A brush with fate
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS She can’t keep away from trouble, this girl we call Savannah. Yet what one “artist” did to her was so...
Fired for trying to work
SCRUTATOR ONCE upon a time, football authorities in a beautiful kingdom had suffered enough ignominy in the beautiful game on the international arena that...
LRA, banks sign tax filing deal
MASERU –– Two local banks have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) allowing taxpayers to fill in their tax returns...
LCT boss calls for benchmarking of operations
MASERU –– Lesotho Council of Tourism boss Motlatsi Rametse on Monday urged players in the tourism sector to improve their businesses to meet international standards....
Likuena eye fresh start
MASERU –– Tomorrow Lesotho play Malaysia –– the side’s first game since the sacking of Zaviša Milosavljevic as coach last week. The Serbian’s assistant Leslie...
LCS beat Free State Stars
MASERU – LCS beat South African Premier League outfit Free State Stars 3-1 in a friendly game on Saturday. The match was played at Goble...
Buddie A-Division kicks off
MASERU –– The new Buddie A-Division season kicks off this weekend. The twenty team division is divided into two ten-team leagues, the northern stream and...
League kicks off
MASERU – The 2009/10 Buddie Premier League season will at last kickoff next weekend. A start date of September 19 had been suggested at a...
Lioli mull legal action
MASERU –– Lioli are threatening to take legal action after they were denied a place in the Champions League next year. Last month, league champions...
‘I want my job back’
Mosisili accuser fights for reinstatement MASERU — The woman who accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of having an extra-marital affair with a cabinet minister two...
Soldiers storm mine
MASERU –– A strike called by workers at Lets’eng Diamond Mine collapsed on Monday after heavily armed soldiers stormed the mine. The workers are employed...
Monitor boss dies
MASERU –– The editor-in-chief of the Monitor newspaper, Dr Rakoro Phororo, has died. Phororo died last Thursday during a private visit to London, England. He...
Moremoholo romps to victory
MASERU –– Libe Moremoholo was last Saturday overwhelmingly elected youth president of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. Moremoholo, 33, beat ABC youth...
Top cop appeals conviction
MASERU –– The case in which Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane is asking the court to set aside or review her conviction on a charge of...
Police officer commits suicide
MASERU –– A 29-year-old police officer, Trooper Sehloho Raphael Lepelesana, died last Saturday after he allegedly drank poison. Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Mpota Nthako confirmed...
That shrinking, sinking feeling
MASERU –– ‘Maseteta Mabeta stands next to a heap of maize, all that she harvested this year. Mabeta is from Motloheloa, a farming village in...
137 Basotho ‘miners’ detained in SA
WELKOM — At least 137 Basotho are still locked up in South African jails after they were arrested for illegal mining activities, the Lesotho Times...
Torture unacceptable
LAST week we carried a disturbing story about six men who are suing Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane for torture. The six allege in court papers...
Stop abusing youths
AS I SEE IT I GREW up in a family of die-hard supporters of the congress movement. I owe my political consciousness to my late...
Professional dancers to compete in Lesotho
MASERU — Professional dancers are for the first time expected to compete in this country during the second Lesotho Independence Day Latin and Ballroom Dance...
Let love into your heart
STEAMING IT OFF I ONCE told you I am in love with myself. I still am. I am so totally in love with myself...
Nephews and weddings
Since as long as 2 000 years ago, when a great man turned gallons of water into wine, the issue of beverages at marriage ceremonies...
Women trapped in men's bodies
THE Caster Semenya saga, a wholly unnecessary brouhaha sparked by disbelieving losers, has now subsided after massive support for the South African teen sensation calmed...
Accountants weigh in on IFMIS debate
MASERU –– Lesotho Institute of Accountants (LIA) technical manager Moahloli Mphaka says the benefits of the government’s new financial system can only be realised through...
Matlama fate hangs in the balance
MASERU –– Matlama might not take part in this season’s Buddie Premier League. Despite the final registration deadline passing on Monday, Tse Putsoa were still...
Goal-starved fans eye Vodacom action
MASERU –– When the 2009 Vodacom Soccer Spectacular finally kicks off in October there’s little doubt the nation’s eyes will be glued on the tournament....
Likuena battle Malaysia
MASERU – Lesotho will play Malaysia in an international friendly on September 11. Next week’s match is another away fixture for Likuena after recent road...
Six sue for ‘torture’
MASERU — Six men from Leribe are suing Police Commissioner ’Malejaka Letooane (pictured) for M590 000 for injuries they allegedly suffered when they were brutally...
ABC youth battle hots up
MASERU –– Pitso Maisa, the interim youth president of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, will have to battle it out with Libe Moremoholo at...
Civil servants, treasury on collision course
MASERU – The deputy attorney general Tsebang Putsoane has been roped into the ongoing fight between civil servants and money lenders over loan payments. More...