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’Malekhotla Mahooe, 28, was thrilled when she was selected to represent Lesotho at the Mr and Miss Albinism Beauty Pageant in Zimbabwe. The beauty pageant, to be held on October, aims at building confidence and empower people living with albinism to meaningfully engage with and contribute to their communities. It seeks to raise awareness on […]

FOUR members of the Basotho National Party (BNP) who were suspended for five years on Tuesday say they will challenge their suspension. The four are Tsikoane constituency chairman, Aupa Lebeko, deputy chairman for Qhoali, Makama Monese, Phamong chairman Lebohang Motaung, and Khotso Phafoli, who is an ordinary member. The quartet met the BNP’s wrath after […]

PARLIAMENT’S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to quiz 40 civil servants over procurement rot that happened during the Covid-19 pandemic. Government secretary Thabo Moleko has called the civil servants to prepare for the PAC grilling “about the queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the financial year that ended 2020 and 2021”. In […]

MOHLOMINYANE Tota, the only MP for the United for Change (UFC), has defied the party’s order to stop voting with the opposition in parliament. Tota, the UFC’s deputy leader, told thepost this week that he will vote, guided by his own conscience, and not the party’s instructions. His defiance comes after the party publicly chastised […]

THE opposition this week was reported to be sharpening its knives as it plots to oust Prime Minister Sam Matekane from power. Sensing blood, given the shambolic state of his own Revolution for Prosperity (RFP), the opposition is now going for the kill. The RFP is going through turbulence that saw three key MPs suspended […]

AN investment plan forms a critical pillar of a financial plan, says Tokiso Nthebe, a local author and financial services adviser. Nthebe, the founder of TKO Financial Wellness and Advisory, says when people invest, they can use their money to buy assets that will increase in value over the long term. He says these assets […]

THE plot to topple Prime Minister Sam Matekane thickened this week amid allegations of brazen vote-buying ahead of the opposition’s planned vote of no-confidence. The opposition is said to be ready to push out Matekane when parliament reopens sometime in September. They accuse Matekane’s government of incompetence, nepotism, corruption and using the security forces to […]

Spare a prayer for Uncle Sam as he walks on the glowing coals that is Lesotho’s politics. Call your prophets, fake and real, because the demons of Lesotho’s politics are at the gates. Bring both fire and water because these are not Mickey Mouse demons. Leave the pigs out of this one, I beg. We […]

A new kid on the block, Lehlohonolo Mayeza, has opened up about his role on the new hit series on Showmax, 'Outlawz', playing the character of Leruo Ts'eole.

In a 24-hour span, 10 people were killed outside taverns in Daveyton in what residents believe is a turf war between illegal miners.