CGM accused of cover-up
MASERU — China Garments Manufacturers (CGM), one of the biggest textile firms in Lesotho, is accused of covering up details of a factory accident that...
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‘My Thabo is gone for good’
MASERU — Hearing the news of your child’s death is every parent’s nightmare. For ’Masekake Sebapo the dreaded news came on the night of December...
Please GO!
I T is now as clear as a goat’s behind that when it comes to our senior national football team we are perpetual failures. On...
Fireworks expected at LCD special conference
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) will tomorrow finally hold a special conference to decide the fate of its national executive committee...
Angry mob attacks businessman
MASERU — A businessman had to run for his life on Sunday after some villagers from Koalabata pelted his house with stones because they suspected...
ABC official sues party after being barred from elections
MASERU – The chairman of the opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC), Sello Machakela, is suing his own party after it barred him from contesting this...
Court rules in Mahlakeng’s favour
MASERU — The Court of Appeal on Monday ruled that the Basotho Congress Party and the Basutoland Congress Party are one and the same entity...
ABC endorses 33 candidates
MASERU — The main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) has endorsed primary election results for National Assembly candidates in 33 of the country’s 80 constituencies....
SA firm accused of sidelining locals
MASERU — Unemployed construction workers have accused a top South African construction company of hiring foreigners while sideling locals to work at the new Maseru...
Fight over dead body
MASERU — A family dispute over who should bury a Mohale’s Hoek businessman spilled into the High Court this week. As the row rages the...
Chinese sex slave freed
MASERU — A Chinese national was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years in jail for trafficking three Chinese women to work as sex slaves in...
Leteba walks away with new Corsa
MASERU — Lerotholi Leteba, 21, walked away with a brand new Opel Corsa in a Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB) promotional campaign last Wednesday. To top...
Mosisili must rise above factional fight
THIS weekend the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) will hold a ‘special conference’ to deal with the leadership squabbles within the party. The purpose...
Development with women in mind
“If you are in a house and want to see what is happening outside, look through the window and not through the mirror” — Dr...
Who killed Muammar Gadaffi?
MOST Africans today would be worrying about the wherewithal of their next meal. This is not the idle observation of someone inclined to see most...
It’s time we broke the silence about depression
I have just realised I am at the epitome of my so-called depression! Seems when you are at this stage you get tired of being...
Oh no, not Nigeria again
THERE was a time when sympathy for the DRC among many Africans just dried up. Although this vast country has been independent since 1960, its...
Good things do come to an end
MOST things end. That is a fact of life and of nature. What we have to do as human beings is accept this; pick up...
Angry chief stops burials at gunpoint
MASERU — A Mafeteng principal chief is alleged to have blocked the burial of two people at gunpoint last week saying they did not have...
Mob justice for robbery suspects
MASERU — Two men are recovering in hospital after they were beaten by an angry mob for allegedly robbing a supermarket in Pitseng, Leribe, on...
Girls to be immunised against cervical cancer
MASERU — The Ministry of Health will on Monday launch a national immunisation campaign against cancer of the cervix for girls between the ages of...
Civil servants get 3% pay increase
By Teboho Molapo and Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane yesterday awarded a three percent salary increase to civil servants. But in an...
What the hell do we want from SA?
Apart from wining there is nothing we do better as Basotho than mourning. We moan about everything: from our own government to the governments of...
SA high commissioner summoned
MASERU — Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa last week summoned South Africa’s High Commissioner to Lesotho Happy Mahlangu after he criticised his comments that the...
What politicians said . . .
MASERU — Political leaders yesterday expressed mixed feelings about the 2012/2013 budget presented by Finance Minister Timothy Thahane. Home affairs deputy minister Lineo Molise lauded...
Old age pensions increased
By Lineo Pene MASERU — The government has increased old age pensions from the current M300 to M350 per month with effect from April 1. Finance...
Thahane wants parents to help educate their own children
MASERU — Parents should seriously consider contributing towards their children’s education as the government can no longer afford to go it alone, Finance Minister Timothy...
Sacu revenue boosts budget
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane yesterday presented a M13.7 billion budget that some economic commentators described as exceptional. Thahane said the government was able...
LCD youth leader Bulane dies
MASERU — Controversial Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league secretary general, Lebaka Bulane, died on Monday in a car accident. Bulane, 31, who was...
IEC gets M51 million to organise election
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has been allocated M51 million to organise this year’s election. The government is yet to announce the election...