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MASERU – ANTI-CORRUPTION investigators raided three principal secretaries allegedly implicated in a M100 million road repair scandal. Yesterday afternoon’s raids are part of a wider investigation into payments made by the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) to several companies that won tenders to repair roads damaged by heavy rains earlier this year.  The Directorate on Corruption […]

MASERU – A Mafeteng-based Imam says Home Affairs Minister Lebona Lephema’s remarks about a mosque in Maseru West have shaken the Muslim community. Lephema said the mosque in Maseru West was a national security risk because one can see the State House from its roof. The minister appeared to question how the mosque was approved […]

MASERU – SMALL-SCALE traders in Quthing district are up in arms against Chinese businesses which they say are undermining their businesses. Taxi operators and street vendors joined the protest yesterday. The business operators alleged that the Chinese traders were destroying their businesses. The protest comes a week after the health inspectorate, the District Administrator’s office […]

MASERU – AN artiste aligned to the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC), Sebili Sebili, is defecting to the newly formed Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party. Sebili is a musician who has composed praise songs for the ABC. His defection would be yet another blow to the faction-ridden ABC six months before the key general election. […]

MASERU – THE Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader Monyane Moleleki says he made Sam Matekane a millionaire when he was still minister. Moleleki was speaking at a rally in Mekaling in Mohale’s Hoek last weekend. He said his supporters should not fall in the trap thinking by joining Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party they […]

MASERU – THE Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) leader, Sam Matekane, says dissenting cadres within the party who are pushing for an elective conference have lost focus on the bigger picture. Matekane was speaking at a rally organised by his party in Maputsoe on Sunday. He said his party does not have time to quarrel over […]

MASERU – IF you recently enjoyed a nice beef stew at a restaurant in Lesotho there is a high possibility that the slaughtered cow might have been stolen from a farm in South Africa. If you are in South Africa, it is equally possible that the cow was stolen from a cattle post in Mokhotlong […]

MASERU – THE second witness in the murder trial of Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao had a torrid time in court yesterday under cross-examination. ’Marethabile Molibeli, who during her testimony wept inconsolably when she recalled the murder incident, told Justice Charles Hungwe that she saw everything that happened on the day. Testifying in between sobs and […]

MAPUTSOE – PRIME Minister Sam Matekane will this Sunday launch a new microchip project designed to combat the rampant stock-theft in Lesotho. The launch will be held in Peka in Leribe. Speaking at a rally for his Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) in Maputsoe last weekend, Matekane said the government is weary of the rampant stock-theft […]

MASERU – Teboho Sekata’s attempt to overturn his suspension as the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) secretary general suffered a blow yesterday after the High Court threw out his challenge. Sekata had launched an urgent application in the High Court to declare unlawful his leader Mothetjoa Metsing’s letter inviting him to explain why he could […]