M9 million exit package for Chief Justice
deal awaits approval of PM Thabane and coalition principals Pascalinah Kabi THE government and the suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara have agreed on a M9 million exit package which will see her...
View ArticleMinisters Doti, Hlaele fired
sacking seen as ‘punishment’ for the duo’s support for Prof Mahao Hlaele comments on his firing Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has fired Law, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights...
View ArticleABC infighting spills into govt
as MPs loyal to Mahao vow to vote against budget speech move could paralyse govt operations Pascalinah Kabi THE infighting within Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) threatens...
View ArticleParties fail to account for IEC funds
Ntsebeng Motsoeli VARIOUS political parties including the ruling Basotho National Party (BNP) have failed to account for M12 million they received from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to...
View ArticleDoctorate for First Lady
Staff Reporter THE First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane, will on 9 March 2019 be conferred with an honourary doctorate by the Divinity College Consortium, an interdenominational university in the United...
View ArticleMothae rakes in US$4 million from first commercial sales
Staff Reporter MOTHAE Mine in Mokhotlong has realised US$3, 8 million from the sale of rough diamonds including those that were recovered last month when the company began commercial mining operations....
View ArticleCCL speaks out on ‘deepening political crisis’
Pascalinah Kabi THE Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) has warned that the infighting within the parties in the governing coalition is breeding a political crisis which, if not well managed, could...
View ArticlePAC blasts mining companies over dividends
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson, Selibe Mochoboroane, has accused diamond mining companies of using underhand tactics including falsely claiming they are making losses...
View ArticleABC digging its own grave: Analysts
Staff Reporters THE political crisis brewing in the All Basotho Convention (ABC), if unchecked, will not only split the party, but also bring down the coalition government with calamitous consequences...
View ArticleMochoboroane speaks on joining Thabane-led coalition
says no to joining governing coalition calls for all-inclusive transitional govt that will spearhead reforms ahead of fresh polls Pascalinah Kabi THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe...
View ArticleKamoli, Mokhosi constitutional challenge stalls murder trials
Mohalenyane Phakela / Nat Molomo THE pre-trial conferences of politicians and members of the different security agencies have been put on hold pending the outcome of the constitutional application...
View ArticleThey want to kill me; Hlaele
former minister speaks amid plot to expel him from ABC Pascalinah Kabi THE ever-escalating infighting in the ABC has taken a new strange twist after Lebohang Hlaele, the man who won the contest for...
View ArticleABC holds crisis indaba
Thabane to meet party MPs over intensifying infighting MPs want new national executive committee to immediately take charge of the party Moorosi Tsiane PRIME Minister and leader of the All Basotho...
View ArticleHlaele fights back against ABC rivals
Nat Molomo ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) Senator, Lebohang Hlaele, has filed an urgent High Court application seeking an order barring the outgoing secretary general Samonyane Ntsekele and his...
View ArticleRapapa tables education bill in parliament
Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE Minister of Education, Ntoi Rapapa this week tabled the Education (Amendment) Bill 2019 in parliament which seeks to make adjustments to the Education Act of 2010. The...
View ArticlePM demands ministerial action on police brutality
Nthatuoa Koeshe PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has condemned police brutality and ordered the Minister of Police, ‘Mampho Mokhele, to furnish him with a report of how the ministry has dealt with cases...
View ArticleWe didn’t kill PC Khetheng: Metsing
Ntsebeng Motsoeli Lesotho Congress of Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing says he and his deputy, Tšeliso Mokhosi, have nothing to do with the alleged murder of Police Constable (PC) Mokalekale...
View ArticleNo bad blood with other ABC members: Kabi
Mohalenyane Phakela HEALTH minister Nkaku Kabi, who is also the All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s legislator for the Qeme constituency, has dispelled widespread rumours that he held a rally in his...
View ArticleMahao lambasts ABC leaders
…says new national executive committee is being punished because of him Pascalinah Kabi PROFESSOR Nqosa Mahao has attributed the ongoing power struggle between the newly elected national executive...
View ArticleABC NEC embezzled funds: Moshoeshoe
Pascalinah Kabi THE All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s parliamentary caucus chairperson Fako Moshoeshoe says the ruling party’s old national executive committee (NEC) is desperately clinging to power and...
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