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MASERU – Good riddance. That’s how All Basotho Convention (ABC) chairman, Sam Rapapa, views the decision by Professor Nqosa Mahao and nine MPs to leave the party last week. Rapapa, who is also the MP for Mosalemane constituency, told ABC supporters in Sebitia branch last weekend that Mahao and his rebels had “miscalculated badly”. He said when things were tough in the ABC and the fight was nasty, the MPs did not defect only to do so when there was relative calm in the party. “Now when the fight is so minimal some people have opted to jump ship,” Rapapa said.

Thabane to lead ABC campaign MASERU-FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is not leaving politics any time soon and will lead the All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s election campaign next year. This is according to one of the 12 resolutions passed by the ABC’s national executive committee this week. Thabane will be 83 next year when he leads the ruling party into what promises to be a gruelling campaign. The move appears to be meant to buy peace among the factions as the ABC tries to present a united front in what is likely to be a tricky election where the party’s membership is also divided...

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...

MASERU-LOCAL Government Minister, Sam Rapapa, has instructed chiefs and councillors to enforce Covid-19 regulations in their villages or face the full wrath of