A feared famo music gangster, Sarele Sello, widely known as Lehlanya, says he did not kill journalist Ralikonelo Joki. Lehlanya was speaking at the burial of Joki at St Michael’s in Roma last Saturday amid social media rumours that he had a hand in the journalist’s killing. He told the mourners that he could not …
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VODACOM Lesotho Foundation (VLF) on Tuesday injected M300 000 into the Resource Centre for the Blind (RCB). Vodacom Lesotho Foundation Chairman, John Matlosa, said the critical intervention was a clear sign that they want to stay the course in their social contract with the Basotho nation.
A report released this week by a local civil group says the lack of political will has allowed the police to commit crimes and violate human rights with impunity. Titled The Accountability & Capacity Building Initiative 2021 – 2025, the report is based on a study conducted by Sesotho Media and Development with funding from …
It’s been three months since Monyane Moleleki lost control of the Alliance of Democrats (AD) to Professor Ntoi Rapapa but the wounds are still fresh and tempers are also still high. Party insiders say Moleleki and Professor Rapapa have not talked to each other since the party’s elective conference in April. Nor have they attended …
A fierce power struggle has rocked the National Clothing, Textile and Allied Workers Union (NACTWU). The tussle over control has blunted the union’s ability to fight for thousands of textile workers losing jobs as factories either collapsed or downsized.
Professor Nqosa Mahao yesterday said the Sam Matekane-led government is parceling out jobs to relatives of government ministers in a sharp reversal of its promise to allocate jobs on the basis of meritocracy. Mahao, who is the leader of the Basotho Action Party (BAP) was speaking at a press conference in Maseru.
From as early as she can remember, Reatile Molefe always knew that she wanted to be a model. The very idea of beauty and all that it entails fascinated her even when she was still a small girl. Molefe, 22, says her mother picked that up quite early in life and did all she could …
THE crisis in the textile sector has triggered a stampede by foreign-owned companies to sell off their assets as they get ready to leave Lesotho. An investigation by thepost has revealed that at least three textile companies have been trying to sell their factory buildings and other assets for the past six months.
THE National Security Service (NSS) says it wants to confiscate Machesetsa Mofomobe’s phones because they contain information about his involvement in the murder of journalist Ralikonelo Joki. The NSS also claims Mofomobe’s phones could reveal how he compromised national security by receiving highly classified information from a junior NSS intelligence officer suspected to be his …
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.
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