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Tšepong agrees to termination of QMMH contract Tšepong agrees to termination of QMMH contract Pascalinah Kabi THE Tšepong Consortium has elected not to challenge last month’s decision by the government to terminate its lucrative contract to run the Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) on behalf of the state. However, the Consortium wants the government to immediately compensate it for the termination of the contract. It further alleges that the government would have to fork out way more than just the M3 billion which Finance Minister Thabo Sophonea has said is the terminatio...

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...

Stop the rot in pension scheme FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea last week painted a picture of a man who is under siege from corrupt elements running the Old Age Pension scheme. Some senior officials within the Ministry of Finance have hijacked the pension scheme, a noble idea that was meant to provide financial support to the elderly. The corrupt officials have chosen to create thousands of ghost beneficiaries, prejudicing the government of at least M200 million every year. Even when Minister Sophonea has initiated steps to stop the looting, it would appear the odds are heavily staked against...

Muckraker chuckled when she heard Finance Minister Thabo Sophonea complaining bitterly about the civil servants looting the old age pension scheme. You could he

Alcohol levy could be disastrous for Lesotho – Wagamang THE implementation of the proposed 15 percent alcohol levy in the hopes of collecting M289m to supplement its budget deficit, Lesotho is doing itself a disservice as other African countries that have been down this road have proven that higher levies result in less revenue. This is according to AB InBev Lesotho representative Sesupo Wagamang. Mr Wagamang said the Lesotho government will inadvertently leave itself and its people even more cash strapped when the state coffers desperately need it. after sustained overtures by the governme...