Arsenal slip up
MASERU — Arsenal suffered a potentially fatal blow in their bid to gain promotion to the Premier League when they were shocked 2-1 at home...
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Farming scandal
Block farmers fail to repay M74m loan MASERU — More than 100 block farmers have not repaid the government-guaranteed loans they received from a...
Malie seethes over block farmers
MASERU — Former trade minister Mpho Malie is breathing fire over the embezzlement of state funds by block farmers. Malie, who resigned from the government...
Leribe farmers defy odds
LERIBE — They might have failed to pay back their government-guaranteed loans but some farmers still believe all is not lost for block farming. This...
Parly snubs Ombudsman’s recommendation
MASERU — A parliamentary committee has thrown out a recommendation by the Ombudsman to force the Bureau of Statistics to reinstate a trainee woman who...
Fix constitution, electoral law: Sadc
MASERU — A troika of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has called for the adoption of a roadmap that will see Lesotho amend the...
Cop guilty of murder
MASERU — Trooper Mothobi Moholi’s 17-year career as a police officer came to a screeching halt on Monday. Moholi was in court to answer a...
Measles outbreak kills 7 in Quthing
MASERU — A measles outbreak has killed seven children in Quthing district over the past month, the Ministry of Health said this week. There were...
Poverty reduction: where’s the proof?
On February 12, 2010, Minister of Finance and Development Planning Honourable Timothy Thahane delivered his annual National Budget to Parliament. One of the most contentious...
Intelserve got story on Chief Justice wrong
THIS letter is in response to an article which appeared on the Intelserv website written by Thulo Hoeane and Ntebaleng Matsie which was titled “Lawyer...
‘Dynamic private sector key to economic growth’
MASERU — The principal secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Co-operatives and Marketing, Teleko Ramotšoari, has said a dynamic private sector holds the...
LRA takes awareness drive to schools
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Ministry of Education and Training will hold a school debating competition as part of an information...
Red card for Pitso
MASERU — The Premier League has all but banned Matlama from using Pitso Ground as their home for high-profile matches following last month’s violence at...
Botswana team snaps up local player
MASERU — Lehlomela Ramabele, first division side Mabeoana’s top marksman, has been snapped up by Botswana Premier League team Botswana Defence Force XI on a...
Title race too close to call
MAFETENG — With the top fives sides separated by just six points, even a sangoma would have trouble predicting the destination of the M100 000...
Top Mount shelved
MASERU – The popular Top Mount Inter-District Competition has been shelved after district football associations failed to submit their financial reports for last year’s tournament...
Windfall for torture
MASERU — The High Court on Monday awarded M110 010 in damages to a Maseru woman who was tortured by the police while in detention...
Ministry fails to supply books
MASERU — The Ministry of Education and Training has failed to supply stationery to government-owned primary schools. Most of the schools have not received books,...
C-River workers blast ‘slow’ liquidator
MASERU — Former employees of C-River, a Taiwanese owned textile firm that went bust three years ago, are up in arms against the liquidator of...
BNP fight spills into parliament
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Metsing Lekhanya says his party will challenge a clause of the constitution of Lesotho allowing Seabata Thabisi to...
Party youth leagues blast national budget
MASERU — Youth leagues of the country’s opposition parties say they are not happy that the budget presented last Friday failed to address serious problems...
Parties to make up new youth council
MASERU — The proposed National Youth Council (NYC) will be made up of three youths from leading political parties, two of whom shall be nominated...
Acquitted school principal demands compensation
MASERU — A former acting school principal at Sekonyela High School in Mokhotlong who was accused but acquitted of embezzling funds is now demanding M100...
Top soldier in trouble over 2007 misconduct
MASERU — An army captain with the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Lehloa Ramot’so, was last Wednesday court-martialled for violating the Lesotho Defence Force Act, 1996....
High hopes, low pay
MASERU — When ‘Malerato Masupha graduated with a diploma in education in 1980, she thought she had finally kissed poverty goodbye. Back then in the...
Homosexuals: a matter of morality not legality
Since time immemorial there has always been a clear distinction between conduct that is deemed morally correct and that which is morally repugnant. However, this...
Thahane should tackle incompetence at the top
THE Pragmatic Lesotho Public Employees Association (PALPE) is appalled by the government’s persistent disregard of the role played by civil servants. The decision by the...
Replay order encourages hooliganism
SO, the chickens have come home to roost. Even before the ink had dried on this writer’s correspondence regarding the Matlama-Lioli debacle, the bully boys...
Be careful with the deficit, Mr Minister
THE role of fiscal and monetary policies during recessions has been explored over the years. These policies are used to counter the effects of shrinking...
Alcohol banned
MASERU — The consumption of alcohol at all Vodacom Premier League matches has been banned with immediate effect following the violent conduct that has marred...