MPHO THAA THAA QUTHING - Stakeholders have attributed the scourge of poor education which has led to a dismal failure rate in Quthing to the prevalence of Xhosa culture, which they deem as a barrier to Lesotho’s schools’ curriculum. Quthing came out the worst performer out of the country’s ten districts both in the Junior

BILLY NTAOTE and MPHO THAA THAA With a history of a bungled liquidation process halted after audit established the Cooperative Lesotho is not insolvent, new Chief Executive Neo Theoha says the fortunes of the Cooperative continue to be stalked by a prolonged rebirth process. “An audit revealed that the cooperative was not insolvent and in fact

BILLY NTAOTE and MPHO THAA THAA A man who led a bungled Liquidation process of Co-op Lesotho from 2000-2006 is now demanding an estimate of M1 million for ‘unpaid services’ from the ailing cooperative, which he is found at the centre of its financial distraught. Letlama Talejane, a former Commissioner of Cooperatives was appointed to

Billy Ntaote Former Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s son has taken a fight for his re-instatement into a position to represent government in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) to the Court of Appeal. Rethabile Mosisili had previously lost his High Court bid against his recall from the lucrative post on October 11, 2017, but immediately

KEISO MOHLOBOLI Lesotho government and Blue Cross Thaba-Bosiu Centre are in a tug of war over draft performance based contract ‘imposed’ by the Ministry of Health. The proposed contract gives Ministry of Health all the powers to absorb Blue Cross Thaba-Bosiu Centre as one of government entities if it finds it fitting. The national governing board of

…as government releases M3 million subvention Keiso Mohloboli Blue Cross Thaba-Bosiu Centre, which shut down operations following an impasse with government, recently re-opened after the Ministry of Health released M3 million subvention. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, Blue Cross Thaba-Bosiu Centre Director Thabo Mokhutšoane said after discussions with Ministry of Health, the centre’s governing body

THUSO MOSABALA Newly graduated police officers defied orders and marched to offices of their commissioner, Holomo Molibeli contesting alleged torture suffered at Police Training College (PTC) yesterday. MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism has learned the officers who have been inaugurated on November 22, 2018 are undergoing a recourse training for a shooting range

THUSO MOSABALA Lesotho failure to speedily procure medical equipment necessary for engagement of specialised Basotho doctors working in diaspora has delayed an attempt to lessen foreign referrals’ traffic and related hefty costs. According to Health Minister Nkaku Kabi, the ministry had brokered a deal with Basotho doctors working in South Africa to assist Lesotho with their

THUSO MOSABALA A six-month pregnant ’Mathabo Khau has narrated how she was allegedly assaulted by rogue police elements during a much-condemned operation in Kao on December 27. The 32-year old Khau says she was sjamboked and labelled a slut by the Botha-Bothe police during a brutal operation that has since claimed a life in

THUSO MOSABALA Lesotho has traditionally been known for illicit production of relatively large quantities of cannabis grown in some corners of the mountainous Kingdom to basically supply black market in the neighbouring South Africa. But it was not until the country became first in Africa to legalise production of medical marijuana that Lesotho - a high-altitude, land-locked