Govt to appoint representative in MKM
Pascalinah Kabi THE government has resolved to have an official representative in the ongoing discussions aimed at finding lasting solutions to MKM saga and ensure that investors are paid the millions...
View ArticleNo pay for striking teachers
Mohalenyane Phakela TEACHERS who have continued with their strike despite a government directive that they return to work will not receive their salaries, the Minister of Education and Training,...
View ArticleFitch slams coalition govt
…Lesotho given a negative credit rating amid fears of renewed tension and instability Herbert Moyo FITCH Ratings has given Lesotho a negative credit rating and painted a bleak picture of the country’s...
View ArticleGovt fleet tender rigged
…senior government officials suspected of illegally submitting tender bids Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE recent tendering process for the procurement of the government vehicles fleet services from locals has...
View ArticleWoman murders husband to access insurance pay-outs
Nthatuoa Koeshe Leribe A LERIBE woman (35) from Tsikoane Leralleng has been nabbed along with two other accomplices for allegedly murdering her husband to access life insurance premiums. The trio was...
View ArticleSix children killed in Qacha’s Nek inferno
Ntsebeng Motsoeli WHAT started off as a happy children’s play day ended in sorrow at Ha-Makoae in Qacha’s Nek recently when six children were killed in a fire when their playhouse (mantloane) caught...
View ArticleNo foreign judges yet for high profile cases
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated criminal trials of past and serving members of the security agencies could be further delayed amid revelations that the government is only in the early stages...
View ArticleChina cancels Lesotho debts, gives more aid
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO received a massive boost in its quest to reduce its international debt burden after the Chinese government resolved to cancel debts owed in respect of the construction of the...
View ArticleSupport abortion, govt pleads with churches
Pascalinah Kabi HEALTH Minister Nkaku Kabi says it is time the church supported the government’s bid to legalise abortion as part of efforts to saves the lives of young women. Mr Kabi said legalising...
View ArticleFoul play suspected in govt official’s death
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE family of the late Home Affairs ministry procurement officer, Khahliso Soro, suspects that he could have been murdered after he allegedly received death threats from some...
View ArticleGovt acts on Tšepong crisis
Pascalinah Kabi THE Ministry of Health has resolved to engage private medical practitioners to avail their facilities and services to the public in a move sources say is part of government efforts to...
View Article‘I’m not ashamed of my relationship with British tycoon Banks’
’Marafaele Mohloboli COMMUNICATIONS minister and Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Thesele Maseribane has boasted about his relationship with controversial British tycoon Arron Banks and called him a...
View ArticleBlow for govt in its quest to avert crisis
…As IMF rules out financial bailout until its demands are met Herbert Moyo/ Bereng Mpaki THE government and the civil servants are headed for a collision as the former considers implementing a raft of...
View ArticleChief Justice Majara Suspended
…three-member tribunal to try her on misconduct charges Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has indefinitely suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara from office. The suspension, effective...
View ArticleOpposition pulls out of reforms
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION parties in parliament have pulled out of all multi-sector reforms processes in protest of the government’s decision to suspend the Chief Justice, Nthomeng Majara. The...
View ArticleRich pickings for Gem Diamonds at Letšeng Mine
Herbert Moyo BUSINESS is booming at Letšeng Mine in Mokhotlong amid revelations that the company’s revenue grew to US$167, 7 million in the first half of 2018. This represented an 81 percent increase...
View ArticleReturn home, SADC tells Metsing
Pascalinah Kabi THE SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) says there is no justification for Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing and other exiled opposition leaders to...
View ArticleSA, Lesotho agree on border controls
Mohalenyane Phakela THE governments of Lesotho and South Africa have agreed that selected categories of travellers including Basotho miners working in South Africa, learners and holders of Lesotho...
View ArticleGovt hits back at Amnesty International
Staff Reporter THE government has accused Amnesty International and the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association of peddling “sensational, propagandist and unfounded statements” over the recent...
View ArticleLitjobo pleads with coalition partners
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE spokesperson of the Alliance of Democrats (AD), Thuso Litjobo, has appealed to its governing coalition partners particularly the Thomas Thabane-led All Basotho Convention (ABC)...
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