Cosafa tourney delayed
MASERU –– The COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup once again faces an uncertain future following Zimbabwe’s withdrawal of its offer to host the tournament yesterday. The...
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Zavisa losing sleep over foreign-based players
MASERU –– Likuena coach Zavisa Milosavljevic has lamented the constant absence of his foreign-based stars –– captain Lehlohonolo Seema, Bokang Mothoana and Moitheri Ntobo. All...
Bandits tricked
‘Mozambican’s promised World Cup jobs’ MASERU — Some of the attackers involved in the failed assassination attempt against Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili were Mozambican ex-soldiers...
Sunday Express hits the streets this weekend
MASERU — Lesotho’s only Sunday paper hits the streets this weekend, heralding a new era for the country’s nascent media industry. The Sunday Express will...
Firms drag police to court
MASERU –– Two local firms are suing the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs for awarding a contract to supply...
PR seats talks put on hold
MASERU –– The talks to resolve the dispute between government and the opposition over proportional representation seats were postponed yesterday after the mediator said he...
The poor cry foul over new payment system
MASERU — ‘Maretsélisitsoe Lethata (pictured) is a desperate woman. Her debts are mounting and those that she owes are baying for her blood. “The...
Security guards sentenced
QUTHING — Two security guards who barred patients from entering a government clinic were last week slapped with five-year jail terms each or pay a...
Man faces murder charges
MASERU — A Maseru man, Nkoli Malia, appeared in the High Court last week to answer charges of murder and attempted murder. Malia allegedly shot...
Thabane’s patience wearing thin
MASERU –– All Basotho Convention (ABC) party leader, Tom Thabane, says he is disappointed with the way the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has handled...
Chief killed
MAFETENG — A 29-year-old man from Khilibiting Ha Ramathalea was arrested last week in connection with the murder of the area chief. The 83-year-old chief...
Mosisili digs in heels over PR seats
MASERU –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last weekend said he will not shift his position on the allocation of proportional representation (PR) seats in parliament....
Lekhanya wants ‘prodigal sons’ back
MASERU –– Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Metsing Lekhanya, says he will soon have national rallies to persuade former supporters that have defected to other...
Workers fight loan sharks
Civil servants say loan deductions unlawful MASERU — A group of civil servants is demanding that the treasury department stops deducting their salaries to pay...
Factory faces closure
MASERU — About 320 jobs are at risk at Raytex Garments textile firm because the company is facing serious viability problems. The company which is...
A visitor’s assessment Lesotho
AS I SEE IT THIS is my second visit to Lesotho after close to six years. Indeed there are signs of “progress” as measured...
LNDC’s Molapo calls it a day
On Friday 31 July, Peete Molapo, finished his four-year-term as chief executive officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC). Motebang Mokoaleli has since been...
Kissing a random guy
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS YOURS truly is nursing a mild heartbreak. Mild, because it was not the truly-madly-deeply kind of an affair. I could...
Caesarean effects
DOCTOR’S CORNER AN increasing number of women nowadays are subscribing to the view that there is no need to bother going through the process...
LEFA, German firm strike deal
MASERU – The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) has signed a partnership agreement with German marketing and television giant Sportfive. The two-month courtship was finally sealed...
LCS, Lioli steamroll MGC rivals
MASERU – On a weekend where women were celebrated the world over, the men were being separated from the boys in the MGC Supa 8...
No fine for Bantu
MASERU –– Newly promoted Premier League outfit Bantu will not face any sanctions for fielding their new arrival Tefo Maipato in the MGC Supa 8...
Likuena hold Zimbabwe
MASERU –– Lesotho’s promising form this year continued yesterday when they held Zimbabwe to a one-all draw in Harare. Lesotho’s goal hero was once again...
Supa 8 finals promise fireworks
MASERU –– After the appetiser of the MGC Supa 8 quarter-finals in Butha-Buthe, Matsieng and then LCS’s central prisons, the main course that is Lesotho’s...
Vodacom delay
MASERU – The announcement of the multi-million-maloti Vodacom Soccer Spectacular tournament has been delayed until next week. Two weeks ago the Lesotho Times reported that...
Talks begin
… as pressure mounts on government, opposition MASERU — The government has agreed to engage the opposition in talks as pressure mounts on them to...
Spies booted out of meeting
MASERU — Officers from the National Security Service (NSS) were on Tuesday ordered out of the home of All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Tom Thabane,...
Workers let us down: Thabane
MASERU — All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, says the stay-away called by the opposition had failed “because the people let us down by...
Stay-away a damp squib
Analysts say ABC didn’t do its homework MASERU –– The stayaway called by opposition parties flopped because the timing was wrong and the planning...
Cattle rustlers’ reign of terror
Daring thieves raid, slaughter beasts on spot as owners sleep MASERU –– Mokone Motemekoane got the shock of his life last Saturday when he...