Taxi operators to spear-head protests
MASERU – The Maseru Region Transport Operators (MRTO) is today expected to lead a protest against poor service delivery by the government. The taxi association...
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NIP president ousted in boardroom coup
MASERU — National Independent Party (NIP) acting president Serame Khampepe was ousted in a boardroom coup on Sunday as a fierce power struggle within the...
Siverts pledges to make NUL a better place
MASERU — New National University of Lesotho (NUL) vice-chancellor, Sharon Siverts, pictured below, knows all too well the main challenge facing the institution. “From what...
Duo acquitted of murder
MASERU — Two men who were suspected of killing a herder in a row over stolen sheep in Quthing eight years ago were acquitted by...
Mafeteng woman shot dead
MASERU — A 28-year-old woman from Mafeteng was shot dead by two unknown men last week. Acting police spokesperson Lekhotla Mokete said the victim’s body...
Sparks fly high at IEC meeting
MASERU — A meeting called by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to discuss the forthcoming local government elections almost degenerated into a farce yesterday as...
Wasco launches water conservation programme
MASERU — The Water and Sewerage Company (Wasco) yesterday launched a campaign to encourage people to conserve water. Wasco public relations manager Khotso Letsatsi said...
Businessman sues council
MASERU — A local businessman is suing the Berea district council after it failed to pay him for a pedestrian roller which he had hired...
Edgars Active comes to town
MASERU – South African retail clothing giant Edcon will officially open its first branch of Edgars Active in Lesotho today. The outlet at Pioneer Shopping...
Who let the lousy lawyer out!
The next time you hire a local lawyer, especially those who have been churned out by the National University of Laziness (NUL) in recent years,...
At what price motherhood?
IT MUST have been a hefty price in the first half of the 20th century, if my now 83-year-old French teacher’s view is anything to...
Struggle is to be ‘un-colonial’
THERE are probably many pan-Africanist crazies who will go ballistic at the suggestion that the leaders of many African countries learnt their craft from the...
Get your grubby hands off my body
FOR the past two months or so, not a single day has gone by without me hearing the word ‘tattoo’. It can be just that...
Taxi operators to join protest
MASERU — Taxi operators have agreed to join a protest organised by a group of Lesotho Congress for Democracy youths and the opposition against a...
Cops accused of covering up
MASERU — Police shot a Leribe woman in a botched raid last year and when her husband demanded compensation he was given a temporary job...
Sadc team meets political players today
MASERU — A Southern African Development Community (Sadc) team will today meet with Lesotho political parties to discuss electoral reforms ahead of general elections next...
Textile firm faces closure after thefts
MASERU — Over 600 employees at Hippo Knitting Factory might lose their jobs after thieves struck twice in the past two weeks and got away...
Former mine boss’ appeal thrown out
MASERU — A former security manager at Lets’eng Diamond Mine who once accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of “meddling with the court” lost his appeal...
Fresh voter education drive
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) yesterday engaged the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) in an ambitious programme to boost voter education. The...
New Chinese ambassador arrives in Lesotho
MASERU — Veteran Chinese diplomat Hu Dingxian arrives in Lesotho today to take up his new post as ambassador. Dingxian, 56, replaces Qiu Bohua whose...
Court upholds jail sentence
MASERU — The Court of Appeal last week confirmed an eight-year jail sentence imposed on a police officer who was convicted of killing a suspected...
Lesotho teacher impressed by the American way
MASERU — A school principal from Lesotho spent time in America last month, visiting schools, picking the brains of computer gurus and speaking to civic...
What Africa ought to kill – greed
JULIUS Malema is probably a very nice man when you get to know him. But his public persona is something else entirely. Except for the...
April Fool’s Day came with no real drama
Every other themed day has an origin of some sort — Women’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, Hero’s Day and all the other days that we...
Old Boys Network: admission reserved
EVERY society has it – an inner circle that is easily identifiable at business and social functions. They scan the room, seeking each other out...
When you put kids in political office
What happens when two public officers who also happen to be politicians are too idle? Well, they either bask in the sun like lizards...
Coup suspects in town
MASERU — Seven men who were extradited from South Africa on Tuesday to answer charges of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in April...
Lone star Mosisili
MASERU – “I have accepted your support of me,” said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday as he welcomed a crowd of about 5 000...
Mosisili warns of LCD ‘death’
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has warned of a “smell of death” haunting his Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. Addressing a march organised...
Police rescue women trafficked to South Africa
MASERU — Two local women who were trafficked to South Africa two years ago were rescued by the police last Wednesday. Acting police spokesperson ‘Mantolo...