Archive for Bongiwe Zihlangu

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Squabbles stalk LCD

MASERU — Two senior Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) officials who are part of a taskforce set up to investigate squabbles within the party were sent packing when they visited Mekaling constituency in Mohale’s Hoek last Tuesday. LCD deputy secretary general, Tšeliso Mokhosi, and proportional representation MP, Pashu Mochesane, were blocked from visiting Mekaling constituency [...]

16 May 2013 | 64 comments

DC blasts elections body

and Limpho Sello   MASERU — The main opposition Democratic Congress (DC) party says it is not happy with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s failure to embark on continuous voter registration saying the move is a blow to democracy. The party also accused the electoral body of failing to organise by-elections in local councils where [...]

9 May 2013 | 21 comments

. . . government not to blame for lack of voter registration: Mokhosi

MASERU — Communications Minister and government spokesperson Tšeliso Mokhosi yesterday said the government is not to blame for delays by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to embark on voter registration and call by-elections. “The IEC has its own programme and only approaches government with proposals if it needs anything. It’s an independent body with the [...]

9 May 2013 | 3 comments

Top diplomatic posts for Maope, Ntsinyi

MASERU — Two of Lesotho’s political luminaries, Kelebone Maope and Lebohang Nts’inyi, are set to leave the country soon to represent Lesotho on foreign assignments. Maope, 68, the Lesotho Peoples’ Congress (LPC) leader and Ntšinyi, 66, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) treasurer, resigned from parliament on Monday as Proportional Representative MPs. Maope is set [...]

9 May 2013 | 14 comments

Fresh LCD infighting stokes instability

MASERU — Fresh infighting within the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) could be an indicator of an absence of an effective conflict resolution mechanism within the party, analysts have said. The LCD, which went through a damaging split when former party leader Pakalitha Mosisili dumped the party and formed the Democratic Congress, is going through [...]

1 May 2013 | 46 comments

Charges against Moleleki ‘a witch-hunt’ says Mosisili

MASERU — Charges of corruption levelled against former natural resources minister Monyane Moleleki were “a pure witch-hunt”, according to former premier Pakalitha Mosisili. Moleleki has been charged in the courts of law with fraudulently issuing mining licences while in office, a charge he has denied. Mosisili, who is the leader of the Democratic Congress (DC) [...]

25 Apr 2013 | 27 comments

‘Thabane’s coalition out to uproot corruption’

MASERU — Thabo Thakalekoala, the Press Secretary to Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili is wrong to believe the coalition government “is on Moleleki’s case”. Speaking to the Lesotho Times on Tuesday night, Thakalekoala said the coalition government had no wish to victimise and deprive Basotho of their basic right [...]

25 Apr 2013 | 18 comments

‘New salaries schedule will cripple Lesotho’

MASERU — The proposed review of the civil service salary structure by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s coalition government could “throw Lesotho into a financial crisis”, says former Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. After finance minister Leketekete Ketso announced a six percent salary increase for civil servants across the board in February, the government also proposed an [...]

25 Apr 2013 | 16 comments

Democratic Congress members defect to ABC

MASERU — Six members of the main opposition Democratic Congress (DC) party defected to Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) party at a rally held in Lithabaneng on Sunday. Those who defected include staunch DC supporter ‘Maphunye Monare from Taung constituency in Mohale’s Hoek. Other DC members who defected on the day included [...]

18 Apr 2013 | 63 comments

Students urge PM to stop NUL protest

MASERU — The Lesotho Students Convention (LESCO) has urged Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to intervene in the National University of Lesotho (NUL) crisis by stopping today’s planned protest march against the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS). LESCO chairperson Joalane Molefi on Sunday pleaded with Thabane at an All Basotho Convention (ABC) political rally in Lithabaneng [...]

17 Apr 2013 | 47 comments
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