Lesotho loses out on World Cup extravaganza
MASERU — The World Cup has come and gone. The football tournament had promised so much, but delivered so little for Lesotho. A week after...
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Matete quits Majantja
MASERU — Majantja FC president Sello Matete has parted ways with the relegated side after falling out with the club’s management. The veteran football administrator,...
Premier League forces clubs to pay up
MASERU — All Vodacom Premier League teams will not receive their prize monies for last season in full, the Lesotho Times can reveal. The teams...
Can Maduma survive?
MASERU — By the time Maduma kick off their first-ever Vodacom Premier League adventure at the end of August, their name will probably already be...
Lioli target LCS playmaker, Nyenye Rovers pair
MASERU — Lioli have targeted the Nyenye Rovers duo of winger Montoeli Senopo and goalkeeper Baholo Sefatsa as the former league champions seek to strengthen...
Sebata joins Mpumalanga Black Aces
MASERU — A local radio sports presenter, Lebohang Maketa, has joined South African Premier League side Mpumalanga Black Aces as the team’s office manager. Maketa,...
MKM splits government
MASERU — Sharp differences have emerged between the cabinet and the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) over how thousands of depositors with money locked up...
‘Open criminal case’
MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) wants the directors of the troubled MKM and the now defunct Millennium Goal Society to face criminal...
BAC blasts anti-corruption body
MASERU — The opposition Basutoland African Congress (BAC) party wants the director-general of the anti-corruption directorate, Leshoele Thoahlane, to resign. The BAC accused Thoahlane of...
Mohaleroe, son ordered to return LMPTC money
MASERU — The Commercial Court has ordered a local lawyer to demand every cent received and spent by Makhoabe Mohaleroe and his son Pule Mohaleroe...
Man kills self after girlfriend cheats
MAFETENG — A 32-year-old Mafeteng man shot himself to death after he found his 23-year-old girlfriend in bed with another man last Saturday. Police spokesman...
Prisoner found dead
MASERU — A 25-year-old prisoner was found dead in his cell at Leribe police station last Tuesday morning. The man, whose name was not revealed...
Volunteer sexually assaulted
MASERU — A 26-year-old Maseru man who is facing charges of sexually assaulting and robbing an American Peace Corps volunteer was this week denied bail...
Lesotho urged to clamp down graft
MASERU — Lesotho’s natural resources can spur the country’s economic growth if the government clamps down on corrupt activities within the mining sector, a consultant...
Local hotel launches new-look gym, beauty salon
MASERU — Lesotho Sun International last Thursday launched a new spa and beauty salon as part of the hotel’s upgrading programme. The reopening of the...
Bantu sign hitman Boseka
MASERU — Bantu has completed the signing of Mosiuoa Boseka from Swallows for the second highest transfer fee in Lesotho football history. The 18-year-old playmaker...
Lioli upgrade stadium
MASERU — Lioli will spend M120 000 to erect a fence around its home ground in Teyateyaneng before the start of the season. Work started...
Basotho youths off to Fifa football festival
MASERU — Eight Basotho youngsters left the country for Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday to compete in the Fifa 2010 Football for Hope Festival. The...
Billy faces axe
Powerful ABC clique wants No 3 man out MASERU — A powerful clique within the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party is mulling...
SA to vet travel permit holders
MASERU — South Africa will with effect from today only grant six-month travel permits to Lesotho citizens classified as frequent travellers to the neigbouring country....
Rogue soldiers jailed
MASERU — Three army officers were on Tuesday jailed after they were found guilty of killing a police officer during political disturbances that rocked the...
Lawyer wants evidence rejected
MASERU — A defence lawyer has opposed an application by a state prosecutor asking the High Court to accept incriminating statements made by eight accused...
‘Company can fire Mohaleroe’
Ruling brings long-running court battle to an end MASERU — The long-running row over the ownership of a transport firm ended on Tuesday after...
Cellphone service to help passport applicants
MASERU — The Ministry of Home Affairs plans to introduce a system that will make it possible for people who have applied for passports to...
Rape suspect tests HIV positive
MASERU — She took a piece of a birthday cake to a gardener at the family home. But the gardener was not satisfied with the...
‘We need specific law to curb domestic violence’
MASERU — Joale Nkoale and his family in Peka, Leribe, about 60 kilometres north of Maseru, are still in shock. His son, Ntsoeta Nkoale, 14,...
LTDC in internet marketing drive
MASERU — The Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) last Friday launched a new website to market the country to tourists. Speaking at the official launch...
Majantja in turmoil
MASERU — Majantja are in turmoil amid speculation the club’s president Sello Matete is about to throw in the towel. Tensions have been simmering...
Coaches shun body over mess
MASERU — The Lesotho Coaching Association (LCA) is in shambles with the football organisation struggling to retain membership since allegations of financial embezzlement surfaced. A...
Minister, MP clash
MASERU — An opposition MP for Motimposo constituency, Pitso Maisa and Forestry Minister Ralechete ’Mokose are at each other’s throats over the alleged theft of...