Amnesty bemoans delays in editor’s shooting trial
Herbert Moyo INTERNATIONAL human rights body, Amnesty International, says the government’s delay in trying the suspects in the attempted murder of the Lesotho Times editor Lloyd Mutungamiri is “an...
View ArticleMoleleki rubbishes health rumours
Pascalinah Kabi DEPUTY Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki has dismissed as baseless the rumours that he decided not to seek re-election in future parliamentary elections due to failing health. Mr Moleleki...
View ArticleEx-minister gets bail in rape case
Mohalenyane Phakela RAPE-ACCUSED former Law and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Mootsi Lehata, will next appear in court on 24 July 2018 after the Chief Magistrate, ‘Matankiso Nthunya, on Tuesday...
View ArticleMotoko cleans-up traffic department
Mohalenyane Phakela THE recently-appointed principal secretary in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport responsible for the transport department, Thabo Motoko, is never one to let criticism get in...
View ArticleFirst Lady testifies
Tefo Tefo THE First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane and the Police and Public Safety minister, ‘Mampho Mokhele are today expected to testify at the High Court inquiry into the whereabouts of fraud-accused...
View ArticlePakistanis spared jail time
Tefo Tefo FOUR Pakistanis this week avoided jail by each paying M2500 fines after they were convicted of forgery in relation to the possession of forged work permits. The four are Shalizod Shahit Bull...
View ArticleLimkokwing reduces fees
Limpho Sello LIMKOKWING University of Creative Technology (LUCT) has reduced its tuition fees by as much 30 percent for students who are not sponsored by the National Manpower Development Secretariat...
View ArticleNational Assembly staffers grilled over losses
Pascalinah Kabi SENIOR National Assembly staffers including the Clerk, Fine Maema, have admitted to massive rot at the institution which has seen it lose more than M2 million paid out to different...
View ArticleGovt in the dark over SADC facilitator
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government says it is in the dark as to when former South African Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke and his team will begin work after their appointment to the mediation...
View ArticleGovt confident of securing IMF support
Ntsebeng Motsoeli FINANCE minister Moeketsi Majoro is confident of securing a financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other development partners to reduce the budget deficit...
View ArticleTeachers go on strike
’Marafaele Mohloboli TEACHERS have resolved to go on a month-long nationwide strike with effect from 2 August this year to force the government to address their demands for salary increments and...
View ArticlePopular musician accused of raping toddler
Mohalenyane Phakela POPULAR Afro-pop musician, Lele Khesuoe, was this week arrested and hauled before the courts to face charges of raping a three year-old female toddler in Ha Foso, Berea on 30 June...
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Ministers audit King’s birthday bash
Pascalinah Kabi THREE senior ministers have resolved to institute an urgent audit of the His Majesty King Letsie III birthday celebrations amid suspicions that the event could have been used by some...
View ArticleFirst Lady in public brawl
Pascalinah Kabi THE First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane, was caught up in a physical altercation with a Ha Tšolo (Maseru) woman at Maseru Private Hospital last weekend. The First Lady’s office has...
View ArticleCreditors granted MKM assets
Pascalinah Kabi HIGH Court judge, Justice Lebohang Molete, has ordered that the assets of the MKM Star Lion Group should be released into hands of the company’s creditors. This will enable the...
View ArticleChief Justice’s case postponed indefinitely
’Marafaele Mohloboli CHIEF Justice Nthomeng Majara’s court bid to stop Prime Minister Thabane from impeaching her over a plethora of misconduct allegations has been postponed indefinitely after the...
View ArticleFirst-year student killed at Fokothi
Nthatuoa Koeshe ANOTHER first-year student has died at the increasingly infamous Lerotholi Polytechnic orientation week. The 21-year-old Rethabile Mosito’s body was found at the institution’s football...
View ArticleMoleleki speaks on his cancer battle
Herbert Moyo A SOMBRE atmosphere briefly engulfed the state house this week when the Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki recounted his successful battle to overcome an aggressive form of tonsil...
View ArticleLEC in new tender storm
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has once again been caught up in a storm of fraud and corruption claims. This is amid revelations that the Directorate of Corruption and...
View ArticleGovt, civil servants on collision course over salaries
Ntsebeng Motsoeli GOVERNMENT and civil servants could be on a collision path after the government indicated that it would only be able to meet the civil servants’ demands for salary increments only “if...
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