on Monday. The trial is in connection with the 27 January 2014 simultaneous bombings of the home of former First Lady ‘Maesaiah […]
Mohloai Mpesi QUTHING business tycoon, Bothata Mahlala, will on Saturday launch a charity foundation through which he will help vulnerable communities throughout the country. The Bothata Mahlala Development Foundation (BMDF) will be launched at a black-tie event at Avani Lesotho Hotel. It promises to be a night of glitz and glamour under the Foundation’s black […]
Moroke Sekoboto Mobile money platform, Mukuru, has enhanced its money transfer services as monies deposited via Mokuru Lesotho platforms can now reflect into South African accounts within an hour. Mukuru Lesotho Country Manager Maleseli Mohapinyane said they have enhanced their current product suite to enable customers to instantly transfer funds to any major bank account in […]
Leemisa Thuseho A man identified as the owner of a popular chain of fast food restaurants was found dead in his vehicle with gunshot wounds near the Maseru Golf Course on Sunday. Police said the 50-year-old man was one of the managers of the popular chain; Chiefs Fast Foods. The man, who was found with two […]
Mathatisi Sebusi United States Ambassador to Lesotho, Maria Brewer, has encouraged Basotho to explore other products to sell duty free to the US market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), to lessen economic setbacks emanating from a drop in production in Lesotho’s textile and apparel sector. The drop in textile production, which has […]
Mathatisi Sebusi A SIGNIFICANT number of inmates have died in Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS)’s facilities nationwide due to insufficient medical care and unfavourable living conditions. According to LCS records, 68 inmates died in incarceration between 2017 and 2023. Out of the 68 deceased inmates, 94 percent have been reported to have died of natural causes […]
Mohloai Mpesi Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane, has reported that there are still no suspects in the death of Ministry of Home Affairs procurement officer, Khahliso Soro, who was found dead near his home at Ha Seoli, Maseru, in 2018 after he had disappeared for seven days. The startling revelation was brought to the […]
…praises Molibeli, senior officials for restoring his confidence …as Mofomobe questions new police vehicles’ procurement process Mohloai Mpesi and Hopolang Mokhopi THE Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police, Lebona Lephema, has heaped praises on the Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) for its dedication to uprooting crimes despite scant resources at its disposal. […]
Tokelo Khausela SMALL scale women-led businesses in the tourism sector will get an opportunity to showcase their products at the upcoming Women in Tourism Annual Summit and Expo poised for between the 27th and the 29th of November 2023 at Manthabiseng Convention Centre in Maseru. Up to 1500 delegates from the SADC region and 200 enterprises from […]
…as he narrates road to addiction …and healing journey that drained his mother Mathatisi Sebusi A MONTH ago, he was driven to Mohlomi Hospital chained so as to control his aggressiveness which was influenced by dagga/marijuana overdose. For the past 14 years, nothing mattered to 31-year-old Pheello Molefe whose priority was only to satisfy […]
…as Bantu drop points for the second time Leemisa Thuseho MASERU soccer giant, Matlama FC has recorded its fourth consecutive outright win to maintain their Vodacom Premier League (VPL) early log lead. Tse Putsoa, as Matlama is affectionately known, edged CCX 0-1 at Lesotho Agricultural College (LAC) in Leribe on Sunday. That was Matlama’s fourth win […]
Leemisa Thuseho TOP local runners will this weekend be out in full force as they battle for honours in the 2023 edition of the annual Soweto Marathon in South Africa, The race will start and finish at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, Gauteng on Sunday. This publication has been informed that more than 19 […]
…the games are coming to Lesotho for the first time Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO Volleyball Association (LVA) president Lehlohonolo Ncheke says the Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) Zone VI is impressed and confident that Lesotho is ready to host this year’s Zone VI Clubs Championships. The CAVB Zone VI delegation made up of its president, Khalid Casam, […]
Op-Ed by Ambassador Maria Brewer “The United States is all in on Africa,” President Biden affirmed during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit last December. The future is Africa. One example is its youthful population: The median age on the continent is nineteen. By 2050, one in four people in the world will be in Africa and […]
Lesotho’s national football team, Likuena will face a weakened Nigeria when the two teams meet for their 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Nigeria on 16 November as the Super Eagles will be missing several key players due to injuries. Top Nigerian players that will miss the Likuena clash are AC Milan forward Samuel Chukwueze, Napoli’s […]
Moorosi Tsiane OPPOSITION parties behind a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Sam Matekane say the Constitutional Court has no jurisdiction to hear an application trying to halt the motion. The Constitutional Court should thus respect the separation of powers doctrine and throw out a case filed by Revolution For Prosperity (RFP) Thaba Moea legislator, Lejone […]
Mohloai Mpesi PRIME Minister Sam Matekane had taken a brave decision to slash Lesotho’s bloated cabinet from about 30 ministers to only 15 to save resources wasted on bankrolling a high wage bill for productive purposes But his quest for political survival has inevitably forced him to go back on his word. To neutralize the […]
… murder allegedly meant to stop her from “spilling beans” over looting of Covid-19 funds. Mohloai Mpesi, Hopolang Mokhopi & Mathatisi Sebusi ANOTHER gruesome assassination has once again dumbfounded the country. The community of Matala Phase I in Maseru is particularly shell shocked following the murder – in cold blood- of the Acting Chief Executive Officer […]
…says it will proceed with no confidence motion against his new coalition …as SADC arrives to try and quell renewed instability …while RFP bids to stop Mokhothu from becoming premier Mathatisi Sebusi & Mohloai Mpesi OPPOSITION parties have vowed to pursue their quest to oust Prime Minister Sam Matekane despite his unveiling of a new […]
Staff Reporter A house belonging to M50 million suspected fraudster Lehlohonolo Selate has been seized in Bloemfontein. It is expected to be handed over to Lesotho government by South Africa’s Asset Forfeiture Unit tomorrow. The house is among assets believed to have been bought by proceeds from the infamous M50 million fraud. Some of the […]
…as US government injects $31.4 million investment Mathatisi Sebusi The US government’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Lesotho M589 million ($34.1 million) capital injection to help develop the country’s poultry industry. The investment could not have come at a more opportune time as the country reels from serious shortages of chicken products. Most of […]
Seithati Motsoeneng RETAILERS and restaurants in Lesotho have been forced to issue notices advicing consumers of the lack of chicken products in their outlets while others have already temporarily closed shop. The absence of chicken and its byproducts in retail outlets is the snowball effect of the government’s decision to impose a ban on chicken […]
Four assassins are believed to be behind last night’s murders of Disaster Management Authority (DMA) Chief Executive Officer, ‘Makhotso Mahosi and her 9 year old child. Mahosi was a primary witness of parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigating reckless spending of Covid19 funds during the 2020 lockdown. A witness privy to the situation, told the […]
Staff Reporters LESOTHO has been plunged into a constitutional crisis after the heads of security agencies vowed not to allow Prime Minister Sam Matekane to be toppled in a parliamentary no confidence vote. Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) Commissioner Holomo Molibeli, Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela and National Security Service (NSS) […]
We just cannot continue like this
The unfolding disturbing political events in Lesotho snowballing from the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Sam Matekane should prompt Basotho into some serious soul searching about why we can’t seem to get our political house in order 57 years after independence. We just cannot continue like this. Year after year, political squabbles take centre stage […]