KANANELO BOLOETSE A highly controversial contract between Liqhobong Mine Development Company and Basil Read Lesotho (BLR) continues to exist despite fraud charges levelled against the latter last month. Lesotho’s corruption watchdog, Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), has dragged to the Maseru Magistrates Court South Africa-based Basil Read Mining (Proprietary) Limited,
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‘My life began after his death’
…a submissive wife tells a tale of how her husband’s passing liberated her sexual and health reproductive rights from tyranny of mother-in-law. LERATO MATHEKA Nthabiseng Hlasoa* aged 28 of Ha-Masupha in the Machache constituency is getting ready to leave Nazareth Health Centre after her weekly appointment at the centre. She is among hundreds
CJ sympathisers could face a dead end
…Sadc route futile without tribunal KANANELO BOLOETSE In 2010, after several court judgements against the Zimbabwean government, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit of heads of states and governments held in Namibia decided that a review of the role, functions and terms of reference of one of its key institutions –
M400 million road investment threatened
KANANELO BOLOETSE MOKHOTLONG – Despite spending over M400 million reconstructing a 79-kilometre stretch of road between Oxbow and Mapholaneng some two years ago, government plans to preserve and prevent its premature deterioration have foundered. Although the road appears to be in fair condition the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism recently learnt of
Villagers await compensation in vain
…as China Geo and Alliance Insurance wrangle KANANELO BOLOETSE LERIBE – Two giant companies, China Geo Engineering Corporation and Alliance Insurance, are at loggerheads over how much each should pay towards the M10 million that 35 Leribe families are demanding for damages to their homes caused by ongoing roadworks. Massive ground vibrations caused
Spotlight on foreign-owned manufacturers’ tax holiday
KANANELO BOLOETSE MASERU – While most Basotho-owned companies are struggling to comply with near-crippling tax obligations, some foreign-owned manufacturing firms seem to have it easy. Foreign-owned manufacturing companies, in particular textile factories, are benefiting from a raft of tax relief measures which leave them ultimately contributing a trivial proportion – around five
Shoot them, we’ll collect corpses: Tšolo
Keiso Mohloboli Minister in the prime minister’s office, Temeki Tšolo, has made an appalling remark in support to police brutality this week. “Shoot them, we will collect their corpses,” the Mafeteng legislator under Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) banner instructed the district’s police on Thursday. Tšolo, who has been labelled
China writes-off Lesotho’s multi-million worth debts
By Lerato Matheka Lesotho has had its two debts of the construction of the ’Manthabiseng National Convention Center and the New Parliament Building costs worth more than M150 million written-off by the People’s Republic of China. This write-off comes after China resort to bailing out African countries of their interest-free loans which
Thabane slams West, sings praises to China
…says China-Africa deals are not threat to sovereignty By Lerato Matheka Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has this week allayed fears that loans and grants received from the People’s Republic of China could be a threat to the country’s sovereignty. Thabane was speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday following his return from
Fractures weaken Lesotho’s ruling party
LEKHETHO NTSUKUNYANE Tom Thabane was jeered by assembled supporters of his own party last week, in what political analysts see as a sign that his days as the Lesotho’s Prime Minister may be numbered. The rowdiness that marked the All Basotho Convention (ABC) navel-gazing “sabbatical conference” in the far southern district of
