SADC consulting on Ramaphosa replacement
Pascalinah Kabi ANGOLAN president, Joao Lourenco, says Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are currently locked in consultations regarding the replacement of South African...
View ArticleSuspended LRA managers fight back
Tefo Tefo Five senior managers who were recently suspended by the board of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) have petitioned the High Court to order their reinstatement, claiming their suspensions...
View ArticleKamoli bombing case postponed
Tefo Tefo FORMER army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, yesterday appeared before the High Court to face numerous charges of attempted murder and malicious damage to property for bombing...
View ArticleMetsing extradition process begins in SA
’Marafaele Mohloboli South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has kick-started the process leading to the extradition of Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader and former Deputy Prime...
View ArticlePoopa given ambassadorial post
…appointment greeted with mixed reactions Pascalinah Kabi FORMER acting army commander, Retired Major General Lineo Poopa, has been appointed Lesotho’s ambassador to Malaysia, a development that has...
View ArticleFormer Police Commissioner accused of murder
Tefo Tefo FORMER Police Commissioner Molahlehi Letsoepa has been added to a list of suspects who will stand trial for the murder of police constable Mokalekale Khetheng. The others are former Defence...
View ArticleM400 million Chinese boost for new hospital
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Chinese government has pledged an additional M400 million to bring its total funding commitment for the construction of the Maseru Hospital and Eye Clinic to M800 million. The...
View ArticleTšepong depletes govt coffers: Moleleki
Pascalinah Kabi DEPUTY Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki says the Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital is bleeding government coffers through huge costs for the treatment of patients at the health centre....
View ArticleLegislators tackle TB scourge
Limpho Sello LEGISLATORS have established a caucus to fight the deadly tuberculosis disease by strengthening accountability in health financing and ensuring an effective implementation of preventive...
View ArticleMochoboroane begs to differ
Pascalinah Kabi Public Accounts Committee chairman, Selibe Mochoboroane, has called on the government to reverse a decision to include legislators among people who will lease their vehicles to the...
View ArticleTšepong rapped for neglecting patients
Limpho Sello THE workaholic Minister of Health, Nkaku Kabi, and his deputy, Manthabiseng Phohleli, this week visited Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) where the minister expressed concern at the...
View ArticleSuspended LRA bosses approach DCEO
Pascalinah Kabi FIVE suspended senior managers of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) have asked the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) to investigate the corruption allegations...
View ArticleRelief for drought victims
Mohalenyane Phakela CHINA has donated 1400 tonnes of rice to assist victims of the El Nino-induced drought which ravaged Lesotho and other parts of Southern Africa in the last two years. Part of the...
View ArticleMetsing asks to meet gvt
…meeting to be held immediately after Easter in South Africa ’Marafaele Mohloboli A GOVERNMENT delegation will travel to South Africa soon after this weekend’s Easter holidays for crunch talks with...
View ArticleLesotho fumes over ill treatment of King Letsie
Pascalinah Kabi A DIPLOMATIC row has erupted between Lesotho and South Africa over the ill-treatment of King Letsie 111 by overzealous officials at the Maseru border post. South Africa’s recently...
View ArticleCourt blocks Hlajoane appointment
Tefo Tefo THE government has been dealt yet another legal blow after Justice Tšeliso Monapathi ruled that Justice ‘Maseshophe Hlajoane should not assume office as acting president of the Court of...
View ArticleChief Justice, GS clash
’Marafaele Mohloboli A WAR of words has erupted between Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara and Government Secretary (GS), Moahloli Mphaka, over moves to oust the top judge from her coveted post. The Chief...
View ArticleLimit PM’s powers: Chief Theko
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Principal Chief of Thaba-Bosiu, Chief Khoabane Theko, who is also the chairperson of the College of Chiefs has blamed the country’s instability on the excessive powers that...
View ArticleCourt interpreters reject local judges
Tefo Tefo TEN High Court interpreters want recently appointed acting judge of the High Court, Justice Moroke Mokhesi, to recuse himself from presiding over their court application to have their...
View ArticleTeachers, govt hold talks
’Marafaele Mohloboli EDUCATION and Training Minister, Ntoi Rapapa, is set to meet leaders of the teachers’ unions today to discuss their grievances and avert possible industrial action. A fortnight...
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