28 April 2017 CENSORED The government of Lesotho closed down its only weekly newspaper, Lentsoe La Basotho (Lesotho Today). According to a newspaper report from The Post, the Principal Secretary (PS) of Communications, Science and Technology, Tseliso Khomari, accused the paper’s journalists of publishing stories favouring the opposition. 5 May 2017 CENSORED People’s Choice FM was taken off Lesotho National Broadcasting Service’s transmitters. The radio was off-air for an entire weekend. However, People’s Choice FM managed to buy its own transmitter link and went back on air. 10 August 2017 THREATENED Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) members allegedly threatened two journalists, Palo Mohlotsane of People’s Choice FM and NkoaleTs’oane of Moeletsi Oa Basotho, at the premises of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) on 8 August 2017. The LCD denied the allegations in a response to queries made by MISA Lesotho, the LCD gave details of the incident and denied allegations of the attack. The police warned Maloi that it would be the last time he is called in to talk about the content and conduct of his programme. 17 August 2017 VICTORY Moafrika FM resumed broadcasting after the High Court ordered the Lesotho National Broadcasting Services (LNBS) to lift the suspension it had imposed on the radio station a week earlier. The LNBS had suspended the operations of MoAfrika FM on the grounds that the radio station owed the regulating body M100 000 (US$8074). The Lesotho Communications Authority suspended a moratorium on issues of broadcasting licenses, a development which would see the MISA Lesotho project on “Access to Information Through Establishment of Community Radio Stations” fully implemented. This means that three community stations will be on air by mid-2018 in Semonkong in the Maseru district, Outhing and Mokhotlong districts.