Son kills father in land dispute
MASERU — A 40-year-old man from Masianokeng appeared in the High Court this week to answer a charge of killing his father in a dispute...
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Climate change: Lesotho feels the heat
MASERU — The Lesotho Meteorology Services (LMS) says the country must urgently come up with a policy to tackle challenges posed by the effects of...
Politicians pray for peaceful poll
MASERU — Lesotho’s political party leaders met on Monday for a prayer meeting where they implored God to unify the Basotho nation during the upcoming...
4+1: a menace to Basotho
A BRILLIANT idea that was meant to bring convenience to commuters has now turned into a menace for Basotho in a few years. I am...
Wisdom from the mouths of men
“It is really you who are passing, going down the drain every moment. And you go on thinking it is time that is passing, as...
Era of soul-less leaders
IN a far-off land, but in this galaxy, and only in the twentieth century, the president of an African country was asked for an interview...
LRA raids CGM
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) on Monday raided China Garments Manufacturers (CGM)’s offices as the net closed in on the company that is...
Cash-strapped teenage mother pawns new-born baby to stranger
MASERU — A desperate teenage mother allegedly gave her newly born baby to a stranger who had offered to pay her hospital bills. The two...
Books can’t bite you
I F you drive into the village of Morija you will find an old building with the words “Erotic Salon” or something along those lines...
Whistleblower kicked out
MASERU — A whistleblower who was about to spill the beans on China Garment Manufacturers (CGM)’s alleged fraud and tax evasion was deported under controversial...
Forced leave for LNDC top brass
MASERU — The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) board this week sent all members of the executive committee that comprise of heads of divisions on...
Opposition youths want Mosisili arrested
MASERU — Opposition party youth leagues say Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should be charged for addressing a Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) rally in January...
Yet another ‘Mosotho man’ nabbed in India
MASERU — A 29-year-old man identified as a Lesotho national was arrested in India last week after he was allegedly found in possession of drugs....
Metsing snubs LCD caucus meetings
MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) secretary general Mothetjoa Metsing threw the embattled party into further chaos when he allegedly snubbed two party caucus...
Civil servants embroiled in row with accountant
MASERU — Civil servants who are locked in a dispute with some moneylenders over exorbitant interest rates have accused the accountant appointed to recalculate their...
High Court overturns sex assault verdict
MASERU — The High Court has overturned a judgment by a Maseru magistrate who acquitted a man who was facing charges of sexual assault and...
Magistrates’ strike stalls cops’ graft case
MASERU — Proceedings to commit four senior police officers who are facing charges of corruption to the High Court failed to take place yesterday due...
LMPS launches ‘Roving Courts’ in crackdown on corrupt officers
MASERU — The Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) says it is launching “Roving Courts” to speed up investigations into cases involving police and weed itself of...
Witnesses fail to pitch up
MASERU — The trial of eight men who are charged with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili two years ago was postponed to today...
Leaders are not just politicians
In my various researches for this column over the last few months I must say I have learned quite a lot not only about Lesotho...
Gender Challenge Fund launched
“There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband,...
Why we need a sex revolution
THERE is a rather horrifying story of a seasoned broadcaster in newly-independent Zambia committing suicide. He was hardly into his mid-40s, a good broadcaster in...
Metsing chickens out
MASERU — A motion by opposition political leaders to pass a no confidence vote against Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili collapsed in spectacular fashion in parliament...
Opposition hits out at Metsing
MASERU — Opposition party leaders say they are shocked that the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)’s secretary general, Mothetjoa Metsing, chickened out of their...
A pathetic plan and prattle
O NCE again our dimwitted opposition has been outthought, outmaneuvered and outshone by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), a party with a big body...
Judges boycott court cases
MASERU –— The crisis at the High Court deepened this week after judges told the chief justice they will not be hearing cases until he...
Chief justice must be removed, says Law Society president
MASERU — Law Society of Lesotho president Zwelakhe Mda says Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla should be removed for failing to manage the country’s judiciary. Mda...
Students beaten to death
MASERU — Two first-year Lerotholi Polytechnic students were beaten to death during an initiation ceremony for newcomers on Saturday. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha confirmed that...
Nationwide stay-away cancelled
MASERU — A nationwide strike scheduled for yesterday was cancelled on Tuesday after the government pledged to look into the coalition’s grievances. The strike was...
Wife shot dead in place of absent husband
MASERU — They came looking for her husband. But when they could not find him, they turned their guns on his wife. The 38-year-old woman...