‘Senoaoana left country in economic shock’
MASERU — The death of Central Bank of Lesotho governor Moeketsi Senaona has left the country “in an economic shock”, Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla...
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Counter Force fails to attend hearing
MASERU — Radio personality DJ Counter Force yesterday failed to show up in court for the second time in less than a week, forcing the...
Lone woman in the BNP running
MASERU – Basotho National Party (BNP) veteran ’Mabatloung Lillane is among candidates who are vying for the presidency of the former ruling party. Lillane faces...
Two killed in grazing dispute
MASERU – A defiant villager shot dead two men who tried to stop him from grazing his cattle in a prohibited area in Ha-Ramabanta last...
Labour cautions on failure to broaden exports
MASERU – The government’s failure to diversify its export base spells disaster for the country, labour and opposition figures have warned. They said the government...
BNP has chance to shed tainted image, analysts say
MASERU – The Basotho National Party (BNP) has a rare chance to right the wrongs of the past by electing a unifier at the party’s...
It’s not what you’re eating — it’s what is eating you
“No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter how sophisticated or...
Quality principle: involving people
UNLIKE other resources, human resources cannot be controlled in full. People have their own perception of issues and will always tend to incorporate their views...
East, West: Africa still a pawn?
THE final fate of Muammar Gadaffi raises personal memories for me. In 1983, as editor of The Sunday News in Bulawayo, I was one of...
Media must stop demeaning women
APART from my mother, the biggest influence in my life came from a woman – my high school teacher in Harare in the late 1990s,...
Should change cost so much blood?
HERE is a frightening thought: as long as African leaders kill their own people, literally, at the drop of a tear of protest, Africa will...
PM’s office probe goes after 20 firms
MASERU – Twenty companies that have supplied goods and services to the office of the prime minister since 2008 are under investigation for alleged corruption,...
e-passports tender to go ahead: Lehohla
MASERU – Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla says the procurement of electronic passports will go ahead despite concerns that the process was flawed. Lehohla told...
Central Bank boss dies
MASERU – Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) governor, Moeketsi Senanoana, has died. Senanoana died at Medi-Clinic in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Sunday. A notice on...
‘I acted in self-defence’
MASERU – Cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie told the High Court on Tuesday that he shot and killed his two neighbours in 2004 in self-defence. He said...
Dairy board boss fired
MASERU – Lesotho National Dairy Board (LNDB) boss Selematsela Montŝi has been fired. Montŝi was fired for alleged corruption which was unearthed by a forensic...
Monitor wants local government polls postponed
MASERU – The Committee on Monitoring of Electoral Processes wants local government elections, which had been set for May, postponed to August. A progress report...
National budget under spotlight
MASERU – Lesotho’s civic groups are demanding greater involvement in the formulation of the national budget. They say they are not happy that the government...
3 charged for operating unregistered schools
MASERU – A Kenyan and two Basotho are facing criminal charges for operating unregistered schools in Maseru. The prosecution says Moses Kiaba, Akhente Akhente and...
Bid to block ‘Maseribane, Matete from BNP presidency
MASERU — Former Basotho National Party (BNP) publicity secretary Majara Molapo wants secretary general Ranthomeng Matete and deputy leader Thesele ‘Maseribane barred from contesting for...
Boy arrested for possession of dagga
MASERU — A 15-year-old boy from Maseru was arrested on Saturday for illegal possession of dagga. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the boy was arrested...
The truth shall come out at last
AS a well mannered individual who was taught to respect the elderly I cannot directly accuse my elders of lying as that would be too...
From Menkhoaneng to Thaba Bosiu with love
MALIMONG — the place of cannibals! I have a new found respect for that place not only because of what happened in 1824 but also...
The enemy of the LCD is the LCD itself
A SMALL discredited conspiratorial group of dissidents, some of them formerly active in the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party, recently approached the High Court...
ID tender scrapped
MASERU – The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) has cancelled Lesotho’s national identity card project following revelations that the process had been seriously compromised. The MCA...
Lawyer wants LCD case thrown out
MASERU – Lawyers for the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) yesterday asked the High Court to throw out an application seeking to block the...
Former soldier, wife win M140 000 in damages
MASERU – A former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) brigadier and his wife were yesterday awarded M140 000 for unlawful arrest and detention by the army....
High Court judge recuses himself
MASERU — High Court judge Justice Thamsanqa Nomncongo has recused himself in a case in which an army officer is challenging some provisions of the...
Matete: I’m a democrat at heart
MASERU – Basotho National Party (BNP) secretary general Ranthomeng Matete last Friday threw his hat into the ring for the presidency of the BNP. Matete...
Villager beaten to death over suspected bestiality
MASERU – A 29-year-old man from Mapoteng was allegedly beaten to death by angry villagers after he was accused of bestiality. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha...