Violence against children a challenge in Lesotho: survey
Limpho Sello AT LEAST 58 percent of males and 42 percent of females suffer different forms of violence before they reach the age of 18. This came out of the preliminary results of the 2019 Violence...
View ArticleMetsing appeals to Moleleki on wool and mohair
’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, has demanded that the leader of the National Assembly, Monyane Moleleki, sets up special committee to fully...
View ArticleIEC officers in near fist fight
Pascalinah Kabi TWO senior Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) officers almost exchanged blows recently as tensions boiled over at the troubled elections body. Acting Director of Elections Lebohang...
View ArticleMaliehe blasts Court of Appeal
Bereng Mpaki ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) stalwart and chairperson of the party’s old national executive committee (NEC), Motlohi Maliehe, has blasted the Court of Appeal for the recent judgement which...
View ArticleBrexit will not disrupt trade with Lesotho: ambassador
Herbert Moyo INCOMING British resident High Commissioner to Lesotho, Ms Anne Macro, has vowed to ensure that Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) will not disrupt trade with Lesotho and other...
View ArticleJustice Mahase comes under fire
condemned as a “disgrace” to the legal profession Ntsebeng Motsoeli IT never rains but pours for Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase. The beleaguered Justice Mahase was once again on the receiving...
View Article‘Two year-curse’ strikes govt as Rantšo blasts coalition partners
says coalition govt principals sideline her in decision-making but still faces rebellion in her own party ’Marafaele Mohloboli TROUBLE is brewing in the two year-old governing coalition after Reformed...
View ArticleABC case postponed again
Mohalenyane Phakela THE case in which three All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators are seeking the nullification of the election of Professor Nqosa Mahao and others to the party’s national executive...
View ArticleMahao camp alleges assassination plot
as his bodyguard fatally shoots two would-be assailants Pascalinah Kabi THE Professor Nqosa Mahao faction of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) has accused its rivals of plotting his assassination in a...
View ArticleMahase savages Mosito
says Court of Appeal boss should have recused himself in Mahao cases Mohalenyane Phakela The age-old battle for supremacy between the offices of the chief justice and the president of the Court of...
View ArticleLaw society slams Mahase, Mosito
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Law Society of Lesotho yesterday criticised Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase for her recent attack on Court of Appeal President Kananelo Mosito, saying the clash between...
View ArticleAvani donates to St Bernadette
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Avani Group of Hotels this week donated blankets and sheets to the St Bernadette Resource Centre for the Blind in Maseru to help them keep warm during the cold winter. The hotel...
View ArticleDefiant IEC commissioners dig in
Pascalinah Kabi DEFIANT Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioners say they are staying put despite a government directive that they vacate office ahead of the recruitment of new...
View ArticlePhori basks in wool and mohair victory
Mohalenyane Phakela SMALL Businesses, Cooperatives and Marketing minister Chalane Phori has welcomed last Friday’s Court of Appeal ruling which reinstated the controversial 2018 regulations prohibiting...
View ArticleJudges grill lawyer in Mahao case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated case in which three All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators are seeking the nullification of the election of Professor Nqosa Mahao and others to the party’s...
View ArticleMahao issues a week’s ultimatum to Thabane
“allow new NEC to take over or we will bring your govt down” Ntsebeng Motsoeli IN an ominous development, Professor Nqosa Mahao has given All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas...
View ArticleBlow for former LHWC delegate
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S former chief delegate to the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC), Reatile Thabo Mochebelele, will soon be extradited back home to serve his five-year sentence after his...
View ArticleLesotho forced to repay SA M185 million in water taxes
Pascalinah Kabi THE much-vaunted Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) might not have been the lucrative money-spinning venture for Lesotho that it has been touted to be. This follows revelations that...
View ArticleGovt headed for collapse: coalition parties
’Marafaele Mohloboli The end is nigh and the governing coalition is on the verge of collapse. This is the stark admission by the coalition partners barely two years into the Thomas Thabane...
View ArticleThabane faces ouster
as Mahao faction tables no confidence motion DC backs motion Ntsebeng Motsoeli/Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s grip on power is now hanging by a thread after a parliamentary no...
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