Lioli players unfazed by ban
MASERU — Lioli have been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks and now their executive committee has been banned from...
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Cash boost for Tse Putsoa players
MASERU — Matlama supporters have come up with an incentive scheme for the team’s outstanding player during each of their remaining league matches. With six...
Public Eye columnist up for armed robbery
MASERU — A columnist for Public Eye newspaper, Tukula Makhakhe, appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court yesterday facing charges of armed robbery. Makhakhe, 34, who...
Plot to buy out Lekhanya
MASERU — Factions in the Basotho National Party (BNP) have hatched a plan to pay Metsing Lekhanya to leave office after their bid to remove...
Lekhanya rivals step up pressure
MASERU — “I want to know when the leader, Mr Metsing Lekhanya, will step down and give others a chance to lead.” Those words could...
Lekhanya survives Waterloo
MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) annual conference over the weekend was supposed to be Major General Metsing Lekhanya’s Waterloo. It was here, at...
Soldier testifies on State House attack
MASERU – A soldier who was in the guardroom at the gate of the State House has described how the assailants who attacked the house...
Loan sharks case suspended
MASERU — Lawyers involved in a money lending court battle on Monday agreed to temporarily suspend the hearing of a case in which 1 273...
No freedom for Billy
MASERU — Macaefa Billy’s court battles are far from over. Billy was last May acquitted by the High Court on a charge of sedition. High...
Jealous lover stabs student
MASERU — Students at the National Health Training College in Maseru are still in shock after one of their colleagues was allegedly fatally stabbed by...
Econet-Telecom upgrades network
MASERU — Telecommunications giant, Econet-Telecom Lesotho (ETL), says it has moved its fixed line services to a new network called the Next Generation Network in...
Stonewalled by NAC
SILENCE equals death. That is true for most people living with HIV and Aids. But others use power as a strategic weapon for their own...
Lesotho Post Bank switches to electronic
MASERU — Lesotho Post Bank (LPB) chief executive officer, Mpho Vumbukani, says the bank will introduce a debit card system to replace the current book...
Metolong could boost tourism fortunes’
MASERU — The Metolong Dam could unlock vast opportunities in Lesotho’s struggling tourism sector when complete, Metolong Authority chief executive officer, Malcom Murray, has said....
D-Day for top clubs
MASERU — Next Wednesday is D-Day for Premier League teams that would have failed to comply with the minimum requirements for top-flight sides as set...
We have no money for fine: Lioli
MASERU — Lioli say they don’t have the money to pay the fines slapped on the club by the Premier League last week. The defending...
Depleted Matlama face Majantja
MASERU — Matlama’s home match against Majantja on Saturday will go ahead despite Tse Putsoa having five players on duty with Lesotho’s Under-20 side. Likhopo,...
Celtics cry foul over Maduma win
MASERU — Vodacom A-Division side Mpharane Celtics are up in arms over title rivals Maduma’s 7-1 win over Butha-Buthe Fast XI on Sunday. If the...
Under-20s to play in SA tourney
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-20 national team, Makoanyane XI, will take part in an invitational four-nation tournament in Sharpeville, South Africa, which begins today and ends...
Budget shocker
MASERU — The government plans to hike fines for traffic and other offences as it battles to raise money to fund this year’s budget. There...
Cop found with 3 bags of dagga
MASERU — Police in Mohale’s Hoek are investigating a police officer who was caught red-handed with three bags of dagga at his home on Sunday...
Metsing calls for talks break
MASERU — Communications minister and government spokesperson Mothetjoa Metsing was yesterday under pressure to accept the SADC envoy Sir Ketumile Masire and legal experts’ reports...
CUT student stabbed in Bloem
BLOEMFONTEIN — A Mosotho student at the Central University of Technology (CUT) is battling for his life at the Universitas Private Hospital in Bloemfontein after...
Man sues LHDA over compensation
MASERU — A Mohale man is suing the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) for failing to pay his full claim for land that he lost...
Chief, villagers sucked into inheritance row
MASERU — Chief Napo Matsoso of Qoaling Ha-Besele has been sucked into a bitter wrangle in which one of his male subjects is fighting his...
Bail out troubled firms
By Majara Molupe THE closure of P & T garment factory has aggravated the unemployment crisis in Mafeteng district. Media reports have put the number...
Standard Bank shines
MASERU — Standard Lesotho Bank has posted impressive financial results registering an after tax profit of M153 million in the past year. Standard Lesotho Bank...
Post Bank to host savings banks indaba
MASERU — Lesotho Post Bank will host the 16th World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI) Africa regional meeting next week. The four-day meeting which begins on...
LRA launches new outreach programme
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) on Tuesday began holding one-day workshops to explain the self-assessment system adopted by the revenue authority in...
Lioli fans attack ref
MASERU — After watching their dream to retain the Premier League title receive a sucker punch, Lioli fans on Sunday vented their ire on match...