MKM battles to fend off liquidation
MASERU — MKM’s last stand for survival took off in the Court of Appeal yesterday with lawyers for the troubled company shying away from arguing...
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Headmaster gets 6 years in jail
MASERU — A headmaster was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in jail for fatally shooting another man three years ago. Pitso Lipholo, 34, a...
Metolong signs new contract
MASERU — The Metolong Authority yesterday signed two contracts worth US$80.352 million (about M642 824 365) for the Downstream Conveyance System that will transport water...
Bankers fight fraud
MASERU –— The Bankers Association of Lesotho (BAL) on Thursday launched an aggressive awareness campaign to curb fraud. Mpho Vumbukani, who chairs the association, told...
Youths in Lesotho must take charge of political process
LAST week saw thousands of Basotho trekking to the polls to vote in the local government election. I consider the issue of voting in national...
A thought for rural women
“Would the world stand by if it were men who were dying just for completing their reproductive functions?” Migiro, UN deputy secretary general 2007 ...
Sata, Scott deserve success
MICHAEL Chilufya Sata was 27 years old when Northern Rhodesia became the independent Republic of Zambia on October 24, 1964. The republic’s first president, Kenneth...
Are ‘romantic’ things guys do really romantic?
I WATCH television a lot these days, believe me when I say a lot! And even though it is not exactly my topic for the...
Metsing snubs party meeting
MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) secretary general Mothetjoa Metsing (pictured) last Thursday snubbed the party’s parliamentary caucus where he was set to be...
220 factory workers denied chance to vote
MAPUTSOE — Reflex Footwear Manufacturers denied its 220 workers their right to vote by forcing them to go to work during local government election on...
IEC struggles to release poll results
MASERU — Four days after the local government poll, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was still struggling to release the final results triggering fears the...
Cheap, cheaper, cheapest
A PART from the sunshine and air we breathe nothing in this country is as cheap as the youths. Some crumbs, a bit of liquor...
BNP leader faces jail for contempt
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Thesele ‘Maseribane could be jailed for contempt of court for failing to convene a special conference in August....
Justice Ramodibedi refuses to recuse himself
MASERU — Court of Appeal president Justice Michael Ramodibedi this week refused to recuse himself from a case in which three members of the ruling...
Shoprite workers down tools
MASERU — Just M610 a month. This is what general workers are earning at retail giant Shoprite Supermarket in Maseru. This week emotions boiled over...
10 nabbed for car theft
MASERU — A police assistant and nine other men were arrested in Ha Thetsane last week for car theft. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the...
King appoints Court of Appeal judge
MASERU — King Letsie III has appointed Justice Noel Victor Hurt to the Lesotho Court of Appeal bench. Court of Appeal president, Justice Michael Ramodibedi,...
‘Lesotho prisons one hell of a nightmare’
MASERU — Somewhere in Ha-Thamae, 30-year-old Tšepo (not his real name) is busy with some friends unloading concrete bricks from a truck. They engage in...
Tornado devastates Ficksburg, kills one
FICKSBURG — A nine-year-old boy was crushed to death on Sunday when their house collapsed after a tornado hit Moqheleng, an informal settlement in the...
Textile workers, employers resort to ILO intervention
MASERU — Textile workers unions and employers have agreed to call an International Labour Organisation (ILO) expert following a stalemate over salary negotiations. Lesotho factory...
Tšepong opens doors for patients
MASERU — Lesotho’s new biggest referral health centre, Tšepong Hospital, opened its doors to patients on Saturday. The M1.2 billion centre, situated in Lepereng just...
Student wins M50 000 award
MASERU — Butha-Buthe High School student Khojane Ntlaba has always nursed dreams of building a beautiful house for his parents. That dream came true last...
EU gives M160m to fight poverty
MASERU — The European Union has disbursed over M160 million towards two on-going government poverty reduction and water and sanitation programmes. The funds will go...
Financial crisis and its lessons for the developing world
THE 2008/09 global financial crisis has been one of the most significant happenings in this new century and it certainly caught the attention of all...
Gender budgeting means gender equality
A country’s budget is the key to achieving gender equality as very little, if anything can be accomplished without funding. A quick look at what...
Temper, a dangerous emotion
TEMPER, temper, temper! This is a crazy and dangerous emotion, which has the potential of causing a heap load of havoc; havoc so bad, it...
State funeral scandal
MASERU — The state funeral of the late assistant sports minister Lekhetho Phakisi gobbled more than M2.5 million but more than half of that amount...
Metsing must go, say LCD youths
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league is reportedly seeking a police permit to march to Communications Minister Mothetja Metsing’s office as...
Civil servants plundered public coffers: report
MASERU — The state-funded funeral of the assistant minister Lekhetho Phakisi in July 2007 seems to have provided a platform for some civil servants to...
Bashing ‘Makoerekoere’
M akoerekoere! You know a radio station has lost the plot when it allows its presenters to use such words. A fortnight ago PC FM,...