TWO men have died and a child is battling for his life at a hospital following what is suspected to have been a revenge attack in Matsieng last weekend. A famo music gangster, Tšepiso Kholome, 31, was gunned down in Klerksdorp, South Africa, a week ago by his rivals who are believed to be of […]
Students at Lerotholi Polytechnic went on strike on Monday following a stand-0ff with the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) over payment of fees. The students said they would not sit for their exams which were due to begin on Monday and end tomorrow until the issue has been settled. They want the NMDS to settle […]
THE Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) has begun quizzing civil servants in what it says is an attempt to unlock the roots of corruption in government ministries. The DCEO began the project on Tuesday with the Ministry of Agriculture. Among those interviewed during the process, which is closed to the media, were procurement […]
In 2015 Mahali Phamotse lost the Democratic Congress (DC)’s primary election for Matlakeng to seasoned politician Mothobi Nkhahle. Phamotse rejected the result and accused Nkhahle of rigging. Her supporters thronged the DC offices in Maseru in a protest to demand a re-run. The party obliged but an incident that night would change Phamotse’s political career […]
THE Basotho Action Party (BAP) leader Professor Nqosa Mahao has defended the party’s decision to ban the use of social media to discuss the party’s internal affairs. Professor Mahao told thepost he is “not ashamed of stopping the social media use in the party”. This is after factionalism broke out in the party after some […]