Deputy rector ‘assaults’ guard over parking
. . . LCE in the news for wrong reasons hardly a month after two senior members of staff brawl over parking space Billy...
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Ramathebane in row with chief
BBDP leader says village chief is persecuting him for proposing a no-confidence motion against govt Tefo Tefo The Basotho Batho Democratic Party (BBDP) leader,...
Malema: EFF is SA’s future ruling party
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and party member Dali Mpofu fired up the crowd at a gathering to celebrate the EFF’s election success. The...
‘Econet very serious about enhancing lives’
Tsitsi Matope THE Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is arguably the fastest growing business in the word today. This boom could be attributed to...
Abuse outrage must not be selective
In his doctoral thesis, “Gendered Consciousness as Watershed of Masculinity: Men’s Journey with Manhood in Lesotho”, Dr Tlali Phohlo explores the operations of Sesotho masculinity,...
Banks launch regulatory code
. . . as Central Bank Governor expresses concern over abuse of loans by borrowers Ntsebeng Motsoeli The Central Bank of Lesotho Governor, Retšelisitsoe...
Why PS killed himself
Staff Reporters MINISTRY of Local Government, Chieftainship and Parliamentary Affairs Principal Secretary, Montoeli Molefe, who was found dead in his Lithabaneng home this week, shot...
Fatal shooting at Kamoli’s house
Four LDF members give statements to the police regarding incident which left woman dead and her boyfriend injured. Keiso Mohloboli FOUR members of the...
Maseru Bridge introduces new border controls
Billy Ntaote The Ministry of Home Affairs’ Department of Immigration Services is tomorrow migrating its border controls to the automated biometric system at the Maseru...
Mda sues govt over ID
Top lawyer told he is not a Lesotho citizen Tefo Tefo FORMER Law Society of Lesotho President, Advocate Zwelakhe Mda KC, is suing the...
Litšiba quits ABC
Billy Ntaote KORO-KORO — Member of Parliament (MP) Thabiso Litšiba yesterday dumped the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) and joined the main opposition Democratic Congress...
Timely donation from Letšeng
Letuka Chafotsa MOKHOTLONG — Letšeng Diamond Mine last Friday ploughed-back to the Mokhotlong community by providing 60 local herdboys with blankets, gumboots and freezersuits. The...
Ukraine rebels snub Putin, vow to hold independence votes
Pro-Moscow rebels fighting in east Ukraine vowed Thursday to press on with disputed independence referendums, defying a call from President Vladimir Putin to postpone the...
SA: Modelling the future ANC
The African National Congress (ANC) looks towards another five years in power. Whether it knows what to do with this power is another question. The...
To mahali or not to mahali?
There are two sides to the mahali debate. Some say it must be abolished because the tradition has lost everything it is meant to stand...
Mixed report for Lesotho economy
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Lesotho has received a mixed report from global financial agency, Fitch Ratings Inc. In a statement released on May 2,...
‘All it takes is passion and skill’
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Thirty-six-year-old entrepreneur, Ms Maleshoane Moea, is such an articulate and convincing speaker it comes easy to buy into her philosophies....
Lesotho seeks trade with Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — The only country in the world to be entirely surrounded by another country and also called Africa’s Switzerland, intimated for the first time that...
Twelve-year prison term for army officer
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — A six-member military court on Monday slapped Second Lieutenant Thabang Phaila with a 12-year jail term after finding him guilty...
Setipa, LNDC part ways
By Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — Suspended Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) Chief Executive Officer, Mr Joshua Setipa, has left the institution by “mutual consent”. Mr...
LCD demands meeting with partners
party unhappy with Prime Minister’s ‘unilateral’ decisions By Billy Ntaote MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) is demanding an urgent meeting with its...
Metsing condemns dismissal of DC supporters from civil service
By Boitumelo Koloi MASERU — Deputy Prime Minister Mr Mothetjoa Metsing has condemned the dismissal of “any Mosotho” from the civil service on political grounds....
Court ‘humiliating’ Moleleki
By Keiso Mohloboli and Billy Ntaote MASERU — The Democratic Congress (DC) Youth League has condemned yesterday’s decision by the High Court to visit the...
Council celebrates Silver Jubilee
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Maseru City Council (MCC) Town Clerk, Ms Mantai Phaila, says there is “a lot to celebrate” as the municipality marks...
Roads Dept fights losing battle
. . . as vandals wreak havoc on infrastructure By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Lesotho Times last week witnessed a farmer driving his span...
South Africa election results 2014
ANC LEADS NATIONAL VOTE WITH 62.45 PERCENT – Sapa The ANC was leading the fifth national elections with 62.45% of the vote on Friday morning, according...
SA Elections 2014: Party leaders cause a stir at the polls
From Jacob Zuma attracting large crowds in Nkandla to Helen Zille ditching the DA’s colours, here’s what happened when party presidents voted. President Jacob Zuma...
Colombia bites the hands that feed
The bid by aggrieved farmers to starve out the state has been met with tanks and troops ahead of the presidential election on May 25....
Maharaj for minister of propaganda
A restructured Cabinet is on the cards, with a new information ministry to clean up Jacob Zuma’s image and Baleka Mbete as second deputy president....
Eighth Parliament risks being a lame duck
BEFORE the 2012 elections, political analysts in Lesotho predicted that the polls’ outcome would result in a hung parliament. And indeed it turned out to...