Thabane regime collapses
Staff Reporter THE Thomas Thabane-led government collapsed on Monday. This after all three of the four parties in the governing coalition including Mr Thabane’s All...
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I am not quitting soon: Thabane
“I will leave office on my own terms and a time of my own choosing”, declares premier despite mounting pressure for him to quit now...
Senators to debate bill to clip PM’s powers
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE much-anticipated constitutional amendment bill which seeks to clip a prime minister’s powers to advise the King to dissolve parliament whenever he loses...
Lesotho seeks more SADC troops
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...
Metsing flees
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...
Amnesty calls for justice for rights violations
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...
Thabane wife shot dead
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...
Elections: The biggest winners and losers
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...
ABC, DC-LCD rule the roost in rally crowd sizes
. . . as election day draws near Ngoni Muzofa IF crowd sizes at last weekend’s political rallies is anything to go by, the...
History of elections in Lesotho
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...
ABC MPs pledge loyalty to Thabane
Billy Ntaote TWELVE All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators from the Berea district have pledged their allegiance to party leader Thomas Thabane and shot down rumours...
Hlalele accuses IEC of ‘snooping’ on PM’s office
Billy Ntaote NEWLY-APPOINTED Principal Secretary for Cabinet Administration, Mothabathe Hlalele, has accused the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of “snooping” on the programmes being run by...
Thabane’s ‘ex’ wife is first lady – High Court
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...
Ramaphosa warns Thabane on Tšooana
Bongiwe Zihlangu SOUTH African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly voiced his displeasure with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s request to recall Police Commissioner Khothatso Tšooana...
Metsing’s corruption trial set for 9 September
Tefo Tefo A landmark constitutional case in which Deputy Prime Minister, Mothetjoa Metsing, wants the Constitutional Court to declare acquisition of his banking details...
Lesotho in turmoil
…as Prime Minister Thomas Thabane flees to South Africa Staff Reporters ANARCHY reigned in Lesotho yesterday after Prime Minister Thomas Thabane fled into South Africa...
LCD cancels anti-prorogation march
Keiso Mohloboli THE LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) Deputy Secretary General, Tšeliso Mokhosi, yesterday said the LCD-led march which had been earmarked for tomorrow has...
I am still in control – Thabane
Premier insists Lieutenant General Kamoli is no longer army commander Staff Reporters PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has assured Basotho that he remains in charge of the...
I am still LDF commander – Kamoli
Keiso Mohloboli LIEUTENANT General Tlali Kamoli says he is still the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander despite a statement to the contrary issued by Prime...
New’ army boss survives attack
Billy Ntaote NEWLY-APPOINTED Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao, escaped unharmed when unknown gunmen attacked his Koalabata home yesterday morning. Lieutenant General...
Cop shot dead as army, police clash
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) sub-inspector was shot dead, while three constables were seriously injured during yesterday’s clashes between the police and...
Suspects released at police headquarters
SUSPECTS held at the police headquarters in Maseru have been released following the storming of government and police buildings and jamming of radio stations...
Ebola outbreak reaches Senegal, riots break out in Guinea
By Diadie Ba and Saliou Samb DAKAR/CONAKRY (Reuters) – The West African state of Senegal became the fifth country to be touched by the world’s...