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Come get me, please!

MASERU – “WHY not? I am a politician.” That was ‘Matebatso Doti’s playful but dead serious response when asked if she was interested in replacing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. “That is

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In the mix

MASERU – FAKO Moshoeshoe chuckles when asked if he was aware his name is being mentioned among those touted to replace Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. “I don’t know who nominated me,”

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It’s my chance!

MASERU – SAM Rapapa has been brazen about his ambition to replace Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. When other MPs were coy to call on Thabane to step down Rapapa was in

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The reluctant old-timer

MASERU – IT is hard to say what Motlohi Maliehe wants. Is he in the race? “No, I don’t think I am interested being Prime Minister,” he says. Why? “I don’t

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The wildcard

MASERU – AS far as the All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s rabidly tribal politics go, ’Matšepo Ramakoae’s name should not be anywhere near the list of those vying for the position of

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Count me out

MASERU – PUBLIC Works Minister, Prince Maliehe, says he is out of the succession race because he has not been nominated. “I am not part of the succession race because my

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I am ready

MASERU – Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro, are you interested in becoming the prime minister in the event that the incumbent leaves office and you are nominated for the position? The announcement

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Loyal to the end

MASERU – SAMONYANE Ntsekele, the Water Affairs Minister, says those talking about potential candidates to replace Prime Minister Thomas Thabane are either bent on dividing the party or are putting the

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Soldiers’ application to appeal dismissed

MASERU – A High Court judge yesterday dismissed Lt Gen Tlali Kamoli and eight other soldiers’ application to grant them leave to appeal his decision to refuse to recuse himself from

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A life snuffed in its infancy

MASERU – LEETO Lemena stands before the tiny coffin of his three-year-old great grandson, sighing and so choked that words fail him. “God gave and God has taken away,” Lemena says,