Mahao family speaks on soldiers’ arrest
. . . as govt, opposition parties respond ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE family of slain former army commander, Lt-Gen Maaparankoe Mahao, has called on the government to convene a panel of judges to preside...
View ArticleArmy slated over pregnant soldiers order
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has condemned the army’s decision to sack three female soldiers for allegedly defying a standing order which barred them from falling...
View ArticlePolice grill Ntoi
. . . army spokesperson person of interest in criminal probes ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Public Relations Officer, Brigadier Ntlele Ntoi is a person of interest in ongoing...
View Article10 DC MPs headed for AD?
’Marafaele Mohloboli TEN Democratic Congress (DC) legislators are holding talks with the Alliance of Democrats (AD) on the terms for their defection to the governing party; a development that would...
View ArticleDCEO goes after Metsing
. . . as LCD leader in court no-show for corruption case Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is mulling extraditing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader,...
View ArticleMaseru prison security ‘breached’
’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO senior Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) officers have been suspended pending the outcome of police investigations into a possible breach of security at the Maseru Central...
View ArticleReforms: PM calls for media’s inclusion
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has called on the media sector to work together in advocating for media reforms that would help regulate its operations, saying there was no place for...
View ArticleSoldiers further remanded in editor shooting
Tefo Tefo INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into the near-fatal shooting of the Lesotho Times Editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri, in July last year, the Magistrate’s Court heard yesterday. The progress report in...
View ArticleMore villages benefit from electrification
Tokelo Rasephei THE government has stepped up its rural electrification drive, with the Ha Mphukhe and Ha Ntsi villages in Machache constituency (Maseru district), Ha Koali in Mount Moorosi (Quthing...
View ArticleGovt commits M10 million for SADC Force
Pascalinah Kabi THE Government of Lesotho has committed M10 million to support the welfare of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Contingency Forces deployed in the country. The...
View ArticleGovt adopts reforms roadmap
Pascalinah Kabi CABINET has adopted a roadmap for the implementation of multi-sectoral reforms which identifies immediate and long-term areas of focus. Prime Minister’s Office Cabinet Administrator,...
View ArticleAmnesty lauds trial of editor’s shooters
Mohalenyane Phakela INTERNATIONAL human rights body, Amnesty International has welcomed the trial of five Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) members in connection with the near fatal shooting of Lesotho Times...
View ArticleMosito’s limbo continues
. . . as judgment deferred in court of appeal presidency case Tefo Tefo JUSTICE Kananelo Mosito will only know if he will reassume the presidency of the Court of Appeal next...
View ArticleJudiciary under attack: Opposition
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION parties have dismissed last Saturday’s protest march demanding Justice Kananelo Mosito’s swearing-in as Court of Appeal president saying it is a political ploy to meddle...
View ArticleGovt wants chief justice out
Justice Majara accused of corruption, political bias High Court acting registrar also under fire over Justice Mosito ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government has told Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara to...
View ArticleGovt rules out truth commission
Mohalenyane Phakela THE government has ruled out establishing a truth and reconciliation commission (TRC), saying they would leave the courts of law to prosecute people implicated in various acts of...
View ArticleJudge’s family sues police for ‘torture’
Pascalinah Kabi THE family of senior High Court judge, Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase, say they have filed a civil lawsuit against the police for the torture of their 22-year old son Teboho allegedly...
View ArticleMixed reactions to fate of reforms
Mohalenyane Phakela WITH the government delaying the implementation of multi-sectoral reforms and opposition parties vowing to boycott, it appears the process may be stillborn. Political analysts who...
View ArticlePolice community strategy gathers steam
Tsitsi Matope THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service has started working on strengthening its community policing strategy. The blueprint seeks to improve the law-enforcement agency’s crime-prevention...
View ArticleCall for support of female inmates
Tsitsi Matope MORE can be done to improve the rehabilitation of female inmates and ensure they lead crime-free lives upon their release, Superintendent Marethabile Tale of the Lesotho Correctional...
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