Editor’s shooters’ freedom bid flops
Tefo Tefo Five army officers who shot and nearly killed Lesotho Times Editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri, in a volley of bullets in July 2016 have failed in their bid for freedom after Maseru Resident...
View ArticleAU satisfied with SADC Force in Lesotho
Pascalinah Kabi AN African Union Technical Assessment Mission has hailed the efforts of the two-month old Southern African Development Community (SADC) Standby Force in the restoration of peace and...
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LDF conducts cleansing ceremony
Pascalinah Kabi A SOMBRE atmosphere gripped Ratjomose Barracks when government officials, army officers, clergymen, the media and other stakeholders converged for a cleansing ceremony in the wake of...
View ArticleLRA boss cleared
Tefo Tefo LESOTHO Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner-General, Thabo Khasipe, was this week handed a massive boost in his quest to clear his name of tax evasion charges after the Constitutional Court...
View ArticleFemale soldiers reinstated
Keiso Mohloboli THE Constitutional Court yesterday ordered the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) to reinstate three female soldiers who were fired after they fell pregnant before spending five years in...
View ArticleMCC warns govt on reforms
Herbert Moyo LESOTHO’S quest for a second multi-million dollar second compact grant from the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has received a major boost after the arrival in the...
View ArticleBlow for Gvt and Judge Mosito
…as Concourt rules Mosito reappointment unconstitutional Tefo Tefo THE government has been dealt a massive blow after the Constitutional Court ruled that Justice Kananelo Mosito cannot be appointed to...
View ArticleArmed robber turns new leaf
Inmate recalls dark days as ‘Bad Man’ and how delays in the justice system to grind contributed to the death of three people Tsitsi Matope FOR eight years, he crafted and coordinated a series of armed...
View ArticleBNP welcomes new members
Tokelo Rasephei THE Basotho National Party this week welcomed 52 new members who defected from various parties including the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Alliance for Democrats (AD), Democratic...
View ArticleSoldiers further remanded in editor’s shooting
Tefo Tefo THE Chief Magistrate, ‘Matankiso Nthunya yesterday further remanded in custody five Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) officers charged with the attempted murder of the Lesotho Times Editor, Lloyd...
View ArticleGhost workers gobble millions
Pascalinah Kabi THE Ministry of Education and Training has for several years failed to maintain human resource records, proper accounting and reconciliation systems resulting in a situation where...
View ArticleCriminal defamation law challenged
Tefo Tefo PROMINENT South African lawyer, Advocate Gilbert Marcus, has urged the Constitutional Court to strike down the criminal defamation law, saying it has the “chilling effect” of muzzling the...
View ArticlePolice seize former DPP’s official vehicle
Pascalinah Kabi HEAVILY armed police officers descended on the home of the outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Leaba Thetsane, in Thetsane in Maseru on Tuesday and forced him to hand over...
View ArticlePolice receive SADC forensic training
LESOTHO Mounted Police Services (LMPS) officers have begun a month-long forensic training course at the Police Training Centre in Maseru under the supervision of the Southern Africa Development...
View ArticleWASCO assures public on water quality
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Water and Sewage Company’s (WASCO) has denied reports that it deployed under-qualified engineers to operate the Metolong Dam and Water plant resulting in poor quality water...
View ArticleLocal communities threaten LHWP
Pascalinah Kabi LOCAL communities in the Mokhotlong district have vowed to stop the construction of the proposed Polihali Dam which is scheduled to begin next year if their demands for compensation are...
View ArticleMahao’s family requests his reinstatement
Herbert Moyo THE family of Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao has written to the government requesting that he be posthumously reinstated as commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF). They also...
View ArticleCourt to make bail ruling in editor’s shooting
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge, Justice Molefi Makara, will today decide whether or not to release army officer, Mahanyane Phusumane, from prison where he is currently detained for allegedly shooting...
View ArticleEx-DPP’s testimony unbelievable, judge says
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court Judge, Justice Molefi Makara, on Monday cast doubts on the veracity of retired Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Leaba Thetsane’s testimony in a case where he is seeking an...
View ArticleNGO calls for support for patients with rare diseases
Nthatuoa Koeshe LESOTHO has thirty one rare diseases affecting a significant number of people, a situation which calls for support for the affected people and their families, the Rare Diseases Lesotho...
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