TWO MPs for the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party who were arrested this week for a traffic offence say they have instructed their lawyers to sue the police commissioner for malicious arrest. Thuso Makhalanyane and Lejone Puseletso were arrested on Monday night at their homes and were taken to the police headquarters for questioning over […]
TWO police officers who were suspected of stealing two AK47 assault rifles and 60 rounds of ammo have been fired. The duo are suspected by the police to have passed the guns to an illegal miner working in the closed shafts in South Africa. Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli told a press conference on Tuesday that […]
Health workers in Mokhotlong, Thaba-Tseka, and Qacha’s Nek say they will down tools starting tomorrow after the government failed to address their grievances. In a letter to the Minister of Health, Selibe Mochoboroane, the workers said they will go on strike because the government had ignored their demands. The workers, who include health professionals such […]
IT is a sad story that vividly illustrates the extent to which some of Lesotho’s police officers are willing to go to cover up for the shocking acts of brutality done by their colleagues in the course of duty. When pressed to disclose what happened, the police then cook up a long story to cover […]
THE family of Simon Mahloko-Mohlori, 60, who died in the Thaba-Tseka police holding cells two weeks ago, is demanding answers from the police. A report by a government pathologist has suggested that Mahloko-Mohlori died from poisoning while the police say they are equally puzzled as to what killed him. Police spokesperson Inspector ’Mareabetsoe Mofoka last […]