‘Good Samaritan’ flees with pilot’s bank card
MASERU — A South African pilot working in Lesotho will rue the day he asked a stranger to help him withdraw money from an ATM...
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Lesotho loses war against piracy
MASERU — Deafening music pumps from two powerful speakers in a makeshift stall along Kingsway Street in Maseru. On the stall is a huge assortment...
Cash boost for road project
MASERU — South Africa last week handed over a cheque for M40 million to the government of Lesotho to fund the upgrading of the 47.4...
Lesotho holds lowest annual inflation rate
MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho says Lesotho’s annual inflation rate which stood at 4.3 percent in February is the lowest in the common...
Clash put on ice
MASERU — The eagerly awaited clash pitting title favourites Matlama against defending champions Lioli has been put on hold. The Premier League had last...
Moza coach suspects U17’s of age-cheating
MASERU — Mozambique coach Torsten Spittler has expressed doubt about the age of some of Lesotho’s Under-17 players after watching his charges go down 3-1...
A-Division official blasts Lefa
MASERU — The first division’s spokesperson has threatened to resign over what he says is the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa)’s failure to quickly resolve disputes...
Top local athlete eyes Botswana diamond prize
MASERU — Lesotho’s top long-distance runner, Nkhabutlane Motlokoa, is confident of winning the First Takalane Gaborone Marathon on Sunday. The winner of the marathon will...
Bantu coach misses another match
MASERU — Speculation over the future of Bantu coach Bafokeng Mohapi has swelled after the gaffer was not seen at the Vodacom Premier League side’s...
Migrants jump border
MASERU — Thousands of Basotho migrant workers who had come back home for the Easter holiday are now trapped in Lesotho after they failed to...
Ex-NUL boss dies
MASERU — Professor Adelani Ogunrinade, the former vice-chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (NUL), has died. The Nigerian academic died at Medi-Clinic in Bloemfontein...
Army fingered in coup attempt
MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldiers co-operated with the enemy during the attacks at Makoanyane military base and the State House on April 22...
Nine die in holiday accidents
MASERU — Nine people died in road accidents during the Easter holiday, police figures show. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said there were 61 reported road...
Mda blasts incompetent judges
MASERU — The president of the Law Society of Lesotho Advocate Zwelakhe Mda wants incompetent High Court judges to be “named and shamed”. Mda said...
Five men killed in shoot-out with police
MASERU — Five men aged between 30 and 40 were killed in a fire exchange with the police in Mafeteng last week. Another man was...
Ogunrinade: a distinguished academic career
MASERU — Professor Adelani Ogunrinade, who died last Saturday, was born 56 years ago in Nigeria. He graduated from the University of Ibadan with a...
Judge orders HIV test for man who raped teenager
MASERU — A 25-year-old man was on Tuesday ordered to undergo an HIV test after he was convicted of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl...
Fraudster appeals against conviction
MASERU — Former Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) accountant Peggy Thakeli yesterday asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the conviction imposed on her...
Insurance firms propose merger
MASERU — Insurance firms Metropolitan Holdings and Momentum have announced a proposed merger in an effort to improve competitiveness and consolidate their grip on the...
Local real estate company wins LNDC tender
MASERU — The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has awarded a tender to manage the corporation’s real estate to a local property management firm, Morai-Maseela...
Lefa hits back at MP
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) has called an opposition MP “full of ignorance” for lobbying the government to stop funding the association. Sello...
Bahlabani vow to floor Mozambique
MASERU — Bahlabani, Lesotho’s Under-17 national team, have vowed to floor Mozambique when the two sides square up in the first leg of a CAF...
Matlama almost champs
MASERU — Matlama coach Ntebele Taole has warned his side against complacency in the run-in to the championship. On Sunday, Matlama took another giant leap...
Arsenal suffer another heartbreak
MASERU — Former Lesotho champions Arsenal had to suffer promotion heartache once again when they were pipped to a Premier League berth by Mabeoana on...
Top swimmer says team needs coach
MASERU — National swimmer Boipelo Makhothi says Lesotho needs to hire a coach in order for the country to reach any meaningful heights in swimming....
Four confirmed for Singapore Olympics
MASERU — The Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) has confirmed four of the country’s competitors for the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. They are...
Ex-NUL boss collapses
MASERU — Former National University of Lesotho (NUL) vice-chancellor and prominent academic Professor Adelani Ogunrinade is in a critical condition in a Bloemfontein hospital after...
Thabane storms out
MASERU — Opposition parties claim the government admitted at a Monday meeting that it had botched the implementation of the controversial Mixed Member Proportional (MMP)...
Soldiers guilty of killing police woman
MASERU — Three soldiers were on Tuesday locked behind prison bars after the High Court found them guilty of killing a police woman during the...
Makoa vows to oust Lekhanya
MASERU — Professor Kopano Makoa is considered the Basotho National Party (BNP) leader-in-waiting. A strong faction in the party believes he is the right man...