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 in Sehlabeng.
His wife claimed that he had been taken ill during the lunch break but Justice Mahase immediately issued a warrant of arrest.
His lawyer, Haae Phoofolo, told the court that he had received a doctor’s letter stating that Ntsie had been given a two-week sick leave.
The judge then ordered his wife to come to court on March 30 to explain her husband’s whereabouts.
When Ntsie’s wife failed to appear in court Justice Mahase postponed the matter to April 25.
His sick leave expired on April 9.
But when the case was supposed to resume yesterday Ntsie was nowhere to be found.
Justice Mahase did not attend the court as she was said to be sick but she is expected to issue another warrant of arrest for the controversial cameraman after she has been briefed about this failure to attend court.
Phoofolo told the Lesotho Times he had failed to find Ntsie since he disappeared from the court on March 26.
“I, as his representative, have had no luck of finding him and there has been a communication breakdown between us,” Phoofolo said.
“I have never heard anything from him or his wife since that day (March 26). I still haven’t heard anything from Ntsie and I don’t know where he is.”
Phoofolo also said that it was his responsibility and that of the police to make sure that Ntsie is arrested.
However, police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the police did their part.
“After the warrant of arrest was issued, we had to go and confirm if indeed Ntsie was sick as per his doctor’s letter. We did that and reported to the court that indeed he was sick,” Masupha said.
“In that way our part was done and we can only arrest him if another warrant is issued because the first one fell off after the explanation that we had given to the court,” he said.
“It is now his legal representative’s duty to find him unless we get another warrant.”
If Ntsie had been convicted he would have been immediately sent to prison because murder convicts don’t get bail pending appeal.
He would have waited for the Court of Appeal session in August to hear his appeal against the conviction.
During the trial, Ntsie who claims to be an ‘international journalist’, had argued that he shot Mahao and Masupha in self-defence.
Ntsie is a controversial figure who has had a brush with the law.
In April 2010 he appeared in court to face charges of reckless and negligent driving.
The court heard Ntsie hit a car belonging to National Security Services agent Sekake Mohale and then fled from the accident scene.
Ntsie also claimed to know who killed Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s son, Maile, in 2002. Maile’s murder has never been solved.
Comment by semenekane on 26 April 2012:
khiliki! Ke koatile hore e be Ntsie o balehile. Ke ne ke rata haholo mona moo a neng a re o tseba babolai ba Maile Mosisili. Ache! Sepolesa sa rona hase ea ts’oara taba ena ea Ntsie hantle. Joale paki e nyametse. Ke nale tumelo ea hore ho hlahella hoa babolai ba Maile, ho ne ho tla boela ho re thusa ho fumana babolai ba Lekhooa la Bill Clinton Foundation le Ntate Selala kaha hona le pattern lipolahong tsena kaofela
Ache!
Comment by Lilala on 26 April 2012:
O ne a ikentse molingoana a khannisa bakhanni ba bang habohloko,o ne a sa nahane hore khoeli etla apoheloa ke maru!Ke eo taba ha li baje.
Comment by juliet on 26 April 2012:
Mosisili Maile o bolaoe ke mang? why are you not complaining, making a noise hore the culprits should be arrested!
Comment by Mokotla on 26 April 2012:
Ntsie hle banna h’a baleha o balehisioe and watch this,his case etlo iphella feela tjena cos ke skeem sa mang mang.Ho e tlatsetsa lerata taba ena ea hae plus Maile’s murder ke ho etsa Basotho bo ‘Mampokisi.On the contrary,Ntsie o ile a akhela lerumo holimo ka ho iketsa moleko oo a neng a le ona Lesotho mona.Le ea mo tabola joale.Ha bo je! But i guess if DC wins,he’ll be among us.WATCH THIS!
Comment by Banna on 26 April 2012:
Hobaneng ha Ntsie a ne a buelelloa hore o ntse a le teng feela ho ne ho se ho ntse ho utloahala hore o nyametse? Hee batho baa le bona, they look smart but are very collaborative bobolung. Ha o ka hla o tiisa letsoho hantle in your investigation (ntate Masupha) o tla bona hore e mong le eena ea haufinyane litabeng o kentse letsoho ho nyameleng ha Ntsie.
