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The wounds that have refused to heal
MASERU – WIDOW ’Maitumeleng Montje looks healthy and jovial but inside she is bleeding. For her, 2018 is a year to forget, but the experiences she went through are just too
Blow for top soldiers
MASERU – TWO top soldiers accused of plotting to topple their commanders have failed in their last ditch effort to avoid prosecution. Captain Litekanyo Nyakane and Captain Boiketsiso Fonane, who are
’Maesaiah’s brother arrested for fraud
MASERU – THE younger brother of the First Lady ’Maesaiah Thabane was arrested this week for allegedly swindling people of M22 000 on the pretext that he would ask his sister
Orgy of violence rocks Kao again
…………Police officers allegedly beat up villagers in Ha-Shishila……… MASERU – IT was a quarrel over a woman at a bar that triggered an orgy of violence that left one person dead
Doctors’ strike takes its toll
MAFETENG –THE strike by doctors took a huge toll in Mafeteng district during the Christmas holidays with thousands of patients being turned away from hospitals. The doctors had downed tools
Teachers walk out of meeting
MASERU – TEACHERS’ unions last week stormed out of a meeting with the Minister of Education Prof Ntoi Rapapa whom they accused of not taking their grievances seriously. The unions are
Budding famo artiste gunned down
MASERU – AN aspiring young famo artiste, Ngaka Mahao, 32, was fatally shot at Ha-Toloane just a few days before Christmas. Mahao was in a taxi with other passengers when he
Ministry’s cars grounded
MASERU – THE Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s cars have been grounded for almost two months because the ministry cannot pay for fuel. Engen Lesotho has cut fuel supply to
Soldiers go on rampage in Quthing
QUTHING – TWO soldiers went on a violent rampage that left one person dead and 27 injured in Quthing after a Christmas-eve brawl that has further tainted the army’s reputation. The
Mosisili says Sekatle ‘a pathological liar’
MAPUTSOE – Democratic Congress (DC) leader, Pakalitha Mosisili, has described Semano Sekatle who defected to the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) party two weeks ago “as a pathological liar”. Mosisili was
