Hlalele Sues Majoro
as Thabane’s ghost continues to haunt PM describes PM as a “lame duck… who cannot undo his predecessor’s appointments” Pascalinah Kabi DESPITE being forced to step down over three months ago, former...
View ArticleCovidgate: DCEO probes inflated payments to suppliers
health ministry allegedly asks PM’s office to pay M7, 9 million for M97 000 worth of services. Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S Coronavirus (Covid-19) response appears to have been haven of unbridled...
View ArticleClash of the titans
… as Mahao fights Mahase, Phoofolo over judges’ appointments Mohalenyane Phakela / Pascalinah Kabi A NASTY fight has erupted between the government and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over the...
View ArticleFormer Foreign Affairs PS lands top job
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has appointed former Foreign Affairs and International Relations principal secretary, Lerotholi Pheko, the new government secretary (GS). Mr Pheko...
View ArticleSekoai renews attack on Mahao
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi THE secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Advocate ‘Mathato Sekoai, has accused Law and Justice Minister Professor Nqosa Mahao of double standards....
View ArticleKing rejects request to appoint five new judges
Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela HIS Majesty King Letsie III has rejected a request by two Judicial Service Commission (JSC) members, Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase and Attorney General...
View ArticleWhy Thabane has not been arrested over Lipolelo murder
Pascalinah Kabi DESPITE being named as a suspect in the June 2017 murder of his ex-wife, Lipolelo, former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has still not been arrested or tried for the crime. Some police...
View ArticleMajoro, Zaly settle out of court
Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro and well-known All Basotho Convention (ABC) member, Nonkululeko Zaly, have reached an out of court settlement over the appointment of the latter as...
View ArticleMagistrates demand appointments as judges
Mohalenyane Phakela MAGISTRATES have appealed to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to appoint them to the High Court bench to fill up the posts left vacant by the deaths and retirement of some...
View ArticleMajoro declares war on animal rustlers
Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has declared war on animal rustlers. He said the government has formed a task team of all the security agencies which is already recording successes in...
View ArticleCovid-19 payment saga turns deadly
…as angry unpaid suppliers threaten to kill PS Lehora Pascalinah Kabi THE scandal surrounding payments to companies who supplied goods and services to the government’s response to the Coronavirus...
View ArticleI have survived countless attempts to topple me: Majoro
premier says first attempt to oust him came just two days after he took power, confident his govt will last the distance. ’Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro says his government has...
View Article‘Maesaiah plots Majoro’s ouster
former first lady said to be canvassing MPs’ for a no confidence vote as AD confirms bidding for premier’s ouster Pascalinah Kabi BARELY three months after her husband former Prime Minister Thomas...
View ArticlePAC questions legitimacy of FIU director’s post
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Public Accounts Committee on Monday questioned the legitimacy of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) director, Palesa Khabele and said her post was a duplication of roles with...
View ArticleGovt must act now against police brutality: analysts
Bataung Moeketsi A FORTNIGHT ago, one person was allegedly tortured to death by police in Mafeteng. Three other cases of police brutality were reported in different parts of the country that same...
View ArticleLEPOSA defies Majoro
Pascalinah Kabi THE militant Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) has vowed to go ahead with its protest march to petition Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro to fire Police...
View ArticleHealth staff threaten another strike
Limpho Sello DISGRUNTLED health professionals have given the government until tomorrow to pay them promised risk allowances failing which they will embark on yet another crippling nationwide strike...
View ArticleMagistrates blast ‘vindictive’ Sekoai
Mohalenyane Phakela THE fallout over the recruitment of new judges continued this week with the country’s magistrates accusing the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary, Advocate ‘Mathato Sekoai,...
View ArticleLEPOSA takes fight with Molibeli to ConCourt
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) has petitioned the Constitutional Court to strike down a section of the Police Service Act which empowers the police commissioner to...
View ArticleMothae mine to re-open
Bereng Mpaki MOTHAE mine will soon restart operations after the signing of a new diamond marketing deal between the government and Lucapa Diamond Company. The mine has been on care and maintenance...
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