Passenger dies, 8 injured as mini bus rams into wall
MASERU — One person died and eight others were seriously injured after a minibus taxi they were travelling in crushed into a wall at Maseru...
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Lesotho receives M116m for health, education
MASERU — Lesotho has received more than M116 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve education and health services. The agreement was signed...
Towards a developmental Sacu
Last month the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) had what newspapers called a “near death experience” when members agreed to reject a Sacu report and...
Understanding tourism from economic perspective
It is well documented that tourism has become a buzz word in development seminars and conferences across the developing world as it has been recognised...
Glass ceiling: myth or fact?
“When you look at talent, look for a track record of success, not just the most recent success.” — Cathie Black, Hearst Magazines MENTION of...
The evil that men, women do
THE 32-year-old man who killed 77 of his fellow citizens in Norway early this month would have been four years old when I paid my...
Tycoons in nasty fallout
MASERU — A local tycoon is suing his business partner for allegedly hiring four ex-soldiers to assassinate him. In papers filed with the High Court...
Coup plot suspect dies
MASERU — One of the nine men on trial for the April 2009 failed coup and attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has died....
Opposition sharply divided
MASERU – Lesotho’s voters’ roll, which is said to be inflated by over a 100 000 ghost voters, has left opposition parties sharply divided. A...
The law is an ass
Scrutator is no legal fundi and has no reason to pretend to be one. But when she read a recent judgment in a murder case...
Fresh twist to MKM rentals case
MASERU — The High Court this week dismissed an application by MKM provisional liquidators to ask the registrar of the High Court to keep rentals...
Police officer arrested for killing famo artist
MASERU — A police officer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing a famo musician in Mohale’s Hoek last year. Makhaula Hlakane, 35, was gunned...
Dairy farmers to sue firm over payment
MASERU — The Lesotho Dairy Products (LDP) is allegedly in financial doldrums which has seen it fail to pay dairy farmers over the past two...
Former soldier gets 8 years for murder
MASERU — A former soldier who killed his wife’s alleged lover after he found the two in a compromising position at a local lodge was...
54 prisoners freed
MASERU — Fifty-four prisoners in Lesotho’s jails were set free on Monday in a general amnesty. The prisoners were granted amnesty by King Letsie III...
15 percent of children out of school
MASERU — Education Minister ‘Mamphono Khaketla says 15 percent of children of primary school-going age are out of school. According to government regulations children aged...
True reconciliation the only way for Lesotho
WHEN I was still a young pupil at Iketsetseng Primary School, there used to be a slot in the school timetable after the “morning prayer”...
Networks and e-commerce in Lesotho
GLOBALISATION brings new challenges, problems and solutions in an economy. The world at large is rapidly changing from an industrial economy to a networked economy....
August is for women: ILO
“It’s not about women – but about job creation and poverty reduction.” — Mahlapane Fana ILO/WEDGE THERE is a definite push for the advancement of...
More than skokiaan ties us to SA
SKOKIAAN is so profoundly Afrikaans there can be no doubt that it originated with the language of the Afrikaner, who failed to create a country...
Let us get rid of toxins in our lives
SOMEHOW, one way or the other we find ourselves in situations we rather should have been spared from! It is sad, but the hard truth...
26 Chinese deported
MASERU — Twenty-six Chinese nationals were this week detained at the Moshoeshoe I Airport for two days after they landed in Lesotho without proper documentation....
ID tender hits another snag
MASERU — The multi-million dollar identity document (ID) cards tender is in jeopardy once again. The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Lesotho has suspended the adjudication...
Mosisili in mini cabinet shake-up
MASERU — Ramootsi Lehata, who as assistant agriculture minister admitted owing millions of maloti to the government’s block farming scheme, has been promoted to become...
I told you so . . .
Each time Scrutator has criticised the National University of Lesotho (NUL) teachers, alumni, students and the like have ganged-up to pelt her with vitriolic comments....
Ex-female soldier sues LDF for M2 million
MASERU — A former female soldier is suing the commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) and the Minister of Defence for M2 million after...
Siverts blames indiscipline for high failure rate
ROMA — Professor Sharon Siverts, the National University of Lesotho (NUL) Vice-Chancellor, has blamed staff indiscipline for the “higher than normal failure rate”. Siverts made...
Vice-chancellor says hopes strike won’t go ahead
ROMA — Professor Sharon Siverts says she hopes the Lesotho University Teachers and Researchers Union (Lutaru) will cancel their strike planned for next month and...
NUL owes M34 million to staff
ROMA — National University of Lesotho (NUL) Vice-Chancellor Professor Sharon Siverts says the university owes M34 million worth of leave days to its nearly 2...
Voters’ roll inflated by 100 000
MASERU — Lesotho’s voters’ roll is currently inflated by over 110 000 voters due to failure to clean the register regularly. In a report titled,...