Court joins parly challenges
Tefo Tefo THE HIGH Court has ordered lawyers to formulate a joint case to be argued as a consolidation of an application challenging the dissolution of parliament and another seeking to prevent...
View ArticleMEC engages media in party manifesto
Movement for Economic Change (MEC) Leader, Selibe Mochoboroane ’Marafaele Mohloboli MOVEMENT for Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe Mochoboroane says the media can make or break any organisation or...
View ArticleLetlotlo fights on for LPC control
Social Development Minister Molahlehi Letlotlo ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE High Court will today hear former Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) leader Molahlehi Letlotlo’s challenge of its decision to...
View ArticleBerea girl compensated for mutilation
Pascalinah Kabi A SIXTEEN year-old Berea girl has been awarded M10 000 compensation by the Berea Magistrate’s Court after she was subjected to genital mutilation as punishment for revealing...
View ArticleUltimatum for Mosisili
NUL students are petitioning the premier over the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) Pascalinah Kabi NATIONAL University of Lesotho (NUL) students have given Prime Minister Pakalitha...
View ArticleGovt processes poll funding
IEC Director of Election Letholetseng Ntsiiki ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is yet to receive the M248 million it requested from the government to hold the 3 June...
View ArticleHealth ministry speaks out
Ministry of Health Director General Dr Nyane Letsie Pascalinah Kabi THE Ministry of Health says it was well within its constitutional rights to vaccinate children without written parental consent...
View ArticleParents speak on vaccine saga
’Marafaele Mohloboli PARENTS of children experiencing side-effects of measles and rubella vaccinations say Health Minister ‘Molotsi Monyamane’s recent public apology brought them little comfort since...
View ArticleThabane speaks on guns seizure
ABC Leader Thom Thabane . . . accuses Mosisili of ordering army and police to frustrate his campaign Lekhetho Ntsukunyane ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has laid the blame for the...
View ArticleABC youths demand Letsoepa’s ouster
ABC Youth league’s president Taelo Ntsokotsane,right, with ABC Youth league’s spokesperson Mphonyane Lebesa ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE All Basotho Convention Youth League (ABCYL) has accused Police...
View ArticleCourt rules in minister’s favour
Finance Minister Tlohang Sekhamane Tefo Tefo A PANEL of five High Court judges on Monday ruled that the Minister of Finance, Tlohang Sekhamane can make withdrawals from the government coffers in...
View ArticleSetipa dissolves LNDC board
Minister of Trade Joshua Setipa Billy Ntaote TRADE and Industry Minister Joshua Setipa has dissolved the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) board for allegedly inflating sitting...
View ArticleWater project under threat from sludge
. . . as eroded soil chokes ‘Muela dam Pascalinah Kabi BUTHA-BUTHE – Lesotho’s continued ability to fulfil an agreement to supply water to South Africa and generate electricity for domestic use is in...
View ArticleLCD takes war to Selibe’s backyard
Pascalinah Kabi MAFETENG – Eighty kilometres south of Maseru lies Mafeteng, a district which is among Lesotho’s most susceptible to vagaries of drought and poverty. This arid district with...
View ArticleDrama in court during Thabane case
Tefo Tefo THERE was drama at the Maseru Magistrate’s Court Number One where a scuffle broke out between members of the public and a police officer over the dress code in court. The members of public,...
View ArticleThabane faces sedition charge
ABC Leader & Former Prime Minister Dr Thomas Thabane & his wife ‘MaIsaiah Thabane from Magistrate court on Tuesday addressing ABC supporters Tefo Tefo FORMER premier Thomas Thabane is facing...
View ArticleGovt parties working on elections pact
Secretary General of Lesotho progressive Congress, Mr Bokang Ramatšella ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE seven parties in the governing coalition are formulating a pact to join forces in the 3 June 2017 snap...
View ArticleDeadly infighting rocks AD
Billy Ntaote THE Alliance of Democrats (AD) has been rocked by vicious infighting which led to the fatal shooting of a party member during a primary election in the Koro-Koro constituency in Maseru...
View ArticleThabane rules out election pact
ABC Leader & Former Prime Minister Dr Thomas Thabane & his wife ‘MaIsaiah Thabane from Magistrate court on Tuesday addressing ABC supporters Lekhetho Ntsukunyane MOKHOTLONG – All Basotho...
View ArticleGovt hails WB funding
Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Fusi Notoane Bereng Mpaki THE PRINCIPAL Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Fusi Notoane has welcomed the World Bank’s provision...
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