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(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU -THERE is chaos in the government after Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro abruptly fired two ministers and reshuffled several others. Labour Minister Keketso Rantšo and Defence Minister Prince Maliehe received their marching orders yesterday afternoon. Their dismissal is with immediate effect, which means that they left their offices soon after receiving the letters. The decision has sent shockwaves among cabinet ministers, with most said to have been caught unaw...

(MENAFN - The Post) THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) party is currently enmeshed in a bitter internal fight as hawks within the party position themselves to oust Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro. Those against Majoro want the Prime Minister out immediately. Former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has thrown his weight behind this push to oust Majoro. But Majoro has his sympathisers within the party who are fighting tooth and nail in his corner. The result is a deadlock as the party has been spli...

(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU -THE Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) youth league is furious after party leader, Keketso Rantšo, was fired like a dog from her ministerial post last week. The youths are now demanding that Rantšo joins the opposition in parliament. Itumeleng Ntja, who is the president of the RCL youth league, told thepost that they feel disrespected and betrayed by Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro. He should have talked to our leader before dismissing her, Ntja said, addin...

MASERU -OWNERS of private schools in Lesotho, which are reeling under a biting Covid-19 lockdown, have threatened to protest against the government unless they are allowed to reopen. The spokesman for the Private Schools Association, Limema Phohlo, said they are capable of following the World Health Organisation (WHO) protocols to avoid Covid-19 infections. He said they are now not able to pay teachers because the schools have been closed since April last year. Only students who were sitting ...

(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU -JUSTICE Minister Professor Nqosa Mahao is suing the Assistant Commissioner of Police Motlatsi Mapola and the Sunday Express newspaper for defamation. Mahao is claiming M3 million as compensatory damages for defamation. In court papers filed in court last Friday, Mahao says the story which was carried in the Sunday Express headlined, Mapola leaps to Thabanes defence, was defamatory. Mahao complains that the newspaper depicted him as having actively anchored and l...

(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU -OPERATIONS at the Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital, also known as TÅ¡epong, has ground to a halt after supporting staff joined the nurses strike which has been dragging on for the past two weeks. Chefs, receptionists, ward clerks and other support staff joined the strike on Monday. This has completely crippled the referral hospitals operations. The nurses are complaining that their salaries are lower than those of their counterparts at other hospitals. They ar...

(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU -THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (Nacosec) says it is rolling out mass-testing to target super-spreader events and hot spots. This was said by Nacosecs chief of staff, Thabo Ntoi, during a virtual press conference this week. Our surveillance teams worked it out targeting super spreaders to reduce the rate of infections, Ntoi said, adding that they want to do more antigen rapid tests. He said they have also strengthened the coordination among District Covid-19 S...

(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU -THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (Nacosec)s offices at Avani Maseru Hotel were temporarily shut down on Monday after it failed to clear rental arrears running from July last year. The Nacosec was established in June last year to spearhead the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. It has however failed to pay rent since it occupied its offices at the hotel. The Nacosec Chief of Staff, Thabo Ntoi, told a press conference on Tuesday that approvals and procedures to...

MASERU- PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro says he was surprised and shocked when he saw on TV a huge crowd at the funeral service of Major General Metsing Lekhanya and his wife last week.