Judges clash
MASERU — High Court judge Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase wants a woman controversially released from prison by Justice Semapo Peete on Sunday jailed.
The Lesotho Times can reveal that the two judges are now on a collision course in a potentially explosive fight that is likely to further embarrass the High Court.
At the centre of the clash is ‘Mamaphoesa Hoohlo who had been jailed for contempt of court by Justice Mahase last Friday.
Mamaphoesa, who works at a local bank, was sentenced to seven days in prison after she disobeyed a High Court order issued by Justice Mahase in March 2010.
The judge had ordered her to allow her ex-husband, Mphekeleli Hoohlo, to see their child.
At that time the two were embroiled in a messy divorce.
Justice Mahase had ordered that ‘Mamaphoesa should allow Hoohlo to see his child when he comes from South Africa where he works at a bank.
When ‘Mamaphoesa ignored the order and continued to deny him access to his child Hoohlo filed a contempt of court case against her in August 2010.
She received the papers but did not respond, leading the court to order her arrest in November 2010.
‘Mamaphoesa however avoided jail after her lawyer intervened and assured the court that she had started complying with the order.
After being given assurance that ‘Mamaphoesa was going to allow him access to his child Hoohlo stopped pursuing the contempt of court case against her.
And for some time ‘Mamaphoesa allowed him access to his child until she suddenly stopped doing so in June last year.
That forced Hoohlo to resuscitate the contempt of court case against her.
Justice Mahase heard the case last Friday and ordered that ‘Mamaphoesa be jailed for seven days.
‘Mamaphoesa was arrested and jailed on the same day.
The chain of events that followed thereafter is what has led to the clash between Justice Mahase and Justice Peete.
On Friday night ‘Mamaphoesa’s sister, Hlalefang Motinyane, started making frantic efforts to have her released.
Motinyane is a lawyer and works in the Law Office which falls under the attorney general’s office.
She is said to have called several judges to hear her sister’s application for release.
This paper understands that at no time did she seek to find Justice Mahase, the judge who was supposed to hear the application since she was the one who had convicted and jailed ‘Mamaphoesa.
After several calls Motinyane eventually found Justice Peete on Sunday morning.
She went to the judge’s house in Maseru West and filed her papers.
The judge is understood to have called acting deputy High Court registrar Mojela Shale to bring ‘Mamaphoesa’s file to his house.
In her application Motinyane had cited Hoohlo, the commissioner of police and the attorney general as respondents.
At 10:45am Justice Peete ordered ‘Mamaphoesa’s immediate release and a few minutes later she was free.
In his handwritten order Justice Peete said ‘Mamaphoesa should be released and also ordered a stay of execution on Justice Mahase’s judgment.
He wrote at the end of his order that the matter must be urgently placed before a judge on duty.
In block letters he said: “Do not place (case) before me”.
The reason for that emphasis was written in brackets: “I know applicant personally”.
A Lesotho Times investigation has revealed the following irregularities in the manner Justice Peete made the order:
- High Court regulations state that only a judge who has granted an order can hear an appeal on the same matter. In this case ‘Mamaphoesa’s application was supposed to come before Justice Mahase as the judge who had convicted her. Justice Mahase was available but was never contacted.
- Justice Peete’s order has the effect of reviewing and reversing Justice Mahase’s order, something that is also highly irregular. An order of a High Court judge can only be reviewed and reversed by the Court of Appeal. Not even the chief justice, the head of the High Court, can reverse an order by a High Court judge.
- Justice Peete issued the order on an urgent and expat basis. That means he issued an order without hearing from Hoohlo the person who had brought the contempt of court case that had landed ‘Mamaphoesa in jail. The attorney general and the commissioner of prisons, who were also cited, were not given a chance to respond. Justice Peete said the matter was going to be heard by another judge at 11am on Monday. That gave Hoohlo and the other respondents less than 24 hours to challenge the order. What is curious is how he could have issued such an order when he admits that he knows the “applicant personally”.
