Mosisili heckled
MASERU — Prime Minister and Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili was yesterday heckled by angry textile workers at a campaign rally in Maputsoe. The...
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Police boss threatens cops
MASERU — Acting Police Commissioner Kizito Mhlakaza says he will deal with any police officer who will join a march to petition Prime Minister Pakalitha...
Begging without class
I T was such a sad sight to watch Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla grovelling at the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) conference over the...
MGC adds a fourth plane to fleet
MASERU — Local business tycoon, Sam Matekane has added a CV 200 jet to his growing number of planes. The aircraft, which carries 50 passengers,...
Litjobo forgives his attackers
MASERU — Aspiring MP Refiloe Litjobo says he has forgiven the three men who attacked at a local club last month. Litjobo, a Democratic Congress...
EU donates M560m to the disadvantaged
By Tebello Metsing MASERU — The European Union on Tuesday gave M560 million to support programmes for disadvantaged children. Last year the EU disbursed...
Youths take Mosisili head on
MASERU — Opposition youths say they are determined to take Prime Minister Mosisili head on during their election campaigns even if it means deliberately breaking...
Why Lehohla chickened out
MASERU — Deputy Prime Minister, Lesao Lehohla, says he withdrew from the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)’s leadership race on Saturday because he feared defeat....
Metsing elected new LCD leader
MASERU — Former Communications Minister Mothetjoa Metsing is now the leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) after his landslide victory at the party’s...
NMDS debt collector to start work soon
MASERU — Time is running out for thousands of people who have not repaid their loans to the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS). The NMDS...
Rogue auditors accused of cooking books to evade tax
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) says it is worried about dubious auditors who cook taxpayers’ books to help them evade tax. The Taxpayer...
‘Lefa committee failed’
MASERU — Former Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) public relations officer, Tšiu Monne, says the current executive committee should not stand for elections in August because...
‘We will bounce back’
MASERU — Premier league giants Likhopo say they are not pressing the panic button yet despite languishing in the relegation zone. The 2006/2007 champions are...
Local athletes ready for Two Oceans marathon
MASERU — Eleven local athletes leave today for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday. They are Lebenya...
Majantja anticipate ‘miraculous’ win
MASERU — When the best your team have managed in 16 matches is a single win and is rooted at the bottom of the log...
How to stop drug losses in the health sector
By Relebohile Senyane The last article focused on Lesotho’s efforts to realise the Millennium Development Goal on child and maternal health and the results...
Conflict Resolution: Managing disagreements in the workplace
Conflict is a fact of life. Closer to home we witnessed a prolonged high profile conflict in the former ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy, that...
A hole in the bucket
“In Africa, the water issue belongs to women: they go to get water and bring it back in a bucket.” — Courtès Ketcha, from Cameroon...
Warrant of arrest for Ntsie
MASERU — Controversial cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie who is facing a possible death sentence for double murder is now on the police’s wanted list after he...
‘Media must name and shame corrupt officials’
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday called on the media to name and shame corrupt civil servants so that the public prosecutor can haul...
Mosisili charms youths
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday promised to create thousands of jobs and education opportunities for Basotho youths. Mosisili made the remarks while...
But analysts say it’s too early to determine DC prospects
MASERU — The success of the Democratic Congress (DC)’s maiden rally on Sunday should not be seen as an indication that the party will romp...
Year of the peasant
T HIS is the year of the peasant in Lesotho. Once again the peasants, so long forgotten, will have their time on May 26. They...
‘We are marked for death’
MASERU — The Lesotho Political Parties Leadership Forum yesterday alleged there is a “hit squad” that had been assigned to kill prominent people ahead of...
DC on charm offensive to win polls
MASERU — The Democratic Congress (DC) has gone on a charm offensive to win the youth vote promising to push for the “inclusion and influence...
Gunmen rob businessman
MASERU — Top Maseru businessman Frank Baffoe says he was robbed by four armed men who attacked his home last Thursday. Baffoe said the robbers,...
ABC ‘to dump Land Act’
MASERU — The main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party says it will reverse the 2010 Land Act that allows foreigners to own land in...
Makhakhe dies
MASERU — Former principal secretary in the Prime Minister’s office, Kubutu Makhakhe, died on Monday after a short illness. A family spokesperson, Lebohang Makhakhe, said...
TB stalks ex-mine workers
MASERU — When Pheello Senkhane landed a job at Harmony Gold mine in Welkom in 1970, his dream was to give his family the best...
Teacher dismissed for alleged human trafficking
MASERU — A teacher at City International High school in Qoaling who is facing charges of trafficking two women to South Africa has been fired....