Law to boost women’s seats in local councils
MASERU — Local Government Minister Ponts’o Sekatle this week proposed amendments to the Local Government Elections Act (1998) and the Local Government Act (1997) to...
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Policeman up for graft
MASERU — A Maseru police constable appeared in court on Monday to answer charges of corruption. Constable Mokhitlinyane Mokiti, 47, is alleged to have solicited...
All Basotho set to have IDs
MASERU — The National Identity Cards Bill 2010 which seeks to document all people living in Lesotho was read in parliament for the first time...
Post office boss sues police for torture
MASERU — A post office manager has filed a M200 000 lawsuit against the police for torture, unlawful arrest and detention. Taele Mohale, who is...
Limkokwing students strike
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — Limkokwing University students yesterday went on strike protesting against what they called “bad management and poor services”. The strike started...
Hard times need hard choices
LIVING on a wing and a prayer is by all means not an option for Lesotho. If we can use history to predict the future,...
Private sector calls for support
MASERU — The Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho says the government must create a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive. The foundation’s executive...
Doping tests ditched
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) has ditched plans to have all Premier League and first division players undergo compulsory medical and doping tests....
Lioli coach pins hopes on Congo
MASERU — Lioli coach Halemakale Mahlaha hopes playmaker Malebanye Ramoabi will continue his fine early season form when Tse Nala travel to Ratjomose to face...
Bahlabani left to lick wounds after defeat
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17s were left to rue a disastrous home performance after their valiant outing in Cameroon proved not enough to see them through...
Matlama loss reignites rift talk
MASERU — Lerotholi playmaker Lebohang Molaoli is this week a hero among Lihale fans after scoring the goal that downed champions Matlama on the opening...
DJ sues police
MASERU — A former radio presenter, ’Machabeli Moiloa, is suing the police for M4 million for the torture she allegedly suffered while in police custody...
Hotel owner not in prison
IN last week’s issue of the Lesotho Times, we carried a story headlined “Hotel boss jailed”. The story said a local businessman, Tumo Tlelai, had...
Bakery boss kidnapped, shot dead
MASERU — The managing director of Sun Bakery, Thabo Phohleli, was shot dead a few hours after he was kidnapped from his home by armed...
ABC youth league under fire
MASERU — Pitso Maisa, the All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP for Motimposo, wants the party’s national youth committee disbanded because it is believed to be...
Parties dismiss Mokoku report
MASERU — Lesotho opposition parties on Tuesday distanced themselves from a report that was presented to Sadc leaders at a summit held in Windhoek, Namibia,...
Volunteer shot dead
MASERU — An American Peace Corps volunteer, Thomas Maresco, 24, was fatally shot in Maseru on last Friday. Acting police spokesperson, Lekhotla Mokete, confirmed the...
Billy pledges to fight wage board
MASERU — Trade unionist and politician Macaefa Billy says he wants to fight the Wages Advisory Board for serving the interests of employers and not...
Factory boss shoots at union leaders
MASERU — A senior manager at a Maputsoe-based textile factory last week allegedly shot at two senior Factory Workers Union (Fawu) executives who tried to...
LPMTC allies turn against each other
MASERU — The battle for the troubled Lesotho Public Motor Transport Company (LPMTC) reached boiling point last week amidst allegations that a trustee of the...
Metropolitan posts impressive financial results
MASERU — Insurance giant, Metropolitan Lesotho, says it posted impressive financial results for the first six months of this year. Metropolitan Lesotho managing director Nkau...
Maluti Mountain Brewery scoops top awards
MASERU — Maluti Mountain Brewery last Wednesday won the top Castle Lager quality award at the SABMiller Africa technical directors’ conference held in Durban, South...
Netball team thrashed
MASERU — Lesotho’s netballers were this week reminded of the gulf in class between them and the rest of Africa when they were thrashed at...
Tata bounces back
MASERU — Vodacom Premier League champions Matlama have reinstated Ntebele Taole as head coach, ending speculation over his future with the club. Taole, affectionately known...
Premier League kicks off on Saturday
MASERU — The Vodacom Premier League finally roars into life this Saturday with Likhopo kicking off the campaign against LCS in the first match of...
Tlelai locked up for contempt of court
MASERU — A prominent Maseru businessman, Tumo Tlelai, was yesterday sentenced to 30 days in prison for contempt of court. Tlelai, who owns Victoria Hotel,...
The case that sank the boss
MASERU — At the centre of the case are allegations that Tlelai illegally occupied a piece of land on which he was quarrying atop the...
Lawyers to sue insurance firm
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho is planning to sue a legal services insurance company, the Lawyer’s Voice, for allegedly operating an illegal insurance...
Maseru photographers clash
MASERU — Two photographers’ associations are embroiled in a fight over who should be operating from the new passport offices in Maseru. Members of the...
LCD youth league elects leaders
MASERU — Mosala Mojakisane last weekend easily retained the presidency of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league ending a protracted turf war...