Kamoli ill
Keiso Mohloboli MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, is reportedly ill and he has been in and out of hospital over the past month to receive treatment for an...
View ArticleRCL infighting sucks in coalition partners
…RCL told to put its house in order to avoid disrupting the smooth running of the govt ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE infighting pitting Reformed Congress of Lesotho’s (RCL) leader Keke Rantšo and secretary...
View ArticleEFF’s Dali Mpofu to headline govt legal team
…as govt pulls out all the stops to win its case against Chief Justice Majara Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s government is pulling out all the stops in its quest to win its court...
View ArticleDCEO probes M28 million spy equipment scandal
—equipment used to snoop on civilians Keiso Mohloboli THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating claims that the former coalition government purchased M28, 4 million...
View ArticleLocal contractor cries foul over tender
Pascalinah Kabi THE long-drawn out M140 million senate building tender saga this week took a new twist with the local construction company accusing the government of awarding lucrative tenders “on a...
View ArticleConsul General ‘embezzled’ M3 million
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE former Lesotho Consul General in Durban, Lerato Tšosane, allegedly embezzled government funds amounting to M2, 9 million during the 2013 to 2014 financial year. The allegation was...
View ArticleInter-ministerial to deal with workers’ grievances
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government has appointed a four member inter-ministerial task team to superintend over discussions to address the workers’ wage demands. This follows a recent protest march by...
View ArticleMy reputation has been irrevocably damaged: Majara
Pascalinah Kabi CHIEF Justice Nthomeng Majara has accused the Thomas Thabane-led administration of irrevocably damaging her reputation by failing to give her a fair hearing and leaking confidential...
View ArticleGovt to compensate Ramahloko family, soldiers
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government is working out compensation packages for the slain Police Sub-Inspector Mokheseng Ramahloko, soldiers who were arrested on allegations of mutiny against former army...
View ArticleThabane hits back at Majara
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane says the constitutional court must dismiss Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara’s application for an order to interdict him from taking any disciplinary measures...
View ArticleGovt loses M10 million from Jo’burg property
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government has lost close to M10 million in uncollected rentals for its residential property in Hilbrow, Johannesburg. This was revealed by the chairperson of the Public Accounts...
View ArticleCourt awaits First Lady’s testimony
Tefo Tefo THE High Court on Tuesday postponed to 19 and 20 July this year its inquiry into the whereabouts of missing fraud suspect, ‘Makarabo Mojakhomo, to enable the First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane to...
View ArticleMKM investors issue payment ultimatum
pay us by September 2018, investors tell the Central Bank investors also petition PM Thabane and political parties for assistance Pascalinah Kabi LOCAL investors have petitioned Prime Minister Thomas...
View ArticleMagistrates go on strike
go slow action paralyses courts Mohalenyane Phakela A COUNTRY-WIDE go-slow strike action by magistrates has brought the country’s lower courts to a virtual standstill. Justice and Correctional...
View ArticleOpposition calls for the sacking of the Police minister
’Marafaele Mohloboli FEMALE politicians in the opposition Movement for Economic Change (MEC) and the Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) have called on Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to fire the Minister of...
View ArticleUS Govt leads the way in fighting HIV
Herbert Moyo MORE than three million HIV tests have been conducted in Lesotho in the last 10 years and 200 000 people have received treatment for HIV and AIDS in the same period through the United...
View Article‘Lawyers must be charged with subversion’
Staff Writer PROMINENT lawyer, Advocate Christopher Lephuthing, has called for criminal charges of “subversion” to be preferred against unnamed lawyers who he accuses of frustrating the planned...
View ArticleGovt sets date for National Leaders’ Forum
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE much-anticipated National Leaders Forum, which is a crucial part of the multi-sector reforms, is likely to be held on 16 and 17 August this year, the Foreign Affairs and...
View ArticleLHDA offers internship to young professionals
Staff Reporter THE Lesotho Highlands Water Authority (LHDA) has announced that it will soon take on board eight interns for the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). The interns...
View ArticleLHDA to invite tenders for Polihali
Staff Reporter THE Lesotho Highlands Water Authority will soon extend invitations to engineering and construction companies to express interest in tendering for the construction of the 165m high...
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