‘New mindset needed for reforms’
Former Zambian leader Banda calls for inclusive and broad-based dialogue to stem bouts of political instability Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Zambian President Rupiah Banda says a new political mindset is...
View ArticleIEC urges elected winners to be humble
Mimi Machakaire & ’Marafaele Mohloboli INDEPENDENT Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson, Justice Mahapela Lehohla has urged winners of the recent 3 June elections to be “gracious and the losers...
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IEC needs more resources: LCN
Mimi Machakaire THE Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) has recommended the overhaul of the voters’ roll, voter education and the allocation of more resources to the Independent...
View ArticleSADC to kick-start reforms process
Nthatuoa Koeshe MASERU – SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) facilitator, Cyril Ramaphosa says the bloc’s facilitation mission will visit Lesotho immediately after the inauguration of the...
View ArticleThabane returns to power
’Marafaele Mohloboli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane is once again set to become Lesotho prime minister, 28 months after handing over power to his Democratic Congress (DC) rival and...
View ArticlePolice promotions trigger uproar
. . . as parties claim its part of outgoing govt’s strategy to ‘rule from the grave’ ’Marafaele Mohloboli PARTIES in the incoming governing coalition have questioned the timing of promotions for 32...
View ArticleMetsing makes shock army claims
. . . says army needs ‘protection’ from Thabane Tefo Tefo LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing has said the outgoing seven-party government, of which he is deputy prime...
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Mosisili was selfish: Moleleki
AD Leader Monyane Moleleki ’Marafaele Mohloboli ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki, says the call for elections was unnecessary and utterly selfish on the part of outgoing Prime...
View ArticleYouth in desperate cancer battle
Limpho Sello TWENTY-ONE year-old Maseabata Khaile of Lithabaneng in Maseru says she has become increasingly hopeless, fearful and frustrated in her fight against oral cancer which has not only caused...
View ArticleMofomobe trial rescheduled
Tefo Tefo BASOTHO National Party (BNP) spokesperson Machesetsa Mofomobe will return to the Magistrate’s Court on 26 June 2017 after the same court this week postponed his trial for contravening...
View ArticleVendors appeal to new govt
THE high levels of joblessness in the country have left many people no choice but to turn to street vending to eke out a living for themselves and their families. However, this is no easy task and in...
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Pig farmer dares to defy stereotypes
Pascalinah Kabi WHEN Thabang Tlhapi opted for agriculture, and not the more popular woodwork at secondary school, little did he know that he had chosen his life’s passion. “I find inner peace when...
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Lehloenya promises responsive parly
NEWLY elected deputy speaker of the National Assembly Honourable Teboho Lehloenya Lijeng Ranooe NEWLY elected deputy speaker of the National Assembly, Teboho Lehloenya has pledged to prioritise the...
View ArticleMEC makes demands on new govt
Pascalinah Kabi THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) says it can only join the incoming four parties’ coalition government on condition it is treated as the third most senior party ahead of the...
View ArticleAmnesty calls for justice for rights violations
Incoming govt commits to truth and reconciliation commission Outgoing regime says it’s a witch-hunt targeting Metsing, Kamoli Staff Writers GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International has...
View ArticleSlim chance of 1998 unrest repeat: Analysts
Pascalinah Kabi AMID fears of a repeat of the riots that followed the 1998 general elections, analysts say they are unlikely given that most Basotho have accepted the results of the 3 June 2017 snap...
View ArticleThabane meets LDF chief over security
’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister-elect Thomas Thabane has met Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant-General Khoantle Motšomotšo, to discuss his concerns about the army security detail...
View ArticleHigh Court deputy registrar in hiding
Tefo Tefo THE Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Mojela Shale, has gone into hiding after being allegedly grilled by three police officers for allegedly leaking the draft interim audit report for...
View ArticleLitjobo trial postponed
Tefo Tefo ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) Youth League President Thuso Litjobo’s defamation case failed to kick off on Tuesday due to the absence of the main prosecution witness, Assistant Commissioner of...
View ArticleHealth centre raided over dodgy drugs
. . . fails to produce registration certificate Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health has seized hundreds of expired drugs and medicines from a Maseru Industrial Area health centre with some from as far...
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