Lesotho Case Law

Eminence Electro Mechanical & Construction (PTY) LTD V Mafeteng District Council & 2 Others (C of A (CIV) 45/2025)

Eminence Electro Mechanical & Construction (PTY) LTD V Mafeteng District Council & 2 Others (C of A (CIV) 45/2025) [2025] LSCA 69 (7 November 2025)

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

C of A (CIV) 45/2025

The Court of Appeal held that a ruling striking an urgent application off the roll for lack of urgency was interlocutory, so leave to appeal was required. The appeal was struck off the roll.

• Interlocutory orders
• Leave to appeal
• Jurisdiction
• Urgency
• Interlocutory-orders
• Leave-to-appeal

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Maseru Entertainment Company v Titan Lens Photography (CCT/02410/2022)

Maseru Entertainment Company v Titan Lens Photography (CCT/02410/2022) [2022] LSHC 72 (28 July 2022)

Court

High Court

Case number

CCT/02410/2022

Filing a plea after launching a Rule 30 application would constitute taking a further step and preclude the applicant from pursuing the Rule 30 application. The matter is urgent and warrants dispensing with ordinary rules and staying the Notice to file Plea pending finalisation of the application.

Source excerpt

• Rule 30 applications
• Stay of proceedings
• Urgency
• Irregular proceedings

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Swanepoel v Ramphahama (CCA/0075/2021)

Swanepoel v Ramphahama (CCA/0075/2021) [2022] LSHC 36 (9 June 2022)

Court

High Court

Case number

CCA/0075/2021

High Court of Lesotho granted a spoliation application, confirmed the rule nisi, and ordered restoration of possession with costs.

• Spoliation
• Jurisdiction
• Urgency
• Possession
• Civil-procedure

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Transformation Resource Centre v Council of State

Transformation Resource Centre v Council of State (CONSTITUTIONAL CASE 8 of 2019) [2020] LSHC 38 (11 August 2020)

Court

High Court

Case number

CONSTITUTIONAL CASE 8 of 2019

Applicants lacked locus standi as juristic persons under section 20, failed to exhaust local remedies, and did not justify urgency. The Constitutional Court has no jurisdiction in the matter; points of law raised by respondents are upheld.

Source excerpt

• Locus standi
• Jurisdiction
• Exhaustion of local remedies
• Urgency
• Conflict of interest
• Selection of iec commissioners

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Qhobela v Nkoe (CIV/APN 440 of 19)

Qhobela v Nkoe (CIV/APN 440 of 19) [2020] LSHC 13 (24 March 2020)

Court

High Court

Case number

CIV/APN 440 of 19

The High Court dismissed an urgent application challenging a warrant of ejectment, holding that the applicants should have used Rule 46 to set aside the judgment.

• Ejectment
• Non-joinder
• Execution of judgments
• Declaratory orders
• Urgency
• Costs

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Moafrika FM v Lesotho Communications Authority (CIV/APN 43 of 18)

Moafrika FM v Lesotho Communications Authority (CIV/APN 43 of 18) [2018] LSHC 9 (9 February 2018)

Court

High Court

Case number

CIV/APN 43 of 18

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed Moafrika FM’s urgent application as moot after the disputed audio clips were handed over to the respondents.

• Mootness
• Urgency
• Audi alteram partem
• Costs
• Urgent-applications
• Audi-alteram-partem

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Pokane and Another v Pokane and Others (C of A (CIV) 11 of 2014)

Pokane and Another v Pokane and Others (C of A (CIV) 11 of 2014) [2014] LSCA 33 (24 October 2014)

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

C of A (CIV) 11 of 2014

The Court of Appeal held an urgent ex parte application should not have been dismissed for lack of urgency or Rule 8(4) non-compliance, but factual disputes required trial.

• Urgency in applications
• Ex parte procedure
• Conversion of application to trial
• Interdicts
• Administration of estates
• Civil-procedure

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Standard Lesotho Bank v Matsoso (CCA 64 of 2013)

Standard Lesotho Bank v Matsoso (CCA 64 of 2013) [2014] LSHC 85 (28 March 2014)

Court

High Court

Case number

CCA 64 of 2013

The High Court dismissed a respondent’s preliminary objections in a sequestration petition, holding that the objections lacked merit and the matter should proceed to the merits.

• Sequestration
• Locus standi
• Non-joinder
• Jurisdiction
• Material non-disclosure
• Security for costs

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Nkatana Phatela and Others v Director - Department of Rural Water Supply and Others (LC 40 of 2014)

Nkatana Phatela and Others v Director - Department of Rural Water Supply and Others (LC 40 of 2014) [2014] LSLC 7 (26 February 2014)

Court

Labour Court

Case number

LC 40 of 2014

The Labour Court of Lesotho refused an urgent application over non-payment of salaries, finding inconvenience but no proof that ordinary procedures would fail.

• Urgency
• Discrimination
• Employment contracts
• Salary claims
• Labour-law
• Salary-disputes

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Standard Lesotho Bank Limited v T.J. Construction (Pty) Ltd and Others (CIV/APN 592 of 2012)

Standard Lesotho Bank Limited v T.J. Construction (Pty) Ltd and Others (CIV/APN 592 of 2012) [2013] LSHC 60 (14 August 2013)

Court

High Court

Case number

CIV/APN 592 of 2012

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed preliminary objections to a Mareva-type injunction, finding urgency, jurisdiction, locus standi, and joinder objections unpersuasive.

• Mareva injunction
• Interdicts
• Urgency
• Non-joinder
• Jurisdiction
• Locus standi

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