Pascalinah Kabi Four soldiers have been arrested in connection with the near fatal shooting of Lesotho Times editor Lloyd Mutungamiri in July last year in an operation the police say was authorized by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF). Mr Mutungamiri was shot and critically wounded as he arrived at his Upper Thamae home from work […]
. . . accuses bloc’s defence chiefs of overruling Double Troika decision Ngoni Muzofa PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s government is demanding answers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after the bloc’s defence chiefs decided to dispatch a third security assessment mission to Lesotho on 18 October 2017 despite the regional body’s earlier commitment to […]
Ngoni Muzofa PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s government will request the deployment of more troops to Lesotho from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) when the regional body’s double troika meeting meets in Pretoria tomorrow to review the situation in the Mountain Kingdom. The government wants SADC, which has already deployed a handful of troops into […]
Ngoni Muzofa THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)’s investigation of three army officers implicated in the killing of a woman near the home of former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli, was the “spark” that ignited the brazen Tuesday morning gun battle which resulted in the killing of LDF commander Lt-Gen Khoantle Motšomotšo, […]
Ngoni Muzofa FORMER deputy premier Mothetjoa Metsing has fled the country citing a tip-off from a “trusted source” about a plot to assassinate him. Mr Metsing, who is also Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, fled the country to an unspecified destination on Tuesday, a day after his party deputy, Tšeliso Mokhosi, handed himself over […]
Incoming govt commits to truth and reconciliation commission Outgoing regime says it’s a witch-hunt targeting Metsing, Kamoli Ngoni Muzofa GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on the incoming Thomas Thabane-led coalition government to “act swiftly” to ensure accountability for past human rights violations. In a report released yesterday, the organisation also urged […]
Ngoni Muzofa EVERY election witnesses the rise and fall in fortunes of political parties and candidates, and last Saturday’s National Assembly polls were no exception. On one hand, many prominent candidates successfully retained their seats while on the other notable politicians were forced to bite the dust. The hard-fought elections saw the All Basotho […]
Ngoni Muzofa LESOTHO will hold its third National Assembly elections in five years on 3 June 2017 after Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s seven-party coalition government lost a parliamentary no-confidence vote sponsored by four opposition parties on 1 March 2017. Apart from Dr Mosisili’s Democratic Congress (DC) the outgoing governing coalition consists of the Lesotho […]
Bereng Mpaki YESTERDAY’S fuel price increase in South Africa is set to have a knock-on effect on Lesotho with the Petroleum Fund Lesotho expected to make a decision next week. South Africa increased the price of petrol by up to 50 cents per litre, with diesel increased by 39 cents. The wholesale price of […]
Billy Ntaote FORMER Court of Appeal president Dr Kananelo Mosito says a government gazette and a letter from the royal palace secretariat declaring his removal from the helm of the apex court were “null and void” since they were issued after he had already resigned. Dr Mosito also argues his 13 December 2016 resignation letter […]
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s estranged wife, Lipolelo Alice Thabane, is the country’s official First Lady and should be immediately afforded all benefits she is entitled to including a Chauffer driven government vehicle and a bodyguard, the High Court has ruled. The judgment is a major blow to the Prime Minister’s current young partner, […]
By Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU — Local and South African poets are set to battle it out in the Poetry Is Alive show at Maseru Sun Cabanas tonight. The show has been organised by a local events company, Sheila The Eagle Productions. The show seeks to revive the poetry spirit in Lesotho and draw more people […]
