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Majoro, Kabi meet under church mediation
..as the ABC bigwigs seek to close ranks ’Marafaele Mohloboli WHEN all else fails, human beings have been known to seek divine intervention, either through traditional healers or via clergymen. This...
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Defer tourism levy introduction: stakeholders
Bereng Mpaki THE government’s intention to impose a tourism levy from 1 July 2022 without proper ground work could compound the Covid-19 ravaged sector’s woes, stakeholders have warned. The levy will...
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Lesotho’s cyber law not well thought-out, potentially violates human rights:...
Herbert Moyo LESOTHO is edging closer towards enacting a draconian cybercrimes law that prescribes hefty fines and lengthy jail terms for various cyber and computer crimes. People could be fined as...
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LCS boss disowns Netflix prison documentary
Limpho Sello LESOTHO Correctional Service (LCS) Commissioner, Mating Nkakala, has belatedly disowned a documentary film shot inside in the Maseru Central Prison by a British journalist, Raphael Rowe,...
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Lawyer challenges King’s Counsel title conferment
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Law Society of Lesotho is entangled in a legal battle with one of its members over the conferment of the prestigious King’s Counsel (KC) title to “outstanding” lawyers. Advocate...
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Sakoane slams Appeal Court judges
. . . accuses apex court of usurping his powers to allocate cases in the High Court Moorosi Tsiane/Mohalenyane Phakela CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has ripped into Court of Appeal judges, accusing...
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DC, Mochoboroane in fresh lawsuit against IEC
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Democratic Congress (DC) has launched a fresh legal bid to nullify the constituency delimitation exercise by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) ahead of general...
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Recruits fired from police training
’Marafaele Mohloboli SIX recruits have been sent home barely three weeks after their enrolment for training at the Police Training College (PTC) in Maseru. Police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent...
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35 tortured as police brutality rears its ugly head again
…police brutality continues even as MCC Compact II is signed ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE ugly monster of police brutality has reared its ugly head once again. This time the victims are 35 Liseleng,...
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Ex-LCA boss Matela enters the political fray
. . . pleads with women politicians to work together across political lines FORMER Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) CEO, ‘Mamarame Matela, caught many by surprise over the weekend after she was...
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Woman up for daughter’s murder
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE mystery surrounding the death of a four-year-old girl, whose body has been lying unclaimed in a Maseru mortuary after her lifeless body was discovered three weeks ago in...
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Former LCA boss accuses judge of lying
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) CEO, ‘Mamarame Matela has accused a recently appointed judge of lying under oath. Advocate Matela made the allegations at a hastily arranged...
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The sad stories of women who continue to suffer from botched medical operations
…they say the “axe may forget but the tree that has been cut never forgets its tormentor”. Limpho Sello A MEDICAL operation is something in a day’s work for a doctor. Quite often when such an operation...
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IEC wins delimitation case
Moorosi Tsiane HIGH Court Judge Molefi Makara has dismissed Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general Tšitso Cheba and DC member, Lethusang Kompi’s application to stop the Independent Electoral...
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Govt receives US$4 million dividend from Letšeng
. . . 28461 carats sold for US$52, 1 million as mine registers strong first quarter performance for 2022 Staff Reporters BUSINESS is booming at Letšeng Mine in Mokhotlong. This amid revelations that...
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Duo jailed six years for stealing Econet property
Staff Reporter TWO Lithabaneng men have each been jailed for six years for stealing Econet Telecom Lesotho’s overhead copper cables. Maruping Maruping and Motlatsi Mpeoa were both charged with...
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LEPOSA dragged to court
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) deputy president, Teboho Molumo, has petitioned the High Court to nullify his 13 March 2022 suspension by his fellow executive committee...
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NSS aghast as officer rapes girl, sodomises boy
spy agency begs for forgiveness, says it is “remorseful” over the spate of crimes by its officers ’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Tokelo Khausela AN intelligence officer stands accused of sodomising a...
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ABC bigwigs in near fist-fight
…as feuding Majoro-Kabi factions’ reconciliation talks flounder ’Marafaele Mohloboli RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) bigwigs Keketso Sello and Prince Maliehe engaged in a heated argument that...
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Crowd-pulling power doesn’t translate into election victory for RFP
. . . analysts warn that party must establish grassroots structures if it is to emerge victorious Bongiwe Zihlangu/Moroke Sekoboto WHILE this week’s manifesto launch rally of the newly formed...
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