Young women, girls and other vulnerable groups are today in Lesotho faced with a plethora of wicked problems that force them into the streets to prostitute themselves and further leaving them vulnerable and prone to trafficking where they are turned into sex slaves. Traffickers throw their victims into the quagmire, forcing

…cripple health services in Thaba-Tseka By Lerato Matheka Over 50 employees of St James Mission Hospital in Thaba-Tseka have downed tools this week over unpaid salaries. The strike, which started on Tuesday, has since extended to the hospital’s three filter clinics, namely Lephoi, Popa and Marakabei, paralyzing health services in the

By Thuso Mosabala and Billy Ntaote A long-drawn-out dispute between Storm Mountain Diamond (SMD) and Kao communities took a new twist recently when villagers shot down the mine’s plans to relocate their homes affected by its extractive activities. The mine is set to relocate 32 households located in the Tiping village in

Govt could pay another M3 billion if it loses court battle with Swissbourgh  By Billy Ntaote A protracted international investment dispute that has lasted 28 years between the Lesotho government and a South African owned diamond mining company, Swissbourgh, has cost the country a whopping close to M3 billion in legal

By Lerato Matheka The Lerotholi Polytechnic (LP) has instituted an internal audit of its financial books dating from as far back as 2007 following revelations of a missing M32 million, the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism has learnt. The audit comes two months after parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) ordered the institution,

By Billy Ntaote A parliament sanctioned task-team has recently exposed shocking details of how Kao mine spilled 25 000 litres of waste into Kao River and down to Malibamatšo, contaminating Lesotho’s lucrative “white gold” downstream into Katse Dam. On December 14, 2016, a sewage pond built by Kao mine, that is operated by

LEIGH BALDWIN, MARCUS LEROUX, PETER GEOGHEGAN, and BILLY NTAOTE The ‘bad boy’ who bankrolled Brexit says he’s struck it lucky in Africa. But do his claims of a ‘significant find’ stand up? And who’s he been doing business with there? Arron Banks, the insurance mogul whose millions helped nudge the United Kingdom out of the

By Sechaba Mokhethi A DARK cloud hangs over the administration of justice with the magistrates mulling a strike over the government’s failure to address their long-standing welfare grievances as concerns about lack of judicial independence, MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism has learnt. The protracted grievances which range from welfare disparities between magistrates

By Lekhetho Ntsukunyane and Mamello Mokaeane The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has embarked on nationwide investigations aimed at rooting out illegal financial institutions and money lenders, the MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism (MNNCIJ) has learned. This follows disturbing reports of how clients were being treated by rogue money lenders who, among

By Thakane Shale For a 27-year-old *Rethabile Mokoaleli, the possibility of dying during an abortion is a gruesome thought but one she is prepared to face in order to terminate her unplanned pregnancy in a country where the practice remains both illegal and taboo. In a recent interview with the MNN Centre