Likoti warns Chief Theko
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s Economic and Political Advisor, Fako Likoti says Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief Khoabane Theko risks being forced out of office for allegedly...
View ArticleSetipa upbeat on AGOA eligibility
Billy Ntaote TRADE and Industry Minister Joshua Setipa has expressed optimism Lesotho will remain an Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) beneficiary ahead of an eligibility determination this...
View ArticleTimeline of Mosisili’s tenure
By Lekhetho Ntsukunyane PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is on the brink once again after opposition legislators yesterday successfully moved a vote of no confidence which looks set to bring down...
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MPs complain of police harassment
DC Proportional Representation legislator Refiloe Litjobo Billy Ntaote MEMBERS of parliament have accused the police of subjecting them to degrading and unlawful body searches since the re-opening of...
View Article‘Govt should hand over power’
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION bloc leaders, Thomas Thabane of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Monyane Moleleki of the Alliance of Democrats (AD), Thesele ’Maseribane of the Basotho National Party...
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Army releases all ‘mutiny’ soldiers
LDF spokesperson, Brigadier Ntlele Ntoi Tefo Tefo THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has released the seven remaining detained soldiers of the 23 facing mutiny charges and placed them on “open arrest,...
View ArticleMosisili vows to go for polls
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane BUTHA-BUTHE – Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has called on Democratic Congress (DC) and congress movement supporters to prepare for elections in light of an opposition...
View ArticleMCC hails infrastructure upkeep
Billy Ntaote A SENIOR Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) official has commended Lesotho’s management of infrastructure constructed during the American aid facility’s first compact grant that...
View ArticleLesotho falls short on MCC eligibility
Billy Ntaote THE United States government says Lesotho will need to step up implementation of set governance benchmarks to be eligible for a second multi-million dollar compact grant under the...
View ArticlePower battle goes to constitution
Billy Ntaote WITH a no-confidence motion on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili passing yesterday, Lesotho faces uncharted territory amid conflicting interpretations of constitutional provisions by the...
View ArticleAMH comes to learners’ aid
Mohalenyane Phakela LEARNERS at Ratjomose Primary School this week received a shot in the arm in the form of donations from the administration and marketing departments of Africa Media Holdings – the...
View Article‘King backed himself into a corner’
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane BY dissolving parliament without soliciting the advice of the Council of State, King Letsie III removed his insulation from political controversy, analysts have said. His Majesty...
View Article‘Mutiny’ soldiers case postponed
Tefo Tefo THE COURT Martial has again postponed the case of 23 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) members who are facing charges of mutiny to 18 April 2017. The case was postponed on Tuesday because of the...
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Tšepong accused of forced sterilisation
Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) Pascalinah Kabi FOR Ha Mabote resident, ‘Mamalapane Hlabanyane, giving birth in 2011 resulted in many unintended consequences with which she continues to...
View Article‘Parents input key in career choices’
Pascalinah Kabi A LOCAL psychological services firm, Mind Liberation Psychological Consultancy (MLPSC) has called for a holistic approach which involves learners, teachers, communities, other...
View ArticleIEC demands poll funds from parties
. . . Mosisili declares funds for polls available Tefo Tefo THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has dropped a bombshell ahead of imminent snap elections by demanding that political parties...
View ArticleWhat price democracy?
Counting the cost of the upcoming polls Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO will hold its third general elections in five years later this year after King Letsie III dissolved parliament on Tuesday in light of the...
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Time for old guard to retire: Selibe
MEC Leader Selibe Mochoboroane at Mafeteng over the past weekend ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) recently held its inaugural leadership conference and rally in Mafeteng,...
View ArticleOpposition to block polls funding
Billy Ntaote THE four-party opposition bloc’s fight to block the holding of snap elections in the aftermath of last week’s vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government...
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Thabane attacks King Letsie III
ABC Leader Thom Thabane . . . seethes at His Majesty’s dissolving of parly without convening Council of State Billy Ntaote ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has lashed out at King...
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