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PRIME Minister Sam Matekane is set to expand his cabinet to accommodate his new coalition partners as he tries to fend off the opposition’s attempts to topple him. Matekane this week roped in the Basotho Action Party (BAP) into the coalition government, a move that caught the opposition by surprise as it significantly weakened their […]

PRIME Minister Sam Matekane’s government is on an aggressive campaign to buy off MPs as it battles the opposition’s attempts to topple it. The Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) government is allegedly offering MPs plum positions and money to shore up its numbers ahead of the opposition’s imminent vote-of-no-confidence. The RFP is approaching opposition MPs either […]

It’s game on! The opposition says it is still pushing the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Sam Matekane despite losing the support of the Basotho Action Party (BAP). The BAP abruptly jumped ship to join the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP)-led coalition government this week. The stunning about-turn has left the opposition in disarray because they […]

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When Moshoeshoe Fako’s mother heard that her son had joined the military in late 1986, she burst into tears and wept. Her mother could not understand why her son, who at the time was only 16 and was still just a small boy, would risk his life by joining the army. A few months earlier […]

PRIME Minister Sam Matekane is cornered and running out of options as he battles an incessant onslaught from an opposition that wants to topple him. Matekane, the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) officials and his coalition partners spent the past weekend scrounging for numbers to fend off the impending vote-of-no-confidence. But by Sunday evening, a day […]

AGRICULTURE Minister Thabo Mofosi has temporarily banned imports of all poultry and poultry products from South Africa due to a bird flu outbreak. The highly infectious bird flu has struck several provinces in South Africa, affecting major chicken farms. There are reports that South Africa has culled 7.5 million birds, between 20 and 30 percent […]

THREE security agency bosses who this week forcefully condemned a plan to pass a vote-of-no-confidence in Prime Minister Sam Matekane are under fierce pressure to revoke their statement. There is also speculation that Matekane is under immense diplomatic pressure to force the security agencies to withdraw their statement which some opposition parties have described as […]