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Letseng set to meet target
MASERU — Letseng Diamonds chief executive officer, `Manthethe Maharasoa, says the mine is on course to meet its annual target of recovering 100 000 carats...
‘Textile industry faces uncertain future’
MASERU — The textile sector is in distress and needs urgent export incentives to remain competitive, CGM chief executive officer Madhav Dalvi has said. In...
Seema joins Black Aces
MASERU — Lesotho captain Lehlohonolo Seema has secured a one-year loan move to South African Premier League side Mpumalanga Black Aces. Seema’s future at South...
‘Lesotho improving’
MASERU — An English Football Association (FA) official says the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) is on the right track in its efforts to develop local...
Workshop participants in a flap over T-shirts
MASERU — In an embarrassing episode for local football, some participants at an administration course were upset when they were told they would not get...
Coach upbeat ahead of youth qualifier
MASERU — Lesotho Under-20 national team coach, Leslie Notsi, says his charges are ready to take the bull by the horns when they face South...
Vodacom promises ‘better’ tourney
MASERU — This year’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular knockout competition will be bigger and better. This is the promise that’s been made by Vodacom Lesotho, and...
Football league starts in August
MASERU — The Vodacom Premier League will start on August 21, the Lesotho Football Association’s (Lefa) acting chief executive officer Mokhosi Mohapi has revealed. The...
Bail out MKM: judge
MASERU — A senior High Court judge says efforts by the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) to liquidate MKM through the courts must be stayed...
High Court registrar under siege
MASERU — The registrar of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, ‘Mathato Sekaoi, is under siege from her juniors who accuse her of...
. . . but Sekoai says allegations are false
MASERU — The registrar of the High Court and the Court of Appeal ‘Mathato Sekoai says allegations made by her deputy are not true. She...
Opposition MPs call for Lehohla’s ouster
MASERU — Five opposition MPs yesterday marched in Maseru to demand the removal of Lesao Lehohla as home affairs minister. The MPs accused Lehohla, who...
More trouble for radio presenter
MASERU — Veteran Radio Lesotho presenter Motlatsi Ncholu’s troubles are not yet over as the prosecution has filed court papers in the High Court in...
Factionalism splits LCD youth league
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league will hold a conference to elect new leaders next month amid serious factional fights...
Clarify policy on student loans
WE are grateful that the government has reversed its decision and granted loan-bursaries to all categories of deserving students wishing to receive tertiary education. However,...
Mosisili to attend Sacu summit
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is expected in Pretoria, South Africa, today to attend a two-day meeting of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu)...
Lesotho loses out on World Cup extravaganza
MASERU — The World Cup has come and gone. The football tournament had promised so much, but delivered so little for Lesotho. A week after...
Matete quits Majantja
MASERU — Majantja FC president Sello Matete has parted ways with the relegated side after falling out with the club’s management. The veteran football administrator,...
Premier League forces clubs to pay up
MASERU — All Vodacom Premier League teams will not receive their prize monies for last season in full, the Lesotho Times can reveal. The teams...
Can Maduma survive?
MASERU — By the time Maduma kick off their first-ever Vodacom Premier League adventure at the end of August, their name will probably already be...
Lioli target LCS playmaker, Nyenye Rovers pair
MASERU — Lioli have targeted the Nyenye Rovers duo of winger Montoeli Senopo and goalkeeper Baholo Sefatsa as the former league champions seek to strengthen...
Sebata joins Mpumalanga Black Aces
MASERU — A local radio sports presenter, Lebohang Maketa, has joined South African Premier League side Mpumalanga Black Aces as the team’s office manager. Maketa,...
MKM splits government
MASERU — Sharp differences have emerged between the cabinet and the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) over how thousands of depositors with money locked up...
‘Open criminal case’
MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) wants the directors of the troubled MKM and the now defunct Millennium Goal Society to face criminal...
BAC blasts anti-corruption body
MASERU — The opposition Basutoland African Congress (BAC) party wants the director-general of the anti-corruption directorate, Leshoele Thoahlane, to resign. The BAC accused Thoahlane of...
Mohaleroe, son ordered to return LMPTC money
MASERU — The Commercial Court has ordered a local lawyer to demand every cent received and spent by Makhoabe Mohaleroe and his son Pule Mohaleroe...
Man kills self after girlfriend cheats
MAFETENG — A 32-year-old Mafeteng man shot himself to death after he found his 23-year-old girlfriend in bed with another man last Saturday. Police spokesman...
Prisoner found dead
MASERU — A 25-year-old prisoner was found dead in his cell at Leribe police station last Tuesday morning. The man, whose name was not revealed...
Volunteer sexually assaulted
MASERU — A 26-year-old Maseru man who is facing charges of sexually assaulting and robbing an American Peace Corps volunteer was this week denied bail...