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Mokete must answer to sex abuse charges: Crown
Mohalenyane Phakela DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP), Paseka Mokete, who is currently in court over allegations of sexually assaulting a subordinate, has a case to answer and should take the stand...
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Polls on mid-October: IEC
Kaleen Chikowore THE much-anticipated 2022 general elections are most likely going to be held around mid-October, the newly appointed director of elections at the Independent Electrical Commission...
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Lawyer blasts police, govt for teenager’s killing
. . . says there is no political will to end police brutality Moorosi Tsiane/ Mohalenyane Phakela HUMAN rights lawyer, Advocate Napo Mafaesa, has blasted the police for killing a 17-year-old boy in...
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Peace Corps volunteers resume duties
Bereng Mpaki THE United States (US) Peace Corps Volunteers are set to resume services in Lesotho later this year after the 2020 suspension of their programme due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was...
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Civil servants’ strike looms
’Marafaele Mohloboli | Bereng Mpaki A CRIPPLING civil servants’ strike is looming. This after the coalition of Lesotho Public Employees (COLEPE) announced its intention to protest the government’s...
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Kabi rips into Majoro
attacks the PM as an “irrelevant nobody” with no mandate to remain in govt says he remains confident of ousting him in a no confidence motion ‘Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro is an...
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I am prepared to die: Kamoli
former army boss takes the stand for the first time, declares he won’t get a fair trial accuses judge and prosecutor of plotting to have him hanged Mohalenyane Phakela INCARCERATED former army...
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Proliferation of political parties will not enhance democracy: analysts
Kaleen Chikowore THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) recently registered seven new political parties bringing the total number of such entities in tiny Lesotho to a staggering 53. As if that is...
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Apex court to rule on Sakoane recusal application next month
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal has resolved to hear the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Hlalefang Motinyane’s appeal against Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane’s decision to refuse to recuse...
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Kabi heads to court in fresh bid to oust Majoro
’Marafaele Mohloboli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, and his allies who were left with egg on their faces, when their bid to oust Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro through a motion of no...
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Long time politicians react to Matekane’s move into politics
’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Bereng Mpaki LONG established political parties seem to be quaking following the launch of Sam Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party ahead of the October 2022...
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Civil servants, govt in talks over salary dispute
Mohalenyane Phakela/ Moorosi Tsiane THE police, nurses and teachers’ planned protest march to force the government to award them a massive 25 percent wage hike for the 2022/23 financial year might not...
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Molibeli sued for torture yet again
Mohalenyane Phakela / Moorosi Tsiane POLICE brutality has reared its ugly head yet again. For the umpteenth time, Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is being sued, this time by a Mafeteng man who was...
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Hungwe’s contract expires
Mohalenyane Phakela Zimbabwean judge Charles Hungwe’s contract has once again expired without any headway in the matters that he was seconded to adjudicate. This is primarily a result of the...
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Enact laws to govern public debt: Khaya
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO’S public debt of M18, 9 billion is too high and needs robust regulation to rein it in, Mechechane legislator, Nyapane Khaya, has said. The legislator said this in parliament...
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Fresh textiles jobs carnage looms
J&S Fashions considering shutting down, laying off 1000 workers, TZICC factory also planning to downsize citing low demand. Bereng Mpaki IT never rains but pours for the country’s textile workers....
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Mochoboroane launches manifesto
… vows to “kill corruption and create jobs for Basotho” ’Marafaele Mohloboli MOVEMENT for Economic Change (MEC) leader, Selibe Mochoboroane, has launched his party’s election manifesto ahead of the...
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Moleleki throws weight behind Matekane
…says open to coalition with business mogul ’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER deputy prime minister and current opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki, has welcomed the formation of...
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NRA may fail to complete its work: Letsoela
Bereng Mpaki THE National Reforms Authority (NRA) may fail to complete its work by the end of its term on 30 April 2022 due to tight deadlines, chairperson Pelele Letsoela has said. The authority has...
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Moleleki makes another U-turn
says he will no longer stand in Machache insists Matekane will not have it easy proud he never took a bribe despite running huge projects BUSINESSMAN Sam Matekane is the talk of the nation after he...
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