Police quiz Mokaloba
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE police have quizzed Brigadier Ramanka Mokaloba over a number of unresolved crimes the agency is investigating such as the 27 January 2014 simultaneous bombings of three Maseru...
View ArticleLCD goes alone on parly boycott
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has decided to boycott parliamentary committees this week — a stance that is at variance with that of other opposition parties. LCD...
View ArticleDate set for Kamoli bail hearing
Tefo Tefo THE High Court will next Tuesday hear a bail application by murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli, who has been languishing in custody at the Maseru Maximum...
View ArticleSADC force planning team jets in
Pascalinah Kabi A TEAM consisting of representatives of the seven Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries sending troops to Lesotho on 20 November 2017 arrived in the country on...
View ArticleThabane warns Mosisili
PM warns predecessor of prosecution for ‘grave misdeeds’ Declares Metsing a fugitive from justice Staff Reporters PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has declared Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)...
View ArticleLNDC rocked by severance pay row
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane LESOTHO National Development Corporation (LNDC) staff are at loggerheads with management over a combined M4 million severance package they should have received after being exempted...
View ArticleMohale search operations resume
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPERATIONS for the search of the remains of the three men believed to have been killed by some army officers before their bodies were dumped into the Mohale Dam, resumed on Tuesday...
View ArticleTRC decries ‘slow’ reforms programme
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Transformation Resource Centre, says the delay in the dropping of charges against 45 soldiers accused of mutiny leaves them vulnerable to their “persecutors” in the Lesotho...
View ArticleLDF speaks on assassination plot claim
Staff Writer THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) says an allegation that the agency hatched a plan to assassinate Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) Director, Tsikoane Peshoane, is patently false. The...
View ArticleParliament to reinstate past business
’Marafaele Mohloboli PARLIAMENT has agreed to make provisions for the reinstatement of business of the House that could have been discussed previously and not concluded, in a move that will ensure the...
View ArticleThetsane speaks on DPP exit
Pascalinah Kabi OUTGOING Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Leaba Thetsane says he did not propose going on leave pending retirement “out of the blue” but from a realisation that the government...
View ArticleMosisili hits back at critics
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili says he has no need to misrepresent to the world that he is premier as he enjoyed a lengthy stay in that position which no one can match at the...
View ArticleDC takes parly fight to court
Tefo Tefo THE Democratic Congress (DC) and two other opposition parties have made good on their vow to challenge in court National Assembly Speaker Sephiri Motanyane’s decision to thwart their bid to...
View ArticleKamoli’s subpoena bid flops
Tefo Tefo A DESPERATE bid to get bail for former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, led his lawyer Advocate Letuka Molati to flout court procedures by subpoenaing...
View ArticleSenate president calls for autonomous parly
Pascalinah Kabi SENATE president ‘Mamonaheng Mokitimi says Lesotho needs an autonomous parliament that will be able to effectively discharge its oversight functions over the executive. Delivering her...
View ArticleInternational men’s day commemorated
Limpho Sello SHE-HIVE Association in partnership with AIDS Health Foundation (AHF) celebrated International Men’s Day (IMD) in Maseru this week with calls for men and women to combine their efforts...
View ArticlePM commends Botho University
Lijeng Ranooe BOTHO University this week celebrated its 20th anniversary at a ceremony, which was graced by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and other actors in the education sectors of Lesotho and...
View ArticleAll set for World AIDS Day
Limpho Sello THE National AIDS Commission (NAC) has lined up a series of HIV/AIDS education and prevention activities ahead of the World AIDS Day commemorations on 1 December this year as part of...
View ArticleMajoro calls for Social responsibility
’Marafaele Mohloboli MASERU Central legislator and Finance Minister, Moeketsi Majoro has encouraged factory owners to plough back into the community through corporate social responsibility programmes...
View ArticleKamoli hopes of freedom dashed
Tefo Tefo FORMER Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli’s hopes of freedom have been dashed after the High Court denied him bail this week. Judge Teboho Moiloa ruled that...
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