THIS is an open letter addressed to: The Minister of Justice, the Minister of Police, the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecution and the Commissioner of Police. Bo ‘M’e le bo Ntate, I do hope that this short missive finds you all well and in good cheer. I am not sure if in Lesotho …
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FOR two men from Qacha’s Nek, the earthworms they keep are as good as livestock. Being born in poor families and raised by single parents who are fond of agriculture, nudged Bofihlile Thejane, 36, and Phoka Sekhotla, 33 from Ha-’Manteko to seek what some may see as a strange way of enhancing their agricultural produce.
IT was a latent talent that he never thought he had. That was until a friend introduced him to theatre in 2018. From that moment, Maketekete Ranoha, who is only 24, fell in love with theatre and has never looked back. For Ranoha, acting comes naturally. When he is on stage, he is at peace …
THE government’s decision to hire Webber Newdigate law firm to handle the Principal Secretaries (PS) case has riled an opposition MP. Mootsi Lehata, who is the Democratic Congress (DC) MP for Makhaleng, told parliament last week that the government had erred when it hired Webber Newdigate, which he said was a foreign firm.
THE government could be having doubts about its plans to implement regulations restricting foreigners from owning businesses in sectors reserved for Basotho. The Businesses Licencing and Registrations 2020 ring-fenced 47 businesses to be exclusively owned by Basotho whose ancestry can be traced back to at least generations in Lesotho.
A 35-year-old man allegedly stormed into a Qacha’s Nek bar and stabbed his lover to death last Tuesday. Tumisang Sepepane briefly appeared before Magistrate ’Mampho Mokoena in Qacha’s Nek this week charged with the murder of ’Maseabata Ramakeoane.
PARLIAMENT is working on a new law that will ban the advertising, sale and distribution of unapproved medicines in Lesotho. Health Minister Selibe Mochoboroane distributed the statement of objects and reasons of the Medicines Regulation Authority Bill in parliament on Monday.
MASERU- THE management of Tšenolo FM radio station is offering a M125 000 reward to anyone who will provide information that could lead to the arrest of Ralikonelo Joki’s killers. “The radio station will pay M125 000 to anyone who will come up with truthful information of the perpetrators,” Mohau Kobile, the radio station’s founder, …
LESOTHO’S only referral psychiatric hospital, Mohlomi, is battling overcrowding. The hospital’s forensic unit houses 80 instead of 35 patients as per its bedding capacity. A room for two people is said to host more than five patients and some patients are forced to sleep on the mattresses, sharing everything.
“I am the only one making mistakes and I will be better off if I am dead.” This was not Libakiso, 19, speaking to a friend or relative. Those words were instead on a suicide note Libakiso had scribbled before disappearing from her home in Mohale’s Hoek and drinking a bottle of pesticide.
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