LDF officers in peacekeeping training
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) continues to be the largest force that can intervene in conflicts to ensure law and order Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Major General Matela Matobakele...
View ArticleTeachers union leader loses salary case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court has dismissed the Lesotho Association of Teachers (LAT) chairperson, Letsatsi Ntsibolane’s application to continue receiving his salary until the finalisation of his...
View ArticleTeachers’ ultimatum to government
Mohalenyane Phakela STRIKING teachers will only engage in talks with the government on condition the latter drops its lawsuits against the teachers, reinstates those who have been fired for striking...
View ArticleAmerica warns of threats to second MCC compact
Bereng Mpaki THE United States (US) ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, has warned that Lesotho risks losing out on the multi-million-dollar second compact under the Millennium Challenge...
View ArticleWe can’t afford full diamond royalties: Liqhobong
Ntsebeng Motsoeli FIRESTONE Diamonds, the company operating Liqhobong Diamond Mine, says the mine would have to close down operations if the government was to press for the payment of the full 10...
View ArticleDCEO boss booted out
says he leaves post with shoulders sky high Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has sent the director-general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO,) Advocate Borotho...
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Mokhosi, Kamoli bid to stop foreign judges
Mohalenyane Phakela / Nat Molomo MURDER-ACCUSED former Defence minister Tšeliso Mokhosi, former army commander Tlali Kamoli and 14 other former members of different security agencies have launched an...
View ArticleM9 million exit package for Chief Justice
deal awaits approval of PM Thabane and coalition principals Pascalinah Kabi THE government and the suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara have agreed on a M9 million exit package which will see her...
View ArticleMinisters Doti, Hlaele fired
sacking seen as ‘punishment’ for the duo’s support for Prof Mahao Hlaele comments on his firing Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has fired Law, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights...
View ArticleABC infighting spills into govt
as MPs loyal to Mahao vow to vote against budget speech move could paralyse govt operations Pascalinah Kabi THE infighting within Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) threatens...
View ArticleParties fail to account for IEC funds
Ntsebeng Motsoeli VARIOUS political parties including the ruling Basotho National Party (BNP) have failed to account for M12 million they received from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to...
View ArticleDoctorate for First Lady
Staff Reporter THE First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane, will on 9 March 2019 be conferred with an honourary doctorate by the Divinity College Consortium, an interdenominational university in the United...
View ArticleMothae rakes in US$4 million from first commercial sales
Staff Reporter MOTHAE Mine in Mokhotlong has realised US$3, 8 million from the sale of rough diamonds including those that were recovered last month when the company began commercial mining operations....
View ArticleCCL speaks out on ‘deepening political crisis’
Pascalinah Kabi THE Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) has warned that the infighting within the parties in the governing coalition is breeding a political crisis which, if not well managed, could...
View ArticlePAC blasts mining companies over dividends
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson, Selibe Mochoboroane, has accused diamond mining companies of using underhand tactics including falsely claiming they are making losses...
View ArticleABC digging its own grave: Analysts
Staff Reporters THE political crisis brewing in the All Basotho Convention (ABC), if unchecked, will not only split the party, but also bring down the coalition government with calamitous consequences...
View ArticleMochoboroane speaks on joining Thabane-led coalition
says no to joining governing coalition calls for all-inclusive transitional govt that will spearhead reforms ahead of fresh polls Pascalinah Kabi THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe...
View ArticleKamoli, Mokhosi constitutional challenge stalls murder trials
Mohalenyane Phakela / Nat Molomo THE pre-trial conferences of politicians and members of the different security agencies have been put on hold pending the outcome of the constitutional application...
View ArticleThey want to kill me; Hlaele
former minister speaks amid plot to expel him from ABC Pascalinah Kabi THE ever-escalating infighting in the ABC has taken a new strange twist after Lebohang Hlaele, the man who won the contest for...
View ArticleABC holds crisis indaba
Thabane to meet party MPs over intensifying infighting MPs want new national executive committee to immediately take charge of the party Moorosi Tsiane PRIME Minister and leader of the All Basotho...
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