MISA steals mediocrity gong
Scrutator SINCE the turn of the year Scrutator has been enduring sleepless nights over who to award the big one in the 2008 Mediocrity Champions...
Vaal Reef Trust to mark mine disaster
MASERU — The Vaal Reef Disaster Trust will next Tuesday mark the 14th anniversary of the Vaal Reef Mine disaster which claimed the lives of...
Excessive worry and tension
Doctor’s Corner IN this final article on anxiety disorders, we will briefly discuss generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and acute stress disorder. We...
Real pain in the wrong end
Steaming It Off THERE are some real pains in the wrong end (of the human anatomy) out there, and what makes them “special” is the...
Lefate star in trouble
MASERU — Lefate’s dreadlocked singer, Molibeli Mokake, is in trouble for alleged reckless driving and failure to report a car accident that occurred in Butha-Buthe...
Top duo busy on graft play
MASERU — Two of Lesotho’s internationally acclaimed directors, actors and playwrights are working in collaboration with the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) to...
SA diva set for Harvest FM show
MASERU — Durban-born gospel diva Hlengiwe Mhlaba is set to perform at Harvest FM’s sixth anniversary celebrations in the capital. The radio station’s celebrations will...
Seema’s Pirates future uncertain
MASERU — Lesotho skipper Lehlohonolo Seema’s future with South African giants Orlando Pirates is uncertain as his contract runs out next month. Seema, who turns...
Premier League trophy to be placed ‘halfway’
MASERU — The Buddie Premier League trophy will be placed halfway between Teyateyaneng and Maseru, the Lesotho Times can reveal. With the championship race going...
Veteran LDF defender says luck will decide title
MASERU — LDF’s stalwart defender Malefetsane Pheko is one player that can rightfully claim to have seen it all before. In a glittering career spanning...
Barca beat United to lift trophy
ROME — Barcelona stunned holders Manchester United to win their third Champions League crown with a 2-0 victory here last night. Goals from star forwards...
Lesotho’s only professional golfer set for Swaziland
MASERU — Lesotho’s only professional golfer, Motlalentoa Moloi, is making frantic efforts to play at next week’s Lombard Insurance Classic golf tournament in Swaziland. The...
Habana the danger man in Super 14 final
PRETORIA — Resurgent Bulls and Springbok left wing Bryan Habana is being touted as a key danger man by New Zealand critics in the lead-up...
Mashai caught at last
MASERU — Makotoko Lerotholi, the chief suspect in last month’s foiled attempt on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s life, has been arrested, the Lesotho Times can...
End of the road for Mashai
MASERU – The long arm of the law finally caught up with Makotoko Lerotholi in Pretoria last week. He is at Pretoria Central Prison in...
Education Facilities Unit turmoil deepens
MASERU — The turmoil in the Education Facilities Unit (EFU) deepened this week after the government made a court application to compel the unit’s former...
Discontent at LCD special youth league conference
MASERU — Voting patterns at last weekend’s ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) special youth league conference showed that there is still simmering discontent over...
Mosisili demands full probe into assassination bid
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last week demanded a full investigation into last month’s assassination attempt on his life. “They (would-be assassins) should tell...
PM lashes out at former youth leaders
MASERU – Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last weekend lashed out at former national executive members of his party’s youth league saying they had succumbed to...
Happy to be home but . . .
. . . still bitter over torture allegedly suffered in custody, ordeal in exile MASERU — “I was in the dark, cold, hungry and sore....
Performance of Prince Harry’s charity raises eyebrows
MASERU — Prince Harry’s one million pound charity has only given out a paltry 84 000 British pounds to Aids orphans, according to British media reports....
Students caught cheating in exams
MASERU – Eight students were on Monday caught red-handed while allegedly writing national exams on behalf of their friends. Among those arrested were five students...
Clay ‘miners’ buried alive
MASERU — ‘Maleshoboro Mopeli is grieving. Her nephew, Borane Raletsatsi, died last Wednesday after being crushed to death while digging for clay to sell. The...
End of road for Thabane?
FORMER All Basotho Convention (ABC) women’s league boss, Mookho Mathibeli, last week became the latest high profile opposition official to dump the embattled party. Mathibeli,...
Basotho getting raw deal across the border
AS I SEE IT THE purpose of this article is to assess the concept of African renaissance from a layman’s point of view. I want...
ABC set to lose more supporters
The newly formed ABC gave the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) a bloody nose at the next polls when it won 17 seats during...
Still wet behind the ears
SCRUTATOR was gobsmacked to discover that the poppycock that always sullies our media has been elevated to an international podium thanks to the local chapter...
No load shedding for Lesotho
MASERU – The Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources said they have secured enough electricity supply to avoid load shedding this...
Blame no one but yourself
Steaming It Off THERE are times — actually, most times — when you land in hot soup and find yourself blaming everyone and everything around...