Conflicting testimonies stalk Mahao’s murder
Moorosi Tsiane Fresh contradictions emerged this week from court testimonies on the chilling account of former army commander Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao’s final moments. Two of...
View ArticleFour cops accused in famo guns scheme
Hopolang Mokhopi FOUR members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) have been charged for allegedly facilitating the illegal acquisition of firearms by famo gangsters. The officers are accused...
View ArticleCar accident victim seeks compensation from LDF
Leemisa Thuseho A 23-YEAR-OLD woman from Ha-Raleqheka, Mpatana, near Maseru, is seeking compensation from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) after she was allegedly struck by an LDF vehicle in 2019....
View ArticleSuspended DCEO official wants his pistol back
. . . firearm linked to murder case Moorosi Tsiane ADVOCATE Peter Matekane, the suspended head of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO)’s Asset Recovery Unit, has filed an...
View ArticleWitness recounts chilling details of Mahao’s murder
Moorosi Tsiane MABILIKOE Leuta Mahao has given a chilling description of how soldiers, led by then-army general Tlali Kamoli, murdered Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao in cold blood on 25 June...
View ArticleJudge rebukes Lephuthing for “misusing” court process
—In ongoing Joki murder trial Moorosi Tsiane IN A dramatic development in the ongoing high-profile murder trial of renowned radio personality, Ralikonelo Joki, High Court Judge Tšeliso Mokoko has...
View ArticleCourt upholds confession of alleged triple murderer
Moorosi Tsiane LEHLOHONOLO Masoleng, accused of brutally murdering three women between February and April 2024, has suffered a major setback after the High Court ruled last week Friday that his...
View ArticleSA man charged with rape
Hopolang Mokhopi A 38-year-old South African man, Thabo Mlangene, appeared before Magistrate Mats’oloane Qhomane on Monday, accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in Ha-Abia, Maseru. Mlangene, who is...
View ArticleJustice denied for the poor
…as Judicial Commissioner’s Court struggles under financial strain Hopolang Mokhopi THE Judicial Commissioner’s Court (JudiCom) is buckling under the weight of financial and staffing challenges, with...
View Article‘Maesaiah’s son recounts narrow escape from death
Moorosi Tsiane MEMORIES of the early hours of 27 January 2014 remain vivid for Victor Ferreira, the son of former First Lady ’Maesaiah Thabane, nee Liabiloe Ramoholi. Then just 11 years old,...
View ArticleFate of murder-accused police officers hangs in the balance
Moorosi Tsiane EIGHT police officers accused of murdering three detainees will have to wait at least three months to learn their fate. This follows Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane’s Tuesday decision...
View ArticleMosito bemoans poor working conditions for judges
…Blasts gvt for delaying salaries of appeal court judges …Law Society leader Tuke gives govt ultimatum to resolve issue Moorosi Tsiane COURT of Appeal President, Justice Kananelo Mosito, has...
View ArticleSakoane blasts lawyers for negligence
Moorosi Tsiane CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has urged clients to sue incompetent lawyers who neglect completing their cases. The visibly angry Justice Sakoane made the remarks yesterday while...
View ArticleDCEO top investigator fights back
…challenges suspension, disciplinary inquiry Moorosi Tsiane EMBATTLED Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Principal Investigations Officer (PIO), Tsotang Likotsi, has petitioned...
View ArticleFormer ComPol demands M3m compensation
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Commissioner of Police (ComPol), Kizito Mfolosi Mhlakaza, has taken Prime Minister Sam Matekane to court, demanding M3,476,760 as compensation for being placed on early...
View ArticleLekhooa to remain incarcerated
…after Justice Hlaele recuses herself from his bail case Moorosi Tsiane HIGH Court Judge, Mabatšoeneng Hlaele, has recused herself from hearing the bail application of former National Security...
View ArticleTsatsanyane brothers finally granted bail
Moorosi Tsiane OUTSPOKEN Democratic Congress (DC) Member of Parliament, Mokherane Tsatsanyane, and his brother, Moorosi Tsatsanyane, breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when High Court Judge, Fumane...
View Article‘Operation Fiela a major success’ – LMPS
—-As it expands to tackle crime in Mokhotlong Seithati Motšoeneng OPERATION Fiela, an initiative aimed at cracking down on crime, has successfully reduced criminal activities in the Berea and...
View ArticleAssistant High Court registrar shot by lover
…as women protest escalating femicides Moorosi Tsiane A High Court Assistant Registrar, Tebello Mokhoema, has narrowly survived death after being shot by her boyfriend this past Saturday at her home in...
View ArticleLDF bombs “used” in 2014 attack on ‘Maesaiah, Tšooana
Moorosi Tsiane BOMBS had gone missing from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) armoury in the wake of the attacks on former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane’s Moshoeshoe II residence and the Ha-Abia home of...
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