SADC to introduce cheaper organ to replace oversight committee
Pascalinah Kabi THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation has resolved to replace the oversight committee with a...
View ArticleMP sues police for M2 million torture damages
Pascalinah Kabi OPPOSITION Movement for Economic Change (MEC) legislator Thabo Ramatla is suing Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli, Assistant Commissioner (ACP) Beleme Lebajoa and two members of the...
View ArticleThabane withdraws Mosito suspension threat
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minster Thomas Thabane yesterday abandoned his plans to suspend and impeach Court of Appeal president Kananelo Mosito. Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase also agreed to...
View ArticleDCEO boss warns brother
Pascalinah Kabi NEWLY-APPOINTED Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Mahlomola Manyokole has warned his brother, Ministry of Health principal secretary Lefu...
View ArticleTake it like a man: a story of police brutality
’Marafaele Mohloboli WHOEVER spoke about enduring pain and taking it like a man was obviously pontificating from the comfort of their own home. People often speak of tough activists who can stoically...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Molibeli to act against police brutality
’Marafaele Mohloboli GOVERNMENT officials and victims have joined the growing local and international calls for Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli to act against rogue police officers who have been...
View ArticleManyokole vows not to cherry-pick cases for prosecution
Pascalinah Kabi NEW Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) boss, Mahlomola Manyokole, has rubbished allegations that he was “parachuted” to the top post to ensure that investigations...
View ArticleDCEO goes after chief investigating officer
Pascalinah Kabi NEWLY-APPOINTED Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Mahlomola Manyokole, has commenced processes to suspend the DCEO’s Chief Investigating...
View ArticleABC talks collapse, again
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE latest round of talks aimed at reconciling the warring All Basotho Convention (ABC) factions collapsed this week amid claims by the Professor Nqosa Mahao-led camp that ABC leader...
View ArticleMosito blasts Thabane
calls premier “incompetent” and “bitter” Pascalinah Kabi COURT of Appeal president Justice Kananelo Mosito has come out guns blazing against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, saying the latter’s...
View ArticlePolihali Dam workers cry foul
Bereng Mpaki WORKERS hired for advance infrastructure developments ahead of the construction of the multi-billion maloti Polihali Dam have threatened legal action against their employers whom they...
View ArticleLeaders receive draft National Reforms Authority bill
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government has drafted the National Reforms Authority Bill aimed at creating an independent body to oversee the implementation of the multi-sector reforms that were recommended...
View ArticleMahao rules out forming splinter party
Ntsebeng Motsoeli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao and his allies have ruled out forming a splinter party as his faction’s battle for control with the party’s former...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal slams “shocking” Justice Mahase conduct
Mohalenyane Phakela Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase has once again come under heavy criticism from the Court of Appeal over her conduct increasingly seen as severely compromising the integrity of...
View ArticlePolice slapped with M270 000 lawsuit
Nat Molomo A 2013 case of alleged police brutality has come back to haunt the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) after the High Court on Tuesday opened a hearing in which a Mafeteng man is claiming...
View ArticleDoti demands justice after horrific “assassination attempt”
Ntsebeng Motsoeli BARELY a week on from her horrific knife attack in her Lithabaneng home, All Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy spokesperson, ‘Matebatso Doti, is praying for a quick recovery and itching...
View ArticleLawyer’s illness delays ABC case
Mohalenyane Phakela EMBATTLED All Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao and four others’ High Court application challenging their “expulsion” from the ABC once again failed to...
View ArticleRape charges against former minister withdrawn
Mohalenyane Phakela A former minister accused of raping a 17 year old orphan is now free after negotiating an out of court deal to build a house for the victim and pay her M1000 in monthly maintenance...
View ArticleMayor, councillors hit back at Minister Litšoane
Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU mayor Mpho Moloi and fellow Maseru City Council (MCC) councillors have strongly denied corruption allegations levelled against them by Local Government and Chieftainship...
View ArticleMinister, MCC clash over graft claims
Pascalinah Kabi/Ntsebeng Motsoeli LOCAL Government and Chieftainship minister Litšoane Litšoane has accused councillors and officials of the Maseru City Council (MCC) of effectively stealing M3, 5...
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