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PM relaxes lockdown restrictions
as Covid-19 infection rate declines from 47 percent to 31 percent, but acknowledges infection rate still way above the WHO’s “acceptable” 5 percent rate. Bereng Mpaki PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro...
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Lesotho submits human trafficking report
Herbert Moyo HOME Affairs Minister Motlalentoa Letsosa says the government has submitted its report to the United States (US) government detailing the measures it has taken to address the latter’s...
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Meraka Lesotho wins eviction battle against govt
Pascalinah Kabi A LOCAL company, Meraka Lesotho, has won a High Court battle to stop Agriculture and Food Security Minister Tefo Mapesela and the government from interfering with its operations at the...
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M102 million needed to repair roads, bridges: Public Works PS
Pascalinah Kabi THE government needs at least M102 million to repair roads and bridges which were severely damaged in six districts by last week’s heavy rains, the Ministry of Public Works has...
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Yan Xie speaks out
claims ministers demanding multi-million maloti bribes from him. Pascalinah Kabi CONTROVERSIAL Chinese businessman, Yan Xie, has broken his silence, accusing some unnamed cabinet ministers of...
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Mapesela breathes fire
accuses Chinese businessman Yan Xie of capturing the state criticises court judgement barring govt from evicting Xie from state abattoir. Pascalinah Kabi AFTER a long lull, Agriculture and Food...
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Two ministers fired
as Majoro implements his first cabinet reshuffle and wields axe on Rantšo, Maliehe Marafaele Mohloboli LABOUR and Employment Minister Keketso Rantšo and her Defence and National Security counterpart,...
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TRC blasts govt over human trafficking
Herbert Moyo A LEADING local human rights body has slammed the government for its alleged failure to protect the human rights of ordinary citizens by decisively addressing the human trafficking...
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AD promises “sparks” when parly reopens next week
wants govt to account for Covid-19 spending Bereng Mpaki PARLIAMENT will reopen next Monday with the thorny issue of the government’s response to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic expected to take centre...
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Prisons’ Covid-19 nightmare
as 47 out 60 inmates test positive for deadly virus in Qacha’s Nek Mohalenyane Phakela THE raging Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the country’s prisons. This after revelations by the Lesotho...
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Street vendors’ case fails to take off
Mohalenyane Phakela THE street vendors’ application to reverse the government’s ban on street vending during the hard lockdown failed to take off in the High Court this week due to their failure to...
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Majoro denies Yan Xie’s claims
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has denied ever speaking to controversial businessman, Yan Xie, over the latter’s complaints about ministers seeking M3 million bribes to protect the...
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Tšepong nurses’ strike continues
govt, nurses to meet today in bid to break impasse Limpho Sello A CRIPPLING strike by nurses and nursing assistants at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) entered its ninth day yesterday. Newly...
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Qoo consoles families of Kao bus accident victims
Bereng Mpaki | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli MINING minister Serialong Qoo has sent condolence messages to families of seven Kao Mine employees who were killed in a bus crash in Butha-Buthe on Monday. Tragedy...
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Rein in Mapesela, new minister demands
‘Marafaele Mohloboli NEWLY appointed Defence and National Security Minister, Lekhetho Mosito, has accused his colleague Tefo Mapesela of damaging his reputation through “unfounded and baseless...
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Drama as ABC’s NEC members exchange blows
Pascalinah Kabi THERE was drama at Khali Hotel in Maseru on Monday when two All Basotho Convention (ABC) national executive committee (NEC) members exchanged blows at a meeting to discuss whether or...
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ABC implodes
as party’s NEC factions engage in fistfight over moves to recall Majoro party bigwigs admit ABC is now split right through the middle Pascalinah Kabi THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) has virtually...
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MPs oppose virtual parliament sessions
Bereng Mpaki MEMBERS of the National Assembly are resisting Speaker Sephiri Motanyane’s moves to replace physical sittings of parliament with virtual sessions as part of measures to prevent the spread...
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Recruitment of judges begins
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has begun recruiting seven new judges to ease the huge backlog of cases in the High Court. The recruitment process got underway this week with...
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Warrant of arrest for DCEO boss Manyokole
Pascalinah Kabi MASERU Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Murenzi is said to have yesterday ordered the arrest of suspended Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general,...
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