Shake-up in Lesotho Defence Force
MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Major General Phatoli Lekanyane retired on Thursday after serving in the army for 28 years. He was replaced...
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Education interventions should be wide-ranging
LESOTHO is one of a few low income sub-Saharan African countries whose high level of commitment to education is matched by equally high levels of...
Youths should go and register to vote for a better future
WITH a general election set for May 26 I would like to urge all Basotho youths to go and register to enable them to cast...
Women’s role in consumerism
“Believing that you can do something to make things better, you do something, rather than nothing” — June Jordan It’s International Women’s Day today! ...
An honest politician – ice in hell
IT’S the ultimate cynicism — believing that the existence anywhere in this world of an honest politician is belief in the existence of ice in...
Army boss replaced
MASERU — The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Major General Phatoli Lekanyane is expected to be replaced as army boss today, barely seven months after...
Deputy Speaker says DC government is illegal
MASERU — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane says the Democratic Congress (DC) government formed by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on February 28 is unconstitutional....
King to dissolve parliament
MASERU — King Letsie III is expected to officially dissolve parliament today to pave way for a general election on May 26. In a statement...
Pick from the rot
S O here we go again. The season of half-truths and outright lies is upon us. Phew! The stench of the horrible lies that office...
Israeli firm awarded ID tender
MASERU — The government has awarded a lucrative ID tender to an Israeli firm barely a week after it was cancelled under questionable circumstances, the...
Motanyane speaks out against DC government
MASERU — Speaking truth to power. This has been Sephiri Motanyane’s mission during an illustrious political career spanning nearly five decades. Motanyane, 74, whose political...
Judge’s clerk in hot water over letter
MASERU — A High Court judge’s clerk is in hot water for questioning the suitability of an Australian judge seconded by the Commonwealth to Lesotho....
New political party launched
MASERU — Businessman Mohau Thakaso on Tuesday launched Lesotho’s 25th political party that he says will fight to empower Basotho-owned businesses. The Whitehorse Party (WP),...
‘Chief Justice overstepped his authority’
MASERU — The High Court on Tuesday ruled that Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla overstepped his authority when he appointed the registrar and deputy registrar to...
Security guard shot dead
MASERU — Police say they are looking for three armed men who allegedly shot dead a security guard before robbing him of M185 000 at...
Ritual killings: Basotho fight to shake off old practice
MASERU — The mutilated remains of a 70-year-old woman were found dumped in a ditch in Ha-Leqele last week plunging the nation into yet another...
Sex offender slapped with jail-time
MASERU — A man who approached two women who were walking to church and demanded to have sex with them was on Monday sentenced to...
Students go on the rampage over fees
MASERU — Students at Mt Tabor High School in Mafeteng went on the rampage last week accusing the school authorities of inflating tuition and book...
Who is to blame?
It is an undeniable fact that Lesotho is experiencing economic, social and political regression as manifested by an assortment of ills whose combined weight, breadth...
Time management is paramount to success
TIME is constantly on the move. Once wasted, it can never be regained. Leaders have limited time and frequently have time controlling it, for time...
Time to act against religious extremists
RELIGION has been taken more or less seriously since creation itself. But there have also developed pockets of atheism all over the world. The scepticism...
‘Arrest Mosisili’
MASERU — Opposition parties say Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili and Parliament Speaker Ntlhoi Motsamai should be arrested and face trial for toppling the Lesotho Congress...
DC bows to pressure, ditches cross, adopts pot
MASERU — The ruling Democratic Congress (DC) party this week bowed to pressure from the church when it ditched its symbol of the cross. The...
From the cross to the pot
S crutator didn’t know Christians in Lesotho, divided as they are, could form such a united front until the newly formed Democratic Congress (DC) tried...
‘A coalition of the wounded’
MASERU — The newly formed Democratic Congress (DC) is a coalition of the wounded who will find it difficult to garner votes in this year’s...
70-year-old granny dies in suspected ritual murder
MASERU — Police are investigating the death of a 78-year-old woman who they suspect was killed for ritual purposes. The woman’s mutilated body was found...
We do not recognise Mosisili, says opposition
MASERU — Opposition political parties on Tuesday told the Sadc Electoral Advisory Council (Seac) that they do not recognise Pakalitha Mosisili as Lesotho’s prime minister...
Sekoai lands deputy PS’ post
MASERU — Former High Court and Court of Appeal Registrar Mathato Sekoai has been appointed deputy principal secretary in the justice ministry. Magistrates who had...
Lesotho Steel Products scoops top quality award
MASERU — Lesotho Steel Products (LSP) was on Tuesday named the Southern African Company of the Year in a national quality competition run by the...
Bill gives greenlight for MPs’ pay review
MASERU — A Bill that seeks to allow MPs to be paid their salaries after the dissolution of parliament was unanimously passed on Tuesday. The...