- The judgment that Justice Mahase had issued was final, which means that it could not be stayed as Justice Peete later ordered.
- Motinyane’s application to Justice Peete was irregular because it cited the attorney general and the commissioner of prisons without having launched a formal application to have them enjoined to the case. According to procedure she should have brought the application for enjoinder to the High Court before including them as respondents.
- Motinyane’s notice of motion to appeal and certificate of urgency were irregular because they were not signed by an attorney as the law stipulates. In other words Motinyane was working without instruction from an attorney, a serious offence under the Legal Practioner’s Act. Although Motinyane is a lawyer by profession she cannot appear before a judge in a private matter because she works for the attorney general. Her role is to act on behalf of the government through the attorney general. As a crown counsel she represents the attorney general. What she did on Sunday was to appear in her individual capacity in a matter in which her employer, the attorney general’s office, was a respondent.
- Motinyane was accompanied by one Tsepo Mothibeli when he appeared before Justice Peete on Sunday. Mothibeli is a trained lawyer working for the Lesotho National Development Corporation. It has however emerged that despite his legal training he too did not have a right to seek audience with the judge.
Matters came to a head on Monday morning when Justice Mahase discovered that her order had been reviewed and reversed by Justice Peete.
This was after Advocate Shale, ‘Mamaphoesa’s new lawyer, approached her court.
Shale said he had approached the court because Justice Peete’s order on Sunday said the matter must be placed before a judge on Monday.
Advocate Ramafole KC, Hoohlo’s lawyer, said she had only received ‘Mamaphoesa’s application at 8:36am on Monday.
She raised serious concerns on the manner in which ‘Mamaphoesa had been released by Justice Peete’s order.
Ramafole said ‘Mamaphoesa was not being candid to the court.
She said she was surprised that Justice Peete issued an order yet he admits that he knew ‘Mamaphoesa personally.
“Why did Justice Peete also in turn entertain it (Sunday’s application) even though among others he says he knows that applicant personally? Is this not the very reason why he should not have entertained the application in the first place?” Ramafole asked.
She also asked why Justice Peete ordered that the application be placed before a judge on duty when he knew that the order he was effectively reversing had been granted by Justice Mahase.
“Why did he not order for case to be placed before Justice Mahase and in the ordinary way since applicant had already been found guilty of contempt of court and was imprisoned for same? Why could such application not wait until Monday?”
She said ‘Mamaphoesa should be sent back to jail because the notice of appeal was not signed and it had not been allocated to the Court of Appeal.
“What this means is that there is no appeal before this court or before the Court of Appeal. A seemingly livid Justice Mahase said she was not going to entertain the matter ‘Mamaphoesa had brought to court,” she said.
The judge said she was not even going to consider Justice Peete’s order.
‘Mamaphoesa, the judge said, should be sent back to jail to complete her sentence.
The judge however had some harsh words for Motinyane and Mothibeli.
“As for Motinyane and Mothibeli what they have done borders not only on fraudulent activities, but it is a further display of the disregard of orders of this court,” the judge said.
“Ms Motinyane’s actions of insubordination and fraud are going to be formally reported by this court to the chief justice, the attorney general and Law Society.”
She obviously has no audience and her actions constitute a clear conflict of interest and fraud.”
Comment by Ralitapole on 6 December 2012:
Bano ba a ratana
Comment by Thloeli on 6 December 2012:
Likomeleng ke tseo he litaba BAsotho. Nna ke re baka hle se lekane motinyane. Ho qaloe ka ona ona MOtinyane le ba mopotileng.
Ba lula ba sireletsana joalo ba nang le ba habo bona molaong. Ha se oa pele enoa. MMe ha ho sa qaloe ka eena enoa ha ho sa tla qaloa. Bobolu bo nkhang phu. Rea balehela kae joale ha re phoqoa le ke makhotla a re lebeletseng ho fumana legal recourse ho oona?
