IEC wins delimitation case
Moorosi Tsiane HIGH Court Judge Molefi Makara has dismissed Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general Tšitso Cheba and DC member, Lethusang Kompi’s application to stop the Independent Electoral...
View ArticleGovt receives US$4 million dividend from Letšeng
. . . 28461 carats sold for US$52, 1 million as mine registers strong first quarter performance for 2022 Staff Reporters BUSINESS is booming at Letšeng Mine in Mokhotlong. This amid revelations that...
View ArticleDuo jailed six years for stealing Econet property
Staff Reporter TWO Lithabaneng men have each been jailed for six years for stealing Econet Telecom Lesotho’s overhead copper cables. Maruping Maruping and Motlatsi Mpeoa were both charged with...
View ArticleLEPOSA dragged to court
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) deputy president, Teboho Molumo, has petitioned the High Court to nullify his 13 March 2022 suspension by his fellow executive committee...
View ArticleNSS aghast as officer rapes girl, sodomises boy
spy agency begs for forgiveness, says it is “remorseful” over the spate of crimes by its officers ’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Tokelo Khausela AN intelligence officer stands accused of sodomising a...
View ArticleABC bigwigs in near fist-fight
…as feuding Majoro-Kabi factions’ reconciliation talks flounder ’Marafaele Mohloboli RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) bigwigs Keketso Sello and Prince Maliehe engaged in a heated argument that...
View ArticleWomen, you are the change that we seek: Seutloali
AT just 13 years old in 1998, Machere Seutloali was expelled from boarding school for bringing her parents’ Basotho National Party (BNP) regalia. She was also accused of being the ringleader of a...
View ArticleAbusive men are weak: Mphunyetsane
FOR those who are not familiar with her, Palesa Mphunyetsane, the Vodacom Financial Services (VFS) managing director, could easily pass for a middle manager as opposed to the bigwig that she is. All...
View ArticleCrowd-pulling power doesn’t translate into election victory for RFP
. . . analysts warn that party must establish grassroots structures if it is to emerge victorious Bongiwe Zihlangu/Moroke Sekoboto WHILE this week’s manifesto launch rally of the newly formed...
View ArticleBNP wants pension for chiefs
Bereng Mpaki BASOTHO National Party (BNP) will set a retirement age for chiefs and introduce pension benefits for them if the party is voted into power. BNP leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, early this...
View ArticleWe have to work hard to restore public confidence in the police: Mokete
DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP), Paseka Mokete, will today be reassigned to his previous post as DCP in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). He has been DCP in charge of...
View ArticleBusinessman Mahlala donates classroom block
Tšoloane Mohlomi PROMINENT businessman, Bothata Mahlala, has donated a newly constructed classroom block to Maqokho Primary School in Mt Moorosi, Quthing district. The building cost about M200 000 to...
View ArticleTravellers urged to be on the lookout for Monkeypox
Limpho Sello FOLLOWING the breakout of the Monkeypox disease in some parts of the world last month, the Ministry of Health has called on travellers to report any illnesses during their travels and upon...
View ArticleCentral Bank appoints new governor
Bereng Mpaki THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has appointed Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s former economic adviser and head of the accountability unit, Maluke Letete, as its substantive governor....
View ArticleKamoli authorised Mahao’s arrest: Poopa
Moorosi Tsiane RETIRED Major General Lineo Poopa has thrown murder-accused former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, under the bus. He has essentially accused Kamoli of ordering the controversial arrest of...
View ArticleEconet scoops Brand Africa top award
Bereng Mpaki MOBILE communications giant, Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) has been voted the most admired African brand in Lesotho. Econet scooped the award at the Brand Africa Top 100 for 2022 awards...
View ArticleManamolela elected ABC deputy leader
’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Health Minister Pinkie Manamolela has been elected deputy leader of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC). The medical doctor, who served as health minister in former...
View ArticleTop cop Mokete talks tough
vows to clean up CID amidst accusations of shoddy probes resulting in high profile acquittals says “shocked” by Nthane acquittal and “special treatment” of Thabane, Mochoboroane. Staff Reporters...
View ArticleChaperone, driving financial inclusion through technology
Bereng Mpaki CHAPERONE Ltd is one of only five fintech (financial technology) companies that are licensed to offer mobile money services by the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) in the country. Founded...
View ArticleData is the new currency: SLB
Bereng Mpaki USAGE and manipulation of big data in modern business has become so important that data is now referred as the new currency or oil. This was said by Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) chief...
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