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...
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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...
Judgment awaited in long-drawn-out army pensions case
MASERU — The Lesotho Court of Appeal will on April 20 deliver judgment in a case in which army captain Bulane Sechele is challenging a...
Bill to regulate financial institutions
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane this week tabled a Bill in Parliament that seeks to regulate operations of financial institutions in the country. The...
Suspect dies in police cell
MASERU — A 24-year-old man allegedly involved in a M2 million copper cable heist was found dead in a police cell at Police Headquarters in...
Mda steps down as law society boss
MASERU — Law Society of Lesotho president Zwelakhe Mda is stepping down from the organisation after nine years at the helm. Mda announced the decision...
Send them to the floor, bo-’m`e
What the hell is happening on our roads? There is total havoc as construction workers dig up the road, fill it up with gravel, dig...
Molapo vows to continue with case if talks fail
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) veteran Majara Molapo has vowed to continue with his court case challenging the legitimacy of the newly-appointed executive committee...
65-year-old woman escapes after head-butting rapist rapist
MASERU — A 65-year-old woman has her head-butting skills to thank for fending off a rape attempt by a man old enough to be her...
LCD squabbles spill into NIP
MASERU – The divisions within the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) have spilled into its election partner, the National Independent Party (NIP). The development could...
‘We even have to fight for gains already made’
JOHANNESBURG — Over 200 men and women of all persuasions — from ward councillors, villagers, MPs and the clergy — who packed Kopanong Hotel Conference...
Vodacom rebrands
MASERU — Vodacom Lesotho on Friday officially launched a new brand identity. The company unveiled new corporate colours and a logo throughout the country’s 10...
Botho democratic model is the way to go for African nations
THE abuse of power by the state, the question of rebellion and the extent of the individual‘s obligation to obey the state have become central...
Have your goals or its all smoke and no fire
I have been really hard about what to write for this article. I have been thinking how my first paragraph should sound and feel like...
Women in the World Summit 2011 – 150 women honoured
TWENTY years ago, she was not known outside her village in Kenya and now Rebecca Lolosoli is invited to speak internationally about Umoja Village, an...
China after Mao, Confucius
THE only time I ever visited China was a stopover in Hong Kong after the former British possession had been given up to the People’s...
News is about people, not goats
What happens when a newspaper cares more about goats than people? Too often you find the journalists bleating about non-stories that have little connection with...
Knives out for IEC
MASERU – Local Government Minister Ponts’o Sekatle (pictured) yesterday warned the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to stop stepping on her toes and blaming her ministry...
BNP poll hearing postponed
MASERU – The High Court yesterday postponed to April 11 a case in which Majara Molapo is challenging the validity of the Basotho National Party...