Keiso Mohloboli Former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) former Commander Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli will spend yet another Christmas detained at the Maseru Maximum Security Prison. Lt Gen Kamoli together with his three co-accused army officers: Captain Litekanyo Nyakane (38), Lance Corporal Motloheloa Ntsane (34) and Lance Corporal Leutsoa Motsieloa (31), face 14 charges of attempted murder
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Sekatle adds salt to wounded DC
THUSO MOSABALA The reeling Democratic Congress (DC) has been dealt another blow, this time by the major ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) which has poached the main opposition’s Secretary General Semano Sekatle. Sekatle, who has exceptionally won the Lebakeng constituency under the DC banner since the party’s inception in 2012, has told
Rocky walk for the pregnant
JUSTICE MAQELEPO THABA-TSEKA A large number of women in the areas of Sehonghong and Senqunyane Valley have resorted to giving birth at home due to the difficulty of accessing health facilities in one of Lesotho’s many remotest areas. A collaboration by the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism and Informative has recently uncovered
Prof Mahao has a mountain to climb
Billy Ntaote The race for leadership in the upcoming All Basotho Convention elective conference is quite interesting. A recent development that saw the National University of Lesotho Vice Chancellor Nqosa Mahao publicly announcing he will be locking horns and digging heels into the sand in contest for the deputy leadership post was
The corrupt fight against corruption…
By Monaheng Seeiso Rasekoai The reality is that whenever a debate on corruption comes to the mould, it often amounts to a theatrical performance by politicians and ordinary citizens alike who endeavour to ride on a high horse and pose as ethical virgins like Jeffrey Archer’s fictitious character in Clean Sweep
Illicit diamond flows stifle mining industry
Billy Ntaote and Keiso Mohloboli Lesotho’s fast-growing diamond mining industry could have lost hundreds of millions in revenue to smugglers believed to have been operating under the radar between the country and South Africa for a long time. Past weeks arrest of the mining minister’s personal secretary, Refiloe Mokone, by the South African Police Service’s
NDSO: Govt to blame for drugs shortage
LERATO MATHEKA The National Drug Service Organisation has shifted blame of drugs shortage at hospitals to government, citing there was an unnecessary red tape in procurement processes that hampered timely distribution of the drugs. The NDSO’s General Manager Matebele Sefali told the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism that before they could deliver
NDSO guzzles health budget
Minister suspects corruption LERATO MATHEKA Health Minister Nkaku Kabi is an unhappy man over multimillions of Maloti that government spends in procurement of medical products at the National Drug Service Organisation. The Mafeteng-based NDSO guzzles M450 million a year from the ministry’s coffers, placing it second receiving largest chunk of the health sector’s
Thabane ‘dumps’ trade advisor
"I have no trade advisor, I have never had such because trade advisors are civil servants,” says PM Thabane. Xie admits Lesotho government indeed awarded him tenders to supply red meat. PASCALINAH KABI Prime Minister Dr Thomas Motsoahae Thabane has disowned controversial Chinese businessman Yan Xieas his trade advisor amid allegations that
LEWA official bays for ministers’ blood
KANANELO BOLOETSE MASERU – Suspended Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority (LEWA) board member, Pashu Mochesane, intends to drag two ministers to court over their alleged refusal to reinstate him despite last month’s High Court order directing his reinstatement. The MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism learned this week about a potential showdown at
