NUL to cut student intake
MASERU — Government will this year drastically cut down on the number of students to be sponsored for studies at the National University of Lesotho...
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‘Postpone local government elections’
MASERU — Opposition political parties yesterday said they wanted the local government elections scheduled for September 10 postponed because preparations are behind schedule. Speaking at...
‘Punish incompetent accounting officers’
MASERU — MPs want principal secretaries and chief accounting officers that approved supplementary estimates for the 2006/2007 fiscal year without following proper procedure to appear...
Let the looting begin
T wo events in recent weeks are enough to illustrate that we have sunk to unacceptable levels of immorality as a country. First, there was...
PM calls for new law on chieftainship
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has called on the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) women’s league to work hard to change the law that...
Police probe Quthing mining firm
MASERU — The police are investigating a brick moulding company in Quthing after two of its employees died on May 23 when a sand concave...
Anti-graft consultations kick off
MASERU — An international consultancy firm hired by government to help re-define Lesotho’s anti-corruption strategy started consultations with various groupings this week. De Speville and...
Women who love too much
“You will need to learn to live without all the excitement of the heated battles, those time-consuming, energy-draining dramas in which you’ve been co-starring.” That...
Next, the African Awakening?
AFRICANS who had come of age by 1957, when Ghana became independent, will be wondering if there will ever be an “African Awakening” in the...
‘Sekhamane not so clean’
MASERU — A witness in an internal probe into corruption in Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s office has alleged that the government secretary Tlohang Sekhamane (pictured)...
Experts say MKM battle has just begun
MASERU — Last week’s High Court judgment to liquidate MKM might have brought relief to thousands of people but for the liquidators the battle has...
MKM seeks stay of execution
MASERU — MKM lawyers say they have applied for a stay of execution of acting High Court judge John ’Musi’s May 18 judgment to liquidate...
Basotho Shield gutted by fire
MASERU — The iconic Basotho Shield, Maseru’s key tourism information centre, was burnt to ashes in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The burning of...
‘Punish MPs who dodge Parliament’
MASERU — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane says MPs who go AWOL should be punished. Motanyane made the remarks last Friday after complaining the...
Lesotho set to get more aid from Ireland
MASERU – Lesotho will get more aid from Ireland to help Basotho entrepreneurs diversify their products on the international markets under a pact signed on...
Student leader told to shut up
MASERU — Controversial Limkokwing University student leader Moeketsi Pholo has been banned from speaking to the media for seven months. The Limkokwing Students’ Representatives Council...
Jealous hubby kills wife
MASERU — A 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death in Thetsane last Sunday after accusing her of infidelity, police have said. Police spokesperson...
Makhakhe’s shenanigan
T he next time you meet Kubutu Makhakhe, the principal secretary for administration in the prime minister’s office, remember to look out for a mischievous...
Accountant implicated in arson attack
MASERU — An accountant in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport paid an accomplice M6 000 to start the fire that gutted down two...
We were never told about extradition: suspect
MASERU — One of the suspects accused of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in April 2009 told the High Court on Friday that...
Judgment Day ends with whimper
MASERU — Last Saturday was meant to be doomsday. Jesus was going to come from heaven and the dead were going to be resurrected for...
There is value in all forms of knowledge
FINANCE Minister Timothy Thahane recently visited the National University of Lesotho (NUL) to speak about the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). In his speech, Thahane told students...
CCTV and right to privacy
SOMETIME this year Basotho will elect their representatives in the Local Government Elections. They will also elect their representatives in the National Assembly next year....
‘Phaphamang basali!’ says ILO
“Women Arise!” That’s the slogan of the upcoming International Labour Organisation (ILO) “Month of the Woman Entrepreneur” (MOWE) seminar to be held in August in...
Western development model falls flat in Africa
The World Economic Forum (WEF), like similar institutions and forums, is fascinating in many respects. The same goes for the WEF on Africa, which met...
Africa’s leadership crisis
IN this month, when we commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, South Africa held fairly free and fair local government elections....
When cellphones are in wrong hands
EISH, cellular phones can be a nuisance, especially when used by the wrong minds. These contraptions can turn good people bad…serious! People do not mind...
It’s pay back time for MKM
MASERU — The High Court has ruled that MKM should be liquidated and its assets sold to pay back 400 000 Basotho who invested in...
Fresh twist to coup plot suspects trial
MASERU — The trial of seven men who allegedly attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in 2009 took a new twist in the High...
Judge’s sister shot
MASERU — High Court judge Justice Nthomeng Majara escaped death by a whisker on Saturday night when her younger sister, who was in her company,...