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Courts’ collapse symptomatic of governance failure: analysts Mohalenyane Phakela
ONE of the major trending stories of the past two weeks is that of the virtual collapse of the Maseru Magistrates Court after the Lesotho Electricity Company abruptly cut power supplies due to a M1, 3 million debt which had accumulated over the past five years.
Chief Magistrate ‘Matankiso Nthunya last week said they had scrambled to raise M200 000. However, this is still grossly inadequate as the LEC is holding out for at least half of the M1, 3 million debt. This means that the judiciary will have to fork out at least M650 000 before the Maseru court is reconnected.
Manyokole trial postponed
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Mohalenyane Phakela
SUSPENDED Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole, will have to wait longer to know when his money laundering and corruption trial will begin.
This after the Maseru Magistrates Court on Thursday postponed to unknown date a hearing to set the trial date.
The trial date was supposed to have been set on Thursday and Advocate Manyokole showed up before the court opened its doors at 9am.
An hour later, there was still no indication of when the proceedings would begin. The court’s information officer, Nthabiseng Mohale, later told the
Maseru court grinds to a standstill
Mohalenyane Phakela
OPERATIONS at the Maseru Magistrates Court have ground to a virtual standstill due to a power cut by the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC).
So serious is the crisis that, according to Chief Magistrate ‘Matankiso Nthunya, magistrates are unable to deliver judgements, hear or even enrol new cases whose proceedings have to be electronically recorded.
The LEC abruptly cut power supplies to the Maseru Magistrates Court on 23 February 2021 over its failure to pay a M1, 3 million power bill which had accumulated over the past five years.
Chief Magistrate Nthunya this week said they had scrambled to raise M200 000. However, this is still grossly inadequate as the LEC is holding out for at least half of the M1, 3 million debt. This means that the judiciary will have to fork out at least M650 000 before the Maseru court is