Land bill passed
11 Mar 2010MASERU — The controversial Land Bill 2009 yesterday moved closer to becoming law after parliament passed it with an overwhelming “yes vote”.
The Bill, described by some critics “as an attempt to sell land to foreigners” will now be passed to the senate next week.
The senate, according to MPs close to the issue, is likely to [...]
‘Probe scandal’
6 Mar 2010MASERU — Opposition parties want Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to probe allegations that some of his ministers benefited from the block farming loan scheme.
The parties say they want Mosisili to investigate allegations that some of the ministers who were appointed as mentors for some farmers who benefited from the government-guaranteed loans from Standard Lesotho Bank [...]
Farming scandal
24 Feb 2010Block farmers fail to repay M74m loan
MASERU — More than 100 block farmers have not repaid the government-guaranteed loans they received from a local commercial bank over the past four years, the Lesotho Times can reveal.
Some of the farmers had defaulted in the repayment of their loans since as far back as 2006.
Each farming season [...]
Windfall for torture
18 Feb 2010MASERU — The High Court on Monday awarded M110 010 in damages to a Maseru woman who was tortured by the police while in detention in 2004.
Justice Gabriel Mofolo ruled that the office of the commissioner of police and that of the attorney general should compensate Neo Masupha for unlawful detention, torture, shock, medical expenses [...]
Clash over gays
10 Feb 2010MASERU — Delegates attending the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) annual general conference last Friday clashed over the association’s decision to help an organisation advocating for the rights of homosexuals.
Matters came to a head after the annual report which was tabled before the delegates revealed that the council had given technical assistance to Matrix [...]
