Parties dismiss Mokoku report
MASERU — Lesotho opposition parties on Tuesday distanced themselves from a report that was presented to Sadc leaders at a summit held in Windhoek, Namibia,...
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Volunteer shot dead
MASERU — An American Peace Corps volunteer, Thomas Maresco, 24, was fatally shot in Maseru on last Friday. Acting police spokesperson, Lekhotla Mokete, confirmed the...
Billy pledges to fight wage board
MASERU — Trade unionist and politician Macaefa Billy says he wants to fight the Wages Advisory Board for serving the interests of employers and not...
Factory boss shoots at union leaders
MASERU — A senior manager at a Maputsoe-based textile factory last week allegedly shot at two senior Factory Workers Union (Fawu) executives who tried to...
LPMTC allies turn against each other
MASERU — The battle for the troubled Lesotho Public Motor Transport Company (LPMTC) reached boiling point last week amidst allegations that a trustee of the...
Metropolitan posts impressive financial results
MASERU — Insurance giant, Metropolitan Lesotho, says it posted impressive financial results for the first six months of this year. Metropolitan Lesotho managing director Nkau...
Maluti Mountain Brewery scoops top awards
MASERU — Maluti Mountain Brewery last Wednesday won the top Castle Lager quality award at the SABMiller Africa technical directors’ conference held in Durban, South...
Netball team thrashed
MASERU — Lesotho’s netballers were this week reminded of the gulf in class between them and the rest of Africa when they were thrashed at...
Tata bounces back
MASERU — Vodacom Premier League champions Matlama have reinstated Ntebele Taole as head coach, ending speculation over his future with the club. Taole, affectionately known...
Premier League kicks off on Saturday
MASERU — The Vodacom Premier League finally roars into life this Saturday with Likhopo kicking off the campaign against LCS in the first match of...
Tlelai locked up for contempt of court
MASERU — A prominent Maseru businessman, Tumo Tlelai, was yesterday sentenced to 30 days in prison for contempt of court. Tlelai, who owns Victoria Hotel,...
The case that sank the boss
MASERU — At the centre of the case are allegations that Tlelai illegally occupied a piece of land on which he was quarrying atop the...
Lawyers to sue insurance firm
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho is planning to sue a legal services insurance company, the Lawyer’s Voice, for allegedly operating an illegal insurance...
Maseru photographers clash
MASERU — Two photographers’ associations are embroiled in a fight over who should be operating from the new passport offices in Maseru. Members of the...
LCD youth league elects leaders
MASERU — Mosala Mojakisane last weekend easily retained the presidency of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league ending a protracted turf war...
Fired lawyer switches camp
MASERU — A prominent Maseru lawyer has turned against a client he once represented. Advocate Hopolang Nathane once represented ’Mamatlakala Maphisa in a case in...
Health ministry to launch immunisation campaign
MASERU — The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare will kickstart a countrywide measles immunisation campaign this month. Health Minister Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng last week...
Bahlabani punished
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17s have been left with a mountain to climb after their 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Cameroon in a 2011 African...
Golden Girl in Croatia
MASERU — Lesotho’s “Golden Girl” Selloane Tšoaeli is confident of another historic performance when she competes at the IAAF Continental Cup which starts tomorrow in...
Sherrif in trouble
MASERU — A senior High Court official, a prominent lawyer and a local businessman are facing theft charges for allegedly stealing goods worth M9 million....
Man pleads trauma after police torture
MASERU — He was stripped and handcuffed. He was suffocated with latex gloves and strangled with bare hands. Then, when that failed to get him...
Passport office cuts backlog
MASERU — The Assistant Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety Lineo Molise-Mabusela says the government has produced nearly 90 000 passports over the past...
Disgraced rape suspect sets self alight in suicide attempt
MASERU — A 22-year-old man from Ha Tsolo in Maseru set himself ablaze last Saturday after allegedly raping his 19-year-old cousin. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha...
LCD turf war reaches fever pitch
MASERU — The battle for leadership for the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league goes to the wire this Saturday. The nomination list shows...
Government workers must demand voice
As a citizen of Lesotho — a proud one for that matter — I am really challenged by what is happening in our neighbouring countries....
Thabane will rue split
Re: LWP takes on ABC, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 Lesotho Workers’ Party (LWP) leader Macaefa Billy is quoted as saying: “My view is that...
Save NUL
Re: NUL rebirth overdue, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 The National University of Lesotho (NUL) is run by self-centred, greedy and stingy people who just...
University must adapt or die
Re: NUL staff protest, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 The National University of Lesotho (NUL) is on its knees. The traditional means of financing the...
Ministry must look before leaping into new curriculum
Re: Revamp Lesotho’s education system, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 I fully agree with the argument put forward that it is high time changes are...
Mohapi’s wings clipped
MASERU — Mokhosi Mohapi’s dream to become the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa)’s substantive chief executive officer has been shattered after the association decided to kick...