Kabi attacks Tšepong
seeks World Bank help in reviewing unfavourable contract Pascalinah Kabi HEALTH Minister Nkaku Kabi has accused the Tšepong Consortium of prioritising profits over its contractual obligations to...
View ArticleJustice Monapathi clears the air on Mahase case
Mohalenyane Phakela A SENIOR judge, Justice Tšeliso Monapathi, has denied claims by some lawyers that the Constitutional Court flouted legal rules by electing to hear a case involving Acting Chief...
View ArticleAttack on soldiers sparks renewed security fears
assailants got away with guns, ammunition Ntsebeng Motsoeli TWO army officers were last week attacked at the Makoanyane Barracks in Maseru by unknown assailants who made off with their rifles and live...
View ArticleLerotholi Polytechnic trains police officers
Bataung Moeketsi THE Lerotholi Polytechnic this week launched a motorbike repairs course for 14 Lesotho Mountain Police Services (LMPS) officers under its School of Continuing Education arm. The...
View ArticleMinister warns killers, rapists
Limpho Sello NEWLY appointed Social Development Minister Motlohi Maliehe has dared killers and rapists to continue with their “evil” crimes against the elderly and see the hefty punishments coming...
View ArticleCannabis lawyer accused of turning rogue
Staff Reporters One of Lesotho’s oldest and most respected law firms, Webber Newdigate, has essentially accused one of its former partners of turning into a rogue by wantonly breaching his contractual...
View ArticlePAC slams police, DCEO’s failure to investigate corruption
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week lambasted the police and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offence (DCEO) for allegedly failing to follow up and prosecute...
View ArticleGovt pays foreign judges
Mohalenyane Phakela THE three foreign judges who were recruited by the government to preside over high profile murder and attempted murder cases involving politicians and serving and former members of...
View ArticleDate set for ABC “expulsions” case
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much-anticipated All Basotho Convention (ABC) expulsions case will now be heard next week on 23 October 2019. High Court judge, Justice Tšeliso Monapathi, set the date on Monday...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal sits for final 2019 session
Mohalenyane Phakela THE second session of the Court of Appeal got underway on Monday 14 October 2019 and is expected to end on 1 November 2019 when the court delivers its judgements. Led by its...
View ArticleIEC Commissioners lose fight to remain in office
Pascalinah Kabi FORMER Independent Electoral commissioners, Mahapela Lehohla, ‘Mamosebi Pholo and Makase Nyaphisi yesterday lost their Constitutional Court bid to remain in office pending the...
View ArticleGovt incurs M212 000 Mahase legal bill
Pascalinah Kabi THE government’s insistence on hiring a South African lawyer, Advocate Guido Heinz Penzhorn, to defend Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase in the impeachment case brought against her...
View ArticleDoctors suspend emergency services
Pascalinah Kabi DOCTORS have indefinitely suspended critical emergency services at all government hospitals to protest the government’s failure to address their demands for the provision of adequate...
View ArticleMore charges for Kamoli
Mohalenyane Phakela IT never rains but pours for former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli. Not only is the army commander set to spend a third Christmas in remand prison over a plethora...
View ArticleGovt settles with fired ambassador
Mohalenyane Phakela THE government has agreed an out of court deal to pay former ambassador to China, Lebohang Ntšinyi, all her terminal benefits and salary arrears after her contract was prematurely...
View ArticleMokhothu pushes for Thabane’s ouster
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION Democratic Congress leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, says he has nothing personal against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his bid to topple him is borne out of the singular...
View ArticleEconet improves EcoSure packages
Nthatuoa Koeshe ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL) and the Lesotho National Life Assurance Company have upgraded their insurance policy from EcoSure Mpolokeng to EcoSure Re Bolokehile. Launched in 2013,...
View ArticleLiqhobong rakes in US$10, 6 million from first quarter sales
Bataung Moeketsi LIQHOBONG Diamond Mine realised US$10, 6 million from the sale of 168 612 carats worth of diamonds in the first quarter of its 2019/2020 financial year which ended on 30 September...
View ArticleGovt, Justice Majara agree on exit package
Herbert Moyo THE government and suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara have agreed an out-of-court settlement which will see the latter leave office without undergoing a potentially damaging...
View ArticleDCEO stops Mpilo Boulevard tender
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Mahlomola Manyokole, has ordered the Maseru City Council (MCC) to stop the processes of awarding...
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