IEC recruitment agency dragged to court.
Written by Mohale FM on November 3, 2025
By: Mohloai Mpesi
A disgruntled candidate aspiring to become a Commissioner in the Independent Elec toral Commission (IEC), Khosi Emmanuel Makubakube, is taking a recruitment agency to court after accusing it of “unfairly” dis qualifying him from the candidates’ short list.
Workplace Solutions-Lesotho is the agency contracted to recruit the IEC Commissioners. In a letter to the Workplace Solutions-Lesotho’s Managing Director, Mampukula Esther ‘Mota, dated 30 October, 2025, Makubakube’s lawyer, Advocate (Adv) Christopher Leputhing, questioned the way in which he was disqualified from the shortlist for IEC Commissioners’ recruitment currently under way.
Meanwhile, workplace Solutions argues that Mr Makubakube is a public servant and that renders him ineligible, according to the Constitution.
But Adv Leputhing argues that the agency received that information from an “anonymous objector” who should be identified.
The process of recruiting new commissioners is currently under way as the contracts of three incumbent Commissioners: Mphasa Mokhochane, Dr Karabo Mokobocho-Mohlakoana, and Tŝoeu Petlane are set to expire in December (next month).
