MANTŠALI PHAKOANA LESOTHO farmers are in a quandary following the recent outbreak of anthrax in the country which prompted the immediate export ban of wool, mohair and livestock to South Africa and other countries due to fears of spreading the disease. On 12 May 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) was notified
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AD bigwigs feed on rural water project
SECHABA MOKHETHI and BILLY NTAOTE Have you ever found yourself stranded in rural Lesotho with a dire need to quench your thirst or answer the call of nature, but were forced to do your business in the bushes or drink from an unprotected well? If your answer is “yes”, be aware that this might have been
Heartbroken Mojakhomo speaks from exile
…says will only come to Lesotho when ‘Maesaiah is no longer First Lady KEISO MOHLOBOLI As yet another year rumbles on in Lesotho, it certainly seems to continue bearing the drama, fear and uncertainty of the past and more so for exiled mother-of-four ‘Makarabo Mojakhomo. Mojakhomo was the ‘Maesaiah Thabane Trust Fund Director until her arrest on 29 May 2018 for
Winter break to dodge Thabane ouster
Billy Ntaote This afternoon, Members of Parliament are set to decide whether the National Assembly should adjourn for a winter recess or assemble for another week to hear a proposed motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s administration. The MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism this morning learned parliamentary business committee members had all concurred the
UN in double-edged fight against hunger and HIV
Majirata Latela Lesotho’s vulnerable communities are in serious danger from the double-edged sword of a severe food shortage triggered by a devastating drought while also at the risk of contracting HIV as they frantically seek ways to put food on the table in a desperate effort to save their families from starvation. This grim warning
Lesotho loses over M1.4 billion to corruption
MAJIRATA LATELA From 2013-2016 Lesotho lost more than M1, 479,049,462.60 to corruption, misuse of public funds and under collection of revenue. The Public accounts committee (PAC), in a report tabled before the National Assembly of Lesotho today showed that within the 2013-2016 period government of Lesotho lost a minimum amount of M1, 479,049,462.60 due to corruption and
M108 million lost to MPs loan repayments
…as instability causes two-year parly terms ‘MAJIRATA LATELA Public accounts committee (PAC) has recommended for a new law to ditch legislators’ loans guarantees having costed Lesotho’s ailing economy a whopping M108 million. This amount, the government has spent in repayment of loans taken by members of parliament, senate and other statutory position holders after dissolution of the short-lived Eighth
Phamotse to answer for ‘dumping’ unwanted teachers at schools
RELEBOHILE KHOALE Youth and Sports Minister Mahali Phamotse face possible investigation by the anti-corruption body over her actions while serving as education and training minister. Phamotse is according to Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee allegedly in breach of the law after she ordered placement of unwanted teachers in schools who ended being paid without working. In a stern recommendation
PAC on its way to save Flour Mills from illicit financial flows
BILLY NTAOTE Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended a review of the Lesotho Flour Mills management agreement within 90 days after hearing concerns of the company’s failure to declare dividends to government. PAC made the firm recommendation in its report tabled in the National Assembly of Lesotho following the completion of its report on the consolidated
Commissioner of Mines accused of negligence
MANTŠALI PHAKOANA The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Commissioner of Mines, Pheello Tjatja for negligence of duty in the safekeeping of diamonds. Presenting report before the National Assembly on today, PAC has urged Ministry of Mining Principal Secretary, Ntahli Matete to report measures taken against Tjatja, for his behaviour before the same House within 21 days. After
