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MALEFETSANE Nchaka, a former Water Ministry principal secretary, has been dragged to court to answer charges of fraud and theft of government funds. Nchaka and two others, Leboelo Molefe and Lebohang Tumahole, are accused of abusing government vehicles to fund their political party’s campaign in the run-up to last year’s elections. They are accused of […]

THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) bigwigs are in a bitter fight with constituency committees over the selection of local government election candidates. The MEC’s National Executive Committee has now filed an urgent application in the High Court in an attempt to reverse the names that were submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for […]

‘Mahlompho Akhosi’s job as a car spares salesperson used to be simple. She would sell the same parts all day. The majority of customers who came to her counter at Unity Tip Top, a spares shop, wanted oil, spark plugs, fuses or oil filters. In other words, they were looking for basic vehicle maintenance parts. […]

Dozens of workers at Suntextile are set to be sent home at the end of the month as the turbulence in the textile sector continues. A decline in orders from the United States and other markets has hit the textile company. The human resource manager, ’Mahlompho Nkoko, confirmed to thepost this week that “many will […]

Walim Ashraf, the man charged in connection with the M7.4 million heist that rocked two big companies, forced FNB Lesotho to unfreeze his account and then continued to use the money even as he was being investigated for fraud. Ashraf, a businessman of Indian descent based in Mafeteng, is allegedly part of a syndicate that […]

TWO prominent Democratic Congress (DC) supporters have landed themselves in big trouble after they exchanged insults on social media. ’Mamohato Tšotetsi and ’Mamokete Mokhantšo will now face a disciplinary hearing, charged with bringing the name of the party into disrepute. The two women are from Mokhotlong constituency. In a recorded voice clip, Mokhantšo is heard […]

THE Ministry of Health says it will review the hardship allowance given to workers in the remote districts of Lesotho. The decision comes a week after the health workers downed tools to press the government to review the allowance. THE Ministry of Health says it will review the hardship allowance given to workers in the […]

SUSPENDED Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) MPs say they will not toe the party line but will be guided by their own conscience when voting in parliament. Dr Mahali Phamotse, Thuso Makhalanyane and Rethabile Letlailana were all slapped with six-year suspensions from the RFP as tensions within the ruling boiled over. The three are however not […]

THE famo music gangsters had shot and killed a man at a filling station in Morija and were now on the run. When they ran into a roadblock in Masianokeng the daring robbers paid their way through, parting with a M19 000 bribe to silence the police. The four constables – Ralintši Makhakhe, 41, from […]

The 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa this month has once again put the spotlight on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) as a shining example of multilateralism and the New Development Bank’s (NDB)commitment to financing sustainable development projects within BRICS countries and other developing countries.