Strive to succeed at everything
I wake up every morning determined to succeed at one thing or the other! Oh please all ye nay sayers and behind-hand-sniggers, be quiet for...
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PM’s office corruption saga
MASERU — A senior procurement officer in Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s office has been suspended for three months without pay after she was found guilty...
Cabinet officer acquitted of corruption charges
MASERU — Cabinet deputy principal secretary, Thato Masiloane, who was facing eight charges of corruption, has been acquitted. Masiloane, together with four other senior officials...
Varsity students in fresh protest
MASERU — Students at Limkokwing University in Maseru took to the streets yesterday in protest over delays by the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) to...
16 ways to steal from government
MASERU — For as long as there was a government in this country there has always been someone out to fleece it. Here we give you...
Paying for porn
K hele! The shenanigans of our civil servants never cease to amaze Scrutator. Just when you think you have seen enough of their tomfoolery one...
MKM wins right to collect rentals
MASERU — The High Court on Friday dismissed an application by provisional liquidators of MKM to have rentals from properties belonging to the company paid...
M3 million goods burnt
MASERU — A Chinese businessman lost over M3 million worth of goods worth M100 000 in cash when his supermarket caught fire in Mafeteng last...
Mosisili bows to pressure
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has bowed to pressure from a coalition of trade unions and business groups after he agreed to meet them...
Mosisili wants inheritance, succession laws reviewed
MASERU — Lesotho must review laws of inheritance and succession in chieftainship to accommodate the girl child, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili said on Saturday. Mosisili...
ABC conference shoots down boycott call
MASERU — An All Basotho Convention (ABC) special conference last week shot down leader Thomas Thabane’s suggestion to boycott next month’s local government elections. In...
Judges, ministers get stands
MASERU — Local Government Minister Pontšo Sekatle has granted residential sites to nine government ministers, senior officials and judges at Arrival Centre and Maseru Central...
NMDS extends time for bursary applications
MASERU — The National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) has extended the deadline for submissions of scholarship applications for local students who wish to study in...
Raising Lesotho’s savings rate
BASOTHO’S piggy banks are either slim or starving and the current world economic uncertainty has not helped matters. The aggregate savings rate of the country...
You are a probable you
“Life is a string of todays.” — Mark Nepo Spring is here and whether it finds you in a life situation you love or hate,...
Stop taking explicit pictures and videos
I AM sure most people have seen or at least read about the video that went viral on the internet, costing a prison warder and...
Cops mull strike
MASERU — Lesotho’s police officers are mulling a national strike over poor salaries and work conditions, the Lesotho Times can reveal. The Lesotho Times understands...
Motanyane calls it a day
MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant General Thuso Motanyane retired yesterday after 38 years in the military service. Motanyane who joined the army...
Lawyer refuses to work for ‘peanuts’
MASERU — A senior lawyer has pulled out of a case in which eight men are facing death penalty if found guilty of attempting to...
Police officer shoots fiancée
MASERU — A police constable allegedly shot his fiancée following an argument last Thursday. The police officer who works at the Maseru Border Gate is...
A shameless crook
Of all sins in this world nothing gets Scrutator’s blood boiling like fraud and hypocrisy. It’s worse when you add arrogance into the mix. Businessman...
Tycoon gets 12 years for dodging tax
MASERU — Prominent businessman Osman Moosa was last Thursday convicted on 51 counts of fraud and tax evasion. Moosa, who is also the chairman of...
The worst is over, says Moosa
MASERU — Business tycoon Osman Moosa, who was convicted of dodging tax last week, says although the future of his business empire is under threat...
‘Law Society misdirected’
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho is misdirected in submitting that the Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla acted against the constitution by delegating some of...
LCD to honour women
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) women’s wing will on Saturday give awards to outstanding Basotho women in various fields. The league’s secretary-general,...
ABC youth league defies party
MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league will go ahead with its conference tomorrow, defying a call by the party to postpone the...
Entrepreneurship is key to unlock Lesotho’s growth
The Harvard Journal of Economics broadly defines entrepreneurship as “the process of creating value by bringing together a unique package of resources to exploit an...
The rise of Womenomics
“Women hold up half the sky.” — Chinese proverb Womenomics, coined by The Economist magazine when it stated, “Forget China, India and the Internet, economic...
Heroes do die young — why?
I missed meeting Tom Mboya by two years. By the time I paid my first visit to Nairobi for a journalism workshop in 1971, he...
Secret behind $80-million painting
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. We will control the horizontal, we...