Woman fired for criticising bosses
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli and Lineo Pene MASERU — Lerotholi Polytechnic has fired a junior employee who criticised the college’s bosses in a phone-in programme...
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Police officers arrested for rape
MASERU — Two police officers were arrested last week for allegedly raping two women in Butha-Buthe. The women were stopped while walking in the wee...
M4.2 million uplift for Maseru Sun
MASERU – Maseru Sun Convention Centre is undergoing a R4.2 million refurbishment programme, the hotel has announced. Sun International Maseru marketing manager Clix Salman said...
Are women newsworthy?
“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of...
New party takes over
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) government collapsed yesterday in a palace coup masterminded by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. Mosisili’s move is reminiscent...
Who’s who in the Democratic Congress . . .
MASERU — Below we list the top leadership of the Democratic Congress, an offshoot of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy party. The members listed below...
Mosisili mulls retirement
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday said his days are numbered. He however said he still had another five years at the helm of...
Worry not DJ Waters
I T IS not surprising that the birth of the Democratic Congress (DC) and its ascendance to power has dominated the news this week. That...
Metsing accuses speaker of violating procedures
MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democrcy (LCD) secretary general Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday accused Speaker of Parliament Ntlhoi Motsamai of violating parliamentary procedures when she stopped...
Formation of new party is good riddance, says Malie
MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) stalwart Mpho Malie believes Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s decision to form the Democratic Congress (DC) and establish a...
The entrepreneur: Preparing for the next big novel idea
Technological breakthroughs, innovative thinking, tossing out the old for the new; this is the picture of the world of business as it stands today. The...
Buy yourself a paper doll
IN the 20th century, one of the best-selling singing groups was the African-American quartet, The Mills Brothers. Paper Doll was one of their many hits....
Factories face collapse
MASERU — Embattled China Garments Manufacturers (CGM)’s boss, Madhav Dalvi, yesterday pressed the panic button when he warned of a massive job carnage that he...
Chieftainship dispute thickens
MASERU — The ’Mamathe chieftainship dispute took a fresh twist yesterday after the Constitutional Court allowed Senate Masupha the right to intervene in an application...
Teacher arrested for trafficking students
MASERU –— A high school teacher in Lithabaneng has been arrested for allegedly trafficking three of her female students to Bloemfontein where they were forced...
Self-serving MPs
S CRUTATOR has never had any doubts that this Seventh Parliament whose end is nigh is teeming with rent-seeking, overrated blabbermouths and mere passengers whose...
CGM chief denies tax evasion claim
MASERU — China Garment Manufacturers (CGM) now claims the evidence showing it evaded tax and externalised millions of maloti from Lesotho is the work of...
College vows to expel students who took part in initiation ceremony
MASERU — Lerotholi Polytechnic Rector Tsietsi Lebakae yesterday said all students who took part in the initiation ceremony in which two students died earlier this...
MPs demand review of pensions, gratuities
MASERU — MPs last Friday brought parliamentary business to a halt after they demanded that Finance Minister Timothy Thahane should review their pensions and gratuity...
ABC to hold conference to spruce up manifesto
MASERU — The main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party will this weekend hold its annual general conference with the main business being to spruce...
Student dies of food poisoning
MASERU — A 16-year-old pupil from Phomolong High School in Sekamaneng died on Thursday after allegedly eating food that had been laced with poison. Toka...
Son kills father in land dispute
MASERU — A 40-year-old man from Masianokeng appeared in the High Court this week to answer a charge of killing his father in a dispute...
Climate change: Lesotho feels the heat
MASERU — The Lesotho Meteorology Services (LMS) says the country must urgently come up with a policy to tackle challenges posed by the effects of...
Politicians pray for peaceful poll
MASERU — Lesotho’s political party leaders met on Monday for a prayer meeting where they implored God to unify the Basotho nation during the upcoming...
4+1: a menace to Basotho
A BRILLIANT idea that was meant to bring convenience to commuters has now turned into a menace for Basotho in a few years. I am...
Wisdom from the mouths of men
“It is really you who are passing, going down the drain every moment. And you go on thinking it is time that is passing, as...
Era of soul-less leaders
IN a far-off land, but in this galaxy, and only in the twentieth century, the president of an African country was asked for an interview...
LRA raids CGM
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) on Monday raided China Garments Manufacturers (CGM)’s offices as the net closed in on the company that is...
Cash-strapped teenage mother pawns new-born baby to stranger
MASERU — A desperate teenage mother allegedly gave her newly born baby to a stranger who had offered to pay her hospital bills. The two...
Books can’t bite you
I F you drive into the village of Morija you will find an old building with the words “Erotic Salon” or something along those lines...