Comment by Lihanaboi Handcuffs on 6 December 2012:
Motinyane and Justice Peete should be fired with immediate effect for corruption. They used nepotism to advance their extra-juducial interets. It is quite clear that they all abused authority bestowed upon them to illegimately free a clear fugitive from law a reprieve from a sentence she deserved. What about poor Basotho who may not even be guily but are remanded in custody and do not have “judicial connections?” High Court mona ke ha tali. Lehohla o e bolisitse! Athe Law Society mane teng ho roesitsoe moshanyana lieta tse month fetang. He is failing to provide oversight that Advocate Mda was uncompromisingly giving.
Comment by Koatake on 6 December 2012:
Hele! Kea bona ba ikemiselitse batho ba nang le matla. Ke Scott o thusoa ho tsoa, le emong o sa thusoa ke baahloli joale? A.a! Ho feela ba tlo tsoa bohle joale.
Comment by watchdog on 6 December 2012:
Keep it up Justice Mahase even if confused People are not respecting your orders at different time,very soon Rule of law will explode like attomic bomb over unjustice act.What bogled my mind is that even the member of the Party which your husband used to support and pay cost is ignoring your orders.
Comment by Lobengula on 6 December 2012:
It is a well known fact in Lesotho that if you are not connected, you will never be served unless you put something on the table. This case is a clear example of a connected individual and public servants who have not respect to the institution that employs them and their profession. In an ideal democracy and governance, Judge Peete, the two lawyers Motinyane and Mothibeli were supposed to be reprimanded and disciplined accordingly. This and other cases are a challenge to the coalition government that they are committed to a rule of law and any act from anyone in government that undermines the respect of procedures must be harshly dealt with.
Comment by Tau on 6 December 2012:
It is Maseforo again. Judge Maseforo never cease to bring our judiciary into turmoil. Taba tsa Mphekeleli le mosali oa hae ke nahana ha li hloke makhotla ho teng ke hore mosali eno o lokela ho lokolla Mphekeleli ho bona ngoana oa ha(Mphekeleli).
Comment by Bobete on 6 December 2012:
I give up. What is happening with the Judges nowadays? Always hanging thier dirty linen in public. No ethics and professionalism. Che re ntse re felloa ke ts’epo tsatsi ka leng.
Comment by kido on 6 December 2012:
O hokae Mohafa le ba batlang ho tebela Chief Justice? Lebaka la bona ke hore o kile a bitsa Justice Peete, le bolela hore Peete ha a hloke ho khalemeloa? Buang hantle bontate!
Comment by Oa likoetseng on 6 December 2012:
Ha ho mohlolo tabeng tsena, empa e ele ts’enolo feela ea se etsahalang Makhotleng a lesotho mona. Mohlomong e tlatsetsoa lerata hobane khetlong lena e ama Barutehi ba Barui. Rona mafutsana re hlola re jeloe lits’a ke Makula ka tsona li fraudulent acticities tsena tseo ho buuoang ka tsona. Oena Ntate Phoofolo o itulele fats’e Mokoena o bese Poone feela Batho bana ba tlo o lia fats’e buuuuu!!!
Comment by Joo on 6 December 2012:
Jonna jiudge peete..na o bala buka tsa molao…high court basotho ba tlo qhoma…ho tla nkha hosa bola lesotho judge….hore na bao ba babeli ke liakhente tse buelellang batho peete ha a tsotelle…makhotla magistrates liphoso empa ke lona tsepo ea rona….judge ha e bona akhente ba hlakola qeto tse ikemetseng…….jooe lijudge……seo a se entseng peete ker linyane……nthoe tseo ba li etsang lower courts…….ha a senye peete
Comment by Koko on 6 December 2012:
Somebody give me a hankie!
Comment by TOM on 6 December 2012:
Ke Lesotho, molao re o tsamaea holimo ka maoto.
