I am too young to go: PM
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili says he is too young to leave office. Mosisili, in power since 1998, says opposition leaders must instead relinquish...
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Opposition leaders hit back
MASERU — Opposition leaders have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s attack, in which he called on opposition leaders to retire. Mosisili said he was...
‘Selling land as good as prostitution’
MOHALE’S HOEK — Main opposition leader Thomas Thabane says selling land to foreigners would be tantamount to prostitution. Thabane said the Land Bill (2009) which...
Premier League pickings get richer
MASERU — The 2009/10 Vodacom Premier League champions are set to receive M100 000 — an increase of M70 000 to last season’s winners’ purse....
Lefty back at Likhopo
MASERU — Likuena star Bokang Mothoana, popularly known as Lefty, has signed for Likhopo. The midfielder had been club-less since the start of the 2009/10...
Taxi operators’ secretary general faces axe
MASERU — Six taxi associations want the secretary-general of the Maseru Region Taxi Operators (MRTO) Bokang ‘Musa to step down. The associations — Maseru Stars,...
Clinics run out of vaccines
MASERU — Some clinics in Lesotho have run of DPT, a crucial vaccine used to protect young children against Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT) diseases,...
Taxi operator in court over student’s death
MASERU — A local taxi operator, Nkoli Malia, appeared in the High Court yesterday to answer a charge of murder. Malia is accused of fatally...
Hooker to spend two months in jail
MASERU — A prostitute who stoned a police vehicle in a fit of rage will spend the next two months in prison after she was...
Police officer runs amok
MASERU — A police officer who is suspected to have a mental illness went on a shooting spree along Kingsway Street near Queen Elizabeth II...
No flaws in government system
I WRITE in response to an article by Tsikoane Peshoane and published in the October 29-November 4 2009 edition of the Lesotho Times. I am...
Move to expand banking coverage among the poor
MASERU — Lesotho PostBank has joined hands with the World Savings Bank Institute (WSBI) to increase banking coverage among the poor. The WSBI is an...
Pick ‘n Pay set to open in Maseru
MASERU — Sam Mphana, the man who is jointly behind the new Pick ‘n Pay due to be opened in Maseru later this month, is...
Transfer squabbles threaten local footballers’ careers
MASERU — The Premier League is in the middle of two transfer wrangles that have stalled player’s promising careers. Joy midfielder Moli Lesesa, 26, and...
Maketela retains seat
MASERU — Long-serving Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association president, Justice Maketela, has been re-elected for another four-year term. Maketela — who has led the association since...
LMPS seek to turn fortunes around
MASERU — MGC Supa8 kings LMPS have the chance to bring their Premier League season back on track when they travel to Sebothoane to face...
SADC snubbed
Opposition refuses to meet high-powered delegation MASERU — Lesotho’s opposition parties on Monday rejected a proposal by SADC to convene an all-stakeholders’ meeting...
ABC youths blame government over riots
MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league says the government must take responsibility for the chaos that ensured at the National University of...
Minister says ‘third force’ behind student strikes
MASERU — The Minister of Education and Training, Dr ‘Mamphono Khaketla has told parliament that there is a third force behind the recent strikes by...
BNP ditches anniversary plans
MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) this week abandoned plans to celebrate the party’s 50th anniversary because the party’s coffers are dry, the Lesotho...
LCS coach fired
MASERU — LCS coach Katiso Mojakhomo (pictured) has been sacked, making him the first managerial casualty of the 2009/10 Vodacom Premier League season. After a...
Bantu face Masheshena in Vodacom tie
MASERU — Bantu coach Bafokeng Mohapi believes his side remain underdogs going into Saturday’s eagerly awaited Vodacom Soccer Spectacular quarter-final clash against the troubled LCS....
Man cleared in murder case, kept behind bars
MASERU — When Thabiso Mothobi escaped the gallows last Friday he thought his troubles were finally over. The Court of Appeal upheld his appeal and...
Change resistance affecting libraries
WE have seen a rapid growth in the number of libraries in Lesotho over the past few years. This development has created demand for more...
LEC loses appeal against ruling
MASERU — The Lesotho Electricity Corporation (LEC) has lost an appeal against paying damages to a student who was electrocuted by a cable in Mazenod...
‘Justice system on its knees’
MASERU — The president of the Lesotho Court of Appeal last Friday attacked High Court judges for failing to deliver written reasons for their judgments....
Government system flawed
THE bureaucracy and incompetence that normally hamper development in Lesotho can largely be attributed to the system of government we have. Lesotho is one of...
All roads lead to Butha-Buthe
MASERU — All roads lead to Butha-Buthe this weekend when the eagerly awaited M1 million Vodacom Soccer Spectacular tournament finally gets underway. But should this...
The going gets tough for Roses
MASERU — With one quarter of the season gone, struggling Butha-Buthe Roses find themselves rooted at the bottom of the Vodacom Premier League table. Roses...
Day-dreaming in the lecture theatre
SITTING in the lecture theatre one day, half-pretending to be paying attention to what I was actually supposed to be listening to, I was brought...