IT was Sam Matekane’s rousing call to “revolutionise Lesotho’s economy” that eventually persuaded Moeketsi Motšoane, 45, to join the newly formed Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party last year. Almost a year after Matekane was elected Prime Minister, Motšoane remains acutely aware of the huge challenges his party is facing in transforming Lesotho’s anemic economy. There […]
MALEFETSANE Nchaka, a former Water Ministry principal secretary, has been dragged to court to answer charges of fraud and theft of government funds. Nchaka and two others, Leboelo Molefe and Lebohang Tumahole, are accused of abusing government vehicles to fund their political party’s campaign in the run-up to last year’s elections. They are accused of […]
THE Movement for Economic Change (MEC) bigwigs are in a bitter fight with constituency committees over the selection of local government election candidates. The MEC’s National Executive Committee has now filed an urgent application in the High Court in an attempt to reverse the names that were submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for […]
‘Mahlompho Akhosi’s job as a car spares salesperson used to be simple. She would sell the same parts all day. The majority of customers who came to her counter at Unity Tip Top, a spares shop, wanted oil, spark plugs, fuses or oil filters. In other words, they were looking for basic vehicle maintenance parts. […]
Dozens of workers at Suntextile are set to be sent home at the end of the month as the turbulence in the textile sector continues. A decline in orders from the United States and other markets has hit the textile company. The human resource manager, ’Mahlompho Nkoko, confirmed to thepost this week that “many will […]