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Retired deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

Lesotho prime minister thomas thabane

Moseneke warns Thabane: SADC not in support of treason charge against leaders

By Nthakoana Ngatane

Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane, who were deputy prime minister and minister of communications respectively, are said to have masterminded the 2014...

  • Thato Sibolla, friend of Tom Thabane’s second wife Lipolelo who was killed during a shooting in 2017. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    Lesotho police say Sibolla not key witness, under amnesty int. protection

    Sibolla fled Lesotho when police started questioning first lady, Maesiah Thabane, on the 2017 killing of the prime minister’s estranged wife Lipolelo.

    906 days ago
  • Lesotho PM Thomas Motsoahae Thabane (C) looks on during proceedings at the closing ceremony of the 37th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government at The OR Tambo Building in Pretoria on 20 August, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Lesotho ruling party gives PM resignation deadline

    The supreme decision-making body of Thabane's All Basotho Convention (ABC) party met on Monday and agreed on a deadline for the 80-year-old Thabane to step down.

    910 days ago
  • FILE: Thomas Thabane, leader of All Basotho Convention (ABC), greets supporters in Maseru on 27 May, 2012 a day after the people of Lesotho went to the polls in National Assembly Elections. Picture: AFP

    When will the ‘aged and tired’ Tom Thabane retire?

    It’s still unclear whether Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane is retiring, but he’s told media that its time younger people take over.

    942 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 31 May 2017 Lesotho political party All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Prime Minister Tom Thabane gives an interview to Agence France-Presse at his residence in Maseru. Picture: AFP

    Embattled Lesotho PM Tom Thabane to retire

    Minister of communications Thesele Maseribane said that constitutional processes would determine the date when Thabane would step down.

    943 days ago
  • FILE: Lesotho prime Minister Thomas Thabane (L), leader of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) political party, his wife 'Ma Isaiah Ramoholi Thabane and Zambian President Edgar Lungu (R) attend Thabane's inauguration on June 16, 2017 in Maseru. Lesotho's new prime minister took office at the head of a coalition government, three years after he was targeted by a putsch and two days after the murder of his estranged wife. Picture: AFP

    Lesotho's first lady still at large as court to rule on arrest warrant

    She's wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Prime Minister Tom Thabane's second wife Lipolelo in 2017.

    945 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 31 May 2017 Lesotho political party All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Prime Minister Tom Thabane gives an interview to Agence France-Presse at his residence in Maseru. Picture: AFP

    Thabane’s wife Maesaisah a no-show for questioning over Lipolelo’s murder

    Tom Thabane's daughter, advocate Nkoya Hlaele, has accused the first lady Maesaiah of being involved in the brutal killing of his second wife Lipolelo Thabane.

    949 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane on 4 July 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Thabane: MOU signing indication that SADC can resolve own challenges

    President Cyril Ramaphosa witnessed the signing of an agreement to pave the way for the Lesotho reforms authority in Maseru.

    1139 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives in Maseru, Lesotho on 4 July 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa in Maseru to witness start of political reform process

    President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between stakeholders involved in Lesotho’s reform process.

    1140 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Ramaphosa expected to weigh in on SADC mediation for troubled Lesotho

    Lesotho has been going through constitutional and security sector reforms since 2015, following alleged coups and the killing of two army commanders.

    1142 days ago
  • Lesotho flag. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Lesotho detains senior army official over army chief's murder - report

    Prime Minister Thomas Thabane said everything in the mountain kingdom is under control.

    1805 days ago
  • FILE: Lesotho’s former deputy prime minister Mothetjoa Metsing. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Lesotho's Mothetjoa Metsing seeks political asylum in SA

    The former deputy prime minister fled Lesotho fearing for his life after repeated death threats that started after the inauguration of PM Thomas Thabane.

    1810 days ago
  • Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. Picture: AFP

    [WATCH] Thomas Thabane sworn in as Lesotho’s new PM

    Thabane takes office at the head of a coalition government, 3 years after he was targeted by a putsch and 2 days after the murder of his estranged wife.

    1886 days ago
  • Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. Picture: AFP

    Amnesty Int calls on Lesotho govt to deal with past human rights violations

    The country is inaugurating Prime Minister Thomas Thabane on Friday, following years of political instability in the mountain kingdom.

    1887 days ago
  • Lesotho's Prime Minister Tom Thabane. Picture: Facebook.

    Lesotho's Thabane to be inaugurated despite his wife’s death

    That’s despite the death of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane who was gunned down while travelling home with a friend earlier this week.

    1888 days ago
  • FILE: Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. Picture: AFP

    Tom Thabane devastated by wife’s death - ABCP

    Fifty-eight-year-old Lipolelo Thabane was gunned down on Wednesday night while travelling home with a friend.

    1888 days ago
  • Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. Picture: AFP

    Tom Thabane’s wife killed in shooting ahead of inauguration in Lesotho

    It’s understood the estranged wife of Prime Minister-elect Tom Thabane was one of two women shot in what seems like a random shooting.

    1889 days ago
  • FILE: Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in his capacity as the SADC Facilitator meeting with Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane at Moshoeshoe 1 International Airport in Lesotho in November 2014. Picture: GCIS.

    Lesotho prepares for early vote in bid to ease political crisis

    The vote is being held around two years ahead of schedule under a political deal brokered by South Africa.

    2727 days ago
  • FILE: Street vendors in the streets of Maseru, Lesotho. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    Lesotho elections to go ahead on 28 Feb

    Officials are optimistic that the climate for the holding of early elections remains on course.

    2744 days ago
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