By Billy Ntaote and Mamello Mokaeane Lesotho’s national budget is often a mixed bag of aspirations if not a wish-list by government in its pursuit of development of its people. In modern day budget formulations, expectations are growing among the ordinary citizenry to partake in the process, which has however been the
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Qacha’s maternal ordeal
As due pregnant woman is turned away from clinic ’Majirata Latela and Sechaba Mokhethi QACHA’S NEK – When 17-year old Elelloang Ramosoeu realised she was pregnant last year (2016) she panicked, wondering how her mother was going to react. Despite having committed a “sin” by falling pregnant underage (at 16-years), Elelloang was quite
Voting begins in Qacha’s Nek
By Sechaba Mokhethi Qacha’s Nek – Despite minor challenges experienced ahead of polls, voting was able to begin smoothly with voters determined to make 85 percent target turnout possible. The Lesotho chapter of Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA Lesotho) was able to observe the election processes as they unfolded at Hermitage
Police pathologist quits over Khetheng
. . . alleges harassment and non-payment for services rendered By Lekhetho Ntsukunyane MASERU – A pathologist contracted to conduct post-mortem examinations for the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) has quit. The surgeon is unhappy after he was allegedly implicated in the murder of Police Constable Mokalekale Khetheng. The MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism
Lesotho renegade soldier appears in court for murder
By Billy Ntaote Lesotho’s former army commander, Retired Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli (pictured) today briefly appeared before the high court on a charge of murder for the first time since his detention in October 2017. Kamoli, accompanied by his three co-accused members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), was told by Justice
Outcry Over ‘Unauthorised’ Exhumations
By MNNCIJ Reporters A ROW has erupted between Ha-Petlane villagers in Kolo and Reskol mine over the discovery that about 30 corpses of the community’s ancestors were exhumed allegedly without authorisation in May this year. The remains, which were stuffed into plastic bags and taken to a morgue in nearby Tšakholo are
Opposition gears for radical reforms
…wants PM prerogatives scrapped By Billy Ntaote UNCHECKED powers vested on Prime Minister and unilateral exercise in appointment or dismissal of ministers, ambassadors; security, judiciary and state-owned enterprise heads, commissioners and other statutory positions remain the nitty-gritty of Lesotho political stalemate. Positions that have been caught up in the crisis mainly as tools
Of illicit drugs, rape and slavery
Lesotho’s heart-breaking story of women and girls trafficked By Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Mojabeng ’Makhalalelo Mosebo (pictured) was sceptical but excited when she received an invitation for a ‘lucrative’ job interview from her cousin in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2009. She was told how she would join one of the successful clothing stores in
Metsing optimistic for home constituency victory
By Billy Ntaote Lesotho’s Deputy Prime Minister is upbeat that the country shall have a peaceful election and that all parties shall accept the election results including his Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) amid much speculation by critics that his electoral pact with Democratic Congress (DC) would not accept the polls
Minister’s family in dagga smuggling scandal
By Sechaba Mokhethi and Billy Ntaote The family of Lesotho’s deputy minister of health, ’Manthabiseng Phohleli, is embroiled in a drug-smuggling scandal after police found more than three and half tonnes of cannabis worth M5-million in a truck belonging to her husband as it crossed into South Africa. The truck and its
