Hospital killers escape noose
MASERU — The Court of Appeal yesterday commuted the death sentence of two men who shot dead a man on a hospital bed after accusing...
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Commonwealth boss meets political leaders
MASERU — Commonwealth secretary general Kamalesh Sharma arrived in Lesotho yesterday for a two-day visit. Sharma who is on his inaugural visit here since taking...
I caught my wife naked, hubby tells court
MASERU — A calm and collected Rethabile Mphahama sat in the witness box of Court 4 at the High Court, words flowing from his mouth....
Mother tries to buy son’s rape victim into silence
MASERU — A woman from Ha Makhalanyane is alleged to have paid M500 in hush money to silence a woman who had been raped by...
Body of girl found in river
MASERU — The body of a sexually abused girl has been found floating in a river in Mafeteng, her throat slit wide open. Police are...
Soldier loses pension case
MASERU — Army captain Bulane Sechele yesterday lost a court case in which he wanted the Court of Appeal to outlaw a recently introduced government...
Fast-track opening up of border: Tsekoa
MASERU — South Africa and Lesotho should fast-track the opening up of common borders to allow for easier movement of people and commercial goods between...
Project targets 24 000 orphans
MASERU — An European Union-funded project aims to assist 24 000 orphans and vulnerable children in the country by the end of this year. The...
What comes out of potato fields?
Makoanyane XI, our Under-20 team, is being walloped at the Caf youth tournament currently underway in South Africa. First they were thrashed 2-0 by Egypt....
Malie selling Pioneer Mall shares
MASERU — Prominent businessman Mpho Malie (pictured right) is disposing of his shares in Pioneer Shopping Mall hardly two years after the centre opened its...
Free Trade agreement deepening Africa’s poverty
Last week, a tripartite dialogue reflecting on relations between government, civil society and European Union (EU), was held in Lesotho. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond my...
Are women entrepreneurs treated differently when they access credit?
THERE are two ways to look at this question. First, are women entrepreneurs discriminated against when they apply for funding from lending institutions? The jury...
Seriously, what happened to respect?
Our neighbouring country, or should I say our surrounding country – is proposing new laws concerning alcohol. One of the first things they are proposing...
The real African is not chicken
THIS will sound indelicate to some people: at the end of the day, we all have to go to the lavatory. Billionaires, priests, vagabonds, sex...
English Lesson Two: joining sentences
Use of conjunctions Grammatically a conjunction is a connecting word , a word that is used to link sentences, clauses, phrases or words .Examples of...
PS fights messy divorce
MASERU – Teleko Ramotšoari, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Trade, is fighting a messy divorce case at the High Court. Ramotšoari’s wife, Lipuo,...
Sadc eager to finalise Lesotho poll reforms
MASERU – A Southern African Development Community (Sadc) team visits Lesotho on April 27 to ramp up pressure on political players to finalise electoral reforms...
Lehohla urges new citizens to enter politics
MASERU – Home Affairs Minister Lesao Lehohla (pictured above) has exhorted foreigners granted Basotho citizenship to actively participate in the country’s politics. He said this...
BCP veteran takes party to court
MASERU — A senior member of the Basotho Congress Party (BCP) has approached the High Court to force the party leadership to hold an elective...
Woman elopes with boyfriend, abandons mentally ill daughter
MASERU — Police have arrested a 40-year-old Lithoteng woman who allegedly eloped with her boyfriend, leaving her 12-year-old mentally ill daughter to suffer sexual abuse...
Majara demands fresh BNP elections
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) presidential aspirant Majara Molapo is demanding fresh elections as a precondition for engaging in talks with a party rival...
Wrongly convicted officer released
MASERU — A police constable convicted of possessing marijuana spent close to a year in jail before a High Court judge realised he had been...
Man in court for killing cop in suspected love triangle
MASERU — A Mazenod man appeared in court yesterday for allegedly shooting dead a senior policeman at a guest house after suspecting him of having...
We are over-worked and under-paid, say textile workers
MAPUTSOE — Sitting behind a sewing machine at a textile factory for up to 10 hours a day has been ‘Manthabiseng*’s routine for the past...
M168 million boost for education, energy
MASERU — Lesotho and Japan have signed a M168 million grant to boost the local education and energy sectors. About M149 million will be used...
LRA exceeds revenue collection target by 5%
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) exceeded its revenue collection target by five percent for the last financial year. LRA commissioner-general Thabo Letjama told...
Let them drink tea!
We are a cattle country. That’s just how it is. If your ancestors did not have cattle, goats or sheep and you claim to be...
‘PM meddling with the court’
MASERU – A security manager who is locked in a legal dispute with Lets’eng Diamond Mine has accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of influencing a...
Thahane heckled over job freeze
MASERU – The government’s plan to freeze recruitment for the current financial year opened a Pandora’s box in parliament on Tuesday. Opposition political parties attacked...
‘Autonomy of Appeal Court under threat’
MASERU – The independence of the Court of Appeal is under threat, according to Justice Michael Ramodibedi. Speaking at the opening of the first session...