Power, governance and the rights of Basotho — Parliament, parties, the courts, and the human-rights debates that define the country's direction.
Politics & Rights
Lesotho has received medical and IT equipment valued at approximately US$150,000 from the World Health Organisation's Pandemic Fund to strengthen disease surveillance and emergency response capabilities. The equipment includes blood-glucose monitors, blood-pressure machines, laptops and related hardware, intended to help detect public-health threats
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The Maseru City Council is considering relocating to the Old Parliament Building to address a M49 million rental arrears debt accumulated at the Moonstar Complex since 2016. The relocation faces contractual complications, as vacating before lease expiry could incur additional financial penalties exceeding the current debt. Source: Lesotho Times
Politics & Rights
Peka legislator Mohopoli Monokoane, leader of the newly formed Khanya political movement, has criticized politicians for making empty campaign promises while communities suffer from poverty and unemployment. Monokoane is conducting nationwide consultations across Lesotho's 80 constituencies and has launched agricultural initiatives including vegetable cultivation projects that have created
Politics & Rights
Democratic Congress Member of Parliament Jane Lekunya has agreed to become a prosecution witness in a M109 million tender scandal involving agricultural inputs procurement, and will repay M6 million to the DCEO. Lekunya was initially charged alongside businessman Moeketsi Ntaote and former Ministry of Agriculture Principal Secretary Mapaseka Nkone in
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The family of Colonel Tefo Hashatsi, a controversial LDF officer killed in a 2017 military shootout at Ratjomose Barracks, has publicly apologized to Basotho for alleged harms caused by him during his military service. The family issued the statement nine years after his death, responding to ongoing social media criticism
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The Lesotho Defence Force Permanent Secretary Mpopo Tšoele has denied involvement of LDF soldiers in the alleged abduction and assault of Newsday editor and human rights activist Kananelo Boloetse, who was reportedly taken from his home in Maseru and beaten near Thaba-Bosiu. International organizations including Amnesty International and the
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A Lesotho diplomat posted in Geneva has accused LNDC CEO Thabo Khasipe of engineering his dismissal following a personal dispute with Khasipe's wife, a Minister Counsellor at the mission, which escalated into sexual harassment allegations and disciplinary proceedings. The case has become a legal battle with the Labour
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The Lesotho government, with EU support, has launched the Justice Sector Coordination Forum to improve coordination among key institutions and streamline case flow through the justice system. The forum brings together the Judiciary, police, prosecution, correctional services, anti-corruption authorities, and civil society to address long-standing coordination challenges and
Politics & Rights
An opinion piece uses metaphor to critique Prime Minister Sam Matekane's swift public denial of knowing a high-profile inmate in South African prisons who has allegedly begun cooperating with authorities. The article suggests the denial came with unusual urgency while Matekane was traveling to an African Union
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Four Mafeteng police officers accused of murdering Thuso Tjemolane in August 2020 have failed in their bid to halt proceedings over alleged non-compliance with new Criminal Litigation Rules. High Court Judge Mabatšoeneng Hlaele ruled the trial will proceed under the old Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, with a firm
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BNP leader Machesetsa Mofomobe has challenged his addition to the M5 billion drug case, arguing he was wrongly joined as the sixth accused while his co-accused's bid to quash charges was still pending. The Maseru Magistrate's Court ordered Mofomobe to file a formal application by
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Prime Minister Sam Matekane has denied any links to South African crime boss Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala, stating he has never met him or conducted business with him, though his former security aide dealt with Matlala regarding a proposed VIP security company in Lesotho. Matlala testified before South Africa&