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...
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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...
Judge’s clerk in hot water over letter
MASERU — A High Court judge’s clerk is in hot water for questioning the suitability of an Australian judge seconded by the Commonwealth to Lesotho....
New political party launched
MASERU — Businessman Mohau Thakaso on Tuesday launched Lesotho’s 25th political party that he says will fight to empower Basotho-owned businesses. The Whitehorse Party (WP),...
‘Chief Justice overstepped his authority’
MASERU — The High Court on Tuesday ruled that Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla overstepped his authority when he appointed the registrar and deputy registrar to...
Security guard shot dead
MASERU — Police say they are looking for three armed men who allegedly shot dead a security guard before robbing him of M185 000 at...
Ritual killings: Basotho fight to shake off old practice
MASERU — The mutilated remains of a 70-year-old woman were found dumped in a ditch in Ha-Leqele last week plunging the nation into yet another...
Sex offender slapped with jail-time
MASERU — A man who approached two women who were walking to church and demanded to have sex with them was on Monday sentenced to...
Students go on the rampage over fees
MASERU — Students at Mt Tabor High School in Mafeteng went on the rampage last week accusing the school authorities of inflating tuition and book...
Who is to blame?
It is an undeniable fact that Lesotho is experiencing economic, social and political regression as manifested by an assortment of ills whose combined weight, breadth...
Time management is paramount to success
TIME is constantly on the move. Once wasted, it can never be regained. Leaders have limited time and frequently have time controlling it, for time...
Time to act against religious extremists
RELIGION has been taken more or less seriously since creation itself. But there have also developed pockets of atheism all over the world. The scepticism...