Manyokole cornered
Pascalinah Kabi SUSPENDED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general, Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, has been given until next Friday to file his full response in the...
View ArticleIEC, govt blast TRC
…accuse civic organisation of steering a constitutional crisis Mohalenyane Phakela THE government and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have accused the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) of...
View ArticleTRC launches fresh war on IEC
Mohalenyane Phakela THE Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) has launched a fresh war against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) over its failure to hold by elections in five vacant...
View ArticleEconet simplifies Ecocash payments
Bereng Mpaki ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL) has simplified Ecocash payments by integrating them with different businesses’ point-of-sale (POS) devices. The innovation is meant to enhance customer...
View ArticleABC NEC bids to save Majoro
. . . canvasses for MPs’ support to avert no confidence motion Pascalinah Kabi IN a desperate move to save the coalition government from potential collapse, the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s...
View ArticleMapesela pushes for Majoro’s ouster
. . . demands secret ballot for no confidence motion Bereng Mpaki Mokhotlong legislator, Tefo Mapesela, is pushing for his no confidence motion against Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro to be conducted...
View ArticleHigh profile trials in limbo
…as lead prosecutor Shaun Abrahams quits over lack of pay Mohalenyane Phakela Top prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has resigned over lack of pay. His resignation puts the high-profile trials he has been...
View ArticleGovt must avert judiciary crisis
THE sudden death of High Court judge, Thamsanqa Nomngcongo, last Thursday could not have come at a worse time for Lesotho’s ailing judiciary. The learned judge took his last breadth at a time when...
View ArticleEU appoints new ambassador
Silence Charumbira THE European Union (EU) has appointed Paola Amadei as its new ambassador to Lesotho. Ms Amadei has since landed in the country. She presented her credentials to the Minister of...
View Article510 houses destroyed by windstorms: Red Cross
Staff Reporter HEAVY windstorms which occurred during the last week of August 2021 destroyed 510 homes and other properties affecting 2550 people, a report by the Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) and...
View ArticleSakoane orders speedy trials
Pascalinah Kabi THOUSANDS of suspects in remand custody may soon walk free following a law gazetted by Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane seeking to ensure that accused persons are tried within a reasonable...
View ArticleNo end to IEC money woes
Mohalenyane Phakela THERE is no end in sight to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s money troubles, with the electoral body reiterating that its operations continue to be crippled by lack of...
View ArticleLMPS recruits convicted criminal
Former minister Senauoane accused of facilitating recruitment Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) has recruited an arson and attempted murder convict, Lebatsang Rotheli, in...
View ArticleDC condemns police killings
. . . calls for death penalty enforcement Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Democratic Congress (DC) has condemned the “brutal and inhumane” killings of police officers across the country in recent months....
View ArticleKilled guard was severely tortured in custody — family
as family threatens legal suite against the police while Mokhothu promises to get to investigate cases of police brutality ’Marafaele Mohloboli TŠELISO Sekonyela (28) died after being severely...
View ArticleAbrahams to continue with high profile cases — DPP
Mohalenyane Phakela ADVOCATE Shaun Abrahams, will be in court next Monday to continue prosecuting the murder trial of former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and eight other soldiers who are accused of...
View ArticleABC suffers another major blow as Phamotse defects to BAP
blasts Majoro for giving state jobs to his friends Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s fractured ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has suffered yet another blow. This after its Likhoele...
View ArticleDraconian snooping law scrapped
’Marafaele Mohloboli PARLIAMENT has scrapped a proposed draconian snooping law that would have allowed the government to monitor the private communications of citizens. The proposed law has been...
View ArticleMapesela goes to court to demand secret ballot
as he pursues his spirited bid to oust Majoro, Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro is using national security agencies to “intimidate” his All Basotho Convention (ABC) party legislators...
View ArticleElections are done, now to the real work
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) held its presidential elections last weekend and president Salemane Phafane retained his post for the fifth time in a row. Phafane polled 42 votes...
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