A new chapter for drug abusers
THABA-BOSIU — It all started as an experiment in 1997. Pule (not his real name) was just 12. An experimental sip of the ‘holy waters’...
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Unions in wrangle over Workers’ Day
MASERU — There is discord within Lesotho’s trade unions. The leadership of the trade union movement is singing from different hymn books. The Lesotho Congress...
Ambassador urges business to take advantage of Expo
MASERU — The Chinese ambassador to Lesotho, Professor Gao Deyi, on Tuesday told local entrepreneurs to take advantage of the business opportunities brought by the...
Fifa official blasts Lefa
MASERU — Fifa development officer Ashford Mamelodi says Lesotho has moved very little in implementing the recommendations in the Mohale Declaration, a roadmap designed to...
Matlama put on hold
MASERU — Matlama might have to wait before they can finally pop the champagne as the new kings of Lesotho football if Lioli beat Linare...
Thahane threatened us: farmers
MASERU — A group of block farmers claims that Finance Minister Timothy Thahane has threatened to sue them if they don’t repay the government-guaranteed loans...
NSS agent convicted of robbery
MASERU — A National Security Services (NSS) secret agent and his wife were on Tuesday each sentenced to four years in prison for robbery. The...
New exam for drivers
MASERU — The Road Safety Department says it will today launch a new driver training and examination system in an effort to reduce fatalities on...
BAC leader steps down
MASERU — Khauhelo Ralitapole, the leader of the Basutoland African Congress (BAC), says she is stepping down “to make way for new blood”, the Lesotho...
Parliament postpones local government elections
MASERU — Parliament this week agreed to postpone the local government elections by twelve months after it passed the Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2010. The...
Race for Mpharane hots up
MASERU — The race for the May 22 by-election has kicked off in the Mpharane constituency in Mohale’s Hoek. Seven candidates — three independents and...
Judge withdraws from police boss’ graft case
MASERU — High Court judge ’Maseforo Mahase on Monday withdrew from a civil case in which Police Commissioner ’Malejaka Letooane is facing trial for...
Money lenders case postponed to October
MASERU — The Court of Appeal last Friday postponed a case between civil servants and money lending firms to October to allow the two parties...
MSF brings hope to Aids patients
MASERU — In 2006, 44-year-old Lekhokoho Kokome was on the verge of despair. Two years earlier Kokome had been diagnosed with HIV, the virus that...
Let’s curb music piracy
IN an article in the April 15 — 21 issue of the Lesotho Times, Ntsebeng Motsoeli shed important light on the subject of music piracy....
LRA urges public to expose graft
MASERU — The head of internal affairs at the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA), Moneuoa Kopo, on Friday said the public must report all cases of...
Textiles boss calls for new export incentives
MASERU — The vice-president of the Lesotho Textiles Exporters Association, Nkopane Monyane, on Monday said the replacement of the Duty Credit Certificates Scheme (DCCS) will...
Makoanyane XI run amok
MASERU — Lesotho are almost assured of meeting South Africa in the next stage of the CAF Under-20 Youth Championship qualifiers after vanquishing Mozambique 6-1...
Bahlabani leave for Mozambique
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17 national team, Bahlabani, left the country yesterday for Maputo to face Mozambique in the return leg of a CAF Under-17 Youth...
Lebata — A new star is born
MASERU — This time last week Tsebang Lebata was like any other young player struggling to make an impression in football. But on Sunday, at...
Pro golfer bemoans standards
MASERU — Professional golfer Motlalentoa Moloi fears the gulf in class between Lesotho and regional rivals could widen unless remedial measures are taken urgently....
During Monday’s hearing the farmers
MASERU — Long-distance runner Nkhabutlane Motlokoa has blamed muscle cramps for scuttling his chance of winning Botswana’s First Takalane Gaborone Marathon on Sunday. Motlokoa, who...
Ntsie in trouble again
MASERU — Controversial cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie (pictured), who is already facing two murder charges, is in trouble again after he appeared in court on Tuesday...
D-Day for Billy
MASERU — When Macaefa Billy walks into the dock next Friday his fate will not be in his hands. Neither will it be in the...
Villagers take official to task over farming woes
MASERU — The chief economic planner for the Ministry of Agriculture came under attack from members of the community parliament over the government’s failure to...
Parties brace for by-election
BATTLE lines are drawn in the impoverished rural constituency of Hololo, about 130km north of the capital Maseru. The nine candidates — four independents and...
LCD heavies blast Thabane
BUTHA-BUTHE — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) women’s league boss, ‘Mathabiso Lepono, last Sunday launched a scathing attack on opposition leader Thomas Thabane describing him...
M500 000 theft lawyer freed on bail
MASERU — A Maseru lawyer, Advocate Nketsi Makhera, who is facing a M500 000 theft charge for illegally selling a textile firm, was freed on...
Prosperity wants licence restored
MASERU — Prosperity Insurance Brokers wants the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) to reverse its decision to revoke its operating licence which was cancelled last...
Suspected baby snatchers granted bail
MASERU — Two women from Ha-Ts’iu appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with abducting an infant in January. ‘Mathuso Ntiese, 58, and ‘Maselebalo...