…Wool and mohair producers want subordinate law creating Chinese monopoly quashed amid Prime Minister's three-month grace period offer BILLY NTAOTE A three-month grace period temporarily lifting government’s ban of the independent export of Lesotho’s wool and mohair announced by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane was on Friday condemned by disgruntled farmers as a

RELEBOHILE KHOALE Prime Minister and All Basotho Convention (ABC)leader, Thomas Thabane’s bitter face-off with five executive members has worsened and could soon result in a split of the ruling party. The infighting escalated after a 26 June meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee which announced the decion-making body had ratified Thabane’s decision to expel the five for allegedly violating

...Prime Minister and All Basotho Convention leader accused of unilaterally violating the party’s constitution as he expels ‘rebels’ NEC members in violation of a High Court order MAJIRATA LATELA All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane’s decision to “unilaterally” expel key members of the party’s newly-elected National Executive Committee (NEC) has since been scoffed at as façade to circumvent

…as Global Investigative Journalism Network approves MNNCIJ’s membership KEISO MOHLOBOLI MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism was yesterday granted membership to world's leading international association of investigative reporting organisations, Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN). The GIJN boasts a membership of 182 organizations in 77 countries across the world. MNNCIJ is Lesotho’s first and only institution

RELEBOHILE KHOALE Parliament has united to investigate the unpopular wool and mohair sale ‘localisation’ policy in a last-ditch effort to save wool and mohair farming—the major source of livelihood for Lesotho’s  rural communities. In a show of unity rarely seen in Lesotho’s diverse National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MPs) on 10 June voted for a motion

MANTŠALI PHAKOANA LESOTHO farmers are in a quandary following the recent outbreak of anthrax in the country which prompted the immediate export ban of wool, mohair and livestock to South Africa and other countries due to fears of spreading the disease. On 12 May 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) was notified

Billy Ntaote This afternoon, Members of Parliament are set to decide whether the National Assembly should adjourn for a winter recess or assemble for another week to hear a proposed motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s administration. The MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism this morning learned parliamentary business committee members had all concurred the

MAJIRATA LATELA From 2013-2016 Lesotho lost more than M1, 479,049,462.60 to corruption, misuse of public funds and under collection of revenue. The Public accounts committee (PAC), in a report tabled before the National Assembly of Lesotho today showed that within the 2013-2016 period government of Lesotho lost a minimum amount of M1, 479,049,462.60 due to corruption and

…as instability causes two-year parly terms ‘MAJIRATA LATELA Public accounts committee (PAC) has recommended for a new law to ditch legislators’ loans guarantees having costed Lesotho’s ailing economy a whopping M108 million. This amount, the government has spent in repayment of loans taken by members of parliament, senate and other statutory position holders after dissolution of the short-lived Eighth

RELEBOHILE KHOALE Youth and Sports Minister Mahali Phamotse face possible investigation by the anti-corruption body over her actions while serving as education and training minister. Phamotse is according to Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee allegedly in breach of the law after she ordered placement of unwanted teachers in schools who ended being paid without working. In a stern recommendation