Lesotho: Joale Hits Back At DCEO

…defends judges, magistrates against corruption claims

THE Judicial Officers Association of Lesotho (JOALE) has come out strongly in defence of judges and magistrates, dismissing allegations of widespread corruption in the judiciary as unfair and misplaced.

This follows the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO)’s 2024/25 annual report, tabled before parliament last month, which accused the courts of being highly vulnerable to corruption, citing vanishing dockets, bribery, and…