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...
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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...
Matlama in top gear
MASERU — Every March 11, Lesotho celebrates the life of King Moshoeshoe I, the founder of the Basotho nation. What a fitting tribute then that,...
Cricket finals set for weekend
MASERU — The 2009/10 cricket season will be concluded next Saturday, the Lesotho Cricket Association has confirmed. The five-team national championship was scheduled for completion...
Fifa boss to visit Lesotho
MASERU — The international football body Fifa’s regional development officer, Ashford Mamelodi, is expected in Lesotho tomorrow to evaluate the progress made in football development...
Land bill passed
MASERU — The controversial Land Bill 2009 yesterday moved closer to becoming law after parliament passed it with an overwhelming “yes vote”. The Bill, described...
Woman raped at gunpoint
MASERU – A 26-year-old man from Ha-Molungoa in Maseru appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with rape. Monyane Rasekoai pleaded not guilty...
Mosisili under fire
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili came under fierce attack on Friday for his government’s failure to implement a law that requires public officers to...
Expelled BNP official slams Lekhanya
MASERU — A former senior executive of the opposition Basotho National Party (BNP) has accused the party leader Metsing Lekhanya (pictured below) of turning the...
Lesotho plans to set up small claims court
MASERU — The government in conjunction with the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) is planning to set up a small claims court as part of its...
Opposition MPs walk out again
MASERU — Opposition MPs walked out of parliament for the second time on Monday in protest against the tabling of the controversial Land Bill 2009....
Murder suspects claim torture while in police custody
MASERU — The High Court will on April 7 deliver judgment in a murder case which had become a trial-within-a-trial after suspects claimed they were...
Church disowns bishop
MASERU — The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) says Reverend Daniel Rantle, the man who claims to be the head of the Methodist Church...
Inter-party talks set to resume tomorrow
MASERU — Political parties are scheduled to meet again tomorrow as the search for a solution to the country’s bitter electoral dispute continues, the Lesotho...
Time to be original
By Tlali Mapetla I HAVE lived all my life in Lesotho and South Africa. I therefore feel qualified to bare my thoughts about how Basotho...
LCS in coach crisis
MASERU — LCS coach Mafa Ramakau is in hospital, throwing into disarray the prisons side’s surge for a top-four Vodacom Premier League finish. Ramakau, popularly...
Bantu seeks top four finish
MASERU — Bantu playmaker Tefo Maipato says the club will be content with finishing the season among the Vodacom Premier League’s top four sides. The...
Lioli thump Majantja
MASERU — Lioli served a stirring reminder of their yesteryear prowess in front of goal with a 3-0 win over Majantja on Sunday thanks to...
Top athlete breaks record
MASERU — Heptathlete Selloane Tšoaeli broke her own national long jump record with a 5.89m leap at a Yellow Pages Series event in Durban, South...