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...
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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...
Measles outbreak hits schools
MASERU — An outbreak of measles has hit schools in Maseru. Two students from Motimposo Primary School reportedly died of measles after the disease hit...
Former LPC members re-join LCD
MASERU — Six former members of the executive committee of the Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) re-joined the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party yesterday,...
Ex-MP wants princely pension
MASERU — A former MP who served as the only opposition legislator between 1993 and 1998 is demanding a government pension equivalent to that of...
Gunmen hijack bread van crew
MASERU — A bread van belonging to Astoria Bakery was on Sunday morning hijacked by five armed men in Sefikeng. Police said the armed robbers...
Makhakhe out on bail
MASERU — Public Eye columnist, Tukula Makhakhe, who is facing two counts of armed robbery, was on Monday granted M1 400 bail by the High...
Two charged over M40 000 robbery
MASERU — Two men appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on a charge of armed robbery. Monyane Molibeli, 31, and Phafa Rafats’e, 25,...
Four guilty of killing rustler
MASERU — Four men from Majaheng Mapoteng in Berea were on Monday found guilty of brutally killing Sekoche Mphaka over suspected stock theft. High Court...
Sex has become new currency
As I see it . . . By Tlali Mapetla WE live in a world of advanced technology which means our habits and way...
Inflation notches up
MASERU — Lesotho’s inflation rate for February increased to 4.3 percent, up from 4.01 percent the previous month, according to the latest figures released by...
Vodacom, Nedbank in new partnership
JOHANNESBURG — Vodacom and Nedbank on Tuesday announced a joint initiative to bring M-PESA, the biggest global success story in mobile money, to South Africa....
Lioli appeal board ban
MASERU — Lioli have appealed against the Premier League’s decision to ban their executive board from all football activities for the next four years. The...
MP seeks to block funding to Lefa
MASERU — An opposition MP wants to lobby parliament to stop the government from funding the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) because it does not have...
Mokhele powers Matlama
MASERU — Behind every great car is a reliable engine. This season the Matlama juggernaut has cruised past their opponents, losing just once all season...
Lioli players unfazed by ban
MASERU — Lioli have been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks and now their executive committee has been banned from...
Cash boost for Tse Putsoa players
MASERU — Matlama supporters have come up with an incentive scheme for the team’s outstanding player during each of their remaining league matches. With six...