Parliament okays dual citizenship
’Marafaele Mohloboli PARLIAMENT this week approved the eight amendment to the constitution to allow for dual citizenship. Home Affairs minister Tsukutlane Au welcomed the constitutional amendment,...
View ArticleCock the guns against criminals, minister tells police
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Temeki Tšolo, has urged the police to “cock the gun” and deal ruthlessly with criminals who were killing business people. Mr Tšolo said...
View ArticleChief Justice Majara fights suspension
Pascalinah Kabi EMBATTLED Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara yesterday petitioned the High Court to order His majesty King Letsie III to revoke her recent suspension. Justice Majara also wants the court to...
View ArticleCrippling financial crisis at LMPS
Recruits forced to contribute to their upkeep Training extended by a further six months Pascalinah Kabi THE POLICE Training College (PTC) is battling with crippling financial challenges that have...
View ArticleMaseribane has a case to answer-Opposition
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE opposition insists that Basotho National Party leader Thesele Maseribane has a case to answer for possible corruption after the latter was accused of receiving bribes from the...
View ArticleFactory dismisses half its workforce
’Marafaele Mohloboli ADIENT, a Maseru-based company that manufactures car seat covers has dismissed 250 workers for engaging in an unlawful strike to press for salary increments. This is more than half...
View ArticleRape accused ex-minister remanded to October
Staff Writer FORMER minister of Law, Mootsi Lehata was this week remanded to 9 October 2018 when he appeared at the Maseru Magistrates’ Court to answer charges of raping a minor. On that day, the court...
View ArticleEx-Liqhobong CEO up for fraud
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Liqhobong Mine chief executive officer (CEO) Stuart Michael Brown on Tuesday appeared before the Maseru Magistrates’ Court to face charges of fraud in relation to the awarding of...
View ArticleMajara-Thabane court case fails to kick off
Pascalinah Kabi THE much-anticipated case between suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane failed to kick off yesterday due to a last-minute cancellation of the...
View ArticleMurder trial postponed over foreign judges
Mohalenyane Phakela THE uncertainty surrounding the engagement of foreign judges to preside over the criminal trials of past and serving members of the security agencies as well as other politically...
View ArticleDCEO investigates corruption in fertiliser tender
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating possible corruption and the flouting of tender procedures in the multi-million maloti fertiliser supply...
View ArticleTempers flare in Majara case
Pascalinah Kabi TEMPERS flared when lawyers representing suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara and those representing the government met behind closed doors on Monday in the Acting Chief Justice...
View ArticleFarmers’ ultimatum to Thabane
…repeal wool and mohair regulations or we take ‘serious measures’ Mohalenyane Phakela THE government’s stand-off with farmers went a notch higher this week with the farmers threatening to “take serious...
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Tensions as AD infighting escalates
Deputy Prime Minister Moleleki steps in as Phamotse and Litjobo allegedly face-off in power struggle Pascalinah Kabi DEPUTY Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki was this week forced to step in to diffuse...
View ArticleWool and mohair farmer arrested
’Marafaele Mohloboli PROMINENT Mokhotlong wool and mohair farmer Khotsang Moshoeshoe, who recently hit the headlines when he was filmed having an altercation with Trade and Industry Tefo Mapesela, was...
View ArticleBasotho demand term limits for Prime Minister
Herbert Moyo MOST Basotho want the powers of the prime minister to be limited to just two terms in office. The majority also want the prime minister to be more accountable to parliament and to always...
View ArticleWomen demand death penalty
Limpho Sello WOMEN in Matelile in the Mafeteng district have declared war on criminals and appealed to the government to consider imposing the death penalty to punish offenders and deter like-minded...
View ArticleMosisili blasts Mapesela, seeks audience with Thabane
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili says he will approach his successor Thomas Thabane to deal with Trade and Industry minister Tefo Mapesela who the former accuses of...
View ArticleMosisili gives up on being Prime Minister
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Democratic Congress (DC) Pakalitha Mosisili says he has had his chance and will never seek to be voted as prime minister again...
View ArticleLesotho, SA Police launch manhunt for killers
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and South Africa’s Free State police department have launched a manhunt for three Basotho nationals who allegedly shot and killed four people...
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