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An academic hired to lead the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) racked up a M900 000 hotel bill that the government is now struggling pay.   Dr Catherine Lephoto, a Mosotho microbiologist allegedly headhunted from her base in South Africa, was also paid M120 000 per month. Her salary, benefits and hotel bill cost the government […]

Lesotho to commemorate 200 years

THE Lesotho Post Bank donated M30 000 to Freedom Charity Knockout, which in turn bought groceries and clothes for the children resident at Khatibe Orphanage in Butha-Buthe. Freedom Charity Knockout is an organisation that helps less privileged children across the country.   The charity organisation started giving to the less privileged children in Maseru since […]

AS a member of a large political “family,” Lethole Lethole had always expected that there would be individuals who would hold different views on key matters within his Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party. At no point did he expect everyone within the party to think alike.   “In my family, we are just four family […]

THE Alliance of Democrats (AD) boss, Professor Ntoi Rapapa, says party founder Monyane Moleleki is not part of leaders who are plotting to topple the government.   Rapapa told a press conference in Maseru on Monday that Moleleki “cannot plot to topple a government he is part of”.   He vehemently rejected charges that his […]

PRIME Minister Sam Matekane’s push for members who are challenging the party in the High Court over various issues to withdraw the cases has been met with fierce resistance.   Matekane renewed the call at his rally in Quthing on Sunday, saying the cases are damaging the image of the party.   Two Revolution for […]

His Majesty King Letsie III is expected to launch the commemoration of the Lesotho’s 200 anniversary since King Moshoeshoe I founded the Basotho nation at the event to be held at Thaba-Bosiu Cultural Village on Wednesday. This, the Minister of Gender, Youth, Sports, Arts, Culture and Social Development, Mr. Pitso Lesaoana revealed during the press briefing

ELSEWHERE in this issue we carry a story of the industrial scale looting of public funds that happened during the Covid-19 pandemic.   There was no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic was a national emergency. It posed an existential threat to Basotho. Yet even under such a dark cloud, some crooked fellows among us, with […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed Lesotho’s cooperation in dealing with illegal mining, Ramaphosa told the country's prime minister, Samuel Matekane, who is on a working visit to South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Lesotho Prime Minister Samuel Matekane have committed to working together to deal with the scourge of illegal mining in South Africa.