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MAJOR General Matela Matobakele has been named as one of the soldiers who allegedly tortured a man who is now demanding millions in damages from the government. Major General Matobakele is implicated in a letter of demand that Liteboho Mahloana’s lawyers sent to the Attorney General this week.

A syndicate allegedly stole diesel worth about M53 million from Letšeng Diamond Mine through an elaborate scheme that spanned over months. The syndicate is suspected to have included employees of Letšeng Diamond, Tholo Energy and G4S Security. By the time the fraud was discovered in mid-2021 some 2,6 million litres of diesel had been stolen …

THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) is paying huge “performance bonuses” to staff when its debt has risen to a staggering M700 million and a cash crunch threatens to sink the company. The bonuses, calculated at 67.4 percent of the basic salary, were approved by the LEC board on May 30 as the company struggled to …

POPULAR musician Malome Vector, 32, has died. Malome Vector, real name Bokang Justice Moleli, died in a car accident along South Africa’s N1 Road yesterday afternoon. Two men who were in the same car with him also perished on the spot. One of them is Lizwilenkosi Mtshali, 22, a South African.

THE army yesterday bowed to pressure and released Liteboho Mahloane after his wife won an uncontested habeas corpus case. Mahloane was detained by the army on July 4. The army’s spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Sakeng Lekola, told thepost yesterday that “we decided to release him in line with an order of court”.

FORMER Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara unlawfully instructed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP to withdraw charges against two politicians who were being charged with treason. The damning allegations are contained in an urgent application that Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane filed at the High Court this week.

Opposition parties have vowed to fight to reverse the sale of Mothae Diamond Mine to Minister Lebona Lephema’s company. In a stunning deal announced on Tuesday, Australia’s Lucapa Diamond Company sold its 70 percent stake in Mothae to Lephema Executive for a nominal A$10 000, equivalent to about M121 000. Lucapa said it would also …

THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is locked in a fierce fight with the government over the ownership of a building near the State House in Maseru West. The tussle started after the government ordered the IEC to vacate the fourth floor of the building to make way for a cluster of security agencies. The basis …

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to quiz officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) over M49 million allegedly fraudulently paid to at least 10 companies.

AN MP, Reverend Tšepo Lipholo, yesterday asked parliament to push for the release of Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli from remand prison on bail. Rev Lipholo, who heads the Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM), told parliament that Lt Gen Kamoli must be granted bail since his co-accused are enjoying freedom while others are serving as ministers.