’MAJIRATA LATELA MOKHOTLONG - It has become a well-known fact Mokhotlong is Lesotho’s richest district in minerals, mainly diamonds and water. But could recent allegations of gold discovery along the Senqu River banks in the district be true? Well, the village chief and his subjects in Sekoka believe they are settled on a land rich with
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‘Atrocious’ teachers strike
’MAJIRATA LATELA On Wednesday March 20, 2019, a 15-year old schoolboy drowned and lost dear life while swimming with friends at a village dam in Ha-Matsoake, Mazenod. Together with his peers, Bahlakoana Paul Ntaote was supposed to be attending his classes at Bishop de Mazenod High School instead of “loitering”, but a crippling nationwide teachers’ strike that
Divisive fleet tender bounces back, court bid to stop award
BILLY NTAOTE Dissatisfied bidder for conflict-ridden fleet management tender has approached the High Court to nullify a contract alleged to have been awarded unlawfully to Fleet Africa/Silverstone—a joined venture said to have skipped tendering processes. Fleeters Holdings (Pty) LTD has filed an urgent application seeking the High Court to interdict and ultimately nullify the alleged
Co-op Lesotho Chief Executive Officer’s Letter to the Editor
ABC Saga: Battle lines drawn
THUSO MOSABALA Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s daughter, ’Mabatšoeneng Hlaele, has attributed failure of talks in the All Basotho Convention to non-compliance by a faction led by her father to facilitate the negotiations as directed by the High Court earlier this month. Acting Chief Justice ’Maseforo Mahase, on March 6, ordered amicable deliberations between the two
Botha-Bothe women unite against HIV
THUSO MOSABALA BOTHA-BOTHE – For a 22-year old Palesa Mololi*, who tested HIV positive from birth, the social clubs organised by women in her area have played a pivotal role towards her treatment and being able to fearlessly talk to anyone about her status. Palesa, of Lerallaneng, told the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism
Lack of political will frustrates Majoronomics
THUSO MOSABALA Finance Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro has once again delivered a set of desired policy actions in the form of austerity measures that will never see the light of day without political will to ensure enforcement. This proposal to return to basics and gulp the medicine of austerity measures remains a mere rhetoric if
Of brutal marriage and the deadly virus
A heart-breaking tale of a police sergeant who survived abusive hubby and HIV comma MAJIRATA LATELA BOTHA-BOTHE - At the height of an agonising abuse by her husband in 2013, ’Maseabi Makoa was diagnosed with severe depression that had eroded her blood cells to a lowest CD4 count of 20. The normal CD4 count for healthy
A ray of hope in split threatened ABC
As High Court orders talks among warrying factions THUSO MOSABALA A High Court order directing negotiations between the two warring factions in the All Basotho Convention today, signals hope in the major ruling party that neared a split. Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase has further limited powers of the ABC's old national executive committee to "bare
Prisons boss poisoned in ‘murder attempt’
KEISO MOHLOBOLI Lesotho Correctional Service Commissioner Thabang Mothepu was poisoned with a nerve agent and hospitalised at Makoanyane Military Hospital on Monday in what he suspects was an attempted murder, the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism can reveal. Mothepu was, however, released later yesterday (Tuesday March 5) after spending the entire night on close treatment. The commissioner