Comment by MORUTI on 6 December 2012:
the funny part ke hore judge mahase is one confused judge with ridiculous orders. now she is working with her cousin maseabata ramafole to punish an innocent woman, where the same judge failed to call viva voce evidence to hear bopaki ba both parties. she was only ready to see the mamaphoesa punished. funny the same maseabata areng ms motinyane o entse phoso to protect her sister, appeared a le tlasa instruction ea an attorney a hlaha on her own behalf ese akhente ea muso, eena ramafole akhente ea mphekeleli failed to go to court ale instructed ke attorney, meaning her papers before judge mahase were fraudulent from the beginning. both of them are kings counsel, eleng hore ke advocate, and her instructing attorney o tlohetse bo attorney the minute eba kings counsel, what does judge mahase say ka lipampiri tse fosaetseng ho tlooa qalong tse tlisoang ka pela hae, kapa hana ke hobane ba amana? JUSTICE SHOULD BE DONE ESENG LISUOA
Comment by LEKHOARA on 6 December 2012:
I acknowledge the irregularities in this matter, but the cause of the dispute is access to the child by parent/s. I think it is high time that we come up with the law that will deal effectively with all issues around “relationships” [marriage,co-habitation,people who have children but not married].
It seems that most women have this strange idea that they have more control[including custody] over their children more than their partners. I think rights and responsibilities of the male partner towards the child should be stipulated clearly to avoid incidences in this story.I think male partners [seperated,not married, divorced e.t.c]should have access to their children as much as they should have responsibilities.
Comment by Mohale oa malimo on 6 December 2012:
Mofutsana ha lla oa tetekoa morui ha lla o phumuloa likeleli.ke lesotho ho joalo hona le ba betere ba phahametseng molao bitsong la baahloli ba ahlolang ka tjotjo le ts’usumetso ea mapeni.ke nako ea hore ba senolehe.nxa!
Comment by MORUTI on 6 December 2012:
ke lumellana le Tau, mphekeleli o lokela ho bona ngoana, but na judge ee e li scandal tje e ebe shebile mahlakore bobeli ho etsahetseng? eseng asa re motho ae toronkong joalo ka ha ana etsa ka commissioner of police, hase eena judge ee e baleisitseng litloli tsa molao tse bo ntsie
Comment by juliet on 6 December 2012:
Lekhoara, when did it come to your attention that mme maseforo o amana le Sabi? why wasnt this raised when the matter started hoba na le wena re tseba hantle hore case e ea Ntuba le Mphekeleli ke molala oa case!
what Judge Peete did was wrong le wena in your heart of hearts you know. Haele Hlalefang ena motho oa boemo ba Chief Attorney ke batla DPP a monkele bohato! hobaneng hone ho sa hlaha akhente ea Ntuba, empa ho hlahile ati Tsepo! on whose mandate was he acting upon.
sena sona ke miscarriage of justice hle! ha khutlele teronkong Ntuba as directed by mme maseforo!
Comment by juliet on 6 December 2012:
Lekhoara tsoarelo i meant Moruti! ha e hate ka maru!
Comment by Thabang on 6 December 2012:
This is a very serious scandal. As a matter of urgency, the JSC has to assemble and deal with this issue accordingly. This should be done in order to restore public confidence in our courts. The Law Society should also act decisively this time around.
Comment by Sampo on 6 December 2012:
Juliet u bua hantle, ha ele Tau eena oa pota.
Sabi eno was summoned but failed to appear in court. Mphekeleli did everything by the book to have access to his child but Sabi played games.
Its a bout time people own up to their actions. Why do women like to use kids to fight their ex partners?
Comment by katse on 6 December 2012:
I wonder na lesotho times ke pampiri ea mofuta ofe e mamelang lehlakore lele leng la litaba esa mamele le leng. Haholo ha enele sio ha litaba li buuoa khotla. U have to hear both sides before going to report!
Comment by wa motho on 6 December 2012:
hahona motho ya kahodimo ho molao lesotho mona…..sebetsang ka molao hle bahlomphehi
Comment by Tebatso Lempe on 6 December 2012:
Ke lumellana le motho ea reng taba tsa bana ba batho basa luleng `moho eke shejoe bocha.Basali ba bonahala ba utloisisa hore bana ke ba bona bale bang feela hoa banna ke maintenace.
