Malie selling Pioneer Mall shares
MASERU — Prominent businessman Mpho Malie (pictured right) is disposing of his shares in Pioneer Shopping Mall hardly two years after the centre opened its...
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Free Trade agreement deepening Africa’s poverty
Last week, a tripartite dialogue reflecting on relations between government, civil society and European Union (EU), was held in Lesotho. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond my...
Are women entrepreneurs treated differently when they access credit?
THERE are two ways to look at this question. First, are women entrepreneurs discriminated against when they apply for funding from lending institutions? The jury...
Seriously, what happened to respect?
Our neighbouring country, or should I say our surrounding country – is proposing new laws concerning alcohol. One of the first things they are proposing...
The real African is not chicken
THIS will sound indelicate to some people: at the end of the day, we all have to go to the lavatory. Billionaires, priests, vagabonds, sex...
English Lesson Two: joining sentences
Use of conjunctions Grammatically a conjunction is a connecting word , a word that is used to link sentences, clauses, phrases or words .Examples of...
PS fights messy divorce
MASERU – Teleko Ramotšoari, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Trade, is fighting a messy divorce case at the High Court. Ramotšoari’s wife, Lipuo,...
Sadc eager to finalise Lesotho poll reforms
MASERU – A Southern African Development Community (Sadc) team visits Lesotho on April 27 to ramp up pressure on political players to finalise electoral reforms...
Lehohla urges new citizens to enter politics
MASERU – Home Affairs Minister Lesao Lehohla (pictured above) has exhorted foreigners granted Basotho citizenship to actively participate in the country’s politics. He said this...
BCP veteran takes party to court
MASERU — A senior member of the Basotho Congress Party (BCP) has approached the High Court to force the party leadership to hold an elective...
Woman elopes with boyfriend, abandons mentally ill daughter
MASERU — Police have arrested a 40-year-old Lithoteng woman who allegedly eloped with her boyfriend, leaving her 12-year-old mentally ill daughter to suffer sexual abuse...
Majara demands fresh BNP elections
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) presidential aspirant Majara Molapo is demanding fresh elections as a precondition for engaging in talks with a party rival...
Wrongly convicted officer released
MASERU — A police constable convicted of possessing marijuana spent close to a year in jail before a High Court judge realised he had been...
Man in court for killing cop in suspected love triangle
MASERU — A Mazenod man appeared in court yesterday for allegedly shooting dead a senior policeman at a guest house after suspecting him of having...
We are over-worked and under-paid, say textile workers
MAPUTSOE — Sitting behind a sewing machine at a textile factory for up to 10 hours a day has been ‘Manthabiseng*’s routine for the past...
M168 million boost for education, energy
MASERU — Lesotho and Japan have signed a M168 million grant to boost the local education and energy sectors. About M149 million will be used...
LRA exceeds revenue collection target by 5%
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) exceeded its revenue collection target by five percent for the last financial year. LRA commissioner-general Thabo Letjama told...
Let them drink tea!
We are a cattle country. That’s just how it is. If your ancestors did not have cattle, goats or sheep and you claim to be...
‘PM meddling with the court’
MASERU – A security manager who is locked in a legal dispute with Lets’eng Diamond Mine has accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of influencing a...
Thahane heckled over job freeze
MASERU – The government’s plan to freeze recruitment for the current financial year opened a Pandora’s box in parliament on Tuesday. Opposition political parties attacked...
‘Autonomy of Appeal Court under threat’
MASERU – The independence of the Court of Appeal is under threat, according to Justice Michael Ramodibedi. Speaking at the opening of the first session...
Judgment awaited in long-drawn-out army pensions case
MASERU — The Lesotho Court of Appeal will on April 20 deliver judgment in a case in which army captain Bulane Sechele is challenging a...
Bill to regulate financial institutions
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane this week tabled a Bill in Parliament that seeks to regulate operations of financial institutions in the country. The...
Suspect dies in police cell
MASERU — A 24-year-old man allegedly involved in a M2 million copper cable heist was found dead in a police cell at Police Headquarters in...
Mda steps down as law society boss
MASERU — Law Society of Lesotho president Zwelakhe Mda is stepping down from the organisation after nine years at the helm. Mda announced the decision...
Send them to the floor, bo-’m`e
What the hell is happening on our roads? There is total havoc as construction workers dig up the road, fill it up with gravel, dig...
Molapo vows to continue with case if talks fail
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) veteran Majara Molapo has vowed to continue with his court case challenging the legitimacy of the newly-appointed executive committee...
65-year-old woman escapes after head-butting rapist rapist
MASERU — A 65-year-old woman has her head-butting skills to thank for fending off a rape attempt by a man old enough to be her...
LCD squabbles spill into NIP
MASERU – The divisions within the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) have spilled into its election partner, the National Independent Party (NIP). The development could...
‘We even have to fight for gains already made’
JOHANNESBURG — Over 200 men and women of all persuasions — from ward councillors, villagers, MPs and the clergy — who packed Kopanong Hotel Conference...