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 PRIME Minister-elect Thomas Thabane’s estranged wife, Lipolelo Alice Thabane, was shot dead last night in Ha Masana, Maseru while traveling in a vehicle with a female companion who sustained serious injuries. Police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Clifford Molefe yesterday told the Lesotho Times that a 58-year old woman was shot dead at about […]
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 […]
. . . as election day draws near Ngoni Muzofa IF crowd sizes at last weekend’s political rallies is anything to go by, the battle for State house will likely be between the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and the Democratic Alliance-Lesotho Congress for Democracy axis. Basotho will go to the polls on Saturday to […]
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 […]
