Under-17 coach fingered as soccer balls vanish
MASERU — Lesotho national Under-17 coach Bishop Molatoli has been embroiled in an embarrassing scandal surrounding the disappearance of practice balls meant for the team....
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LWP takes on ABC
MASERU — The Lesotho Workers Party (LWP) wants the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party to give up the proportional representation seats it secured in parliament...
NUL staff protest
ROMA – Non-academic staff at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) are up in arms against the university’s management. The Non-Academic Workers Union (Nawu) which...
Thakaso blows fuse at court
MASERU — Businessman Mohau Thakaso yesterday lost his cool after a case against his erstwhile colleagues at People’s Choice (PC) FM was postponed. Thakaso, who...
Tempers flare at High Court
MASERU — Tension between workers and management at the High Court has reached boiling point. The Lesotho Times can reveal that the registrar of the...
Road rage ends in tragedy
MASERU — It was a typical case of road rage. Two motorists were driving in opposite directions in Ha-Mabote in Berea. They met along some...
Fight over company turns nasty
MASERU — The fight for the control of a Maseru transport company has taken a new twist. Two months after Moeketsi “Chaltin” Tsatsanyane elbowed out...
LCD youth leaders to bounce back
MASERU — Former members of the dissolved Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league national executive committee are set to bounce back after they were...
Revamp Lesotho’s education system
LESOTHO’S education system is in dire need of reform if it is to meet the country’s needs for the 21st century. Education Minister ‘Mamphono Khaketla...
Abattoir fails to open
MASERU — The National Abattoir and Feedlot Complex, Lesotho’s only national abattoir, failed to resume operations as expected on Monday due to an ammonia leakage...
Water project to create jobs for construction workers
MASERU — The second phase of the multi-billion dollar Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) will create more than a thousand jobs during the construction phase,...
Mohapi faces chop
MASERU — Mokhosi Mohapi, the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa)’s acting chief executive officer, could find himself jobless. He was suspended last Monday and is expected...
Olympic Committee angers boxers
MASERU — Boxing authorities in the country have accused the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) of hampering their preparations for the Commonwealth Games. The Lesotho...
Things fall apart at Rovers
MASERU — Once the pride of Lesotho’s football, Rovers are in danger of disintegrating. The Roma club has for sometime been beset by mismanagement, but...
. . . as players protest against club
MASERU — Rovers players and coaching staff are up in arms over the state of the club’s administration amid allegations of corruption and deception. The...
Refs body promises security for officials
MASERU — The Lesotho Referees Association’s public relations officer, Rethusitsoe Lebaka, says he is confident the new Vodacom Premier League season will see no problems...
Mine row deepens
MASERU — A local consortium has threatened to sue Natural Resources Minister Monyane Moleleki (pictured left) for allegedly elbowing the group out of the picture...
Lawyers sucked into PC FM war
MASERU — Three prominent lawyers are embroiled in a battle for control of People’s Choice FM (PC FM) radio station. Advocates Salemane Phafane and Thabo...
Station bosses to appear in court
MASERU — People’s Choice (PC) FM’s top brass is set to appear in the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to answer fraud charges stemming from the...
IEC dismisses bias charge
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has rejected charges that it manipulated constituency boundaries in favour of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)...
Civic groups appeal to Zuma
MASERU — Lesotho’s civic groups yesterday appealed to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to ensure there is free movement between the two countries’ borders. The...
MPs want MKM bail-out
MASERU — Three MPs yesterday handed a petition to Finance Minister Timothy Thahane urging the government to bail out the beleaguered MKM. The MPs’ petition...
Pair convicted of kidnapping
MASERU — ‘Maselebalo Ntaolane, one of the two women charged with kidnapping a one-week-old baby, yesterday wept uncontrollably after she was convicted of a kidnapping...
Soldiers shoot suspected burglars
MASERU — A suspected burglar was shot dead last Friday after he was found in one of the offices at the finance ministry offices at...
Re-arrested fraud suspect in court
MASERU — A 53-year-old man has appeared in the High Court to face charges of defrauding the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) of M2.8 million....
Expert calls for change in governance
MASERU — Respected South African businessman Professor Mervyn King on Thursday said recent developments in the global business operations have called for a change in...
Mosisili opens new clinic
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Monday officially opened the new Domiciliary Clinic in Maseru which was funded by the United States development agency...
New club for Moletsane
MASERU — Lesotho international Bushy Moletsane has sealed a loan deal with yet another Botswana side. He has joined Premier League side Botswana Police XI...
Four athletes to take part in Singapore Games
MASERU — Lesotho will be part of the historic Youth Olympic Games starting in Singapore tomorrow. Four athletes — Tšehla Monethi, Mpho Moeti, Ntšeke Setho...
Makoanyane XI go through
MASERU — It was a sweet defeat. Lesotho’s Under-20 national side suffered a 1-2 defeat against South Africa in a CAF Under-20 Championship tie on...