Pheello Ralenkoane News Today

AGRICULTURE Minister Thabo Mofosi has temporarily banned imports of all poultry and poultry products from South Africa due to a bird flu outbreak. The highly infectious bird flu has struck several provinces in South Africa, affecting major chicken farms. There are reports that South Africa has culled 7.5 million birds, between 20 and 30 percent […]

THREE security agency bosses who this week forcefully condemned a plan to pass a vote-of-no-confidence in Prime Minister Sam Matekane are under fierce pressure to revoke their statement. There is also speculation that Matekane is under immense diplomatic pressure to force the security agencies to withdraw their statement which some opposition parties have described as […]

TEBELLO Khabo, the man accused of killing former MP Moshoeshoe Fako, was granted bail of M1 000 in the High Court on Tuesday. Justice ’Maseforo Mahase granted Khabo bail on condition that he attends remands and does not interfere with crown witnesses. Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane had earlier denied Khabo bail but on Tuesday, through […]

About 64 MPs, enough to topple the government in Lesotho’s 120-member chamber, had earlier on Monday called a press conference in Parliament to demonstrate they had the numbers to oust Matekane.

THE opposition has accused the government of weaponising security agencies to harass and intimidate their MPs. The accusations come as the opposition plots to push a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Sam Matekane when parliament re-opens in September. Opposition leaders told a press conference yesterday that the government has resorted to using the […]

THE National Security Service (NSS) says it wants to confiscate Machesetsa Mofomobe’s phones because they contain information about his involvement in the murder of journalist Ralikonelo Joki. The NSS also claims Mofomobe’s phones could reveal how he compromised national security by receiving highly classified information from a junior NSS intelligence officer suspected to be his […]

Bereng Mpaki THE National Security Services (NSS) has come under fire from the public for allegedly politicising the recruitment of new officers. This after the spy agency on Monday announced that it had recruited 80 new officers. Of these, 43 are from Maseru while the remaining 37 are drawn from the country’s other nine districts. […]

Police boss under renewed pressure to go after theft of guns at police stations, LEPOSA leads the calls to sack “incompetent” commissioner, But Molibeli pleads for LEPOSA’s support.  Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela EMBATTLED Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is facing renewed calls for his ouster from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) and […]

’Marafaele MohloboliTWO months have passed since the Democratic Congress (DC) and the All Basotho Convention formed a coalition government. This after ABC legislators forced their leader and former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to step down on 19 May

 NATIONAL Security Service (NSS) director general Pheello Ralenkoane’s contract expires at the end of the month. The 60-year-old has been at the helm of the spy agency since June 2017.Mr Ralenkoane, who is a member of Communications, Science and