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Housing tops Local Government priorities
MASERU – LOCAL Government Minister, Habofanoe Lehana, has laid out plans for his ministry, with housing and social amenities provision taking top priority. At a press conference on Tuesday, Lehana said
Police to use candles in stations
MASERU – POLICE have resorted using candles in their stations because they cannot afford to buy electricity. Police spokesman, Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli, has confirmed that their coffers have run dry. However,
Home Affairs official found dead
MASERU – A Home Affairs official was found dead at his home in Ha Seoli on Friday. Khahliso Soro, a ceremony coordinator, was due to appear at the Public Accounts Committee
More grief for Hashatsi’s mother
MASERU – THE family of the late Colonel Tefo Hashatsi says it still does not know how their son died because they are unable to pay the pathologist who performed the
The battle has just begun
MASERU – THE 1998 fires that left Maseru and Maputsoe in ruins were still smouldering when Matsepo Molise-Ramakoae received an unexpected call from her bosses. A senior civil servant for over
Poor SACU revenues hobble economy
MASERU – SLUGGISH economic performance highlighted by declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP), unstable border revenues and gender inequality are threatening Lesotho’s regional competitiveness, according to latest figures released by the Bureau
Victory for teachers
MASERU – TEACHERS and the government have struck a deal to avert a strike that had been planned to start today. The agreement, a three-page document with 11 decisions, was signed
Chief Justice suspended
MASERU – CHIEF Justice Nthomeng Majara has been suspended with effect from today. She is however yet to receive her suspension letter as she is out of the country on official
MP’s judgment set for today
MASERU – HIGH Court judge Justice Molefi Makara is today expected to deliver judgment in a case in which an MP, Likeleli Tampane, is challenging Parliament’s decision to discipline her. Tampane,
No work, no pay for striking teachers
MASERU – No work, no pay. That is the blunt message Education Minister Ntoi Rapapa is now pushing as he seeks to break a four-week teachers’ strike. The teachers downed tools
