Market snaps up bonds
MASERU — The first batch of the M125 million treasury bonds which were issued last week were quickly snatched from the market, Central Bank of...
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Inflation holds steady
MASERU — Lesotho’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged in September at 3.3 percent, according to figures released by the Bureau of Statistics this week. The...
Lioli sign DRC star
MASERU — Teyateyaneng giants Lioli have become the first local team to sign a foreign player with the arrival of Alli Maseka from the Democratic...
Lesotho host regional softball tourney
MASERU — Lesotho will be hoping to end a 12-year wait for silverware when they host the Zone VI Softball Championship starting in Maseru today....
Easy ties for LDF, Linare
MASERU — Premiership giants LDF and Linare will be looking to finish off the job when they face their first-division challengers, Maseru Naughty Boys and...
Makoanyane XI’s historic journey
MASERU — By completing a famous victory over Kenya at Setsoto Stadium on Sunday, Lesotho’s national Under-20 team has joined some illustrious company. Makoanyane XI...
Cops bust forgery syndicate
MASERU — Police have smashed an intricate syndicate of criminals that was illegally printing government documents. The syndicate was issuing court orders, registering stolen vehicles...
Lawyers query insurgency report
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho wants certain sections of Justice Jan Steyn’s report into the attack on the prime minister’s residence deleted. The...
Audit shows parly accounts in shambles
MASERU — The National Assembly’s books of accounts are in shambles, according to a draft audit report by the office of the auditor-general. The report,...
Army chief breaks silence on attacks
Special Correspondent MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force commander says the April 22 attacks on State House and Makoanyane Military Base were actions of rogue elements...
PM jibe attracts M3 million suit
MASERU — Government secretary Tlohang Sekhamane is suing a Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) member from Mokhotlong constituency for alleging that he assaulted Prime Minister...
Five Basotho win scholarships
MASERU — Five Basotho students were on Tuesday awarded scholarships to pursue post-graduate studies in Australia. The five — Matseliso Lebesa, ‘Malehano Letlema, Teboho Martins,...
Man in jail for housebreaking
MASERU — A Lithabaneng man will spend the next three years in jail after he was convicted of housebreaking by the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on...
‘It’s a thankless job’
MASERU — They have groomed doctors, bankers, lawyers, judges and powerful politicians. Yet teachers say theirs is a thankless job. Despite working their socks off...
LIA mulls forensics course
MASERU – The Lesotho Institute of Accountants (LIA) says it will soon introduce a programme to train and equip local accountants with forensic skills. LIA’s...
LAAA mulls ‘punishment’ for poor performers
MASERU — The Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association (LAAA) wants athletes who “humiliate” the country in international events banned for three months. The proposed punishment will...
Lefa begs government to use Setsoto
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) has pleaded with the Ministry of Sports to be allowed to use Setsoto Stadium for Sunday’s match pitting...
‘It’s now or never’ for Makoanyane XI
MASERU – “It’s now or never!” Those are the words of Lesotho’s national Under-20 coach Leslie Notši. On Sunday afternoon, at Setsoto Stadium, Makoanyane XI...
Cricket season kicks off with shock victories
MASERU — Lesotho’s 2010/11 cricket season kicked off with a bang last weekend with shock victories for two of the league’s new sides. In Maseru,...
Army officer fights order to appear before court-martial
MASERU — An army officer wants the Constitutional Court to prevent a court-martial convened by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili from trying him for opposing the...
Gunmen attack famo mourners
MAFETENG — A famo music producer, his bodyguard and two others were shot and injured by unknown gunmen last Saturday while coming from a night...
Businessman demolishes vendors’ stalls
MASERU — At least eight vendors from Ha-Matala were left in the open after a businessman demolished their stalls yesterday morning. The businessman identified only...
Lesotho hosts 12 countries for co-operatives assembly
MASERU — Co-operatives can help slash unemployment and boost economic growth in Lesotho, Trade Minister Popane Lebesa said on Monday. Lebesa, who was removed as...
Ministers fired
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday axed four ministers from the government in the biggest shake-up of his cabinet since he assumed power in...
Why cabinet was shuffled
MASERU — Yesterday’s reshuffle of five cabinet ministers is a reflection of the ongoing factional fights in the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD). Although...
Reshuffle angers LCD youth
MASERU — There was pandemonium at the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party offices in Maseru as youths expressed their unhappiness over yesterday’s cabinet...
Spectacular bonanza
MASERU — The 2010 Vodacom Soccer Spectacular bonanza kicks off this weekend with the race for the M360 000 winners’ cheque set to be a...
Speaker under fire
MASERU — National Assembly Speaker, Ntlhoi Motsamai, is under fire from opposition MPs who accuse her of sitting on their motions. The MPs say while...
Moneylenders on the defensive
MASERU — Moneylenders yesterday told the Court of Appeal that their interest is high because part of the money goes to government coffers. The moneylenders’...
Opposition makes U-turn on PR seats
MASERU — Opposition parties yesterday made a stunning U-turn when they refused to endorse a report on progress over talks on proportional representation seats. Apparently...