Supt Mopeli News Today

MASERU – Glue, petrol, crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, Methcathinone (CAT) nicknamed “tsaka-tsaka,” marijuana and alcohol. Lesotho is in a substance bind and youth are most affected. These drugs, especially crystal meth and cocaine are said to be easily available mostly in Khubetsoana, Lecoop and Sea Point. Nepo Toae, a carpenter popularly known as Socket, knows all […]

MASERU – A police officer who stalked and killed his girlfriend and her new lover in Cocobe, Quthing district, on Sunday morning has handed over himself to the police. Police spokesman, Senior Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli, told thepost yesterday that the suspect is yet to appear before court on two counts of murder. S/Supt Mopeli said […]

MASERU – LEHLOHONOLO Selate, who is suspected to have defrauded the government of M50 million in 2021, was rearrested immediately after he was granted bail on Monday. The police said Selate was wanted in connection with yet another fraud case where he is alleged to have defrauded a local bank of M300 000. He is […]

MASERU – JUST before dusk last Sunday, two men walked into the yard of Lehlohonolo Moqomisa’s home in Ha-Mabekenyane in the Berea district. They asked the children playing in the yard where their father, Moqomisa, was. The children directed them to the back of the house where their father was sitting with a visiting friend. […]

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 […]