Taekwondo gets backing for tourney
MASERU — Taekwondo Lesotho has had its budget for the World Youth Championships in Mexico in April approved by the Lesotho Sport and Recreation Commission...
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‘Mashai led attacks’
MASERU — The late Makotoko “Mashai” Lerotholi led the April 22 attacks from the front, a soldier who was captured by the mercenaries at Makoanyane...
Opposition pushes for election delay
MASERU — Opposition parties are pushing for the postponement of local government elections to allow for an amendment of the Local Government Elections Act, the...
Pair in court for M2.5 million fraud
MASERU — Two Standard Bank employees briefly appeared in the High Court on Wednesday charged with 18 counts of fraud and theft by false pretense....
Students, admin blamed for riots
MASERU — A preliminary report on an investigation into the riots that rocked the National University of Lesotho (NUL) last October has laid the blame...
Two-week-old baby stolen
MASERU — A 22-year-old woman, Mahali Kotoka, is in distress after her two-week-old baby was abducted at her home in Mohalalitoe in Maseru on Monday....
Rains sweep away houses
MASERU — The heavy rains that pounded Maseru last week left three families homeless after their houses in Qoaling’s Ha-Besele area were destroyed and had...
Foetus found in dustbin at NUL
ROMA — A foetus was found dumped in a dustbin at the female residence at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) on Monday. Police spokesman...
Police face M58 000 suit for stripped car
MASERU — A man from Semonkong is suing the police for M58 000 after his car was allegedly stripped of components while it was in...
LRA, Nedbank to host budget dinner
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and Nedbank Lesotho will host a postbudget dinner for the business community next Friday. Finance Minister Timothy Thahane...
Minister orders probe into match violence
MASERU — Sports Minister ‘Mathabiso Lepono has ordered a probe into the violence that marred the Vodacom Premier League match between Matlama and Lioli a...
Former Likuena star to coach Nyenye
MASERU — Former Likuena star Lebajoa Mphongoa has joined Nyenye Rovers as coach. The 35-year-old Mphongoa, who was last on the books of South African...
LDF shoot to the top
MASERU – February is, as they say, the time when men are separated from boys. It is also the time when questions begin to be...
Lioli seek to bounce back
MASERU – Defending champions will this weekend seek to put their campaign back on track after two forgettable fixtures. Lioli were trailing 3-0 in the...
Heavy rains flood Maseru roads, shops
MASERU — The heavy rains that pounded Maseru on Monday left roads and some shops in the city flooded. Some shops at LNDC Centre were...
BNP fight gets ugly
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) members who were fired from the party last week have said their expulsion was null and void insisting they...
‘Lekhanya annointed Makoa’
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Metsing Lekhanya suggested as far back as 2007 that Professor Kopano Makoa could succeed him, an expelled party...
Corrupt cop escapes jail
MASERU — A former police superintendent escaped jail yesterday after he was slapped with a suspended term for soliciting a M1 000 bribe. Keletso Ramoeletsi,...
Top soldier snubs inquest
MASERU — A senior army officer who was on duty on the night of the April 22 attacks on Makoanyane military base and the prime...
COSC results out, pass rate slightly down
MASERU — The Ministry of Education and Training will release the 2009 Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) results today. Acting education minister Ralechate ‘Mokose told...
Senkatana set to elect new leadership
MASERU — Breakaway political party, Senkatana, will hold its first general conference to elect a substantive leadership in Maseru next Friday. Senkatana broke away from...
Soccer stadiums a ticking timebomb
MASERU — It was supposed to be the rebirth of Lesotho football, but 34 minutes into the second half of the Matlama versus Lioli encounter...
Mining giant signs new deal
MASERU — Mining giant, Kopane Diamond Developments, on Monday signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an unnamed company to develop the Liqhobong mining...
Spare parts push inflation
MASERU — Spare parts for personal vehicles helped push year-on-year inflation for December to 4.2 percent up from 4.1 percent in November. Figures released by...
Minister slams violence
MASERU — Sports Minister ‘Mathabiso Lepono has condemned the violence that erupted during the Vodacom Premier League match between Matlama and Lioli and prematurely ended...
Violence riles Vodacom Lesotho
MASERU — Vodacom Lesotho’s spokesperson Thabiso Mlungwane says the company, which sponsors league football in the country, is worried about its image after violence marred...
Bantu, Likhopo locked in transfer wrangle
MASERU — Likhopo are up in arms over the “irregular” transfer to another Premier League club of a youth international who has been training with...
Rovers undaunted by relegation threat
MASERU — Roma Rovers are not pressing the panic button yet despite languishing in the relegation zone with just three wins from their 15 matches...
Parties threaten election boycott
MASERU — Lesotho’s opposition leaders say they are considering boycotting the forthcoming local government elections if the government does not amend the Local Government Elections...
NUL professor could challenge Lekhanya
MASERU — A faction in the Basotho National Party (BNP) says it wants prominent political scholar Professor Kopano Makoa to challenge party leader Major General...