Mining disaster death toll soars
MASERU — The number of Basotho men who perished in the Welkom illegal mining disaster has soared to 46 following the discovery and identification of...
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Civil servants union in turmoil
MASERU — The Lesotho Public Service Staff Association (LEPSSA) which represents government workers is in turmoil after members resolved to dissolve the association’s executive committee...
Unpaid truckers derail food aid programme
MASERU — Orphans and primary school children that get food assistance from government are likely to starve because truck owners hired to transport the food...
Two men jailed for murder
MASERU — Two men from Butha-Buthe were sentenced to 25 years each by the High Court for murder and assault. Teboho Mlangeni, 24, and Mpokatsi...
Fraudulent healthcare consultants fleece students
MASERU — Lesotho students studying in South Africa have been warned to be on the lookout for fraudulent healthcare consultants who are masquerading as brokers...
Retired worker’s projects hit snag
MASERU — When 50-year-old Ntsékhe Thakaso lost his job at Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg in 2006 he was devastated. Thakaso was deemed excess to...
Broadcaster’s trial to restart
MASERU – Popular broadcaster Motlatsi Ncholu will answer sexual offence charges again in the next two months after the High Court ordered a restart of...
New twist to LCD petition
BUTHA-BUTHE — The president of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league has distanced the youth wing from a petition sent to the prime...
We confessed under duress, suspects tell court
MASERU – Two men who are facing murder charges told the High Court on Tuesday that they confessed to the murder after they were assaulted...
Poverty drives Basotho to South African mines
AS I SEE IT FROM history archives we read that from the late nineteenth century men from southern African countries trekked to work in...
Dying for gold at Welkom
WELKOM – He is dirty and frail, his speech punctuated by a hard, rasping cough that buckles his small frame. He frequently spits up a...
Stella . . . she was so smooth
Bottoms Up with Bacchus CAN you imagine what happens if you publicly accuse the sponsor of your binge of being a notorious bed-hopper? A...
Fire destroys M2 million property
MASERU — Property worth about M2 million was reduced to ashes after a fire gutted a furniture shop in the Maseru industrial area on Sunday...
When you go down Memory lane
Steaming It Off THERE are things that one gets so used to that when they are no more you actually feel the void —...
Not all breast lumps are cancers
Doctor’s Corner BREAST problems are a common reason for patients to visit their doctor and many would be worried about having breast cancer. But...
Likuena pray for end of poor run
MASERU — They have toiled for 450 minutes without finding the net. Their last win came exactly 330 days ago when they edged the Comoros...
Likuena: rudderless ship
MASERU — For the past five years Lesotho’s national team has plummeted, unabated, down FIFA’s world rankings. It’s a freefall that’s been without check or...
Seema extends stay at Pirates
MASERU — Lesotho captain Lehlohonolo Seema has signed a three-year contract extension with South African football giants Orlando Pirates. The influential defender signed the new...
Trapped miners refuse to come out
WELKOM – About 100 illegal miners, most of them from Lesotho, still trapped in the South African mine where 86 others have been confirmed dead...
Thaba-Tseka village thrown into mourning
THABA-TSEKA – The people of Ha-Noko village in Thaba-Tseka are grieving. Nine men from the village were among the 86 people who perished in the...
Smell of death wafts through Welkom mine
WELKOM – The smell of death wafts through the air around the Welkom Government Mortuary. It is in this morgue where 86 died bodies of...
Maope calls for judicial inspectors
MASERU – Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) leader, Advocate Kelebone Maope, last Thursday called for the setting up of a judicial inspectorate to monitor the work...
Troubled MKM seeks to quash court proceedings
MASERU — The troubled MKM is making moves to get court proceedings suspended pending finalisation of depositors’ payout deal negotiations between the firm and the...
Youths need guidance
AS I SEE IT THERE is a Sesotho proverb that says: Thupa e otlolloa esale metsi. Loosely translated this means a branch of a tree...
LCD youth want ministers sacked
MASERU — The youth league of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party on Saturday petitioned Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to reshuffle his cabinet...
Blue Financial Services sees red over cash flow
MASERU — Blue Financial Services, one of Lesotho’s biggest money lenders, is facing serious cash flow problems that have forced it to delay disbursing loans...
What the hell is this IFMIS?
Bottoms Up with Bacchus JUST what is this IFMIS animal that has caused so much pandemonium in our drinking halls? Of late Bacchus has been...
But you love the dude . . . really?
Steaming It Off THE ratio of men to women is somewhere in the region of one to five here in our little village. However, this...
Oral health and hygiene critical
Doctor’s Corner LAST week we looked at “bad breath” and how to control it. Now we turn to another hot topic of dental and social...
Lioli, LCS clash over Champions League spot
MASERU — Newly crowned Buddie Premier League champions Lioli are on a collision course with their predecessors, LCS, over the right to represent Lesotho in...