Engen gives M100 000 to Morija Fest
By ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Engen Lesotho, a leading supplier of refined petroleum products and convenience services, has contributed R100 000 towards the Mountain Kingdom’s annual Morija...
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FNB Lesotho launches digital banking platforms
By ‘Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — First National Bank Lesotho has announced the launch of its latest innovations in digital banking, the Smartphone Banking App, which...
UCT drops 13 places on World University Rankings
SA’s only top-200 ranked university on the 2013 World University Rankings, UCT, has slipped down 13 places – leaving it at number 126 on the...
Oops! BlackBerry even worse off than it thought
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) More bad news for BlackBerry. The smartphone company said Wednesday that its business is in even worse shape than what it reported...
Local artistes unhappy
By Mohalenyane Phakela MASERU — Lesotho Music Rights Association (LMRA) feels it is unfair for organisers of the Morija Arts and Cultural Festival to field...
‘Pen and talk’ on gender violence
By Matšeliso Mapetla I gathered from both local and South African media reports that the Minister of Trade and Industry Temeki Tšolo has been served...
Econet launches Ecosure Mpolokeng
By ’Mathabana Kotelo Econet Telecom Lesotho in partnership with Lesotho National Insurance Group (LNIG) yesterday introduced a new funeral insurance policy in yet another addition...
Local company granted permission to chip stones
By Letuka Chafotsa Berea — A wholly Basotho owned company, Mountain Star Holdings Company, has been granted permission to chip stones at Liphiring Ha Manko...
Lesotho to mark co-operatives day
By Letuka Chafotsa The department of cooperatives in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing will today be celebrating International Cooperatives Day at...
Tšolo fired at airport
By Staff Reporter MASERU — Trade Minister Temeki Tšolo was given his marching orders soon after he landed at the Moshoeshoe 1 International Airport from...
Workers unpaid for six months
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — About 30 casual immigration employees yesterday met Home Affairs Minister Joang Molapo over unpaid salaries and to discuss their contracts....
Ntsoaole appointed Trade Minister
By Billy Ntaote Maseru — Mabote constituency MP, Sk’hulumi Ntsoaole was yesterday sworn in as the Minister of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing following...
BNP youth leader suspended
By Bongiwe Zihlangu and Billy Ntaote MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) youth league has suspended its president Tšeliso Lesenya from all activities “pending...
Former Chief Justice’s perks remain intact
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla is still enjoying the benefits of his former post despite his retirement last month. Justice...
NUL VCs in recent history
Below are highlights of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)’s vice chancellors since the beginning of the new millennium. In 2000 Vice Chancellor (VC)...
Siverts tried to resign twice before
By Staff Reporter MASERU — Professor Sharon Siverts’ resignation on August 24 as vice chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) is not the...
Girl’s murder shocks villagers
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MAPOTENG — It is a windy day and most villagers at Ha Pelesa are hiding behind closed doors to avert dust. But...
Illegal occupants in 3-year rent arrears
By ‘Mantoetse Maama and Limpho Sello Butha-Buthe — An estimated 20 lowly paid civil servants who illegally occupied Government Residential houses in Butha-Buthe owe over...
Registration continues despite defective IEC roll
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has resumed registration using a voter’s roll officially declared defective in 2011, just months ahead...
The great betrayal
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The arrest of the child’s father on August 28 for allegedly raping his daughter repeatedly and infecting her with a...
Maseru City council plans makeover
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — It is not an easy task to run Maseru City Council, a municipality mainly dependent on government funding for it...
Decentralisation takes centre-stage again
MASERU — Last year, just before the national assembly elections in May, the former Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili launched the national decentralisation of primary health...
Volunteer recalls attack
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A member of the American Peace Corps Volunteer collapsed and colleague fell down as the gunmen shot at him, the...
Westgate mall seige: Al-Shabab claim to still be holding hostages
The al-Shabab Islamist militants have said they are still holding hostages as Kenya’s troops battle for a fourth day to end the bloody siege. The...
France bans beauty contests for girls under 16
In a bid to prevent the “hypersexualisation” of children, the French State Senate has voted to ban beauty contests for girls under the age of...
The ANC brand is bulletproof
By Chris Moerdyk LOOKING at the South African political environment from an objective marketing point of view, the obvious conclusion is that Brand ANC is...
SA choked by the yoke of slavery
Slavery has had a great and enduring effect on the formation of our national character, says Gerard Boyce. By Gerard Boyce SEPTEMBER is Heritage Month...
Fees reduction can affect quality of education
ACCORDING to a statement released by the Democratic Congress (DC), their current barrage of election campaigns, particularly in constituencies they lost, is premised on one...
Water crisis looms
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — A water crisis is looming countrywide with Maseru left with only a month supply of raw water for treatment from...
Justice Ramodibedi case: Crown submission upheld
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A panel of three High Court judges has decided that the relief sought by Court of Appeal judge Justice Michael...