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Salary windfall for PM, MPs
Bereng Mpaki PUBLIC Service Minister Semano Sekatle has tabled proposals to increase the salaries of the prime minister, his deputy, legislators as well as heads of key state institutions such as the...
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Makgothi in hot water over Morocco stance
Pascalinah Kabi POLICE are investigating claims that former Foreign Affairs and International Relations Minister, Lesego Makgothi, was bribed by the Moroccan government to abandon Lesotho’s long-held...
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Standard Lesotho Bank CEO dies
Bereng Mpaki STANDARD Lesotho Bank (SLB) chief executive officer, Kenrick Cockerill, has died. The bank yesterday said Mr Cockerill died in South Africa on 20 October 2020 after a short illness. Mr...
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Court blow for Mahao
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed Law and Justice Minister, Professor Nqosa Mahao’s application for an order compelling the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to furnish...
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DPP fingers Metsing in Ramahloko murder
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane, has alleged that Police Sub-Inspector Mokheseng Ramahloko was murdered in an attempt to conceal...
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Phoofolo in fresh fight with “disrespectful” Mahao
says time for negotiations is over and their dispute will be settled by the courts Pascalinah Kabi THERE is no love lost between Attorney General Haae Phoofolo and Law and Justice Minister Professor...
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Thousands of jobs at risk
as murders of foreign business owners escalate and, key investors threaten to abandon Lesotho over safety concerns… ’Marafaele Mohloboli THOUSANDS of jobs in the country’s textile industry and other...
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Former Home Affairs staffers petition govt
’Marafaele Mohloboli MORE than 170 former Ministry of Home Affairs have petitioned the government to either renew their contracts or give them terminal benefits. The ex-workers were employed by the...
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It’s my prerogative to appoint and reshuffle ministers: Majoro
Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro says he alone has the power to appoint ministers and reshuffle them as he sees fit. Dr Majoro said this in response to former minister and opposition...
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Parly postpones salary debate amid public outcry
Ntsebeng Motsoeli PARLIAMENT has indefinitely postponed debates on whether or not to approve proposals to increase the salaries of the prime minister, his deputy, ministers, legislators as well as...
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Kamoli trial postponed yet again
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER army commander Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Tlali Kamoli and four other soldiers’ attempted murder trial was on Monday postponed to 16 November 2020. The postponement is to...
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Prosecutors slam Kamoli and other high-profile suspects
Mohalenyane Phakela PROSECUTORS of the high-profile trials involving politicians, serving and former members of the security agencies have accused former army commander Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen)...
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Lockdown increases HIV threat
Ntsebeng Motsoeli HEALTH Minister Motlatsi Maqelepo says HIV and AIDS remain Lesotho’s biggest health crises and the situation has just been exacerbated by Covid-19 lockdown. The government enforced a...
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PSI targets girls and young women in HIV fight
Limpho Sello POPULATION Services International (PSI) Lesotho has shifted its focus to an adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) programme that will now become one of its flagship initiatives. A...
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LCA ends Vodacom, Econet duopoly
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) has ended Vodacom Lesotho and Econet Telecom Lesotho’s duopoly by amending the regulations to allow more players into the mobile...
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Govt plans to impeach AG Phoofolo
move comes after it lost a court bid to fire the feisty AG Pascalinah Kabi THE government has intensified its war with Attorney General Haae Phoofolo by threatening to impeach him over a host of...
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Exposed: Massive solar rip-off
as govt proceeds with massively inflated M2, 8 billion solar project, entire project ought to cost no more than M1, 1 billion, but allegedly overpriced because of bribes to its facilitators; an...
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LCA tightens screws on mobile operators
Herbert Moyo THE Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) has tightened the screws on the country’s mobile communications operators by ordering them to seek the authority’s approval before appointing...
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LEPOSA spokesperson spills the beans on Molibeli
Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli and Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) spokesperson, Police Constable (PC) Motlatsi Mofokeng, have become sworn...
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LEPOSA goes after DCP Mokete
wants him suspended until the finalisation of his sexual assault case Mohalenyane Phakela THE Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) has intensified its war with the police command by demanding the...
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