MSF brings hope to Aids patients
MASERU — In 2006, 44-year-old Lekhokoho Kokome was on the verge of despair. Two years earlier Kokome had been diagnosed with HIV, the virus that...
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Let’s curb music piracy
IN an article in the April 15 — 21 issue of the Lesotho Times, Ntsebeng Motsoeli shed important light on the subject of music piracy....
LRA urges public to expose graft
MASERU — The head of internal affairs at the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA), Moneuoa Kopo, on Friday said the public must report all cases of...
Textiles boss calls for new export incentives
MASERU — The vice-president of the Lesotho Textiles Exporters Association, Nkopane Monyane, on Monday said the replacement of the Duty Credit Certificates Scheme (DCCS) will...
Makoanyane XI run amok
MASERU — Lesotho are almost assured of meeting South Africa in the next stage of the CAF Under-20 Youth Championship qualifiers after vanquishing Mozambique 6-1...
Bahlabani leave for Mozambique
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17 national team, Bahlabani, left the country yesterday for Maputo to face Mozambique in the return leg of a CAF Under-17 Youth...
Lebata — A new star is born
MASERU — This time last week Tsebang Lebata was like any other young player struggling to make an impression in football. But on Sunday, at...
Pro golfer bemoans standards
MASERU — Professional golfer Motlalentoa Moloi fears the gulf in class between Lesotho and regional rivals could widen unless remedial measures are taken urgently....
During Monday’s hearing the farmers
MASERU — Long-distance runner Nkhabutlane Motlokoa has blamed muscle cramps for scuttling his chance of winning Botswana’s First Takalane Gaborone Marathon on Sunday. Motlokoa, who...
Ntsie in trouble again
MASERU — Controversial cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie (pictured), who is already facing two murder charges, is in trouble again after he appeared in court on Tuesday...
D-Day for Billy
MASERU — When Macaefa Billy walks into the dock next Friday his fate will not be in his hands. Neither will it be in the...
Villagers take official to task over farming woes
MASERU — The chief economic planner for the Ministry of Agriculture came under attack from members of the community parliament over the government’s failure to...
Parties brace for by-election
BATTLE lines are drawn in the impoverished rural constituency of Hololo, about 130km north of the capital Maseru. The nine candidates — four independents and...
LCD heavies blast Thabane
BUTHA-BUTHE — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) women’s league boss, ‘Mathabiso Lepono, last Sunday launched a scathing attack on opposition leader Thomas Thabane describing him...
M500 000 theft lawyer freed on bail
MASERU — A Maseru lawyer, Advocate Nketsi Makhera, who is facing a M500 000 theft charge for illegally selling a textile firm, was freed on...
Prosperity wants licence restored
MASERU — Prosperity Insurance Brokers wants the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) to reverse its decision to revoke its operating licence which was cancelled last...
Suspected baby snatchers granted bail
MASERU — Two women from Ha-Ts’iu appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with abducting an infant in January. ‘Mathuso Ntiese, 58, and ‘Maselebalo...
‘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...
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...