Workers unpaid for six months
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — About 30 casual immigration employees yesterday met Home Affairs Minister Joang Molapo over unpaid salaries and to discuss their contracts....
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Ntsoaole appointed Trade Minister
By Billy Ntaote Maseru — Mabote constituency MP, Sk’hulumi Ntsoaole was yesterday sworn in as the Minister of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing following...
BNP youth leader suspended
By Bongiwe Zihlangu and Billy Ntaote MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) youth league has suspended its president Tšeliso Lesenya from all activities “pending...
Former Chief Justice’s perks remain intact
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla is still enjoying the benefits of his former post despite his retirement last month. Justice...
NUL VCs in recent history
Below are highlights of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)’s vice chancellors since the beginning of the new millennium. In 2000 Vice Chancellor (VC)...
Siverts tried to resign twice before
By Staff Reporter MASERU — Professor Sharon Siverts’ resignation on August 24 as vice chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) is not the...
Girl’s murder shocks villagers
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MAPOTENG — It is a windy day and most villagers at Ha Pelesa are hiding behind closed doors to avert dust. But...
Illegal occupants in 3-year rent arrears
By ‘Mantoetse Maama and Limpho Sello Butha-Buthe — An estimated 20 lowly paid civil servants who illegally occupied Government Residential houses in Butha-Buthe owe over...
Registration continues despite defective IEC roll
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has resumed registration using a voter’s roll officially declared defective in 2011, just months ahead...
The great betrayal
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The arrest of the child’s father on August 28 for allegedly raping his daughter repeatedly and infecting her with a...
Maseru City council plans makeover
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — It is not an easy task to run Maseru City Council, a municipality mainly dependent on government funding for it...
Decentralisation takes centre-stage again
MASERU — Last year, just before the national assembly elections in May, the former Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili launched the national decentralisation of primary health...
Volunteer recalls attack
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A member of the American Peace Corps Volunteer collapsed and colleague fell down as the gunmen shot at him, the...
Westgate mall seige: Al-Shabab claim to still be holding hostages
The al-Shabab Islamist militants have said they are still holding hostages as Kenya’s troops battle for a fourth day to end the bloody siege. The...
France bans beauty contests for girls under 16
In a bid to prevent the “hypersexualisation” of children, the French State Senate has voted to ban beauty contests for girls under the age of...
The ANC brand is bulletproof
By Chris Moerdyk LOOKING at the South African political environment from an objective marketing point of view, the obvious conclusion is that Brand ANC is...
SA choked by the yoke of slavery
Slavery has had a great and enduring effect on the formation of our national character, says Gerard Boyce. By Gerard Boyce SEPTEMBER is Heritage Month...
Fees reduction can affect quality of education
ACCORDING to a statement released by the Democratic Congress (DC), their current barrage of election campaigns, particularly in constituencies they lost, is premised on one...
Water crisis looms
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — A water crisis is looming countrywide with Maseru left with only a month supply of raw water for treatment from...
Justice Ramodibedi case: Crown submission upheld
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A panel of three High Court judges has decided that the relief sought by Court of Appeal judge Justice Michael...
Prime Minister changes course on water project
Staff Reporter MASERU — Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has modified his initial decision to take over control of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) for...
‘It’s Tim vs Tom, Thahane vs Thabane’
. . . Moleleki pokes fun at coalition disagreement By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Monyane Moleleki, opposition Democratic Congress deputy leader urged supporters to acquire...
Excitement turns into nightmare for ID seekers
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — It is barely six months since government introduced the National Identity Civil Registry (NICR) project. However people are already complaining...
Man shares bed with wife’s corpse
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — A Mafeteng man woke up to the shock of his life last Sunday when he discovered that his wife he had beaten-up...
Accused turn witnesses
By Nat Molomo MASERU — Five of the seven people charged with corruption walked out of the dock after the crown withdrew charges against them. The five are charged...
A place to call home at last
. . . Some of the girls need sanitary ware, which the home is struggling to provide By Tsitsi Matope MOTSEKUOA — At last, 13-year-old...
Siverts resignation ‘cause for relief’
By Poloko Peo KOLO – The Lesotho Students Convention (Lesco), a National University of Lesotho (NUL) student association aligned to the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) is...
MCA projects commissioned
By Limpho Sello MASERU — Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)-Lesotho has officially handed over the private sector development projects of the Lesotho Compact to the government of...
Hlongwa, a force to be reckoned with
By Mathabana Kotelo, Maseru New Dawn Chartered Accountants received a Silver Arrow Award from PMR Africa at Lesotho Sun yesterday. The award is in recognition of...
Identity thieves eye offshore accounts
By Bruce Cameron Every time you sign on to the internet or receive a statement from a financial institution, you are vulnerable to identity theft...