Makhube rejects LCD return claims
Lesotho Congress for Democracy’s (LCD) music producer Mahlomola Makhube ’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Lesotho Congress for Democracy’s (LCD) music producer, Mahlomola Makhube says he has no intentions...
View ArticleM1,4m windfall for fired workers
’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO hundred former Home Affairs department employees were on Tuesday awarded compensation amounting to M1,4 million by the Directorate of Dispute Prevention and Resolution (DDPR)...
View ArticleM64m project to promote democracy
Billy Ntaote A GERMAN organisation is set to launch a M64 million programme aimed at creating dialogue between government and citizens to enhance democracy in the country next Tuesday. The three year...
View ArticleLitjobo defamation case thrown out
President of the newly formed Alliance of Democrats (AD) Thuso Litjobo addressing AD supporter from Court on Tuesday ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Magistrate Court yesterday threw out a case in which the...
View ArticleSADC Committee to meet parly speaker
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Oversight Committee, mandated with being an early warning mechanism for Lesotho’s instability, returns to Maseru next Monday to...
View ArticleThabane rallies ABC for elections
’Marafaele Mohloboli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has urged the party faithful to prepare for elections “soon” in light of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s vow to call for...
View ArticleCops face the boot over ABC rally
Billy Ntaote A GROUP of Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) members face dismissal for allegedly attending an All Basotho Convention (ABC) rally on 8 January this year. The LMPS members, who number...
View ArticleMPs withdraw parly challenge
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ntlhoi Motsamai Tefo Tefo TEN opposition legislators on Monday withdrew an application they filed before the High Court last month challenging the indefinite...
View ArticleMarch organisers appeal to court
Secretary General of Alliance of Democrats Letuka Chafotsa ’Marafaele Mohloboli MEMBERS of the political opposition are mulling court action to get permission to stage their protest march this Sunday...
View ArticleParly opening date stirs storm
Reformed Congress of Lesotho’s Secretary General, Mamolula Ntabe Billy Ntaote THE announcement of 24 February 2017 as the date for the reconvening of the National Assembly has torched a storm with...
View ArticleTRC raps govt on police ‘abuses’
BNP spokesperson Machesetsa Mofomobe ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) has expressed concern over government’s silence in the face of actions by some members of the police...
View ArticleParly closure challenge:
MPs ordered to pay costs Speaker of the National Assembly, Ntlhoi Motsamai Tefo Tefo THE High Court on Monday ordered 10 opposition Members of Parliament to pay costs of suit after they withdrew...
View ArticleKhasu, Maisa unveil new party
FormerABC Deputy Leader Tlali Khasu Billy Ntaote FORMER All Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader, Tlali Khasu, has left the door open for a possible coalition with his erstwhile boss, Thomas Thabane...
View ArticleMan narrates ‘police torture ordeal’
Tefo Tefo FIFTY-THREE year old, Mokoto Lentsoe on Tuesday gave a harrowing account of his ordeal at the hands of members of the police’s Special Operations Unit (SOU) who allegedly assaulted him and...
View ArticleTeachers call off strike
Pascalinah Kabi LOCAL teachers have called off a planned nationwide strike to protest government’s apparent failure to address their grievances, following a recent meeting they held with Education...
View ArticleUS warns Lesotho on AGOA
Billy Ntaote WITH the March 2017 deadline for Lesotho to address African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) eligibility concerns drawing closer, the United States government says no further progress...
View Article‘Guptas not funding AD’
’Marafaele Mohloboli ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki has refuted allegations that his party was being funded by the controversial Gupta family which has over the years, made...
View ArticleMoleleki calls for US intervention
Alliance of Democrats’ (AD) Leader Monyane Moleleki Lekhetho Ntsukunyane OPPOSITION Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki has appealed to the United States government to intervene at...
View ArticleExiled leaders return in limbo
Billy Ntaote THE return of exiled leaders of the opposition which had been slated for Sunday is hanging in the balance amid indications their parties are pinning their hopes on the mediation of...
View ArticleABC-AD in new elections deal
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THOMAS Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Monyane Moleleki’s Alliance of Democrats (AD) have agreed to share votes in constituencies likely to be won by one of the...
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