Lawyers back Ramodibedi
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho has refused to condemn the Chief Justice of Swaziland, Michael Ramodibedi, for the way he handled the suspension...
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Fuel shortage cripples LDF rescue mission
MASERU — The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)’s Air Wing Squadron abandoned a mission to rescue people trapped in snow in the mountains last Tuesday after...
Our hostility to numbers
Scrutator is planning to hire a team of experts and witchdoctors to investigate who the hell is spreading blatant lies that Lesotho’s literacy rate is...
Opposition want harmonised polls
MASERU — Three opposition parties have asked the government to consider pushing the local council polls, scheduled for October 1, to early next year. The...
LHDA probes fake documents
MASERU — The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is investigating its officials allegedly producing fake documents to help resettled communities claim compensation they do not...
Iris Corporation contests tender disqualification
MASERU — The adjudication of the multi-million dollar identity cards tender was thrown into further turmoil this week after a Malaysian company appealed a decision...
Ex-civil servant denies M20 million theft
MASERU — A woman who was last month fingered in the alleged theft of over M20 million from the National Drug Service Organisation (NDSO) five...
LCN embarks on voter education
MASERU — The Lesotho Council of Non-governmental Organisations (LCN) on Tuesday deployed 600 electoral educators countrywide to teach voters how to cast their votes in...
Victim bites off rapist’s tongue
MASERU — A courageous 42-year-old woman from Mohale’s Hoek managed to fend off a suspected rapist by biting off his tongue as he tried to...
Passenger dies, 8 injured as mini bus rams into wall
MASERU — One person died and eight others were seriously injured after a minibus taxi they were travelling in crushed into a wall at Maseru...
Lesotho receives M116m for health, education
MASERU — Lesotho has received more than M116 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve education and health services. The agreement was signed...
Towards a developmental Sacu
Last month the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) had what newspapers called a “near death experience” when members agreed to reject a Sacu report and...
Understanding tourism from economic perspective
It is well documented that tourism has become a buzz word in development seminars and conferences across the developing world as it has been recognised...
Glass ceiling: myth or fact?
“When you look at talent, look for a track record of success, not just the most recent success.” — Cathie Black, Hearst Magazines MENTION of...
The evil that men, women do
THE 32-year-old man who killed 77 of his fellow citizens in Norway early this month would have been four years old when I paid my...
Tycoons in nasty fallout
MASERU — A local tycoon is suing his business partner for allegedly hiring four ex-soldiers to assassinate him. In papers filed with the High Court...
Coup plot suspect dies
MASERU — One of the nine men on trial for the April 2009 failed coup and attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has died....
Opposition sharply divided
MASERU – Lesotho’s voters’ roll, which is said to be inflated by over a 100 000 ghost voters, has left opposition parties sharply divided. A...
The law is an ass
Scrutator is no legal fundi and has no reason to pretend to be one. But when she read a recent judgment in a murder case...
Fresh twist to MKM rentals case
MASERU — The High Court this week dismissed an application by MKM provisional liquidators to ask the registrar of the High Court to keep rentals...
Police officer arrested for killing famo artist
MASERU — A police officer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing a famo musician in Mohale’s Hoek last year. Makhaula Hlakane, 35, was gunned...
Dairy farmers to sue firm over payment
MASERU — The Lesotho Dairy Products (LDP) is allegedly in financial doldrums which has seen it fail to pay dairy farmers over the past two...
Former soldier gets 8 years for murder
MASERU — A former soldier who killed his wife’s alleged lover after he found the two in a compromising position at a local lodge was...
54 prisoners freed
MASERU — Fifty-four prisoners in Lesotho’s jails were set free on Monday in a general amnesty. The prisoners were granted amnesty by King Letsie III...
15 percent of children out of school
MASERU — Education Minister ‘Mamphono Khaketla says 15 percent of children of primary school-going age are out of school. According to government regulations children aged...
True reconciliation the only way for Lesotho
WHEN I was still a young pupil at Iketsetseng Primary School, there used to be a slot in the school timetable after the “morning prayer”...
Networks and e-commerce in Lesotho
GLOBALISATION brings new challenges, problems and solutions in an economy. The world at large is rapidly changing from an industrial economy to a networked economy....
August is for women: ILO
“It’s not about women – but about job creation and poverty reduction.” — Mahlapane Fana ILO/WEDGE THERE is a definite push for the advancement of...
More than skokiaan ties us to SA
SKOKIAAN is so profoundly Afrikaans there can be no doubt that it originated with the language of the Afrikaner, who failed to create a country...
Let us get rid of toxins in our lives
SOMEHOW, one way or the other we find ourselves in situations we rather should have been spared from! It is sad, but the hard truth...