Boost for sex workers
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — About 18 sex workers will receive funds from the Lesotho Planned Parenthood Association (LPPA) to start income generating projects. The...
Category : Local News
Father tries to drown children
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — A desperate man from Motimposo went to Maqalika Dam on Monday night intending to drown his two sons after his...
Tourism celebrations to target herdboys
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — For years, numerous reports detailing the stoning of tourists by some herdboys in many parts of the country have become...
High maternal, child mortality rate attributed to poverty
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Mothers continue to die during child birth, with 1 155 per 100 000 deaths reported, according to the 2009 Demographic...
Renal patients give up as treatment costs bite
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — After living with high blood pressure for years nothing seemed worse than a lifetime of medication for ‘Matlokotsi Makoa (46)...
Morija Arts and Cultural Festival roars into life
By Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU — The Morija Arts and Culture Festival was officially launched in Morija yesterday. The festival, which runs until October 6, will...
Staff exodus hits Machabeng
By Caswell Tlali MASERU — Machabeng College has been rocked by massive resignations amid allegations of misappropriation of funds, racial tensions and pay squabbles. Machabeng...
Move to suspend Justice Ramodibedi gathers pace
By Caswell Tlali MASERU — The process to suspend Court of Appeal President Michael Ramodibedi is expected to start next Wednesday, the Lesotho Times can...
Suspected aluminium thief brutally murdered
By ’Mantoetse Maama and Thato Matsie MASERU — Limpho Mokoetje’s body was still burning when his aunt, Malithelo Sekheo, arrived. He had been set on...
Varsity accused of ignoring court orders, workers rights
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions (Coletu) says the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (Luct) is using its cosy relations with...
Morija Arts and Cultural Festival roars into life
By Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU — The Morija Arts and Culture Festival was officially launched in Morija yesterday. The festival, which runs until October 6, will...
Hotel hosts wine tasting fiesta
By Mohalenyane Phakela and ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Local beverage distributors Station Liquor City in collaboration with Sun International Lesotho hosted a wine tasting fiesta...
LTV presenter remembered
By Thato Matsie MASERU — The late Lesotho Television cameraman, Tshephe Mpopo, has left a huge void that will be difficult to fill at the...
MMB launches Copa Coca-Cola schools soccer tournament
By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Beverages giant Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB) on Thursday launched the fifth annual Copa Coca-Cola schools soccer tournament. The tournament which...
800 jobs on the line as firm fights crunch
By ’Mantoetse Maama and Poloko Peo MAPUTSOE — About 800 people could lose their jobs as Ternsportswear, a Maputsoe-based factory, faces collapse. The factory is...
Woman arrested for stealing baby in SA
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — A 28-year-old Mosotho woman was last week arrested by the Welkom police for allegedly stealing a baby. According to a...
Scott’s case cannot proceed, says Thetsane
By Limpho Sello MASERU — The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Leaba Thetsane, on Tuesday said the murder trial of ’Malehlohonolo Scott cannot proceed as...
Principal Chief, Area Chief involved in a tag-of-war
By Caswell Tlali MASERU — The Mokhotlong Principal Chief Mathealira Seeiso is locked in a nasty fight with his junior, the Maphiring Area Chief Theko...
Teacher shot dead in suspected love triangle
By Poloko Peo MASERU — A high school teacher was shot dead in front of his students in a classroom in Mapoteng last Thursday in...
‘We had to lie in bed with the Devil’
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The coalition government decided to “lie in bed with the Devil” to save money by not cancelling the controversial ID...
Scott’s mother in hiding
Staff Reporter MASERU — ’Malehlohonolo Scott is out of prison but she remains in a jail of sorts. Following her release on a M500...
Court of Appeal orders restart to Law Society case
MASERU — The Court of Appeal has ordered a restart to the case in which the Law Society of Lesotho had successfully challenged the Chief...
Former soldier shot dead in fight over nun
MASERU — A police constable gunned down a former soldier at Christ the Priest Catholic Nun Convent in Mafeteng in a suspected love triangle in...
The silliness of our politics
S crutator has had it to the back teeth with the childishness of politicians in this country. When it comes to pettiness our politicians just...
Mosisili tells voters to dump Lehohla
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday urged voters in Mafeteng not to vote for his deputy Lesao Lehohla whom he accused of betrayal....
‘Workers’ Day does not mean anything to me’
MASERU — For 34-year-old Nthabiseng Lebala, Workers’ Day, which was celebrated on Monday, has lost all meaning. As workers in Lesotho headed home following feisty...
Court of Appeal dismisses mercenaries’ plea
MASERU — The Court of Appeal on Friday dismissed an application by six men who were challenging the High Court’s jurisdiction to try them in...
‘Detective fell out with boss’
MASERU — Months before he fled the country Abiel Monare had a nasty fallout with his immediate boss at the Directorate on Corruption and Economic...
Just zip it
S OME years ago a Mosotho woman was lynched by a group of Basotho women in a shop owned by a South African company. The...
DC promises to solve passport problem
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili says the corruption that has dogged the Passport Services Department will be a thing of the past if his...