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Tempers flare at reforms indaba
MASERU – TEMPERS flared at the National Reforms Authority (NRA) indaba yesterday with some families of victims of gross human rights violations being heckled.The heckling were from the floor.The families
Kamoli wants prosecutor out
MASERU – LIEUTENANT General Tlali Kamoli’s lawyers have accused the prosecution of cooking up evidence to get him convicted.Lt Gen Kamoli and eight other soldiers, on trial for the murder
SA riots spark shortages in Lesotho
MASERU – LESOTHO is already starting to feel the economic impact of the riots and looting in South Africa.The riots that started last weekend, following former President Jacob Zuma’s jailing,
The thrill of cheating
MASERU – “MEN are like dogs and as women we have to accept this.”These are the words of ’Mamolemo (not her real name). Despite her husband, a taxi operator, being
Lesotho sends soldiers to Mozambique
MASERU – LESOTHO will send soldiers to Mozambique as part of the SADC force to fight the Islamic State insurgents terrorising the country’s northern region.Defence Minister Halebonoe Setšabi yesterday said
The struggle continues!
MASERU – ONCE beaten twice shy.This adage is ringing true for it aptly captures the Lesotho Workers Party (LWP) leader Rose Lenea’s mood, as political parties begin the wheeling and
Netcare says begins scaling down operations
MASERU – NETCARE says it has started scaling down its operations at the Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital and four filter clinics after the government refused to settle arrears before the
Three die of Covid
MAPUTSOE – THE Covid-19 pandemic is slowly gathering momentum in Lesotho with 407 positive cases being recorded in a single day this week.The National Covid-19 Secretariat (Nacosec) said three people
Pushing the democratic agenda
MASERU – GROWING up in a home of people who strived for peace, freedom and democracy, Advocate Mafiroane Motanyane knew he had only one path to take: the legal profession.“I
State witness backs Kamoli
MASERU – THE murder trial of Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli got off to a bizarre start when a state witness told the court that the former army commander did not
