This is all in the name of recession
STEAMING IT OFF Can someone, anyone, please explain to me where recession originates from? I mean, where exactly did it start? Which country? I...
Effects of high blood pressure
DOCTOR’S CORNER HIGH blood pressure can quietly damage your body for years before symptoms develop. Left uncontrolled, you may end up with a disability,...
Gospel singer’s star shines
MASERU — Imagine Khahliso Mphephoka clad in fatigues, clutching a truncheon or slinging a rifle over his shoulder while manning an entrance to an office...
League postponed
MASERU –– The start of the new Buddie Premier League season has been postponed. The 2009/10 season was scheduled to start this Saturday. However, organisers...
Trio to face disciplinary committee
MASERU –– Three Likuena players who were kicked out of training camp for allegedly sneaking out to drink alcohol will face a disciplinary committee tomorrow....
LMPS lift MGC Cup
ROMA –– Cup specialists LMPS continued their cup hoarding ways by winning the MGC Supa 8 trophy on Sunday, beating LDF 2-0 in the final...
Will LCS reclaim Premier League title?
MASERU –– This time last year LCS were preparing for the defence of their Premier League crown. Masheshena had just won the MGC Supa 8...
Cosafa tourney delayed
MASERU –– The COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup once again faces an uncertain future following Zimbabwe’s withdrawal of its offer to host the tournament yesterday. The...
Zavisa losing sleep over foreign-based players
MASERU –– Likuena coach Zavisa Milosavljevic has lamented the constant absence of his foreign-based stars –– captain Lehlohonolo Seema, Bokang Mothoana and Moitheri Ntobo. All...
Bandits tricked
‘Mozambican’s promised World Cup jobs’ MASERU — Some of the attackers involved in the failed assassination attempt against Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili were Mozambican ex-soldiers...
Sunday Express hits the streets this weekend
MASERU — Lesotho’s only Sunday paper hits the streets this weekend, heralding a new era for the country’s nascent media industry. The Sunday Express will...
Firms drag police to court
MASERU –– Two local firms are suing the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs for awarding a contract to supply...
PR seats talks put on hold
MASERU –– The talks to resolve the dispute between government and the opposition over proportional representation seats were postponed yesterday after the mediator said he...
The poor cry foul over new payment system
MASERU — ‘Maretsélisitsoe Lethata (pictured) is a desperate woman. Her debts are mounting and those that she owes are baying for her blood. “The...
Security guards sentenced
QUTHING — Two security guards who barred patients from entering a government clinic were last week slapped with five-year jail terms each or pay a...
Man faces murder charges
MASERU — A Maseru man, Nkoli Malia, appeared in the High Court last week to answer charges of murder and attempted murder. Malia allegedly shot...
Thabane’s patience wearing thin
MASERU –– All Basotho Convention (ABC) party leader, Tom Thabane, says he is disappointed with the way the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has handled...
Chief killed
MAFETENG — A 29-year-old man from Khilibiting Ha Ramathalea was arrested last week in connection with the murder of the area chief. The 83-year-old chief...
Mosisili digs in heels over PR seats
MASERU –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last weekend said he will not shift his position on the allocation of proportional representation (PR) seats in parliament....
Lekhanya wants ‘prodigal sons’ back
MASERU –– Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Metsing Lekhanya, says he will soon have national rallies to persuade former supporters that have defected to other...
Workers fight loan sharks
Civil servants say loan deductions unlawful MASERU — A group of civil servants is demanding that the treasury department stops deducting their salaries to pay...
Factory faces closure
MASERU — About 320 jobs are at risk at Raytex Garments textile firm because the company is facing serious viability problems. The company which is...
Major step forward for media
LAST week the government unveiled a new media policy to regulate the broadcasting, print and publishing sectors. The draft media policy represents a major step...
A visitor’s assessment Lesotho
AS I SEE IT THIS is my second visit to Lesotho after close to six years. Indeed there are signs of “progress” as measured...
LNDC’s Molapo calls it a day
On Friday 31 July, Peete Molapo, finished his four-year-term as chief executive officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC). Motebang Mokoaleli has since been...
Somebody find me a zipper
SCRUTATOR is inviting sealed tenders from companies that can manufacture a mouth zip. I want the zip for that blabbermouth of a sister from one...
Kissing a random guy
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS YOURS truly is nursing a mild heartbreak. Mild, because it was not the truly-madly-deeply kind of an affair. I could...
Caesarean effects
DOCTOR’S CORNER AN increasing number of women nowadays are subscribing to the view that there is no need to bother going through the process...
Mthibo dreams big
MASERU — For Haeso Music Award winner Thabo Rakhomo, also known as Mthibo, music is the labour of love. The 26-year-old Rakhomo started singing at...
LEFA, German firm strike deal
MASERU – The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) has signed a partnership agreement with German marketing and television giant Sportfive. The two-month courtship was finally sealed...