Comment by Joo on 6 December 2012:
Ntuba mphekeleli o mofile faane ea hloooho…o koatela divorce o hana ka ngoana…maseforo o criticisoa ke basa utloeng…..hee peete…le sure o nase li babi…hoba e kanna eaba ha bona hantle…..polao tsa batho ke fashion…bare 5 years motho a thuntse lepolesa point blank….judges joo..crimminals bare hoja ke molaile coz ne ke tloba free,coz rape lower court li bua linyeoe…..bolaea motho mathata a feele….
Comment by juliet on 6 December 2012:
ntuba ha so khutlele teronkong?
Comment by Joo on 6 December 2012:
Hlalefang eena dpp a mo discipline….why ppl bare habo ntuba ho rich..achee…ke makoko feela…ha tlohelle fane ea hoohlo..o hana divorce…o qhoma kabo misses…o no etsang pheks…ur friends were shocked..o nyala ausi a thata soooooo….l
Comment by Yes on 6 December 2012:
This is a good development, we are tired of these people who escape the rule of law just because they have special relationships with people who are on authority. It is high time that justice peete realise we are no longer under the administration which has been embracing corrupt environment.
Comment by Moparamente on 6 December 2012:
Nxa, what a shame. These are the kind of people who bring this noble profession into disrepute.
Comment by juliet on 6 December 2012:
halalalala, Hlalefang le Ntate Peete! le ne le etsang? re leboha Lesotho times cause we would not have been aware of ketso tsena tsa lona! motho joale oa ipotsa na e be le lokollotse libeti, ba bolai ba bakae ka Sontaha ha ba ba ile Kerekeng? Hlalefang ha le botsoa tjee law office moo, kanthe oa tseba ena u seetsa ka weekend!
she should have advised Ntuba to comply! indeed Lesotho Prisons are for the unconnected!
Comment by juliet on 6 December 2012:
guys but this is wrong! how could ntate Peete do this! ke mantloaneng na high court! urgency e ne e le kae, to hear the matter exparte! ethics? khele! no man e ea halefisa!ao Mojela e e o na sa tauoa ena1
Comment by Joo on 6 December 2012:
Mampai maseterata o teronkong hoba akhenete ea hao o tsoa le senior advocate ramafole too ethical….nthoe fuoeng ntuba ke kahlolo..le oena hoja ha oa ea appeal …oa nka your case to another judge…judge to judge…u know now high court ha enoa a e mametse bashana ba e bula hape b4 anoter judge…….ha maseterata maane clereke li ka makalla akhente e nka nyeoe e isa nqa engoe………li judge………mampai it should have been reviews upon reviews….ha ba bale hakere..moritaoke….
Comment by Socrates on 6 December 2012:
ke eng e ya mabitso hobane le nyeoe ee rea e tseba
Comment by semenekane on 6 December 2012:
Jo! Peete ena eloa oa ho senya nyeoe ea kabo ea litulo ka li-technicality tse senang kelello. Corrupt as he is, ke enoa hape o se a qalelletse ho etsa matampa-tampa.
Mahase uena e ka ka contempt of court ke fashion ho uena. Le corrupt kaofela li- Judge ting tsa Mapotoana. Ho ts’oana le enoa eo bareng ke Judge Hoohlo, she is young and most corrupt judge in the SADC region. O rata tjotjo a le monyane mosali eo
Win li-judge tsa Lesotho. Le corrupt hle. Ba tebele Bro Tom
Comment by juliet on 7 December 2012:
judge Hoohlo ke mang semenekane?
