Law Society shoots down lawyers’ demands
Tefo Tefo THE Law Society of Lesotho has turned down a request by four prominent lawyers for it to take legal action against the Minister of Law and Constitutional Affairs, Lebohang Hlaele, for...
View ArticleExiled soldiers return to active duty
Keiso Mohloboli THE government is re-hiring most of the soldiers who fled the country at the height of the turmoil in the Kingdom during the year 2015 and others who were detained over trumped up...
View ArticleMothae on course for full scale production
Herbert Moyo LUCAPA Diamond Company says it is on course to begin full scale diamond mining at its Mothae Mine in Mokhotlong in the second half of the year, amid indications that the company secured...
View ArticleMinister clashes with PS
…Minister seeks PM Thabane’s intervention …PS accused of leaking confidential cabinet memo Pascalinah Kabi HEALTH Minister Nyapane Kaya has sought the intervention of Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, to...
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Of murderers, incompetent police officers and the LCD
Accept my belated Happy New Year greetings to all Basotho. I wish this nation a successful 2018 and a restoration of political sanity into our blighted (if not God forsaken Kingdom). I have enjoyed a...
View ArticleGovt faces lawsuit over M900 million deal
Moorosi Tsiane A COMPANY which the government recently awarded a lucrative M900 million road construction deal was once placed on the World Bank’s 2011 corruption and fraud blacklist. This has raised...
View ArticleJournalists demand a seat on reforms commission
Pascalinah Kabi THE Journalists Union of Lesotho (JUL) has called for a revision of the National Reforms Commission Bill 2018 to explicitly provide for media reforms and the appointment of an...
View ArticleHospital hit by staff shortages
Nthatuoa Koeshe MOTEBANG Hospital’s District Medical Officer, Malitaba Litaba, has appealed to government to help ease the shortage of doctors in the Leribe district, saying the current four doctors...
View ArticleEditor’s shooters’ freedom bid flops
Tefo Tefo Five army officers who shot and nearly killed Lesotho Times Editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri, in a volley of bullets in July 2016 have failed in their bid for freedom after Maseru Resident...
View ArticleAU satisfied with SADC Force in Lesotho
Pascalinah Kabi AN African Union Technical Assessment Mission has hailed the efforts of the two-month old Southern African Development Community (SADC) Standby Force in the restoration of peace and...
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LDF conducts cleansing ceremony
Pascalinah Kabi A SOMBRE atmosphere gripped Ratjomose Barracks when government officials, army officers, clergymen, the media and other stakeholders converged for a cleansing ceremony in the wake of...
View ArticleLRA boss cleared
Tefo Tefo LESOTHO Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner-General, Thabo Khasipe, was this week handed a massive boost in his quest to clear his name of tax evasion charges after the Constitutional Court...
View ArticleFemale soldiers reinstated
Keiso Mohloboli THE Constitutional Court yesterday ordered the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) to reinstate three female soldiers who were fired after they fell pregnant before spending five years in...
View ArticleMCC warns govt on reforms
Herbert Moyo LESOTHO’S quest for a second multi-million dollar second compact grant from the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has received a major boost after the arrival in the...
View ArticleBlow for Gvt and Judge Mosito
…as Concourt rules Mosito reappointment unconstitutional Tefo Tefo THE government has been dealt a massive blow after the Constitutional Court ruled that Justice Kananelo Mosito cannot be appointed to...
View ArticleArmed robber turns new leaf
Inmate recalls dark days as ‘Bad Man’ and how delays in the justice system to grind contributed to the death of three people Tsitsi Matope FOR eight years, he crafted and coordinated a series of armed...
View ArticleBNP welcomes new members
Tokelo Rasephei THE Basotho National Party this week welcomed 52 new members who defected from various parties including the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Alliance for Democrats (AD), Democratic...
View ArticleSoldiers further remanded in editor’s shooting
Tefo Tefo THE Chief Magistrate, ‘Matankiso Nthunya yesterday further remanded in custody five Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) officers charged with the attempted murder of the Lesotho Times Editor, Lloyd...
View ArticleGhost workers gobble millions
Pascalinah Kabi THE Ministry of Education and Training has for several years failed to maintain human resource records, proper accounting and reconciliation systems resulting in a situation where...
View ArticleCriminal defamation law challenged
Tefo Tefo PROMINENT South African lawyer, Advocate Gilbert Marcus, has urged the Constitutional Court to strike down the criminal defamation law, saying it has the “chilling effect” of muzzling the...
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