Lesotho, SA to meet over permits
Keiso Mohloboli HOME Affairs Minister, Tsukutlane Au, is set to meet his South African counterpart, Malusi Gigaba, to discuss the highly emotive issue of the Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) amid...
View ArticleSR leader quizzed over Lipolelo Thabane’s slaying
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE leader of the newly-formed Socialist Revolution (SR) party, Teboho Mojapela, has accused the police of “waylaying” him to “unnecessarily” grill him over the murder of Prime...
View Article‘SADC Standby Force has stabilised Lesotho’
Pascalinah Kabi THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has commended its two month old Standby Force for its efforts in fostering a conducive environment for the implementation of...
View ArticleSADC to review Ramaphosa mediation
Pascalinah Kabi THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) will soon meet to decide whether or not the newly-elected South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, should continue in his role as the...
View ArticleMochoboroane talks tough on thieving civil servants
Pascalinah Kabi THE chairperson of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Selibe Mochoboroane, says his portfolio committee will leave no stone unturned in its quest to ensure that civil...
View ArticleSoldiers implicated in M4 million theft
Pascalinah Kabi ARMY officers have been implicated in the theft of more than M4 million meant to pay unskilled workers hired by the Forestry and Land Reclamation ministry in various community...
View ArticleLesotho in crisis-Majoro
…urgent action required to halt economic decline Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO is in dire straits and the government must “bite the bullet” and implement painful decisions to avoid political and economic chaos...
View ArticleMajoro raises red flag over Lesotho Flour Mills
Billy Ntaote FINANCE Minister, Moeketsi Majoro, has raised a red flag over the 19-year-long failure of the country’s largest milling company, Lesotho Flour Mills (LFM), to pay dividends to the Lesotho...
View ArticleNSS officers’ challenge their “unlawful” dismissals
Tefo Tefo THE High Court will on 9 April 2018 hear a case in which 77 National Security Service (NSS) officers are challenging their dismissal from the spy agency. The officers, who were dismissed...
View ArticleLHDA defends compensation policy
Silence Charumbira THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), has launched a broadside at some civic society organisations for “inciting” local communities to reject agreed compensation...
View ArticleABC elections turn bloody
Mohalenyane Phakela THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) had to call off committee elections for the Lithabaneng #36 constituency early this week after bloody clashes among rival factions left four...
View ArticleSADC troops hospitalised
Pascalinah Kabi A 36-year-old Mosotho woman died on Saturday night following a hit-and-run car accident which also left her companion, an Angolan soldier with broken bones. The Angolan soldier, who is...
View ArticlePhamotse elected AD Secretary General
Keiso Mohloboli Gender, Youths, Sports and Recreation minister, Mahali Phamotse, was this week elected secretary general of the Alliance of Democrats at the party’s elective conference in Maseru. This...
View ArticleMojapela demands SADC, AU protection
’Marafaele Mohloboli SOCIALIST Revolutionaries (SR) leader, Teboho Mojapela, who resides in neighbouring South Africa, has alleged a government plot to kill him and said he will not set foot in Lesotho...
View ArticleSenior LRA officials suspended
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) yesterday suspended five of its senior management officers for six weeks to facilitate investigations into allegations of “financial and governance...
View ArticleMolibeli should step down: Mapesela
’Marafaele Mohloboli Trade and Industry Minister Tefo Mapesela has called on the Commissioner of Police, Holomo Molibeli, to step down over his alleged failure to suspend police officers who were...
View ArticleMetsing threatens to cause mayhem
…demands end of “persecution” of his supporters Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, has threatened to cause mayhem unless the government of Prime Minister...
View ArticleNGO engages SA parly on Polihali
Nthatuoa Koeshe A DELEGATION from the South African parliamentary portfolio committee on water and sanitation will visit Lesotho next month on a fact-finding mission following a petition by a local...
View Article230 000 Basotho in need of food aid
Staff Writer About 225 000 Basotho or 11 percent of Lesotho’s 2, 1 million people urgently need food assistance, at least until the end of the 2017/2018 harvest season, the Food and Agriculture...
View ArticleFood manufacturer faces class action over listeriosis
Herbert Moyo Lawyers representing about 100 South Africans will shortly file a multi-million rand class action against food conglomerate, Tiger Brands, over its products afflicted by the bacteria...
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