High Court to hear Limkokwing SRC case
MASERU — The High Court is today expected to hear an application by students seeking to force authorities at Limkonkwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT)...
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Irate son fatally assaults mum’s boyfriend
MASERU — A 26-year-old man from Ha-Khoeli in Berea two weeks ago handed himself to the police after he battered to death a man he...
Ntsie’s lawyer cautioned
MASERU — A High Court judge on Tuesday told a defence lawyer representing Habofanoe Ntsie to stick to the murder trial before court and not...
Six-year-old girl raped, strangled
MASERU — A six-year-old girl from Ha-Ngoatonyane in Mazenod was raped and later found strangled two weeks ago. A 16-year-old suspect has been arrested in...
Billy ouster puts ABC in cash fix
MASERU — The main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party is facing a serious cash crunch. The party has been unable to withdraw funds from...
Back to the drawing board
MASERU — It was launched amid pomp and fanfare. It was hailed as a panacea to Lesotho’s human resources woes. The launch of Limkokwing University...
UNDP throws life line to rural business
MASERU — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of Lesotho last Thursday launched the Support for Financial Inclusion in Lesotho (SUFIL) project...
Inflation rate falls to 3.4%
MASERU — Lesotho’s annual inflation rate dropped to 3.4 percent in July down from 3.8 percent the previous month, according to the latest figures released...
Shame Games
MASERU — Lesotho will try to focus on competing at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi despite the messy run-up to the sporting extravaganza for...
Lioli score
MASERU — Lioli players will be smiling all the way to the bank tomorrow when they become the first footballers in the history of the...
Maduma prove they’re no fluke
MASERU — Nil-all going into the last 10 minutes with the champions attacking zealously and a crowd baying for blood, it looked a classic scene...
PM’s office overspends
MASERU — The Prime Minister’s office overshot its budget for 2005/6 by a whooping M8 million. The previous year the same office had overspent by...
Highlights of the PAC report
Ministry of Finance The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the ministry had a deficit on Capital Account of M445 257 000. The report said there...
PR seats report to be amended
MASERU — The Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) report tabled before a Sadc summit in Windhoek, Namibia, is set to be modified, the Lesotho Times...
Billy gets the boot
MASERU — The main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party yesterday officially sacked its secretary-general Macaefa Billy. Billy received his dismissal letter at around 10am...
Maseru woman sued for adultery
MASERU — A Mauritian woman is suing a Mosotho woman for having an adulterous affair with her husband. Anita Fiard is seeking damages of M500...
Another famo singer killed
MAFETENG — Another famo artist was shot dead last Sunday night. Lehlohonolo Senone, 24, was fatally shot at his home in Mafeteng by unknown gunmen....
Defamation ruling postponed
MASERU — The High Court on Monday postponed judgment in a case in which a former National University of Lesotho (NUL) pro-vice-chancellor is suing Public...
Teachers accuse education official of blocking aid
MASERU — Teachers at a primary school near Thetsane are up in arms against the school’s administrator for allegedly failing to repair classrooms that were...
Kidnappers appeal against conviction
MASERU — Two women who were last month slapped with 15-year jail terms for kidnapping a baby this week appealed for bail in a fresh...
The scramble for passengers
MASERU — When it was all done a taxi owner had been stabbed by a screwdriver and his car had been rammed into. He had...
Bedco mulls economic clusters
MASERU — The Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (Bedco) says it plans to introduce economic clusters to provide access to markets for small, micro and medium...
Brewery donates to Wasa
MASERU — Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB) last Friday presented M97 000 to two local institutions for the improvement of water supply services as well as...
Makoanyane XI face Kenya
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-20 coach Leslie Notši believes an away goal will be crucial when Makoanyane XI face Kenya in their crunch Caf Under-20 Championship...
Lesotho refs dismally fail Fifa tests
MASERU — Fifa instructors in the country for a refereeing workshop are disappointed after half of the local match officials who turned up for the...
Former Rovers coach joins Lioli
MASERU — Former Rovers coach Thabo Thite has joined Lioli as the club’s assistant coach. Tse Nala’s technical team was depleted last month when their...
Opposition in turmoil
MASERU — Lesotho’s opposition movement has been rocked by divisions over strategies on how to confront the government on the proportional representation (PR) seats issue....
Another LHWP boss faces jail
MASERU — Another top representative to the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) is facing jail for alleged corruption, forgery, fraud and theft. The commission oversees...
Joy FM licence suspended
MASERU — The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) has suspended the broadcasting licence for local radio station Joy FM for three months starting Tuesday for alleged...
Parties slam Mokuku report
MASERU — Opposition parties say the report the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) released this week on its mediating efforts on the dispute over the...