Basotho Shield gutted by fire
MASERU — The iconic Basotho Shield, Maseru’s key tourism information centre, was burnt to ashes in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The burning of...
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‘Punish MPs who dodge Parliament’
MASERU — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane says MPs who go AWOL should be punished. Motanyane made the remarks last Friday after complaining the...
Lesotho set to get more aid from Ireland
MASERU – Lesotho will get more aid from Ireland to help Basotho entrepreneurs diversify their products on the international markets under a pact signed on...
Student leader told to shut up
MASERU — Controversial Limkokwing University student leader Moeketsi Pholo has been banned from speaking to the media for seven months. The Limkokwing Students’ Representatives Council...
Jealous hubby kills wife
MASERU — A 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death in Thetsane last Sunday after accusing her of infidelity, police have said. Police spokesperson...
Makhakhe’s shenanigan
T he next time you meet Kubutu Makhakhe, the principal secretary for administration in the prime minister’s office, remember to look out for a mischievous...
Accountant implicated in arson attack
MASERU — An accountant in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport paid an accomplice M6 000 to start the fire that gutted down two...
We were never told about extradition: suspect
MASERU — One of the suspects accused of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in April 2009 told the High Court on Friday that...
Judgment Day ends with whimper
MASERU — Last Saturday was meant to be doomsday. Jesus was going to come from heaven and the dead were going to be resurrected for...
There is value in all forms of knowledge
FINANCE Minister Timothy Thahane recently visited the National University of Lesotho (NUL) to speak about the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). In his speech, Thahane told students...
CCTV and right to privacy
SOMETIME this year Basotho will elect their representatives in the Local Government Elections. They will also elect their representatives in the National Assembly next year....
‘Phaphamang basali!’ says ILO
“Women Arise!” That’s the slogan of the upcoming International Labour Organisation (ILO) “Month of the Woman Entrepreneur” (MOWE) seminar to be held in August in...
Western development model falls flat in Africa
The World Economic Forum (WEF), like similar institutions and forums, is fascinating in many respects. The same goes for the WEF on Africa, which met...
Africa’s leadership crisis
IN this month, when we commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, South Africa held fairly free and fair local government elections....
When cellphones are in wrong hands
EISH, cellular phones can be a nuisance, especially when used by the wrong minds. These contraptions can turn good people bad…serious! People do not mind...
It’s pay back time for MKM
MASERU — The High Court has ruled that MKM should be liquidated and its assets sold to pay back 400 000 Basotho who invested in...
Fresh twist to coup plot suspects trial
MASERU — The trial of seven men who allegedly attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in 2009 took a new twist in the High...
Judge’s sister shot
MASERU — High Court judge Justice Nthomeng Majara escaped death by a whisker on Saturday night when her younger sister, who was in her company,...
Mosisili hints at retirement
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Tuesday hinted at his retirement. He told a press conference on Tuesday that he is not planning to...
Prisoner sodomised
MASERU — The Maseru magistrate’s court has reserved judgment in a case in which an inmate at the Maseru Central Prison was on trial for...
Spooked by poker
I f you are a high school dropout or someone not so smart who lost their money to Simon Thebe-ea-Khale’s thieving scheme called MKM, then...
‘Legalise prostitution to curb HIV’
MASERU — Lesotho and other countries in the region should consider legalising prostitution if the continent is to meet its target of completely stopping new...
‘Gays are also God’s children’
MASERU — He was a hero among the gay community in South Africa. But he died young, at the age of 41, of an Aids-related...
Why humanities remain relevant
“All happy families are alike but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion” (Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenin). THIS opening line from Tolstoy’s Anna...
Can any woman be an entrepreneur?
SOME experts take exception to the word “entrepreneur” being used to describe anyone from a vegetable vendor to Richard Branson. Fox and Rooyen identified some...
Is this the end-game for Gadaffi?
BY the end of last week, a senior Nato official said if Muammar Gadaffi was killed in one of their air attacks, this would be...
Service delivery in government is appalling
OUR country is rated as a Third World country. I believe there is nothing lower than that. The sad thing is that it might never...
Letšeng Diamonds empowers farmers
MOKHOTLONG — Wool and mohair farmers in Mokhotlong say they expect to increase production from the current three million to 10 million tonnes after they...
Mazenod High tops tax debate
MASERU — Mazenod High School last Friday won M5 000 and a floating trophy in a debating competition organised by the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA)....
Botswana College courts Basotho
MASERU — A private college, Botho College, this week conducted a two-day exhibition aimed at recruiting students to study in Botswana. Keefelakae Moloi (pictured above),...