Tšepong downsizes services and begins QMMH handover process
Limpho Sello THE TŠEPONG Consortium has started scaling down operations at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) and begun processes to hand over the hospital to the government. In a statement...
View ArticleFood security improves but “crisis” expected in October: Report
Herbert Moyo FOOD security has improved for most households in Lesotho due to the above-average 2020/21 harvests, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has said. However, situation will...
View ArticleTaxi owners demand 10 percent fare hike
threaten to take “other measures” if govt does not approve fare increase Nthatuoa Koeshe PUBLIC transport operators are demanding a 10 percent fare increment with effect from 1 September 2021. Maseru...
View ArticleFormer Mayor sues for reinstatement
‘Marafaele Mohloboli TWO months after her ouster, former Maseru Mayor, ‘Mampho Thabane-Libate, has filed an urgent High Court application for reinstatement. Ms Thabane-Libate was booted out by fellow...
View Article10 political parties face deregistration
‘Marafaele Mohloboli TEN out of the country’s 41 registered political parties face deregistration by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). This for several alleged transgressions including the...
View ArticleNedbank calls for an end to “lawlessness and criminality” in SA
Herbert Moyo NEDBANK Group has called for “decisive action” to restore law and order in South Africa. The call comes amid ongoing violence in several areas of South Africa where looters have ransacked...
View ArticleKamoli fears death sentence in Mahao murder case
Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and nine others’ trial for the June 2015 murder of army commander, Maaparankoe Mahao, has been postponed for the umpteenth time. This time the...
View ArticleFrazer Solar deal was corruptly and fraudulently signed: DCEO
Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO)’s preliminary investigations into the abortive 2018 M1, 7 billion solar energy deal between Frazer Solar and the Lesotho...
View ArticleMajoro begs SA Court, throws Tšolo under the bus
accuses of Tšolo of illegally signing botched M1, 7 billion deal, says awarding Frazer Solar damages will be “catastrophic” to Lesotho’s economy. Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has...
View ArticleLesotho officially in Covid third wave: NACOSEC
demands strict lockdown. Limpho Sello LESOTHO is now officially in the third wave of Covid-19, with the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) reporting that the highly contagious Delta variant has...
View ArticleTRC calls for withdrawal of the National Peace and Unity Bill
Herbert Moyo A LEADING human rights organisation, the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), has accused the National Reforms Authority (NRA) of falling into the same trap as the government and the head...
View ArticleOver our dead bodies, victims’ families say
livid victims vow to oppose National Peace and Unity Bill Mahao’s widow and other victims berate govt for ignoring their concerns when drafting Bill. Bereng Mpaki SLAIN army commander, Maaparankoe...
View ArticleDesist from attacking army initiatives: Letsoela
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) commander, Mojalefa Letsoela, recently appealed to individuals to desist from attacking the army and its initiatives in their quest to score political points...
View Article“Disability took me out of the classroom, buried my dreams”
Limpho Sello GOVERNMENT officials and other stakeholders have been engaging in a self-congratulatory exercise in the aftermath of the enactment of the long-delayed Persons with Disability Equity Act....
View ArticleDesist from attacking army initiatives: Letsoela
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) commander, Mojalefa Letsoela, recently appealed to individuals to desist from attacking the army and its initiatives in their quest to score political points...
View Article“Disability took me out of the classroom, buried my dreams”
Limpho Sello GOVERNMENT officials and other stakeholders have been engaging in a self-congratulatory exercise in the aftermath of the enactment of the long-delayed Persons with Disability Equity Act....
View ArticleM62 million loan for LRA modernisation project
Kaleen Chikowore THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) has been granted a USD4.25 million (M62 million) loan by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group. The LRA Commissioner-General,...
View ArticleGovt- Tšepong fight gets uglier
as hospital turns away patients over unpaid dues by the state, even those with terminal conditions like diabetes and hypertension not spared. Limpho Sello THE stand-off between the government and the...
View ArticleSoldiers fight on
accuse army boss Letsoela, govt of ignoring their repeated demands for compensation, but fail to have High Court halt Letsoela’s decision to probe them. Mohalenyane Phakela TWELVE soldiers who...
View ArticleStaffing shortages hit health centres
Limpho Sello EFFORTS to curb the spread of Covid-19 through contact tracing and isolating infected persons have been dealt a blow after the Health Ministry refused to renew the contracts of the...
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