Senior FNB officials in fistfight
Bereng Mpaki
TWO senior officials at one of the country’s top commercial banks, First National Bank (FNB) Lesotho, are said to have exchanged blows at the bank’s headquarters in Maseru last week.
FNB Lesotho marketing manager, Lebohang Setlalekgosi, said they were investigating the incident.
Ms Setlalekgosi however, refused to give details of what transpired, saying at this stage they still had to protect the rights of the individuals involved.
“The FNB has begun an internal process to investigate the cause of an altercation between two of its staff members on 3 March 2021,” Ms Setlalekgosi said in an interview with the
Tšepong court case fails to take off
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Mohalenyane Phakela
THE legal battle between Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) and its 311 striking nurses failed to take off yesterday due to the “unpreparedness” of the hospital’s legal team to proceed.
The Labour Court therefore, postponed the matter to 17 March 2021.
However, the
Lesotho Times has learnt that the QMMH management and the Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) will soon meet to try and find an amicable solution. Although it could not be confirmed yesterday, it is suspected that this was the reason for which the QMMH legal team was unprepared proceed with court processes yesterday to allow for negotiations.
Power debt cripples Trade ministry operations
Bereng Mpaki
BUSINESS has come to a halt at the Ministry of Trade and Industry after the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) cut the ministry’s power off over unpaid bills.
Although it could not be ascertained how much the Trade ministry is owing, late last month, the LEC started cutting off power supply to several clients who owe it huge amounts of money. Among them is the Ministry of Trade headquarters in Maseru, which has gone without power for the past three weeks.
The unavailability of power has forced the ministry to stop offering various services to its clients.
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation LTDC) has started injecting part of the funds generated by key tourist attractions into community development projects. The first beneficiary was the Ha-Ramokoatsi community, which is home to the Ha-Ramokoatsi Recreational Park which received M5000 last week. The funds are to be used for collective community upliftment interventions […]
Reforms by September: NRA
Pascalinah Kabi
THE much-delayed multi-sector reforms will be completed by September 2021, NRA deputy chairperson Liteboho Kompi has said.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) had given Lesotho a new deadline of Jun 2021 by when to have completed the constitutional, security sector, media, governance and judicial reforms recommended by the regional body way back in 2016.
However, Ms Kompi said the country was behind schedule mainly due to the lockdown which had restricted intra and inter-district travel as well as large gatherings as part of efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
She said they were now looking to have implemented the reforms by September 2021.