Comment by ke bua nonsonso on 7 December 2012:
I could make a couple of millions from Lesotho Times,it would seem like the allegations made here are quite immense in nature and defamatory.How do you publish material impeding on or tainting other persons images like this without getting the other side of the story or double-checking the story?It doesnt take a genius to add up that only Judge Mahase and our undeserving K.C. were approached for comment on these incidents yet a great deal of the article relates to other people and it negatively depicts them.Focus appears to be mainly on the courts but ke bona le bokooa boqolotsing,’na ne ke tsoile ka forong.you see the problem with the above story is,only one side’s version was believed to be important by the media because scandal is what sells their papers and this is how they report(not giving the entire story).The main and most prudent question is “is it true Judge Mahase was always available but was never approached.”That can fairly be answered by a registrar who was assisting with the application and from the above Article it is apparent and evident he/she was never approached,for comment.As for a judge attending to an urgent application,if the judge who made an order is unavailable,a judge on call may come in to assist,if such is unavailable also any other judge may assist.Tlohellang ho fuoa ka thoko ho letsoho basotho.As to the availability i would like to reiterate to what i said about the registrar.Judge Peete didnt act out of his boundries.take a scenario whereby a judge makes an order like the one Mahase made and then skips the country on a holiday,will the applicant lanquish in jail indefinately and erroneously i should add until the judge comes back?Hell no!Erroneously because you dont sent a person to jail for contempt of court without letting him/her pedge the contempt or without allowing him/her to furnish you with reasons why you cant sent him/her to jail or put differently without hearing his/her side of his/her story as to what made him/her contemptuous.Did Mahase do this?My guess is NO,otherwise it would be reported as Lesotho Times has her side of the story.The reporting is so disgusting like people who fall for it,Debora Patta thusetsa mann!how do you report stuff likely to taint people’s images or reputation without checking it first.If it was a mountain to climb for you to seek comment from Judge Peete,Ms Motinyane or Mr Mothibeli,then you should have at least approached the Registrar to put yourself on the save side to a certain extent.As for Ms Motinyane acting in her personal capacity ereng Lesotho Times e ilo le batlela hore na ho na le molao o hanyetsanang le sena.sis!
Comment by Lobengula on 7 December 2012:
@ Ke bua Nonsonso; Lestimes story to me is very clear and straightforward. Judge Peete was approached because he was personally known to the accused. Lestimes also clearly explains the rules that were overlooked by Judge Peete to release the accused. For Judge Mahase to order the immediate arrest and incarnation of this CONNECTED lady, it shows that she was never approached and she knew nothing about Judge Peete’s actions. The story is also clear that the two lawyers involved (Motinyane and Mothibeli) were acting beyond the scope prescribed by their profession.
Comment by Fariki on 7 December 2012:
Ha tlohe Judge eno ea Lona e lits’ila. i think this judge Mahase has a persona interest in this matter. kapa oa ba sa fuoa tjotjo jwalo kaha tloahetse. a jele Tjotjo ea a phethisa ngwanabo rona a fuoa share six million moo. o nahana hare li tsebe. ha hona ntho e fellang feela. Lona baetsana ba hae tsa botsang ka li garage tsa Maputsoe tsa li phethisitseng ka bobolu.
aja tjotjo molotsana. now she wants to send and innocent woman to jail ka ngwana hae. Criminal eo ea hae ea Monna eona otla isa neng Toronkong? Halo Nyela.
Comment by Joo on 7 December 2012:
Hlalefang ke akhente ea muso kannot do personal cases…every one knows case ea ntuba a dodge lipampiri tsa lekhotla are o oa kula…esaale a dodger….a hana divorce a hana ka ngoana…..peete ke mokhoa hae…o etsa ka boomo…jooo…ea sebeletsang lndc ha ke tsebe haeba hothoe a na etse teke on the side…..ntuba ha tlohelle ho tortrure ngoane mong…o mofa maintanance,a mofa lenyalo…ke mang a natla monyala ….no one
Comment by Lobengula on 7 December 2012:
@Fariki; stick to the topic please; and your toxic language is not impressing anyone!
Comment by Bobete on 7 December 2012:
This is a tip of the iceberg, there’s more behind closed chambers. In this country u must get connected and yr problems are over.
Comment by lekaota on 7 December 2012:
hei a ku khaohaneng le hlalefang haa so bolae motho.NXA!
