Tag: Thabane
Lesotho PM Thabane to resign by 22 May
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will resign by 22 May, his spokesman said, adding he knew nothing of a report that the prime minister...
Thabane coalition folds
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s coalition fell apart in parliament spelling the end of his tenure and paving the way to resolution of a...
Lesotho PM Thabane’s powers to be limited
The king of Lesotho Letsie III assented to legislation preventing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane dissolving parliament and calling an election in the event of...
Former wife of Lesotho PM wanted divorce
Hours before she was shot dead on the outskirts of Maseru, Lesotho’s former first lady Lipolelo Thabane made a surprising decision.
According to a close...
Time running out for Lesotho’s Thabane
Lesotho lawmakers and South African mediators said legislation awaiting aprroval of the king will see Prime Minister Tom Thabane, suspected of killing his ex-wife,...
Thabane not going
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will not be told when to leave office, a national newspaper reported, resisting efforts to defuse a political crisis...
“Dignified retirement” for Lesotho PM
Lesotho’s government agreed with South African mediators and political parties to implement a “dignified retirement” for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, a joint statement said,...
SA delegation to restore calm in Lesotho
South Africa will pursue talks to restore calm in Lesotho after Prime Minister Thomas Thabane sent soldiers and armoured vehicles onto Maseru streets to...
Army deployed on Lesotho streets
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane deployed the army in Maseru on Saturday against unnamed “rogue national elements” he said wanted to destabilise the southern...
Thabane skips Lesotho
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane left the country, missing a court appearance at where he was expected to be charged with murdering his estranged...
Lesotho PM to face murder charge
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will be charged with the murder of his late wife, the deputy police commissioner said in the latest twist...
Lesotho PM’s wife charged with murder
Lesotho police charged Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s wife with the murder of his previous spouse, the South African Broadcasting Corporation said.
Police last month...
Lesotho PM to resign – report
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane announced his intention to resign, the SA Broadcasting Corporation reported.
The alert on its TV news channel gave no...
Incoming Lesotho Prime Minister’s wife shot dead
The wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane was shot dead on Wednesday, two days before her husband's inauguration, raising fears...
