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Coalition government to set up rights commission by year-end

MASERU — Law and Constitutional Affairs Minister Haae Phoofolo says the government is planning to establish a human rights commission before the end of the year. Phoofolo told a joint press conference with European Union (EU) ambassador Hans Duynhouwer yesterday that consultations are almost in the final stages before the setting up of the commission. [...]

13 Jun 2013 | 0 comments

Exam papers leak probed

MASERU — The Lesotho College Education (LCE) is investigating the leakage of some test papers days before the final examinations last November. At least 15 students who are accused of having had access to the leaked examination papers have been suspended. The students were barred from graduating last Friday at a ceremony that saw more [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 15 comments

I did not tamper with tender minutes, says Manyokole

MASERU — The principal secretary designate for the Ministry of Health, Lefu Manyokole, has denied charges that he tampered with the process to award tenders to undeserving catering companies. Manyokole was responding to an article in the Lesotho Times last week that alleged that he had tinkered with the minutes of a tender panel to [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 13 comments

ID tender investigation zeroes in on ministers

MASERU — A current minister and a former minister are the subject of the ongoing investigation into the ID tender scandal. The two whose names are known to the Lesotho Times but have been withheld are suspected to have been the masterminds behind the alleged corrupt dealings with Nikuv International Projects. Nikuv, the Israeli company [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 28 comments

IDs set for issue in July

MASERU — The government plans to start issuing Identity Documents (IDs) in the first week of July. Home Affairs Minister Joang Molapo told the Lesotho Times on Tuesday that the plan is to launch the IDs on July 3 “if all goes according to plan”. Molapo said the launch will be preceded by a publicity [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 20 comments

MPs strip for the nation

A grade one teacher asks her students to tell the class what their fathers do for a living. “My father is an accountant. His job is to balance books and manage finances,” says little Lerato with confidence. Little Khotso says his father is a lawyer who specialises in criminal cases. And so goes the exercise [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 29 comments

Punish these cheats

The Lesotho College of Education must be applauded for proactively dealing with the alleged leakage of examination papers. As our story says the 15 students allegedly involved in the scandal are already facing disciplinary action. John Oliphant, the college’s rector, has promised that those found to have had access to the leaked papers will be [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 2 comments

‘Speaker could have erred’

MASERU – The Democratic Congress (DC) party says the Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane made a hasty decision in his ruling over allowances last week. Last Thursday Motanyane ruled that DC leader Pakalitha Mosisili and his deputy Monyane Moleleki had unlawfully received sitting allowances of M150 per day. This, he said, was because Mosisili was [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 35 comments

Man tries to change fake R1 million

MASERU — Police in Maseru last Thursday arrested a man after he was found in possession of 1.1 million fake South African rands. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the man was arrested while he was negotiating to exchange the fake notes with the real currency. South African rands are legal tender in Lesotho. Masupha said [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 4 comments

Jonathan burial set tomorrow

MASERU — The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan, ’Mantahli Jonathan, who died on May 23 at the age of 92, will be laid to rest at her home in Ha-Rakoro tomorrow. Speaking at a memorial service at the Co-operatives College in Maseru on Tuesday, her daughter, ’Mamosiuoa Lephole, better known by her [...]

6 Jun 2013 | 20 comments
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