The secret life of women
“Women make the best beekeepers, because they have a special ability built into them to love creatures that sting. It comes from years of loving...
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Standard bank donates to King’s trust
By Lennon Nota MASERU — Standard Lesotho Bank on Tuesday presented a cheque for M20 000 to Matsieng Development Trust Fund that helps disadvantaged...
LCS reclaim top spot
MASERU — Defending champions Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) reclaimed top spot on the Vodacom Premier League log after they posted an impressive 2-0 victory over...
Lesotho dominates Metropolitan Inter-club netball tournament
By Tebello Moalosi MASERU — Lesotho dominated the Lesotho Correctional Service Metropolitan Inter-club netball tournament last weekend, scooping three gold medals in four categories....
Lefa to send top referee for refresher course
MASERU — Top Lesotho referee and Caf instructor Teele Ntšonyane will next month attend a one-week refresher course in Cameroon. Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) technical...
Local athletes to compete in Mauritius
MASERU — Four local athletes are set to compete at the Mauritius International Neet competition in Mauritius on April 14 as Lesotho steps up its...
Health system ailing
IN the past 10 years, the government of Lesotho has made the right moves in terms of improvement of health systems. These include, the free...
Youths at the receiving end of poverty
The reality is that most of our fellow citizens in Lesotho whether young or old live a very deprived and dehumanising existence. However, just because...
The fight for African dignity
FATHER and mother were wallowing in the afterglow of you-know-what when they heard shouts of Hooray! Yippee! God is Great! Praised be Jesus! “It can’t...
Moleleki, Mosisili sued for M20m
MASERU — Former Letšeng Diamond Mine security manager Bofihla Makhalane is suing Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili and Natural Resources Minister Monyane Moleleki for M20 million....
Aspiring DC candidate assaulted 'over T-shirt'
MASERU — An aspiring Democratic Congress (DC) candidate for the upcoming election says he was beaten to a pulp for wearing his party’s T-shirt. Refiloe...
Machakela gunned down
MASERU — Former labour minister and All Basotho Convention MP Sello Clement Machakela was shot dead at his home Sekamaneng on Monday night. Acting police...
Fresh twist to Ethiopian refugee’s harassment case
MASERU — The National Security Service (NSS) boss and the acting police commissioner are expected to appear before the High Court on Monday to show...
A little murderous country
S ello Machakela, the All Basotho Convention MP, is gone. He was felled by bullets whose source we may never know. Scrutator is saddened. We...
’Maseribane questions Mosisili security boost
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ’Maseribane, on Sunday said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili must explain why he has beefed up his security...
Tutu ‘blesses’ students at St Stephens
MOHALE’S HOEK — South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu led a Thanksgiving Mass at St Stephens High School in Mohale’s Hoek on Saturday. The ceremony was...
Mda attacked
MASERU — High Court Judge Thamsanqa Nomngcongo on Tuesday lashed out at former Law Society of Lesotho president Advocate Zwelakhe Mda after he failed to...
The long wait for clean water
MASERU — Lesotho today joins the rest of the world in marking World Water Day. But for many families on the outskirts of the capital...
Two Zimbabweans beaten to death in job dispute
MASERU — Two Zimbabweans were beaten to death in Thaba-Tseka on Thursday night following an employment dispute. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha told the Lesotho Times...
Shake-up in Lesotho Defence Force
MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Major General Phatoli Lekanyane retired on Thursday after serving in the army for 28 years. He was replaced...
Education interventions should be wide-ranging
LESOTHO is one of a few low income sub-Saharan African countries whose high level of commitment to education is matched by equally high levels of...
Youths should go and register to vote for a better future
WITH a general election set for May 26 I would like to urge all Basotho youths to go and register to enable them to cast...
Women’s role in consumerism
“Believing that you can do something to make things better, you do something, rather than nothing” — June Jordan It’s International Women’s Day today! ...
An honest politician – ice in hell
IT’S the ultimate cynicism — believing that the existence anywhere in this world of an honest politician is belief in the existence of ice in...
Army boss replaced
MASERU — The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Major General Phatoli Lekanyane is expected to be replaced as army boss today, barely seven months after...
Deputy Speaker says DC government is illegal
MASERU — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane says the Democratic Congress (DC) government formed by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on February 28 is unconstitutional....
King to dissolve parliament
MASERU — King Letsie III is expected to officially dissolve parliament today to pave way for a general election on May 26. In a statement...
Pick from the rot
S O here we go again. The season of half-truths and outright lies is upon us. Phew! The stench of the horrible lies that office...
Israeli firm awarded ID tender
MASERU — The government has awarded a lucrative ID tender to an Israeli firm barely a week after it was cancelled under questionable circumstances, the...
Motanyane speaks out against DC government
MASERU — Speaking truth to power. This has been Sephiri Motanyane’s mission during an illustrious political career spanning nearly five decades. Motanyane, 74, whose political...