By Billy Ntaote Last year the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism reported that a former Lesotho Flour Mills board member had condemned the company’s inability to generate sufficient profits to pay dividends as a deliberate strategy. Ramahoana Matlosa complained that the joint venture between government and the Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group, which holds
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LNDC rocked by severance pay row
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane LESOTHO National Development Corporation (LNDC) staff are at loggerheads with management over a combined M4 million severance package they should have received after being exempted from making severance pay contributions by the Department of Labour in May this year. The MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism (MNNCIJ) has learnt that the
Lethal Lesotho army
Sechaba Mokhethi and Billy Ntaote Allegations that members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) kidnapped, murdered and dumped three civilians in Mohale Dam earlier this year glaringly highlights how the LDF became a law unto itself under former prime minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s administration. It is a legacy that continues to haunt Lesotho.
‘Lesotho Flour Mills milked dry’
. . . as major shareholder is accused of using offshore tax haven, transfer pricing By Billy Ntaote THE main shareholder for the country’s largest milling company, Lesotho Flour Mills (LFM), has been accused of using an offshore tax haven and transfer pricing to avoid paying its partner, the government, dividends over
Calls for Workers to Unite
…as workers unions isolated celebrations expose deep-rooted fragmentation on May Day Lesotho. By Billy Ntaote WORKERS unions and federations joined the world in celebration of May Day amid deep rooted weaknesses of a fragmented working class that has allowed political polarisation to undermine workers bargaining power. These weaknesses, exacerbated by the country’s continued
Khaketla slapped with graft charge
Sechaba Mokhethi Lesotho Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) has slapped former minister of finance ‘Mamphono Khaketla with a corruption charge for the alleged solicitation of M4 million ($302 000) bribe in exchange for a government fleet tender. According to the anti-corruption body, Khaketla, together with her co-accused, Thabo Napo solicited
Call to review overlapping army, police functions
Billy Ntaote By its design, cognisant there is no potential external threat to Lesotho surrounded by democratic South Africa today, the architecture of the army is designed in such a way that it shall also venture into ordinary law enforcement. But, it is this role of law enforcement that the Lesotho Defence
How family hijacked (and then lost) a Lesotho diamond mine
Call to close wide gender gap
By Billy Ntaote Addis Ababa The portrayal of women in the media across the African continent continues to expose a wide gender gap between woman and men amid ambitious continental benchmarks. A paper on Media Portrayal of women and media gap in Africa presented to the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Information
Controversial Chief Justice’s lease deal still in force
By Billy Ntaote A sub-lease agreement that secured a lavish mansion belonging to the High Court’s judge, Justice Teboho Moiloa, for residential use by her boss, Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara, continues to be operational despite an internal audit draft report that condemned the arrangement in March this year. Compiled by the Ministry
