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SA-based Basotho to wait longer for Covid-19 relief
Ntsebeng Motsoeli NEEDY Lesotho nationals based in South Africa will have to wait longer before they can access a once-off payment from the government to cushion them from the effects of the...
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Majoro blasts Mphaka over “fraudulent” PSs’ contract renewals
Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has blasted government secretary Moahloli Mphaka for allegedly “unilaterally” and “fraudulently” renewing the contracts of principal...
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COVIDGATE!!!
wasteful NECC gobbles M161 million in just four months with a whooping M10 million spent on food for officials Pascalinah Kabi THE National Emergency Command Centre (NECC) had already gobbled M161...
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Teachers demand update on schools’ opening from govt
Ntsebeng Motsoeli LESOTHO has now recorded 996 and 30 Covid-19 related deaths, the government has said. The country has also recorded 472 recoveries out of 12 682 tested specimens. In South Africa, the...
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Govt committed to reforms – Majoro
Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro says his government is committed to maintaining political stability and anticipates no further setbacks in implementing the multi-sector reforms. Dr...
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ABC suspends Phori
Mohalenyane Phakela THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) has suspended its deputy chairperson, Chalane Phori, for three months for failing to attend meetings. Mr Phori’s suspension is with effect from 5...
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LEPOSA piles pressure on Majoro to sack Molibeli
Pascalinah Kabi A POLICE officer’s oath of office is as good as a death warrant. When one signs up to join the police, they are a signing up to die. So, police officers should not be stopped from...
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Car dealer Mofubetsoana resurfaces
…faces fraud charges Mohalenyane Phakela PROMINENT car dealer, Phoka Mofubetsoana, of Phoka Clearing and Forwarding Agency, who fled the country in April last year after duping customers of close to M1...
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Police investigate Pick n Pay Masianokeng robbery
Bereng Mpaki THE police are investigating an incident in which the newly opened Pick n Pay store at the Masianokeng Lifestyle Centre was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money and goods by...
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Thabane threatens to quit ABC over Mapesela attack
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER prime minister and All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has threatened to leave the party soon if its national executive committee (NEC) does not reprimand...
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Protocol officer defrauds Royal family
’Marafaele Mohloboli THEIR Majesties, King Letsie III and Queen ’Masenate Mohato Seeiso, have allegedly been defrauded of a whooping M1.5 million by their Principal Protocol Officer, Moeketsi Tsiboho....
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TRC challenges ConCourt ruling on IEC
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Constitutional Court erred in its 11 August 2020 ruling which declared that the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) and its two co-applicants lacked the legal standing to stop...
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Mphaka off to LHWC
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has appointed former Government Secretary (GS) Moahloli Mphaka as Lesotho’s advisor to the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) effective from next...
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Masoetsa confirms Majoro’s attempts to move LNDC from trade ministry
Staff Reporter THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has confirmed that Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro sought to relocate the country’s trade and investment showcase, the Lesotho National...
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Govt delays teachers’ August salaries
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE government is on a collision course with teachers after the Ministry of Education and Training delayed paying their August 2020 salaries. The teachers’ salaries are normally paid...
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Top LCA managers resign over corruption allegations
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) says three of its top officers have resigned to avoid disciplinary hearings into their alleged misappropriation of funds and gross negligence in...
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Seturumane urges women to get over their fears
Limpho Sello WOMEN must get over their fears if they are to entertain any hopes of succeeding in the business world, leading entrepreneur Matokelo Seturumane has said. Herself as success story in the...
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Police and judiciary have let women down: Doti
Herbert Moyo “LESOTHO has become a dangerous place for women and children to live due to the police and judiciary’s failure to protect them from blood-thirsty criminals who continue to murder, rape,...
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Nedbank clients get M477 million Covid-19 relief
Bereng Mpaki NEDBANK Lesotho extended loan payment relief measures amounting to M477 million to its Lesotho clients to cushion them against the Coronavirus (Covid-19) induced financial crisis. This was...
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Suspect tortured to death by police
as incidents of police brutality escalate Ntsebeng Motsoeli ONE person was allegedly tortured to death by police in Mafeteng while three other cases of police brutality were reported in different...
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