Doti relieves harrowing assassination attempt
Ntsebeng Motsoeli LITHABANENG legislator and former Social Development minister, ‘Matebatso Doti says she is lucky to be alive after her would-be assassins spared her life during an attack at her home...
View ArticleMotanyane gives up on Thabane, Mahao
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE latest attempt to heal the rift between All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane and his deputy Professor Nqosa collapsed this week in Maseru amid revelations that...
View ArticleMinister drags MCC Mayor to a hearing
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship, Litšoane Litšoane has summoned Maseru Mayor, Mpho Moloi to a disciplinary hearing to answer to insubordination charges. The hearing...
View ArticleMore foreign judges sworn in
Mohalenyane Phakela TWO more foreign judges have arrived in Lesotho to preside over the politically sensitive criminal cases involving politicians, serving and former members of the security agencies...
View ArticleBroke’ Kamoli’s lawyers threaten to dump him
Mohalenyane Phakela EMBATTLED Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and fellow detained soldiers are pleading poverty and face a huge battle to retain the services of highly qualified, prominent lawyers to...
View ArticleMahlala quits LCD in yet another high profile resignation
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing’s Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has been rocked by yet another high profile departure after prominent businessman, Bothata...
View ArticleThabane condemns attack on “respectable” Doti
’Marafaele Mohloboli All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has condemned the recent brutal attack on his estranged party’s deputy spokesperson ’Matebatso Doti. Dr...
View ArticleThabane barred from suspending Mosito
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal has issued an interim interdict barring Prime Minister Thomas Thabane from suspending Court of Appeal president Kananelo Mosito pending the finalisation of the...
View ArticleMind games in ABC power struggle
’Marafaele Mohloboli MIND games are normally associated with football teams in elite professional leagues attempting to psychologically unsettle each other and gain an advantage over their rivals ahead...
View Article12 000 textile jobs on the line
as investors threaten to quit Lesotho over safety concerns spate of carjackings, armed robberies cited Mohalenyane Phakela AT least 12 000 jobs are on the line in the country’s textile industry with...
View ArticleAppeal Court savages Mahase again
says Acting Chief Justice is incompetent, orders her off ABC case Mohalenyane Phakela THE Court of Appeal has barred Acting Chief Justice, ‘Maseforo Mahase, from presiding over All Basotho Convention...
View ArticleThabane can be ousted: Attorney General
Phoofolo’s legal opinion clears way for no confidence motion against PM Mohalenyane Phakela THE Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and their opposition allies have received a...
View ArticleHlaele funded LCD: Metsing
’Marafaele Mohloboli A WAR of words has erupted between All Basotho Convention (ABC) Secretary General Lebohang Hlaele and Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing, over the...
View ArticleHigh Court interdicts Litšoane
Nat Molomo LOCAL Government and Chieftainship minister, Litšoane Litšoane and his principal secretary, Khothatso Tšooana, were on Tuesday interdicted from convening a disciplinary hearing or taking any...
View ArticleDoti slams “appalling, compromised” judiciary
Ntsebeng Motsoeli AN appalling slap in our faces for all our efforts to find protection and justice for that young girl. This is former Social Development minister, ‘Matebatso Doti’s damning verdict on...
View ArticleNSS makes shock findings on high school learners’ pregnancies
Pascalinah Kabi AT least 250 learners at ‘Maseribane High School in Quthing fell pregnant in 2018, a shocking National Security Service (NSS) report to the Ministry of Education and Training reveals....
View ArticleMetsing issues fresh Kamoli demands
’Marafaele Mohloboli WHICHEVER All Basotho Convention (ABC) faction wants the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)’s support for or against the looming no confidence vote against the Thomas Thabane-led...
View ArticleMetsing, Mokhothu fight escalates
’Marafaele Mohloboli TENSIONS that had been simmering between Democratic Congress leader Mathibeli Mokhothu and his Lesotho Congress for Democracy counterpart, Mothetjoa Metsing exploded into the open...
View ArticleGovt ends LWC’s wool and mohair monopoly
as BKB and four others get licenses Bereng Mpaki THE government has awarded new licences for the brokering and auctioning of wool and mohair to five companies, including South African brokers, BKB....
View ArticleCourt blow for Mahao faction
Mohalenyane Phakela ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao and his faction yesterday suffered a setback after the High Court dismissed their interlocutory application...
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