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An army general says some of the witnesses testifying at the hearing on the alleged looting of Covid-19 funds will need to be protected or they could be in danger. Major General Ramanka Mokaloba told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday that some witnesses with critical information on the alleged looting of Covid-19 funds […]

THE acting principal secretary for the Prime Minister’s Office, ’Mapeo Matlanyane, who was last week subjected to fierce grilling over how the ministry misused Covid-19 funds, has resigned. Matlanyane appeared before parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer charges of plunder of funds allocated to the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) to fight Covid-19 in 2020. […]

THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) blew a staggering M5 million on 10 000-litre water tanks for schools to fight the pandemic. The stunning disclosure was revealed on Monday as parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) grilled a procurement officer at the NACOSEC, Lilare Qhobela. The Auditor General’s 2020 report shows that the money was spent on […]

Be they tangible or abstract, dreams have no boundaries – not held back by any borderline – and we are all the richer for having them.

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 […]

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 […]

Rising star Lehlohonolo Mayeza, who plays Leruo Tseole in the Showmax's 'Outlaws' is grateful to work with legends in the industry.

Lehlohonolo Mayeza is certain that AmaZulu will not be pleased one bit about his character Leruo, saying the difficult part of filming was

Leruo brings so much heartbreak.

"I know that story and have seen it with my own eyes, for I used to herd animals where we were living"