US, Europe paying for looting Africa?
IT was bound to happen: one of our soothsayers — sangomas or ngakas— was bound to stumble upon “the truth”: Europe and the United States...
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It’s tough to be young in Lesotho
IT IS tough being young and gifted in our beautiful mountainous country. . . kapa joang! Actually, it is tough being the youth in Lesotho...
Pay increase for top civil servants
MASERU — The government is planning to review salaries of directors and managers in the civil service with effect from next month, the Lesotho Times...
Tough time for MKM liquidators
MASERU — MKM liquidators have warned of tough times ahead amid fears the company’s directors could seek to throw spanners into the liquidation process. The...
A fat excuse of a university
I T’S been only three years since Lesotho imported Limkokwing University from Malaysia, purportedly to educate our people. Yet in that short time Limkokwing has...
Talks fail to break NUL deadlock
MASERU — Talks aimed at breaking the impasse between management and lecturers at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) ended in deadlock on Monday, the...
Suspect abducted, tortured then handed over to SA police
MASERU — Lesotho’s police abducted and tortured a Mosotho man before illegally handing him over to South Africa to stand trial for unlawful escape and...
Wanted man shot dead in Mafeteng
MASERU — Police on Sunday shot dead a Mafeteng man who was wanted in connection with the murder of two famo musicians earlier this year....
Little-known Litšiba is new ABC secretary
MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC) party has appointed little-known Koro-Koro constituency member Thabiso Lits’iba as the party’s new secretary general. Lits’iba, 56, who...
Bill reacts angrily to reports that he was sacked
MASERU — Former All Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary general Macaefa Billy has reacted angrily to allegations that he was sacked from the party after he...
Global Fund withholds M4.5 million
MASERU — Global Fund has withheld M4.5 million in funding to the Lesotho Youth Federation (Lyfe) following differences between the group and its overseeing partner,...
Two ordered to pay M30 000 to murder victim’s family
MASERU — The High Court on Tuesday ordered two men to pay M30 000 in compensation to the family of a man they killed in...
Ministry threatens to crack down on gas retailers
MASERU — The government this week threatened to clamp down on retailers who are inflating the price of fuel gas. In a statement this week,...
Providing a medical scheme for workers
THIS article serves to provide you with some useful medical aid/insurance information in order for you to access the financial impact the implementation of a...
Is 16 days enough to fight gender violence?
“Journalists tend to be good at covering events that happen on a particular day, but we slip at covering events that happen every day, such...
The Church, the condom and the concept of sin
THE conservative Church in Lesotho continually discourages condom usage in favour of abstinence and faithfulness. This raises serious problems. Most Christians, particularly those who succumbed...
Malema: credibility on trial
MY collection of Hugh Masekela’s music includes Hugh Masekela and the Union of South Africa. It features the trumpeter with Jonas Gwangwa and Cephas Semenya....
Who would have gotten the numbers here?
I HAVE a number of bones to pick with an exact number of parties who are responsible for the announcement of the seventh billionth human...
Dream on!
O NCE in a while there comes a time when the pipedreams of a very few misdirected people skip the queue on the national agenda...
Hunt for loan dodgers begins
MASERU — The net is closing in on thousands of Basotho who have not repaid their educational loans to the government. The National Manpower Development...
PS was found holding a rosary
MASERU — The late principal secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Mohale Sekoto, was holding a white rosary in his left hand and a 9...
Business forum wants Moosa booted out
MASERU — Pressure is mounting on Osman Moosa a prominent businessman convicted of tax dodging, to step down as chairman of the Private Sector Foundation...
NUL students’ allowances to be stopped
MASERU — The National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) says if the National University of Lesotho (NUL) remains closed it will soon stop giving food and...
Lectures at Limkokwing set to resume next week
MASERU — Lectures at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) are set to resume next week after the university brought in expatriate staff this week....
IEC sets by-elections for month-end
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will conduct by-elections on November 26 in 18 councils where voting did not happen or failed to produce...
FNB seeks absolution from client’s arrest case
MASERU — The First National Bank (FNB) has applied for absolution from a case in which it is being sued for humiliating and instigating the...
Embassy donates M150 000 to First Lady’s office
MASERU — The Chinese Embassy in Lesotho yesterday gave M150 000 to the office of the First Lady to help orphans and vulnerable children throughout...
Thaba-Tseka farmer faces murder charge
MASERU — A Thaba-Tseka farmer who killed his neighbour 14 years ago finally appeared in the High Court on Tuesday to answer a charge of...
Still born baby found buried in vegetable plot
MASERU — A 30-year-old old woman from Thaba-Bosiu is expected to appear in court soon to answer charges of concealment of birth. Police spokesperson Masupha...
Mabote mushroom project blossoms
MASERU — In a country where chicken is almost a must for lunch, 16 women have dumped their large broiler project to start mushroom farming....