End nigh for Metsing: analysts
MASERU — The relentless pressure being exerted on Mothetjoa Metsing suggests that the end is nigh for the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party...
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Web-based law reporting facility launched in Lesotho
MASERU — Lesotho on Tuesday launched an internet-based law reporting facility that will allow the judiciary to collect and publish legal information online. Speaking at...
High Court awards M40 000 to taxi driver
MASERU — The High Court has awarded M40 000 in damages to a taxi driver who was suing the commissioner of police for unlawful arrest...
Government to rationalise high school fees
MASERU — The government is rationalising school fees in all public secondary and high schools starting from January next year, Education Minister ’Mamphono Khaketla said...
Mosisili calls for Libya support
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili says the United Nations must help Libyans set up an all-inclusive government instead of allowing a few countries with...
Minister wins back father’s estate
MASERU — Education Minister ’Mamphono Khaketla on Friday won back custody of her late father’s estate after the High Court ruled that agreements entered by...
Dairy farmers protest
MASERU — Dairy farmers have stopped selling milk to the Lesotho Dairy Products (LDP) company in protest over payment delays, the Lesotho Times has learnt....
‘People with disabilities are getting a raw deal’
MASERU — The Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) says people with disabilities are getting a raw deal from the police and...
Standard Bank tightens grip on African market
MASERU — Standard Bank this week said it had strengthened its grip on the African market after it opened its 500th branch in the Nigerian...
Lesotho launches New Companies Act
MASERU — Trade and Industry Minister Dr Leketekete Ketso will today launch the New Companies Act that is meant to ease the doing of business...
To a woman who never gives up
“I AM so inspired, I feel like I am flying,” declares Makhoase Motsatse. This is after her recent visit to Toronto, Canada, where she was...
MFP, if it ain’t broken don’t fix it
It is said if something is not broken, don’t fix it. But if indeed it is broken, then you should know how to fix it...
‘Whistleblower’ cries foul
MASERU — Topollo Lephatšoe (pictured), a director in the Prime Minister’s office who is facing charges of corruption and fraud, says he is a victim...
300 prisoners set free
MASERU — The government has released 303 prisoners to ease congestion in the country’s main prisons. The prisoners were released on September 16, according to...
The money makers
S crutator is fed up to the back teeth with that bare-bone college called Limkokwing University of Creative Technology that claims to be innovative about...
Strife knocks off LCD manifesto
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party has failed to unveil its local government elections manifesto owing to internal wrangles, the Lesotho...
Traffic officer in court for soliciting a bribe
MASERU — A traffic officer who solicited a bribe from a taxi owner appeared in the Mohale’s Hoek Magistrate’s Court on Thursday to answer a...
Unions want varsity boss back
MASERU — Unions at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) want the director of academics, ’Mamolete Mohapi, who resigned last week reinstated with immediate effect....
World class diamond named Letšeng Star
MASERU — The world class white diamond discovered at Letšeng Mine in Mokhotlong last month was on Monday named the Letšeng Star. The 550 carat...
Over 2 700 to graduate
MASERU — At least 2 700 students are expected to graduate from the National University of Lesotho (NUL) on Saturday. The graduation ceremony will also...
Youths want Metsing out
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league this week slammed secretary general Mothetjoa Metsing for disrespecting party leader Pakalitha Mosisili. Metsing...
Lawyer slams High Court
MASERU — A lawyer who is representing one of two magistrates convicted for defeating the ends of justice this week slammed the High Court for...
MPs appeal against ruling
MASERU — Three ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) officials who earlier this month lost a case to compel the party’s national executive committee to...
Jehovah’s Witnesses convene at Setsoto
MASERU — Setsoto Stadium was last weekend turned into one “big church” when thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses met for their Let God’s Kingdom Come annual...
Ireland to pursue new strategy in Lesotho
By Ambassador Gerry Gervin LAST Tuesday Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, launched Ireland’s new Africa Strategy at...
Is Lesotho getting value for its investment in education?
A COUPLE of days ago I spent about a week in Pretoria and while there met a PhD student from Cameroon who recently enrolled for...
Women entrepreneurs: what do they really need?
Women’s development internationally is a relatively young initiative — it’s only in the late 70’s that it became formalised when the 1979 United Nations Convention...
Is Mosisili a dictator as implied in the Wikileaks cable?
Another kind of journalism of its own sort called Wikileaks has hit Lesotho. Many people are baffled as to whether to take Wikileaks’ investigations as...
The ultimate solution for world peace
There is so much strife and heartache in our world as we speak! There are wars, there is famine, there is inequality, there is crime...
I’m no hawk, says Sekatle
MASERU — Local Government Minister Pontšo Sekatle yesterday rubbished allegations made in a United States cable that she is one of the hardliners in the...