Former US presidents to visit Lesotho
Keiso Mohloboli THREE former presidents of the United States, Bill Clinton, George Walker Bush and Barrack Obama are due in the country in July for a policy dialogue which is expected to lead to the...
View ArticleLawyers threaten lawsuit on foreign judges
Tefo Tefo/ Keiso Mohloboli THE lawyers representing the murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and other soldiers on Tuesday threatened to file a constitutional...
View ArticleIndian doctors visit Lesotho
Limpho Sello A TEAM of doctors from Apollo Hospital, in India visited the country this week to assist the government in its fight against non-communicable diseases like cancer and kidney ailments....
View ArticleCollege, students conned
Mohalenyane Phakela DONA@BALOS Chef and Hospitality School, is in dire straits after it lost M845 000 worth of school fees to an alleged fraudster who conned the administration into signing a fake...
View Article‘We need all hands on the deck to succeed’
Tsitsi Matope NOTHING beats spending a cold, rainy morning over a steamy cup of coffee with a wonder-politician who dreamt it and had it all. He might have been born and raised in the high mountains of...
View ArticleBlow for reproductive health sector
Tsitsi Matope LESOTHO’S reproductive health sector has been dealt a body blow after some of its key players suspended operations due to lack of funding. Among the affected role-players is the Lesotho...
View ArticlePhooko wades into police salary demands
Staff Reporter THE former Minister of Public Service, Motloheloa Phooko, has said the Lesotho Mounted Police were given a six percent salary increase budgeted for by the Minister of Finance to cater...
View ArticleCBL acts on rogue money lenders
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane and Mamello Mokaeane THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has embarked on nationwide investigations aimed at weeding out illegal financial institutions and money lenders, the MNN...
View ArticleLRA extends managers’ suspension
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) has indefinitely extended the suspension of its five senior managers upon realising that the initial six week suspension will not suffice to complete...
View ArticleGovt scoffs at LCD demands
Nthatuoa Koeshe and Pascalinah Kabi THE government has accused the self-exiled opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, of seeking to hold the government to ransom by...
View ArticleWhy SADC appointed another facilitator
Keiso Mohloboli SOUTH African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, had to appoint a “high profile personality” to assist him in his role as the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) facilitator to...
View ArticleCorruption and fraud rocks LEC
Keiso Mohloboli THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has, for close to a decade, been a haven for rampant frauds and corruption which have not only hindered effective service delivery but cost...
View ArticleSADC issues ultimatum on reforms
…regional body frustrated by Lesotho’s failure to implement reforms Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO faces a race against time to implement the constitutional and security sector reforms that were recommended...
View ArticleMoleleki calls for tolerance
Pascalinah Kabi ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki, has called for political tolerance, saying the current politics of hate, strife and name-calling have no place in the new...
View ArticleLegal reforms loom
…as Lesotho bites the bullet on key populations Moses Magadza LESOTHO will soon begin a process of reviewing and reforming laws and policies as part of bold steps to ensure greater access to Sexual and...
View ArticleGovt leaves door open for Truth Commission
Keiso Mohloboli THE government has left the door open for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) which is one of the key demands set out by the opposition for its continued...
View ArticleWorkers plead for PM’s address
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE secretary general of the Alliance of Progressive Trade Unions (APTU), Tšeliso Ramochela, this week demanded that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane should address the workers as...
View ArticleMosisili blasts coalition govt
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE leader of the opposition Democratic Congress (DC), Pakalitha Mosisili has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s government for allegedly violating the...
View ArticleThabane warns of “dark cloud” of lawlessness
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has spoken of a “dark cloud hanging over the country” due to rampant lawlessness, lack of accountability and abuse of national resources especially by...
View ArticleLesotho could lose out on lucrative marijuana industry
Herbert Moyo LESOTHO faces the prospect of being overtaken and left behind in the multi-billion dollar medical marijuana industry after Zimbabwe recently moved to legalise the growing of the medicinal...
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