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Majoro appointed ABC deputy leader Majoro appointed ABC deputy leader Share Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has been appointed deputy leader of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC). He replaces Professor Nqosa Mahao who dumped the ABC to form the Basotho Action Party (BAP) after falling out with Dr Majoro and secretary general Lebohang Hlaele whom he both accused of conniving to hand back the party and government to former Prime Minister and current ABC leader Thomas Thabane. His appointment was announced by the ABC’s national executive committee (NEC) at a media br...

MASERU-“IF wishes were horses, beggars would ride,” says an English idiom. For a local illustration look at Montoeli Masoetsa whose wish for Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s ouster came to naught on Monday. The All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson was cocksure that Majoro would be history by the end of the executive committee meeting on Monday. “Nothing new will be added to the previous meeting’s agenda. The main item on the agenda is Dr Majoro’s issue and whatever will be decided shall be final,” he told a local newspaper in a story whose tone seemed to share his certainty...

Defence Minister Mosito fired as Masoetsa blasts “spineless” Majoro for the decision. ‘Marafaele Mohloboli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has fired Defence and National Security Minister Lekhetho Mosito barely two weeks after appointing him to the post. Although Dr Majoro did not give reasons for the move, Mr Mosito this week bared his soul to the Lesotho Times. He said the writing had been on the wall for him since last Tuesday when the premier told him that he was under immense pressure from ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) apparatchiks to fire him. Mr Mosito, the ABC’s legislat...

Tributes pour in for Molefe MASERU-MPALIPALI Molefe, the All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP who died last week after a long illness, will be laid to rest at his home in Sebelekoane in ’Maliepetsane constituency tomorrow. He was 69. Molefe will be remembered as a specialist in the diamond industry. He was also a key player in the construction sector. His friends who spoke at his memorial service in Maseru on Tuesday said Molefe was a jovial character who had a wicked sense of humour. He was also passionate about business and economic development, they said. “He was such a good man and despite...