Archive for Marafaele Mohloboli

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Thabane refuses to move

MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has refused to stay in a hotel while he waits for the State House to be renovated. Thabane said he will stay in his modest house in Abia because “it will be unfair to make the poor people of this country pay huge hotel bills”. “I am not going [...]

13 Jun 2012 | 183 comments

Thabane blames DC for deportation of Basotho

MASERU — All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane says the Democratic Congress (DC) government is to blame for the deportation of Basotho from South Africa. Thabane told a rally at Maseru Race Course on Sunday that the government had failed to build relations with the African National Congress government. He said the election was [...]

24 May 2012 | 26 comments

Metsing rules out coalition government

MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing has ruled out forming a coalition government with the Democratic Congress (DC). Metsing said in the event that his party is forced into a coalition government with rival parties after Saturday’s election they will not include the DC because Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili does not [...]

24 May 2012 | 44 comments

LCD supporters attacked

MASERU — Three Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) supporters were injured when they were attacked by a gang of youths near Peka on Sunday night. They were part of a group that was travelling in an open truck from the LCD’s rally on Sunday afternoon. As the car slowed down to approach a speed hump [...]

24 May 2012 | 3 comments

Rogue soldiers go berserk

MASERU — In an incident that has triggered fears of a violent crackdown, rogue soldiers beat six men with gun butts before making them roll on the ground on Saturday at Sea Point. The Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) this week sought to distance itself from the 12 rogue soldiers whose alleged leader has since been [...]

3 May 2012 | 64 comments

Ntsie vanishes

MASERU — Habofanoe Ntsie, the cameraman facing a possible death sentence for double murder, has vanished. Ntsie disappeared from the court on March 26 before Justice ’Maseforo Mahase had finished reading her judgment on a case in which he is charged for the murder of Habaka Mahao and Souru Masupha in 2004 at Lancer’s Gap [...]

25 Apr 2012 | 35 comments

Metsing lure vendors

MASERU — Newly elected Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing received a rousing welcome when he visited vendors and taxi operators in Maseru on Tuesday as he stepped up his election campaign. Metsing was elected LCD leader two weeks ago replacing Pakalitha Mosisili who defected to join the newly formed Democratic Congress party [...]

11 Apr 2012 | 47 comments

Warrant of arrest for Ntsie

MASERU — Controversial cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie who is facing a possible death sentence for double murder is now on the police’s wanted list after he disappeared from court on Monday afternoon. Ntsie disappeared before Justice ’Maseforo Mahase had finished reading her judgment in a case in which he is charged for the murder of Habaka [...]

29 Mar 2012 | 45 comments

Makhakhe dies

MASERU — Former principal secretary in the Prime Minister’s office, Kubutu Makhakhe, died on Monday after a short illness. A family spokesperson, Lebohang Makhakhe, said his brother died after complaining of a cold. Lebohang said the family was shocked by Makhakhe’s sudden death. “I was at Thaba-Tseka when I received the news. I rushed to [...]

28 Mar 2012 | 19 comments

Machakela gunned down

MASERU — Former labour minister and All Basotho Convention MP Sello Clement Machakela was shot dead at his home Sekamaneng on Monday night. Acting police spokesperson Senior Inspector, Kabelo Halahala, said Machakela was opening his door when unknown gunmen opened fire on him. Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla who is also the home affairs minister [...]

21 Mar 2012 | 37 comments
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