Minister calls for politics paradigm shift
’Marafaele Mohloboli MINISTER of Mining, Keketso Sello, says he joined politics out of a strong desire to help create a new Lesotho teeming with economic opportunities for all citizens. As a...
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Molapo hits back at nepotism claims
Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Joang Molapo & His wife Kutloano Molapo Pascalinah Kabi COMMUNICATIONS, Science and Technology Minister Joang Molapo has dismissed as “fabricated...
View ArticleMoleleki condemns killing of foreigners
Limpho Sello DEPUTY Prime Minister, Monyane Moleleki, has condemned the killings of Chinese and other foreign nationals, saying such criminal activities prevented the country from fully realising the...
View ArticleDream to serve realised
. . . as former cop takes helm of Police ministry Pascalinah Kabi FOR newly-appointed Police and Public Safety Minister, ‘Mampho Mokhele, her approach in superintending over the Lesotho Mounted...
View ArticleCourt rules against PSs
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge, Justice Tšeliso Monaphathi, on Tuesday ruled that the case in which principal secretaries (PSs) are challenging the termination of their contracts is not an urgent issue...
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Court battle looms over LHWP
Nomvula Mokonyane Herbert Moyo A SOUTH African non-governmental organisation has accused Water and Sanitation Minister, Nomvula Mokonyane of maladministration and delaying the implementation of the...
View ArticleMinister speaks on fired cops’ recall
Pascalinah Kabi POLICE and Public Safety Minister, ‘Mampho Mokhele, says government recalled 21 police officers because the previous regime did not follow the proper procedures when it fired them....
View ArticleCops nabbed over missing officer
. . . as Letsoepa fate hangs in the balance ‘Marafaele Mohloboli and Pascalinah Kabi A SPECIAL police investigating team has arrested two Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) members in connection...
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Journalists harassed at LCD presser
LCD party spokesperson Teboho Sekata Pascalinah Kabi SUPPORTERS of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) insulted and intimidated journalists during Tuesday’s press briefing on the arrest and...
View ArticleXie denies multiple passports claim
Staff Reporters XIE Yan, who was recently appointed as Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s special projects head and trade adviser, has come out guns blazing against his detractors whom he has accused of...
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Old timer wins big in Econet draw
Econet Matsebetsebe Winner Ariel Mosaase receiving his cheque Tokelo Rasephei A SEPTUAGENARIAN pensioner, Ariel Mathi Mosaase, from Salang in the Mokhotlong district recently won M100 000 in Econet’s...
View ArticleSlain officer’s family demands explanation
Pascalinah Kabi THE family of Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) Sub-Inspector Mokheseng Ramahloko wants former premier Pakalitha Mosisili and senior security sector officials to explain the...
View ArticlePM’s wedding: When the gods agree
Herbert Moyo PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s weekend wedding ceremony was an event that could have been taken straight from the storylines of Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s most revered storytellers...
View ArticleTurkey to open Maseru embassy
Herbert Moyo TURKEY is set to open a separate embassy in Lesotho in a move the country’s Ambassador to Lesotho, Elif Çomoğlu Ülgen, says will strengthen diplomatic ties, increase the level of...
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‘Lesotho Flour Mills milked dry’
. . . as major shareholder accused of using offshore tax haven, transfer pricing Billy Ntaote THE main shareholder for the country’s largest milling company, Lesotho Flour Mills (LFM), has been...
View ArticleLCD accuses police of assaulting Mokhosi
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has accused the police of assaulting party deputy leader Tšeliso Mokhosi and member Zele Mpheshea while being interrogated in connection with...
View ArticleFormer NSS boss challenges dismissal
Tefo Tefo FORMER National Security Service (NSS) boss Tumo Lekhooa has petitioned the High Court to nullify the government’s decision to remove him from the post and reassign him to his old job as...
View ArticleMetsing flees
Ngoni Muzofa FORMER deputy premier Mothetjoa Metsing has fled the country citing a tip-off from a “trusted source” about a plot to assassinate him. Mr Metsing, who is also Lesotho Congress for...
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Motšomotšo shot dead
Ngoni Muzofa LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lt-Gen Khoantle Motšomotšo, was shot dead on Tuesday morning during a gun battle with Col Tefo Hashatsi and Brigadier Bulane Sechele at Ratjomose...
View ArticleMotšomotšo a long-serving soldier
Bereng Mpaki SLAIN Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant-General Khoantle Paul Motšomotšo, had a long and distinguished career from the time he joined the army in 1980. His life was cut...
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