Date set for Metsing’s return
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), Mothetjoa Metsing, is expected to return home on 25 November 2018 to participate in...
View ArticleEU backs reforms deal
Staff Writer THE European Union (EU) has thrown its weight behind the recent agreement between the government and the opposition to suspend criminal proceedings against former Deputy Prime Minister...
View ArticleCourt blow for Metsing
Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court yesterday issued a temporary interdict barring the government from halting criminal proceedings against Lesotho Congress for Democracy leader Mothetjoa Metsing until...
View ArticleSADC troops leave
…regional body refuses to extend mandate any further Staff Writers Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops, seconded to Lesotho to help stabilize the country, will finally leave in less...
View ArticleLRA seizes M24 000 smuggled meat
Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) recently foiled an attempt to smuggle red meat worth M24 000 at the Calendonspoort Border gate in Butha-Buthe. LRA public relations manager Pheello...
View ArticleLHWP Phase II works to commence in January
Staff Reporter THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) says that all is in place for the commencement of the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP II) with the...
View ArticleTšepong accused of negligence in Nteso’s death
Mohalenyane Phakela THE slain Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) internal auditor, Thibello Nteso, could still be alive had Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Tšepong) urgently given him medical...
View ArticleAll set for SADC troops’ withdrawal
Staff Writers ALL is set for the withdrawal of Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops from the country next week with an exit parade slated for Setsoto Stadium in Maseru on the 20th of...
View ArticleMasupha Sole in fresh controversy
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’s technical advisor in the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC), Masupha Sole, yesterday torched storm when he told the senate that Lesotho and South Africa made a “grave...
View Article‘Police tried to conceal evidence in Nteso murder’
Mohalenyane Phakela A KEY witness in the murder case of slain Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) internal auditor, Thibello Nteso, this week accused four police officers of attempting to destroy the...
View ArticleCop arrested for M18 million fraud
’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE Constable (PC) Mokone Bereng of Khubetsoana in Berea and two other suspects yesterday appeared before the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on charges of defrauding the government...
View ArticleSenators demand Mokitimi’s ouster
’Marafaele Mohloboli SENATE President ’Mamonaheng Mokitimi is in the eye of the storm after five senators launched a petition for her to be relieved of her duties and be investigated on charges of...
View ArticleArmy equipment goes missing
…two soldiers in custody as police and army investigate the theft of communications equipment Pascalinah Kabi TWO army officers are assisting the police and the army with investigations into the...
View ArticleMosisili formally quits
…informs supporters of his decision in writing ’Marafaele Mohloboli Pakalitha Mosisili has formally quit as leader of the opposition Democratic Congress (DC) ending a long tumultuous political career....
View ArticleMosisili warns SADC on Metsing’s security
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has blasted the government for failing to meet former deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing’s security demands, adding that if anything...
View ArticleHome Affairs workers unpaid amid M11 million fraud claims
Pascalinah Kabi THE Office of Auditor General which was roped in to audit the accounts of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) has so far failed to complete its task due to the...
View Article‘Killer’ soldiers trial date set
Mohalenyane Phakela TEN murder-accused soldiers who have been languishing in remand prison for more than a year will have to wait until 11 December to know when they will stand trial. This comes after...
View ArticlePolice kill 23: Mosisili
’Marafaele Thabane OUTGOING Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili has sensationally claimed that the police have killed at least 23 civilians in the 18 months that it has been in power. He...
View ArticleKing pleads for professional security sector
Bereng Mpaki KING Letsie III says the envisaged multi-sector reforms should yield a professional security sector that is free from the unwarranted interference and abuse by politicians. His Majesty...
View ArticleGovt debt to LRA, Pensions Fund tops M124 million
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government owes the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Pensions Fund a combined total of M124 million in unremitted tax and pensions contributions, parliament has heard. This...
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