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They want me dead: Moleleki
Minister of Police and Public Safety Monyane Moleleki Billy Ntaote AS the internecine war within the Democratic Congress (DC) escalates, the party’s deputy leader Monyane Moleleki has alleged a plot...
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Three men from Qacha’s Nek who are facing murder charges were remanded in custody by the district’s magistrate court after a brief appearance on September 29. Police spokesperson Superintendent...
View ArticleMafeteng man chops granny’s legs
A 25-year-old man, Tankiso Lesenyeho, suspected of killing a 71-year-old woman in cold blood, appeared in court on September 30 and was sentenced to two years imprisonment for the possession of...
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New movement on the political block
Ramahooana Matlosa Billy Ntaote DISGRUNTLED youths from across the country’s political spectrum this week launched the Majalefa (loosely translated to mean the heirs) movement to press for a radical...
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Church leaders blast govt
CHURCH leaders pray for the wives of detained and exiled soldiers. Billy Ntaote CLERGYMEN this week used the memorial prayer service for slain Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Maaparankoe Mahao...
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Khama snubs Mugabe at uhuru celebrations
Botswana President Ian Khama Staff Writer THE ongoing feud between Botswana President Ian Khama and his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe shows no signs of abating as the duo hogged the limelight...
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King applauds SADC intervention
His Majesty King Letsie III Lekhetho Ntsukunyane KING Letsie III has expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for “always” intervening at “critical moments”...
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Court upholds Khasu suspension
ABC Deputy Leader Tlali Khasu Tefo Tefo DEPUTY Leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) Tlali Khasu yesterday lost his court bid to have his suspension from the ABC’s National...
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Youths should take up leadership: PM
Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili says it was time youths took up the baton of leadership to create the Lesotho they want to see in the next 50...
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Govt seizes IEC budget to pay Bidvest
IEC Chairperson Justice Mahapela Lehohla Billy Ntaote IN yet another controversial move, the government has seized M54 million from the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) budget for local...
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Outrage over seizing of IEC budget
ABC Secretary General Samonyane Ntsekele Billy Ntaote OPPOSITION parties and civil society organisations have condemned the Ministry of Finance’s decision to seize funds earmarked for administering...
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Court of Appeal to hear Khasu case
Tefo Tefo THE Court of Appeal will on 20 October this year hear All Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Tlali Khasu’s appeal against a High Court ruling to uphold his suspension from the party’s...
View ArticleTRC intervenes in RCL infighting
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) is mediating in the infighting threatening to destroy the Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL), the Lesotho Times has learnt. While TRC...
View Article‘RCL infighting threat to opposition’
’Marafaele Mohloboli PARTIES in the tripartite opposition bloc have called on the Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) to find an amicable solution to the internecine strife rocking the party for the...
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ABC seethes over local govt bill
ABC supporters sing & make party slogan at a rally Billy Ntaote THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) has accused government of abusing its power to achieve political ends in tabling the Local...
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Human rights body on the cards
TRC Human Rights Advocacy Officer, Lepeli Moeketsi . . . amid outcry from civil society Billy Ntaote LESOTHO will soon have its first Human Rights Commission (HRC) after the recent publication of...
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DC youth bashed at party indaba
Billy Ntaote DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) Youth League member Tlhabeli Mojapela was on Saturday assaulted by fellow party members who accused him of insulting party leader, Prime Minister Pakalitha...
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DC digs in on no-confidence motion
. . . resolves to dissolve parly and hold fresh polls Billy Ntaote THE Democratic Congress (DC) has resolved that party leader and Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should dissolve parliament and...
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Prince Seeiso laments ‘slow’ development
Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso Lekhetho Ntsukunyane SENATE president Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso has lamented the “far slower pace” of Lesotho’s political, economic and social development compared to...
View ArticleGovt writes-off loans for MPs
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE government has written-off the M32 million members of the Eighth Parliament owed when their term of office prematurely ended in March last year, the Lesotho Times can reveal....
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