‘Phohleli was asked to pray before shot dead’
MASERU — Moments before he was shot dead the late managing director of Astoria Bakery, Thabo Phohleli, was asked to close his eyes and pray,...
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Mosisili rebuffs LCCI demand on funding
MASERU — The Lesotho Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) lost its right to receive funding from government because it no longer represents all trade...
Businessman loses M100 000 in toilet
MASERU — A Thaba-Tseka businessman will forever rue his decision to answer the call of nature when he was robbed of M100 000 in a...
Lesotho: 45 years of economic bungling
THE government can play a critical role in developing sound policies that are conducive for business and promote a good investment climate. If a government...
‘Leave us alone’ won’t wash today
TWO South Africans were mourned copiously recently. One of them, Albertina Sisulu, was a political activist of the first order. She was the wife of...
Top cops face fraud charges
MASERU — Four senior police officers are facing charges of corruption, fraud, bribery and theft by false pretence. They are also accused of obstructing the...
Residents want tar company out
MASERU — The government says it will stop a local business tycoon from operating his tar processing business in a residential area in Maseru South...
NUL to cut student intake
MASERU — Government will this year drastically cut down on the number of students to be sponsored for studies at the National University of Lesotho...
‘Postpone local government elections’
MASERU — Opposition political parties yesterday said they wanted the local government elections scheduled for September 10 postponed because preparations are behind schedule. Speaking at...
‘Punish incompetent accounting officers’
MASERU — MPs want principal secretaries and chief accounting officers that approved supplementary estimates for the 2006/2007 fiscal year without following proper procedure to appear...
Let the looting begin
T wo events in recent weeks are enough to illustrate that we have sunk to unacceptable levels of immorality as a country. First, there was...
PM calls for new law on chieftainship
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has called on the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) women’s league to work hard to change the law that...
Police probe Quthing mining firm
MASERU — The police are investigating a brick moulding company in Quthing after two of its employees died on May 23 when a sand concave...
Anti-graft consultations kick off
MASERU — An international consultancy firm hired by government to help re-define Lesotho’s anti-corruption strategy started consultations with various groupings this week. De Speville and...
Women who love too much
“You will need to learn to live without all the excitement of the heated battles, those time-consuming, energy-draining dramas in which you’ve been co-starring.” That...
Next, the African Awakening?
AFRICANS who had come of age by 1957, when Ghana became independent, will be wondering if there will ever be an “African Awakening” in the...
‘Sekhamane not so clean’
MASERU — A witness in an internal probe into corruption in Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s office has alleged that the government secretary Tlohang Sekhamane (pictured)...
Experts say MKM battle has just begun
MASERU — Last week’s High Court judgment to liquidate MKM might have brought relief to thousands of people but for the liquidators the battle has...
MKM seeks stay of execution
MASERU — MKM lawyers say they have applied for a stay of execution of acting High Court judge John ’Musi’s May 18 judgment to liquidate...
Basotho Shield gutted by fire
MASERU — The iconic Basotho Shield, Maseru’s key tourism information centre, was burnt to ashes in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The burning of...
‘Punish MPs who dodge Parliament’
MASERU — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane says MPs who go AWOL should be punished. Motanyane made the remarks last Friday after complaining the...
Lesotho set to get more aid from Ireland
MASERU – Lesotho will get more aid from Ireland to help Basotho entrepreneurs diversify their products on the international markets under a pact signed on...
Student leader told to shut up
MASERU — Controversial Limkokwing University student leader Moeketsi Pholo has been banned from speaking to the media for seven months. The Limkokwing Students’ Representatives Council...
Jealous hubby kills wife
MASERU — A 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death in Thetsane last Sunday after accusing her of infidelity, police have said. Police spokesperson...
Makhakhe’s shenanigan
T he next time you meet Kubutu Makhakhe, the principal secretary for administration in the prime minister’s office, remember to look out for a mischievous...
Accountant implicated in arson attack
MASERU — An accountant in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport paid an accomplice M6 000 to start the fire that gutted down two...
We were never told about extradition: suspect
MASERU — One of the suspects accused of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in April 2009 told the High Court on Friday that...
Judgment Day ends with whimper
MASERU — Last Saturday was meant to be doomsday. Jesus was going to come from heaven and the dead were going to be resurrected for...
There is value in all forms of knowledge
FINANCE Minister Timothy Thahane recently visited the National University of Lesotho (NUL) to speak about the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). In his speech, Thahane told students...
CCTV and right to privacy
SOMETIME this year Basotho will elect their representatives in the Local Government Elections. They will also elect their representatives in the National Assembly next year....