We have stabilised the country: Thabane
PM reflects on coalition govt one year on Keiso Mohloboli PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane says his government has done well to ensure peace and stability since winning power in June last year. But the...
View ArticleMajara’s lawyers in “secret” meetings with Metsing
…govt says meetings “worrisome”. Pascalinah Kabi PRIME MINISTER Thomas Thabane says the government has received “worrisome” intelligence reports of secret meetings in South Africa between lawyers of...
View ArticleJudge Majara demanded M17 million to quit
But the amount was seen as exorbitant Demand scuttled talks for her exit from the chief justice post. Pascalinah Kabi CHIEF justice Nthomeng Majara demanded a M17 million golden package to quit her...
View ArticleThe latest customs requirements for SA resident travellers
SARS has issued a media release for South African resident travellers returning to South Africa with personal effects such as laptops, iPads, cell phones, golf clubs, cameras and/or other personal...
View ArticleMinister refutes claims of interests in Kao Mine
Pascalinah Kabi MINING Minister Keketso Sello has reacted angrily to allegations that he has interests in the troubled Kao Mine and he is protecting the mine from parliamentary scrutiny and censure for...
View ArticleI was ready to die: Thabane
Silence Charumbira A TERRFIED Prime Minister Thomas Thabane asked his wife, ‘Maesaiah to join him in praying for their acceptance into heaven after receiving information that soldiers on their way to...
View ArticleCriminal charges preferred against lawyers
Pascalinah Kabi Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says that criminal charges have been preferred against the three prominent lawyers who filed a constitutional court challenge against the appointment of...
View ArticleCourts in paralysis: Phoofolo
….AG calls for abolition of the office of President of the Court of Appeal ’Marafaele Mohloboli Attorney General Haae Phoofolo says the country’s courts are in a state of paralysis because of the...
View ArticlePolice receive SADC crime intelligence training
Nthatuoa Koeshe LESOTHO Mounted Police Services (LMPS) officers have begun a week-long crime intelligence training course at the Police Training Centre in Maseru under the supervision of the Southern...
View ArticleEU, govt in talks over foreign judges
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government and the European Union (EU) are in talks over possible EU assistance to enable Lesotho to engage foreign judges by September this year, the Lesotho Times has...
View Article‘BKB in M1, 4 billion tax arrears’
Bereng Mpaki/ Mohalenyane Phakela THE ongoing dispute between the government and South African wool and mohair brokers, BKB, over the marketing of Lesotho’s wool and mohair has taken a new twist amid...
View ArticleFresh fraud claims at MKM
Pascalinah Kabi THE Master of the High Court and the provisional liquidators of MKM have been accused of making fraudulent payments to “illicit” service providers at the expense of the long fallen...
View ArticleDate set for police officers’ murder trial
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge, Justice Thamsanqa Nomngcongo, this week set 12 to 16 November 2018 as the trial dates for the case in which four police officers are accused of murdering Lesotho Electricity...
View ArticleGovt abused M450 million
Money spent in violation of the law Abused money was meant for student loans Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government abused a whooping M450 million meant to fund national...
View ArticleOpposition fume over govt bankruptcy
’Marafaele Mohloboli A COALITION of opposition political parties has threatened to write to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to warn the institutions against extending financial...
View ArticleTaxi operators mull court action
’Marafaele Mohloboli TAXI operators are mulling court action for recourse over a protracted battle with the government over an increase of transport fares. Chairperson of the Maseru Regional Taxi...
View ArticleMOH receives mobile X-Rays
Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health recently received three Digital Mobile X-Rays from the Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support (SATBHSS) Project to improve TB service delivery. The...
View ArticlePolice investigate women’s organisation
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE police are investigating circumstances surrounding the disappearance of over M1 million from women’s organisation Lingoetsi tsa nkhono Kholu since April 2016. A member said an...
View ArticleSemonkong rape cases worry police
Limpho Sello THE police in Maseru are worried by the increase of rape and sexual assault cases in Semonkong due to the continued practice of shobeliso. Shobeliso is the practice of abducting a girl or...
View ArticlePS Hlalele faces charges over M140 million tender
Keiso Mohloboli THE Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Borotho Matsoso, says the Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Public Works, Mothabathe...
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