2 beaten to death in gang wars
MASERU — Two men aged 59 and 60 were beaten to death by members of a rogue community crime prevention committee in Phororong in...
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ABC pledges to empower councils
MASERU – The All Basotho Convention (ABC) party has pledged to empower local councils to deliver better services to the people if it wins local...
100 years on: is the women’s movement still relevant?
With the focus mainly on the status of women in developing countries, it is easy to forget that women in the West have not always...
Maluti Lager gets new pack
MASERU – Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB) launched a new 660ml returnable glass bottle at a glittering function at a local hotel on Tuesday night. The...
Econet re-launches broadband service
MASERU – Econet Telecom Lesotho re-launched its Econet Broadband internet system last Wednesday in Maseru. Econet Broadband is an advanced internet network that uses latest...
PM’s office bosses suspended
MASERU — Five senior officials in the prime minister’s office have been suspended for alleged corruption. The principal secretary for administration Kubutu Makhakhe and his...
Junior officers drag top cop to court over pay
MASERU – Junior police officers who hold university degrees have dragged Police Commissioner ’Malejaka Letooane to the High Court for allegedly refusing to promote and...
The days of plenty are over!
What do you do when you find out that your monthly grocery is running into tens of thousands of maloti yet your favourite food is...
Parties fight electoral Bill
MASERU – Opposition parties have ganged up against a new Bill that seeks to change the laws governing National Assembly elections in Lesotho. The Lesotho...
Claims period to be reviewed
MASERU — The days of people refusing to settle genuine claims on the basis that those who seek damages have not lodged their claims on...
Judgment reserved in soldier’s bid to get findings’ disclosure
MASERU – The High Court has reserved judgment to next week in an application in which an army captain wants the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)...
Lesotho’s HIV prevalence rate falls
MASERU — The National Aids Commission (NAC) this week said Lesotho’s HIV prevalence rate has slightly decreased over the past two years. NAC on Tuesday...
Police descend on famo gangs
MAFETENG – Police have launched a crackdown on famo gangs that are blamed for dozens of murders in Mafeteng district. More than 100 famo artistes...
Will the next Pol Pot be Arab or African?
TO those too young to remember Pol Pot, here is a short biography: he was an Asian who had millions of his people killed, perhaps...
Let’s be more accountable about our natural resources
ON March 2 and 3 governments will be meeting in Paris, France, to share their experiences on how accountability can enhance democratic governance in their...
Under-20s fall to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia . . . . (1) 3 Lesotho . . . . . . . . .(1) 1 MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-20 national team...
Heads to roll in PM's office
MASERU – Heads are set to roll in Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s office after a forensic investigation unearthed serious abuse and manipulation of procurement regulations....
Thahane freezes posts
MASERU – The government will not hire personnel to fill new posts because of the scarcity of funds, according to Finance Minister Timothy Thahane. Thahane...
M50-million boost for SMMEs
MASERU — The government has set up a M50-million credit guarantee scheme to help small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs), Finance Minister Timothy Thahane (pictured...
Lesotho MDGs off target
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane says the government is unlikely to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Addressing parliament during the 2011/12...
What happened to patriotism?
The good thing about democracy is that it dictates that everyone must be listened to. That’s fair. Its downside however is that sometimes we just...
Judge trashes LCD application
MASERU – The High Court has rejected an attempt by two members of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party to be included as respondents...
Youths used as pawns, says Bulane
MASERU – The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league has alleged that the five party members seeking to block the special conference are pawns...
Parties reject civic groups
MASERU – Opposition parties have rejected a proposal to incorporate civil society groups into a special body to be formed by the Independent Electoral Commission...
Ministry defends tender process
MASERU — The home affairs principal secretary says there is nothing wrong in using a selective tender process to identify firms that could produce Lesotho’s...
Quality: managers’ responsibility
QUALITY is often associated with inspection and testing, which together are commonly known as quality control. For many, quality control is considered solely the realm...
Mubarak’s poodle takes over
AFTER 18 days of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between Hosni Mubarak and the young people of Egypt assembled in Liberation Square in Cairo, the former fighter pilot...
Basotho should learn to tolerate each other
TWO weeks ago Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili launched Lesotho’s seventh five-year National Strategic Development Plan. The ideas behind the plan are good and the objectives...
Lefa unearth ticket scam
MASERU — Five people were arrested at Setsoto Stadium for selling fake tickets during the Matlama-Supersport match last Sunday. The five, aged between 22 and...
Notši ponders U-23 prospects
MASERU – In exactly a month’s time Lesotho will kick off its campaign at the Caf African Youth Championship in Libya. Lesotho will come up...