Labour Court finds Revenue Service Lesotho board in contempt, sentences members to prison

The Labour Court of Lesotho has delivered a stinging ruling against the Board of Revenue Service Lesotho (RSL), finding its members in contempt of court and sentencing them to 30 days’ imprisonment, a sentence which has been suspended on strict conditions. In a ruling delivered on 17 December 2025, the President of the Labour Court held that the RSL board and senior officials deliberately disobeyed a lawful court order, despite being fully aware of its existence. The matter arose from…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...