Radio stations silenced
MASERU — The government yesterday shutdown four private radio stations for seven hours after accusing them of spreading lies and inciting people to join the...
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Principal Chief defies High Court order
MASERU — Chief Magistrate has ruled that Principal Chief of Thaba-Bosiu, Khoabane Theko should be evicted from a house he has been using since he...
Police foil massive protest march
MASERU — A three-day strike by textile workers failed to end with a planned massive protest march yesterday after the police cancelled its authorising permit....
Mosisili’s guards under probe
MASERU – A group of soldiers suspected to be Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s guards are under investigation for allegedly attacking an elderly Chieftainess in Mohale’s...
Swazi commission backs Justice Ramodibedi
MASERU — The Swaziland Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has refused to entertain calls by Swazi lawyers to discipline Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi for allegedly sexually...
Prison runs out of food
MASERU — Inmates at the Maseru Central Prison are living on smaller-than-normal rations because the prison has run out of food, the Lesotho Times can...
Protesters to seek another strike permit
MASERU — The High Court yesterday removed from the roll the application by textile union leaders and other organisations seeking to overturn the police’s decision...
Opposition youth leaders lash out at LCD
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league yesterday came under fire from the opposition for condemning this week’s strike by textile workers....
New hospital to open soon
MASERU — Lesotho’s new M1.2 billion referral hospital will open its doors on October 1, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social...
M11m warehouse commissioned
MOKHOTLONG — An M11 million storage warehouse was on Thursday commissioned in Mokhotlong to improve the delivery of food in the district. The opening of...
A nation of lambs
I was completely thunder-struck as I was walking down my neighbourhood alley when my attention was suddenly diverted to a young girl who was whole-heartedly...
Keys to the corner office
Do nice girls get the corner office? Not according to Dr Frankel whose hard hitting best-seller Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office points out...
How social media can help businesses
SOCIAL media is a new method of sharing information instantly on the internet. Social media websites create a forum through which people and organisations have...
Ex-convict lands top job
MASERU — Masupha Sole, the former Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) boss who was recently freed from jail after serving nine years for bribery and...
Leribe couple in court for murder
MASERU — A couple from Pitseng in Leribe appeared in the High Court on Tuesday last week charged with the murder of a man in...
Opposition slams Sole’s appointment
MASERU — Opposition leaders have condemned the decision to engage Masupha Sole, the convicted former boss of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). Sole was...
A national disgrace
I n her few years on this earth Scrutator has seen and heard things that have shocked her. Some things have made her cry while...
The return of Sole
MASERU — There was a time when Masupha Sole was a star. He had entered the civil service in 1972 as a little known engineer....
Man nabbed for musician’s killing
MASERU — Police this week arrested a 30-year-old man from Mafeteng suspected of killing famo musician Boithatelo Leopa last month. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said...
National Abattoir under probe
MASERU – The National Abattoir is under investigation for allegedly selling meat condemned by inspectors and slaughtering animals that had not been inspected, the Lesotho...
BNP supporters barred from Jonathan’s widow
MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) enthusiasts were barred from visiting the late Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan’s widow two weeks ago. Together with their...
Court reserves judgment in LCD case
MASERU — The constituencies of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) demanding a special conference that will decide whether Pakalitha Mosisili and his National Executive...
LNDB boss 2, minister 0
MASERU — Agriculture minister Ralechate ’Mokose’s second attempt to fire the Lesotho National Dairy Board (LNDB) chief executive, Selematsela Montši, hit a brick wall last...
Coalition threatens mass protest
MASERU — A coalition of traders, labour unions and civil society has threatened to orgainse a national demonstration if Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili does not...
Chinese firm signs contract for Metolong dam
MASERU — Chinese construction company, Sinohydro Corporation Limited says it expects to employ at least 400 locals during the construction of Metolong Dam. The company...
Who should warn us of troubles ahead?
IT’S been three years since the sub-prime mortgage crisis hit the world economy. Many economies are yet to recover from the crisis. And now even...
Causes of corruption in developing nations
WHY is corruption (defined here as the misuse of public office for private gain) perceived to be more widespread in some countries than others? Understanding...
Making a living gainst all odds
“All that you have shall one day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.” —...
Mubarak, the first of many more?
I SUSPECT most of us so-called hard-boiled African scribes were struck by a bolt of lightning-like skepticism when we saw TV footage of Hosni Mubarak,...
LRA raids Jackpot
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) is investigating popular businessman Yan Xie (pictured) for allegedly evading tax, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Xie, a...