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Lesotho Receives its First Shipment of the Covid-19 Vaccine
Mar 4, 2021 | 11:59 am[Unicef] Maseru -- Statement by UNICEF and WHO on the arrival of the first Covid-19 vaccines in Lesotho
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Afcon Qualifiers - Super Eagles Get New Dates for Benin, Lesotho Ties
Mar 4, 2021 | 11:38 am[Premium Times] The Super Eagles have one match away and a home tie left in the qualifying series
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Afcon Qualifiers - Super Eagles Return to Lagos After 20 Years - to Play Lesotho
Mar 4, 2021 | 06:21 am[Vanguard] Dates for the last phase of AFCON Qualifiers for Nigeria's Super Eagles have been confirmed.
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Players Need Mentors
Mar 3, 2021 | 11:09 am[Lesotho Times] ELSEWHERE in this publication we carry a story on two Likuena players, Tsepo Seturumane and Motlomelo Mkhwanazi, who failed to report for camp last Friday.
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Federation of Athletics Lesotho Fights Take New Twist
Mar 3, 2021 | 10:57 am[Lesotho Times] Dispute in the Federation of Athletics Lesotho (FAL) seem to be far from over after the organisation failed to hold its special annual general meeting (AGM) last Saturday.
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New Date for Lesotho Taekwondo Association Elections
Mar 3, 2021 | 10:49 am[Lesotho Times] The Lesotho Taekwondo Association (LTA) has proposed a new date for its elective annual general meeting which it failed to hold last July.
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Afcon Qualifiers - Don't Invite Musa for Benin, Lesotho Games, Ex-Players Urge Rohr
Mar 3, 2021 | 08:27 am[Leadership] Former Nigerian stars, Duke Udi and Tarila Okorowanta have urged Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, to exclude Ahmed Musa from the list of players that will be invited for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin and[…]
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Rohr Hopes Osimhen Will Be Fit for Benin, Lesotho Games
Feb 25, 2021 | 10:02 am[Leadership] Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is hopeful Victor Osimhen will be fit for next month's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Benin and Lesotho.
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Mahao Faction Renews Bid to Oust Thabane
Feb 23, 2021 | 14:02 pm[Lesotho Times] Two members of the Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) have petitioned the High Court to declare former prime minister and party leader Thomas Thabane unfit to lead the fractious party.
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Warrant of Arrest for DCEO Boss Manyokole
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:59 pm[Lesotho Times] Maseru Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Murenzi is said to have yesterday ordered the arrest of suspended Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general, Mahlomola Manyokole. This after Advocate Manyokole allegedly failed to honour Acting DCEO boss[…]
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Leposa SG Sues Molibeli
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:27 pm[Lesotho Times] A FRESH fight has broken out between Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, and Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) secretary general, Inspector Moraleli Motloli.
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Defence Minister Mosito Fired
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:24 pm[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has fired Defence and National Security Minister Lekhetho Mosito barely two weeks after appointing him to the post.
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Majoro Declares Six-Month State of Emergency
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:23 pm[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has declared a six-month state of emergency after the recent heavy rains massively damaged farms, roads and bridges.
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Former Minister Au Breaks Silence On Human Trafficking Saga
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:20 pm[Lesotho Times] FORMER Home Affairs Minister, Tsukutlane Au, says he revoked the residence permit of the controversial Rana Qamar in 2017. Mr Qamar is a Pakistani currently at the centre of a drug and human trafficking storm.
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Recruitment of Judges Begins
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:17 pm[Lesotho Times] THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has begun recruiting seven new judges to ease the huge backlog of cases in the High Court.
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Ruling Party Faction Asks Court to Oust Thabane
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:05 pm[Lesotho Times] TWO members of the Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) have petitioned the High Court to declare former prime minister and party leader Thomas Thabane unfit to lead the fractious party.
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Judgement Reserved in Vendors' Case
Feb 23, 2021 | 13:01 pm[Lesotho Times] Street vendors will have to wait until 24 February 2021 to know whether their application to reverse the government ban on street vending during the hard lockdown succeeds.
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MPs Oppose Virtual Parliament Sessions
Feb 23, 2021 | 12:57 pm[Lesotho Times] MEMBERS of the National Assembly are resisting Speaker Sephiri Motanyane's moves to replace physical sittings of parliament with virtual sessions as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Metsing "Shocked" By Lack of Covid-19 Vaccine Budget
Feb 21, 2021 | 09:43 am[Lesotho Times] OPPOSITION Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, says he is shocked by the government's failure to allocate funds to procure Covid-19 vaccines for its citizens.
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National Assembly Clerk Promises 'Sparks' When Parliament Reopens
Feb 17, 2021 | 12:16 pm[Lesotho Times] Parliament will reopen next Monday with the thorny issue of the government's response to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic expected to take centre stage in the deliberations of the august house.
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Majoro Denies Controversial Businessman Yan Xie's Claims
Feb 17, 2021 | 11:13 am[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has denied ever speaking to controversial businessman, Yan Xie, over the latter's complaints about ministers seeking M3 million bribes to protect the Chinese businessman from losing his lucrative government tenders.
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Tšepong Nurses' Strike Continues
Feb 17, 2021 | 11:12 am[Lesotho Times] A CRIPPLING strike by nurses and nursing assistants at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) entered its ninth day yesterday.
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Qoo Consoles Families of Kao Bus Accident Victims
Feb 17, 2021 | 11:08 am[Lesotho Times] Mining minister Serialong Qoo has sent condolence messages to families of seven Kao Mine employees who were killed in a bus crash in Butha-Buthe on Monday.
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Ruling Party Implodes
Feb 17, 2021 | 11:03 am[Lesotho Times] The All Basotho Convention (ABC) has virtually imploded.
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Prisons' Covid-19 Nightmare
Feb 17, 2021 | 11:00 am[Lesotho Times] THE raging Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the country's prisons. This after revelations by the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) authorities that 47 out of 60 inmates at its Qacha's Nek facility had tested positive for the deadly virus a[…]
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Drama As Ruling Party's NEC Members Exchange Blows
Feb 17, 2021 | 10:59 am[Lesotho Times] There was drama at Khali Hotel in Maseru on Monday when two All Basotho Convention (ABC) national executive committee (NEC) members exchanged blows at a meeting to discuss whether or not to recall Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro.
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Rein in Mapesela, New Minister Demands
Feb 17, 2021 | 10:46 am[Lesotho Times] Newly appointed Defence and National Security Minister, Lekhetho Mosito, has accused his colleague Tefo Mapesela of damaging his reputation through "unfounded and baseless allegations".
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Watchdog Blasts Govt Over Human Trafficking
Feb 17, 2021 | 10:45 am[Lesotho Times] A leading local human rights body has slammed the government for its alleged failure to protect the human rights of ordinary citizens by decisively addressing the human trafficking concerns raised by the United States (US) government.
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Street Vendors' Case Fails to Take Off
Feb 17, 2021 | 10:42 am[Lesotho Times] The street vendors' application to reverse the government's ban on street vending during the hard lockdown failed to take off in the High Court this week due to their failure to file their court papers on time.
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Two Ministers Fired
Feb 15, 2021 | 17:10 pm[Lesotho Times] LABOUR and Employment Minister Keketso Rantso and her Defence and National Security counterpart, Prince Maliehe, have been fired by Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro.