A significant marker for our democracy
AS I SEE IT THE announcement by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili that he was planning to step down is a significant development of our...
Driven nuts by radio drivel
SCRUTATOR this week nearly suffered heart failure after stumbling, while travelling on a public taxi to town, upon a midday news bulletin on one of...
Sunlight and skin damage
DOCTOR’S CORNER WINTER is gone and soon summer will be upon us. It gets very hot during summer in Lesotho and we all have...
Ministers review SACU future
MASERU — The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Council of Ministers convened a two-day meeting to review challenges and to deliberate on the future of...
Vodacom gives Maseru Bazaar M100 000 boost
MASERU — Vodacom Lesotho has sponsored the Maseru Bazaar, to be held on Sunday at the Maseru Club, to the tune of M100 000. The...
‘Farewell DJ Tsidosky’
MASERU — The entertainment industry has been robbed of yet another star following the untimely death of DJ Tsidosky last Saturday. Born Retsélisitsoe Chalale, the...
Big four brace for ‘Super Saturday’
MASERU — There are many crucial points through the course of a season, and while it may be too early to make predictions Saturday will...
LCS upbeat despite loss
MASERU — In top level football pressure is the name of the game. But even so, LCS’s faithful would surely not have expected this; one...
Golfers elect board
MASERU — Golf has long been a sport that has received very little attention in Lesotho. Last Sunday, the Lesotho Golf Association (LGA) elected a...
League to get new sponsor
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) is expected to unveil a new sponsor after cutting ties with telecommunications giant Econet Telecom Lesotho. The identity...
Lioli seek arbitration
MASERU — Lioli will seek arbitration in their battle with LCS for Lesotho’s one and only spot in next year’s CAF Champions League. After a...
Bantu take unassailable lead in Vodacom voting
MASERU — Bantu’s place in this year’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular may well be secured. With eight teams due to qualify for the showpiece, the Mafeteng...
End of the road
MASERU — Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane’s bid to avoid jail collapsed on Tuesday when her bail application was thrown out at the Maseru Magistrates’ Court....
I’ll step down soon, says Mosisili
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili (pictured) says he has little time remaining in power as the leader of the government and the ruling...
Money lenders hit back
MASERU — Three money lending companies being sued for overcharging on interest say they are entitled to charge extra fees over the stipulated 25 percent...
Man commits suicide after botched robbery
MASERU — A man from Sehlabeng yesterday committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in an attempt to escape arrest after he allegedly robbed...
Police officer jailed for twenty years
MASERU — A 27-year-old police officer, Lesia Rakhoba, will serve the next 20 years in jail after he was convicted of fatally shooting his father...
Custodians or kidnappers?
MASERU — Villagers in Makhoakhoeng in Butha-Buthe, about 60km north of the capital Maseru, are worried. Since June at least three young men have...
Suspended top cop seeks reinstatement
MASERU — The suspended deputy police commissioner, Motsotuoa Ntaote, has filed a court application to compel commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane to re-instate him after he was...
Driver killed, 28 injured as taxis collide
MASERU — A taxi driver died while 28 people were badly injured after two mini-buses collided head-on in Nazareth last Saturday. The deceased was identified...
Court blocks soldiers’ eviction
MASERU — The Lesotho High Court on Tuesday blocked efforts by Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander Thuso Motanyane to evict two soldiers accused of high...
A compelling argument
THE Communist Party of Lesotho, a long-forgotten political force in the country, is after all alive and kicking. A former senator and secretary-general of the...
The key is to decentralise
AS I SEE IT SINCE independence in 1966 the city of Maseru has experienced tremendous growth. This has been due, among other things, to...
Sangoma with a stethoscope
SCRUTATOR MEDICAL doctors in our kingdom must be very afraid. Yes, very afraid because the bone-throwing kind has hatched a creepy one to demystify...
How to deal with dandruff
DOCTOR’S CORNER DANDRUFF is the single most common problem that can occur to a lot of people. To have a few white-flaked cells...
Women betraying the equality struggle
STEAMING IT OFF IS IT not funny how women wail about equality yet they are the first to put themselves beneath men? Seriously, we...
New Aids drama
MASERU — A new drama on HIV and Aids is set to start shooting in the capital tomorrow. Monna oa Motsamai is scheduled to be...
Likuena hit rock bottom
MASERU — Sometimes results and score-lines can be misleading, failing to paint the full picture or even changing the reality of what happened. But in...
From cup to league kings?
MASERU — Like the sunrise on a chilly, sleepy morning, the new Buddie Premier League season brings with it bright hopes and warm expectations...
Moshoeshoe punches his way to world stage
MASERU — Mokhachane Moshoeshoe, 18, can be the next Moses Kopo — that is according to his coach Liphalo Moeketsi. The young boxer this week...