ABC youths blame government over riots
MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league says the government must take responsibility for the chaos that ensured at the National University of...
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Minister says ‘third force’ behind student strikes
MASERU — The Minister of Education and Training, Dr ‘Mamphono Khaketla has told parliament that there is a third force behind the recent strikes by...
BNP ditches anniversary plans
MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) this week abandoned plans to celebrate the party’s 50th anniversary because the party’s coffers are dry, the Lesotho...
LCS coach fired
MASERU — LCS coach Katiso Mojakhomo (pictured) has been sacked, making him the first managerial casualty of the 2009/10 Vodacom Premier League season. After a...
Bantu face Masheshena in Vodacom tie
MASERU — Bantu coach Bafokeng Mohapi believes his side remain underdogs going into Saturday’s eagerly awaited Vodacom Soccer Spectacular quarter-final clash against the troubled LCS....
Man cleared in murder case, kept behind bars
MASERU — When Thabiso Mothobi escaped the gallows last Friday he thought his troubles were finally over. The Court of Appeal upheld his appeal and...
Change resistance affecting libraries
WE have seen a rapid growth in the number of libraries in Lesotho over the past few years. This development has created demand for more...
LEC loses appeal against ruling
MASERU — The Lesotho Electricity Corporation (LEC) has lost an appeal against paying damages to a student who was electrocuted by a cable in Mazenod...
‘Justice system on its knees’
MASERU — The president of the Lesotho Court of Appeal last Friday attacked High Court judges for failing to deliver written reasons for their judgments....
Government system flawed
THE bureaucracy and incompetence that normally hamper development in Lesotho can largely be attributed to the system of government we have. Lesotho is one of...
All roads lead to Butha-Buthe
MASERU — All roads lead to Butha-Buthe this weekend when the eagerly awaited M1 million Vodacom Soccer Spectacular tournament finally gets underway. But should this...
The going gets tough for Roses
MASERU — With one quarter of the season gone, struggling Butha-Buthe Roses find themselves rooted at the bottom of the Vodacom Premier League table. Roses...
Day-dreaming in the lecture theatre
SITTING in the lecture theatre one day, half-pretending to be paying attention to what I was actually supposed to be listening to, I was brought...
ABC youths rebel
MASERU — All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth members this week rebelled against party leader Thomas Thabane (pictured), demanding that he fires an administrative secretary they...
PM tells opposition to ‘get lost’
in Qacha’s Nek OPPOSITION parties that are pushing for the reallocation of proportional representation seats in parliament “should get lost” because the government’s position will...
NUL boss rings up astronomical bill
MASERU — The National University of Lesotho (NUL) has been paying thousands of maloti for the enormous phone bill that its vice-chancellor Adelani Ogunrinade has...
Money lenders lose case
MASERU — High Court Judge Tséliso Monaphathi yesterday ruled that interest charged by money lenders was excessive and irregular. The judgment sparked wild scenes of...
High Court nullifies PC FM order
MASERU — The High Court on Monday nullified an order granted by the magistrate’s court allowing the police to seize official documents from People’s Choice...
Likuena exit with a bang
HARARE — Midfielder Bokang Mothoana scored a minute from time as Lesotho beat 10-man Mauritius 1-0 in the Zimbabwe capital yesterday, although the result was...
Minister fires sports commissioners
MASERU — The Minister of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation has fired the commissioners of the Lesotho Sports and Recreation Commission (LSRC). In a letter...
Man rapes own daughter
MASERU – A 38-year-old man from Ha-Malelu in Rothe allegedly told his 17-year-old daughter that they should be “lovers as women were giving him problems”,...
Brave Likuena hold Zimbabwe
MASERU — It is often said that fortune favours the brave and that was the case in Likuena’s hard-fought but thrilling 2-2 draw against Zimbabwe...
Likuena match against Zim exposed gaps
I watched our national football team, Likuena, play against Zimbabwe in the Cosafa tie in Harare on Monday. Although we held the Warriors to a...
Presidential candidate vows to overhaul LAAA
MASERU — The Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association (LAAA) will hold its presidential elections next Saturday in Maseru. Outgoing president Justice Maketela is seeking re-election but...
Roses off to worst start ever
MASERU — Never before has a Premier League club started a season so badly. Even the legendary Sekamaneng Young Stars had a win, and a...
Land Bill will unlock development
PARLIAMENTARY Bills are important documents which give birth to our statutory laws. The Land Bill (2009) which is currently before parliament is no exception. It...
LTDC to market Lesotho online
MASERU — The Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) says it is in the process of setting up a website to market the country to tourists....
NTTC student scoops Milk Stout prize
MASERU — ‘Mannana Rakotsoana last Friday walked away with M5 000 after her name was drawn in the Castle Milk Stout promotion held by Lesotho...
It’s back to school once again folks
I HAVE always had my reservations about going to school at a late age. I know, we say in Sesotho, thuto ha e tsofalloe, meaning...
Drinking while driving while hunting wild boar
SOMEONE once said, everything under the sun has already been done. Bacchus thinks that whoever said this must have been a teetotaller because with a...