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Lesotho murder intrigue 'traumatises' already volatile kingdom
In 2017, 58-year-old Lipolelo Thabane was gunned down near her home, just two days before her husband Prime Minister Thomas Thabane was sworn into office.
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Friend of murdered Lesotho first lady fears for her life
Thato Sibolla is seeking protection in South Africa while she questioned the circumstances under which Maesiah Thabane was granted bail.
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Friend of murdered Lesotho’s first lady seeks asylum in SA
In an exclusive interview with EWN, Thato Sibolla said the controversial circumstances under which Maesaiah Thabane was granted bail had made her even more afraid.
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'My life has changed' - Friend of Tom Thabane's murdered wife on life after surviving shooting
EWN sat down with Thato Sibolla, friend of Tom Thabane's second wife Lipolelo who was killed during a shooting in 2017. Sibolla was wounded in that shooting. She speaks out on life after surviving the incident.
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Lesotho in shock after murder-accused first lady granted bail
Maesiah Thabane is accused of ordering the murder of the second wife of her husband, Prime Minister Tom Thabane, in 2017.
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Lesotho’s first lady formally charged with murdering Lipolelo Thabane
Thabane has been accused of being the mastermind behind the shooting that killed prime minister Tom Thabane’s second wife Lipolelo in 2017 and left her friend Thato Sibolla wounded.
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Lesotho’s first lady Maesaiah Thabane charged with murder, attempted murder
Lipolelo was shot dead outside her home in Maseru in 2017 during tense divorce proceedings.
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Wanted Lesotho first lady Maesiah Thabane turns herself over to police
Prime Minister Tom Thabane's wife is wanted in connection with the killing of his second wife Lipolelo in 2017.
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Thabane’s son-in-law files order to challenge permanent appointment of Mahase
Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s son-in-law and party secretary-general Lebohang Hlaele has filed a Constitutional Court application challenging plans to appoint acting Chief Justice Maseforo Mahase.
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Questions over Tom Thabane’s citizenship amount to 'incitement'
Eyewitness News established that Tom Thabane was head of elections in Bloemfontein during the first democratic elections in 1994.
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Minister Maseribane: Lesotho first lady cannot be above the law, must surrender
There’s a warrant for her arrest and she’s on the run after police asked her to answer questions about the killing of Thabane’s second wife in 2017.
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Tom Thabane’s resignation set to create more challenges for Lesotho
Thabane (80) has announced on Thursday that he was stepping down.
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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.
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Jeff Radebe heads to Lesotho to quell tensions
Warring factions of Prime Minister Tom Thabane's all Basotho convention party are concluding talks to finalise his exit.
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Lesotho’s first lady allegedly 'hiding' in the statehouse
Her lawyers have kept her whereabouts a closely guarded secret refusing to divulge her location even to the courts.
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Wanted Lesotho first lady given an extra day to appear in court in person
She wants her warrant of arrest for the murder of Lipolelo Thabane to be set aside but lawyers for the police and the magistrate who issued the warrant said that unless she appeared, the court could not claim that she was within its jurisdiction.
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Lesotho police label First Lady Maesiah Thabane a ‘fugitive from justice’
A warrant of arrest has been issued for the First Lady who is wanted for questioning in the case of the fatal shooting of Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s second wife Lipolelo Thabane in 2017.
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Tom Thabane withdraws notice to suspend police boss Holomo Molibeli
The Lesotho High Court has endorsed a settlement that allows Holomo Molibeli to return to work and nullifies the appointment of Sera Makharilele as acting commissioner.
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Lesotho NGO concerned Thabane suspension of top cop will ignite security crisis
Lesotho Council of NGOs Seabata Motsamai said that NGOs believed that Thabane was trying to delay answering how his mobile was called by a number traced to the place and time where his wife was killed.
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Lesotho NGOs fight back after PM suspends police commissioner
Prime Minister Tom Thabane has been silent since police commissioner Holomo Molibeli filed court papers challenging his suspension.
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Lesotho top cop Molibeli says PM Thabane implicated in his wife’s killing
The police commissioner says a cellphone number - known to police - traced to the area where Thabane's estranged wife Lipolelo was shot in 2017
