THE office of the Minister of Sports, Gender, Youth and Recreation, Likeleli Tampane was over the Easter holidays broken into and robbed by unknown assailants.
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April 16, 2021
TEBOHO JAFETA
2 min read
Tampane’s office robbed, again
The Minister of Sports, Gender, Youth and Recreation Likeleli Tampane
The ministry’s Chief Information Officer, Maqalika Matsepe, confirmed the incident saying the crime occurred during the Easter holidays. Staff discovered the breaking-in upon arrival at the offices on Tuesday.
“No equipment has been stolen or damaged except the three doors that the suspects used to enter the office. We reported this incident to the police the same day and investigations are underway. So far police have not reported any progress in their investigations,” he said.
This is the second time that the ministry gets robbed. Last year, two offices were broken into and two laptops were stolen from the information office and the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Local Organising Committee office.
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Although the ministry could not immediately estimate the cost of one of the two laptops stolen, the computer was a personal item belonging to one of the workers at the ministry while the other one was new and had no valuable information stored in it yet.
Meanwhile, government has approved a M280 million budget for the postponed AUSC Region 5 Youth Games and the money will be used for upgrading the already existing facilities since no construction of new facilities will be taking place.
The games will take place in Lesotho with Maseru being the host city while the National University of Lesotho (NUL) campus in Roma will be the home village for athletes.
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