Comment by Vocalist on 7 December 2012:
Moruti le kebua nonsonso, i appreciate your version that Mahase mite have been biased and a ikhelosa. u even tabulate hore she is a confused judge. supposing this was to be true, wat is the normal and simple procedure of the law? can a High Court Judge reverse a final order made by another judge of the High Court? kapa Maseforo ke masetarata re tsebe?
my humble opinion is they could have either approaced maseforo or file for appeal on the matter. Ntate Peete acted erronously,he simply did not have the power to act. Hlalefang Motinyane was wrong as she is the employee of the Attoney general’s office hence lacked capacity to appear before the court, she is only allowed to appear ha a etsa represent attoney general, joale a qetela ka ho qoselletsa le attoney general, which means asi wa hae ona qosa employer ea hlalefang and Hlalefang to appear on behalf of a sister is a serious conflict of intrest.
Tsepo Mothibeli o qeta ho hiroa LNDC mono, he hasnt completed probation but he is taking this serious gamble ka career ea hae, monna ebe Motinyane ona o file eng? we all make mistakes, next tym dont take ur chances boy.
Comment by katse on 7 December 2012:
Hlalefang can do any case in court as long as she is instructed by an attorney and she was. She can not only appear defending a criminal case. Ha lesa tsebe molao le thole. Le tloele ho pota.motho anase instructed ke maseabata ramafole coz her instructing attorney KOLISANG KC ke advocate too. Hee la seke la potela Hlalefang, nxa.
Comment by katse on 7 December 2012:
Hlalefang can do any case in court as long as she is instructed by an attorney and she was. She can not only appear defending a criminal case. Ha lesa tsebe molao le thole. Le tloele ho pota.motho anase instructed ke maseabata ramafole coz her instructing attorney KOLISANG KC ke advocate too. Hee la seke la potela Hlalefang, nxa.
uena Joo ke uena a isang maintanance oa ngoana? Tloeola ho pota. Its funny batho ba tseba ho pota behind fake names but in person zero
Comment by thebe on 7 December 2012:
Please put this matter to rest coz your opinions won’t change anything. Its up to the courts. And uena Joo I wish ono kaba monna oa tloela ho ipata hobane oa bonahala ona le mathata le Hlalefang. Let’s leave this issue to the rite pple le tloele ho ituba ka sth u can’t add value to ntle le ho roaka batho.
Comment by aooooo on 7 December 2012:
Ao pota motho! Katse Hlalefang ha se akhente e ikemetseng! Ke mochochise! U patoloa ke Muso! Ha na matla a ho hlaha in her personal capacity! More especially in cases involving her employer!
Issue mona ke hore Peete J o ne a sena matla a ho review decision ea Mahase J! Kaofela we have our opnions ho ba re tseba the parties involved! Ebile re ka nka maside! Hlaly and nde Peete ba fositse!
Mme Maseforo if le nahana u biased this cud have been raised 4 years ago!
Thets discpline Hlaly! Ntate Lehohla Peete!
Comment by aooooo on 7 December 2012:
NGoana eo ha se oa Ntuba a le mong!
Comment by Ntjenane on 8 December 2012:
This case aside for now! People do you see this trend whereby these young professionals get marrie, have a child and divorce/separate!!! What is happening batho ba Molimo? Ebe batho ba inahanela mokete oa lechato le bakhotsi ba bona ba iterekileng ha ba bua ka lenyalo? Manyalo a sitoa ho lasta 5 years! Keng ho tlosoa bofetoa feela! Kapa ho lumellanoa li-bareng batho ba tauoe! Keng hantle Basotho! Kapa ke khaello ea khaso ea thuto by our churches! Trend ena eona e teng e ea bonahala Lesotho mona! Achee!
Comment by Ntjenane on 8 December 2012:
I mean ‘get married’
Comment by LEO-TY on 8 December 2012:
Please remove Chief justice and replace him with Maseforo . I have learned how she executes justce in this country . by far she is the only judge who have made land mark judgements
Comment by watchdog on 8 December 2012:
@LEO-TY I agree with you.I am always impressed with Judge Mahase,She does not care for any official to execute justice.Bravo Mahase.
