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The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mokoto Khoeli has appealed to soldiers and police officers who are on duty during the six-six curfew to stop torturing the public. Full story. And if you have an image of the police harassing old ladies then you are probably just about spot on. I also have a [...] This sentence pretty much sums it all up: The Lesotho government will relax the restrictions of the curfew it had imposed after a spate of attacks on cabinet ministers, Prime Minister Phakalitha Mosisili said on Tuesday. Full story here. the curfew will be modified from 18:00-06:00 to 20:00-05:00. All of this comes on the heel’s [...] Opposition leader Tom Thabane’s home was attacked, as were some homes of other Lesotho cabinet members. Violence could not be used to try and destabilise Lesotho, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad said on Thursday. Full story here. Which means that SADC is ready to do something about/to/for Lesotho. Like impose a curfew. [...] Pheko said when South Africa was engulfed by the chaos of the apartheid years its black people were scattered all over the world including Lesotho, now is the time to return the favour. “If the comrades in Lesotho have to seek refuge in our country, because they are being persecuted for resisting government repression, we [...] Verbatim from Reuters story: Government offices in Lesotho caught fire early on Friday, burning several buildings around the seat of government in Maseru. The fire ripped through several sections of the government complex, including the boardroom of the cabinet principal secretary, close to the prime minister’s office. The road to the government complex was cordoned [...] An artist’s rendition of the drama: Read all about this madness: here and here. A bus and truck crash near Mapoteng has claimed at least 40 lives. Story here. The cause of the accident, which took place on Tuesday, was found to be overloading and speeding. Who would have guessed? Old Tommy is rounding up the troops for a coalition in parliament. The ABC and the BNP have joined to… do stuff… Full story here. Meanwhile, Mophato Monyake the chairperson of the newly formed ABC branch in Bloemfontein, says the coalition will push for improvement of the lives of many in Lesotho. This will be [...] It would seem that June Carter Perry is leaving Lesotho. Full brief here. The President intends to nominate June Carter Perry, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Sierra Leone. Ms. Perry, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, [...] Lesotho has the capacity to resolve its political problems if the adversaries set aside their differences and channel their energies towards peace and nation-building. Oh word? Apparently Lesotho just needs to believe in itself and all the problems will go away. perhaps some motivational posters would be in order. Something like a kitten hanging [...] |
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