Comment by Lefeofooane on 26 April 2012:
Size 2 must answer. Ntsie was his crony.
Comment by Ramohomana on 26 April 2012:
Hee! Ntate Phoofolo oa le-ABC
Comment by Molapo on 26 April 2012:
H-m!
Comment by Khatibe on 26 April 2012:
Ntate Phoofolo o buella likoeta.
Comment by Ntota on 26 April 2012:
Hona ke mofu-mofunyetsa ppppeere!!
This was well-organized. Motho enoa le batho ba involved ba filoe tjotjo ke size 2.
Comment by Analyst on 26 April 2012:
Hantle MAILE o jeoe ke’ng? Taba ena ehlile e hana ho hlaka. Ke bona eka ke tshenolo Lesotho lemong sena, likholo li satla! Ekare kea bona ha justise Mahase a fana ka warrant of arrest ho size 2..
Comment by kamohelo on 26 April 2012:
Hae,Ntsie ena na ke motho tje?
Comment by semenekane on 26 April 2012:
@ Analyst
U bolela hore Size 2 is prime suspect polaong ea mora hae? Khiliki! Hona ke taba.
Ho hlakile hore le rona o ntse a tlo re rinya
Ache!
Comment by Analyst on 26 April 2012:
Ehlile haebe motho o khona ho khehlephetsa sa ntlo ea hae, sechaba ene e boetse e le eng?
Comment by Joseph on 26 April 2012:
Na e hlile u balehile kapa o balehisitsoe morena Ntsie,a ka baleha moanb mopolexa ale teng?mohlolo
Comment by Ofisi Mabalane on 27 April 2012:
what goes arround ccomes arround. Ntsie o kotula seo a se jetseng PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Ke maketse on 27 April 2012:
Hona ke taba mosotho oa heso. Ha hona taba eka fellang fela e entsoe ke motho oa lefat’se. Nako ea t’senolo eona etlaba teng joang kapa mohloa.
Comment by setho se khabane on 27 April 2012:
Ho hlakile hore Lesotho mona hore batho ba tsebahalang ba iketsetsa litlolo tsa molao feela hobane ba ea tseba hore ha hona letho le tla etsuoa.
Comment by Thandaza on 27 April 2012:
Ke lumellana le motho ea reng Ntsie ho balehisitsoe, Feela hee! mali ano a bana ba batho a tla mo papatlehisa ho fihlela, ho arohona le lelapa ha se thaka moshanyana. Ho sotleile eena moeeng mosali le bana ba hae hona joale.Basali bano boa a bolaileng Banna ba bona ba se ba tloahetse ho botha ba le bang, ba bile ba tseba hore Banna ha ba eo ka bosafeleng ba bolailoe ke Ntsie.o ntse u phaqola/ hlahlathela felleng u batlang senoa mali. Mosali o robala le mankokoane u ntse u phela.”What goes aroung comes around”
Comment by Kirieatsoana on 27 April 2012:
Ache, kannete jwale re mehleng ya bofelo. Morena Molimo o khathetse ke satane ena eneng e batla ho busa Lesotho le Basotho ho isa pheletsong ya bophelo ba hae. Satane ha a na matla ho hang a ho re hlola. Ke cho wena size 2 lihele tooe tsa Tswelikana kwana. God has broke the bond you had with the devil.
Hoja wa itahla wa le pele sephetho sa likhetho tsa 26 May se tsoa. Keletso ke lebone ho ba e ratang.
Chehe, Mabethu u satane e le ka nnete. Khilik.
Comment by OA MACHACHE on 28 April 2012:
Ntsie enoa ke mang ea tummeng ha kaana?
Comment by taba ena eona e khwali e kwatsana,hona le mtho a tsebang hantle mo ntsie ale teng sebolai sen0,eseka mdim0 aka mo thusa,ahla nyolose a theosa mono ma teng on 28 April 2012:
hela,ntsie haa tsongwe
Comment by lerato on 28 April 2012:
He motho o kile a mphatsamisa enoa. A flasha (flash) mabona a Manyesa ka mor’a ka. A supa ka monoana hore ke tsoe ka tseleng a fete. Ke sa ts’oha! Ke re ekaba ke koloi ea PM, joale masole a re ke suthe. Eitse ha ke bona hore ke ena,khilik! ka ts’oha ho feta joale. O ne a sa tsoa thunya bona batho bana a ba qosetsoang. Eaba ke’a soea. A feta a tatile. Athe o ne a ikela hahae ka holimo.Sebete sa hae, ke utloa ke sa lumele hore judgement e na ea murder e ka mo kolisa.
Comment by Lentsoe on 28 April 2012:
Hm! Ba ntse ba tla bolela naa Ntsie o kae babolai ba Maile. Baa mo bolaea/koetela ha ba utloa hore o tlo nya matsete? haele size 2 eena o tlake a bue naa haa tlatse lerata keng ka lefu la ngoana ua hae.
Comment by Ausi Nono on 30 April 2012:
ruri re rapelle hore e mpe e be o tsoile ka hara naha hoba haeba re ntse re na le eena ka hara naha, kaha e le motho ea sebete ea tellang, ba ka phatsamang ba teana le eena ba tla shoa le lebe. Kapa mohlomong kaha e ka nna eaba ke le Satanist e be baloi ba habo ba mo fetotse ntho’eng
Comment by Matamong on 30 April 2012:
Ke hantle lintho li ‘ne li senohe Lesotho mona. Ntsie a tloaelana le motho eloa oa koalabata oa senoa mali ea entseng ngoana batho likotoana la nahana hore a ka ts’oaroa joang empa motho eo le eena a ntse a itsamaela a ja papa joaloka mang le mang? Kereke ena ea satane eo ba e kenang le bo size 2 ruri e ba entse hore ba hlahelle mahlong a batho. Ntate Phoofolo re fe ntsie re tsebe hotla u khetha Maseru Central or else, u hlokomele o se itlholise litaba ka enoa motho. MOsisili bokreste habo kenelle molaong oa motheo oa naha ena. Hantle mathata a potoana ona ke a feng hore bokreste bo kene?
Comment by Kakaripa ea Kariki on 1 May 2012:
Ntsie o tlameha ho baleha, haho motho lehlakoreng la hae haese mohatsae eo le eena ba mo ts’episitseng ho mo bolaisa leqobo hang hoba monna a koalloe. Phepi monna Ntsie le uena u ne u leka letsoho.
Comment by sputla on 2 May 2012:
Ntsie habofane o ne a khannise motsoalle oaka habohloko, joale oa patala.
Comment by Ka'ka on 2 May 2012:
Ntsie Habofanoe. Bong?
Comment by Ka'ka on 2 May 2012:
Ntsie o tlo khutla lona, hmmm!
Comment by Maime on 2 May 2012:
Tlohelang ho ngola ka nna. It’s a simple warning!
Comment by Sephiri on 2 May 2012:
Ntsie o kena kereke ea satane le bo size2 e ka nna ea ba o teng ka tlasa lefat’se ka mona..
Comment by Ratelung on 2 May 2012:
Pakalitha eena o tseba hantle hore na mora oa hae o jooe keng, u cant just shut up ka lefu la ngoana hau oa moshanyana ebile u le PM,How can this pple Know Maile’s account number haeba ha se ntatae a ba fileng…joale ebe motho o khutla a batla ho busa sechaba hape ka DC…nonsense.
Comment by semenekane on 2 May 2012:
@ Khirietsoana
Oele! leha Size 2 a re hatile torong tjena, hare se ke ra roakahana hle oeso. U tsebe rona ba bang re roabala ka maphako a ubang ke tlala ha Size 2 le lelapa le metsoalle ea hae ba ja ba le bang.
Ntoa ena e hloka e hloka Molimo
Comment by Sematsatsa on 28 August 2012:
khili ehlile morena ntsie o kotsi hee.ke na ea t’senoleho.ntsie o kene ka hare khetlong lena.ho e na ntja tsa ‘muso