Comment by Observer on 9 December 2012:
Bua Mohafa bua! Bua ntate! Here is judiciary in a mess! Bua re utloe!
Comment by Ua Manonyaneng on 9 December 2012:
People, do any of you know how traumatising it is for one’s sibling to be put in jail especially over a matrimonial matter? Contempt resulting from Matrimonial issues such as the Hoohlos’ ought to be looked at differently from any other contempt matter. It is only heartless siblings who would not do whatever they could to help their other sibling put in jail following a matter such as the Hoohlos’. Let the powers that be not harass Hlalefang. She did what most of us would have done faced with a similar situation. ”Let perfect people throw the first stone.”
Comment by Motlotsuoa on 10 December 2012:
Emotions aside, We are having a serious problem with our justice system, it seems that Justice Peete has now developed a propensity to bring the judiciary into disrepute with impunity. The Law society or the Judicial Service Commission, and the newly established Human Rights Lawyers seems either to be indiffrent or they just dont care about this rape of justice by the same people who are entrusted to protect it.I ts not long time ago when Justice Peete made headlines for refusing to hear an urgent application on the basis that He has been admonished by the Chief Justice and now he continues to commit more wrongs by reviweing another judge… what a shame. It is high time that the judiciary is completely overhauled.I humbly request that the Chief Justice be honourably retired and placed with a foreigner who will do the right thing without buying anyone`s face.
Comment by X on 11 December 2012:
I feel sorry for batho ba banna..ka mehla ba sitisoa ho bona bana ba bona..bo mme please stop..ke bakeng sa ngoana…ha li le qakile lile qakile…
Comment by Lobengula on 11 December 2012:
Ua Manonyaneng, you are missing the point. Firstly Mamaphoisa breaks the law by not allowing the ex husband to see his child as instructed by the court of law. It is obvious that these ladies think they can do whatever they want because they are well connected. Let the law take its course and all those concerned be disciplined accordingly.
Comment by KB on 12 December 2012:
Hey Pheks, le uena wa tla e etsa taba…
Ba bangata bana ba descent ba ne ba u bone u fa Okpara goal ea rona, bao u kabo ba ntshitse bofetoeng;
Ruri u swaswitse mona Baba. Na un’o tseba motho eo hantle, ea sa tsebeng le ho re “LUMELA” ho colleague kapa neighbor. Khelek!
Comment by X on 12 December 2012:
Hee kb le rona e saale re makala…pheks o kopana kae le this one…le your friends not one was at weeding….phephi monna we know ne li o khamme lithuto capa koana….
Comment by Moli on 12 December 2012:
@X & @KB: Ke sono ka Scooter hleng banna.
“Batho (ne) ba ile kae, Pheks?”
Comment by Ntjamme on 12 December 2012:
Ke mathata… This is a private matter between Mphekelili and Mamaphoesa & i am personally disappointed that this private matter is displaced in front of the newspapers… I wonder what is the psychological status of the poor child… Does Lesotho has laws that protect the privacy of information? If yes, what does the law say in this case? Can somebody knowledgeable please assist…
I feel very embarrassed to have read the story… It is simply invasion of privacy and which any citizen is entitled to…
Comment by Motlotsuoa on 12 December 2012:
Ntjamme this is not a matter about pheks and his ex wife but about the credibility of the courts of law in which we put our trust,it is therefore justified for public consuptionin its width and length. how can a judge review another judge`s final order… this is utter corruption and total disregard for the integrity of our courts. Peete never cease to amase me.. oa itlintlolla monnamoholo eno.
Comment by Ntjamme on 13 December 2012:
Motlotsuoa my point is that why do u use the real identity of the affected people? I am sure there are ways of publishing information or worthy stories without damaging the credibility and character of people… There is a strong case for defamation here, for all the affected parties…
Comment by Mitch on 14 February 2013:
Hmm Hlalefang Motinyane haa qete ho itlontlolla.