MASERU – ANTI-CORRUPTION investigators raided three principal secretaries allegedly implicated in a M100 million road repair scandal. Yesterday afternoon’s raids are part of a wider investigation into payments made by the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) to several companies that won tenders to repair roads damaged by heavy rains earlier this year. The Directorate on Corruption […]
MASERU – A Mafeteng-based Imam says Home Affairs Minister Lebona Lephema’s remarks about a mosque in Maseru West have shaken the Muslim community. Lephema said the mosque in Maseru West was a national security risk because one can see the State House from its roof. The minister appeared to question how the mosque was approved […]
MASERU – SMALL-SCALE traders in Quthing district are up in arms against Chinese businesses which they say are undermining their businesses. Taxi operators and street vendors joined the protest yesterday. The business operators alleged that the Chinese traders were destroying their businesses. The protest comes a week after the health inspectorate, the District Administrator’s office […]
MASERU – AN artiste aligned to the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC), Sebili Sebili, is defecting to the newly formed Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party. Sebili is a musician who has composed praise songs for the ABC. His defection would be yet another blow to the faction-ridden ABC six months before the key general election. […]
MASERU – THE Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader Monyane Moleleki says he made Sam Matekane a millionaire when he was still minister. Moleleki was speaking at a rally in Mekaling in Mohale’s Hoek last weekend. He said his supporters should not fall in the trap thinking by joining Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party they […]