Black colonists: The bane of our society
Motsoahae Thomas Thabane Jr AS we celebrate Africa Day, we need to take stock of where we are as Africans and where we are going....
Helping schoolchildren conquer the odds
Makhopotso Mothusi Qacha’s Nek Many primary school students in Qacha’s Nek District are used to the high altitude and the mountainous environment. However, that...
Constitutional Review Commission urgent priority
Utloang Kajeno DURING the 1990’s, Justice Michael Mathealira Ramodibeli chaired the Lesotho Land (Tenure) Reform Commission. Its recommendations gave birth to our current land...
Nigeria: Banking in uncertain times
New capital requirements, electricity sector risks and the impacts of naira depreciation are hurdles banks face while adjusting to a new administration in Abuja. Election...
IS ‘executes’ 20 in Palmyra Roman theatre
The Islamic State group “executed” 20 men in front of a crowd in the UNESCO-listed Roman theatre of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra on Wednesday,...
Human rights under the spotlight
Motsamai Mokotjo Lobby group Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) is planning to embark on a sensitisation programme to further put pressure on government about the...
Protecting the rights of persons with disability in lesotho
… a call for the enactment of the disability equity bill by the 9th parliament of lesotho Persons with disabilities in Lesotho continue to face multiple...
Businessman sues army over ‘torture’
Tefo Tefo Maseru businessman Motlomelo Motlomelo yesterday told High Court judge, Justice ‘Maseshophe Hlajoane, his ordeal at the hands of Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)...
Cops probe Semphetenyane explosion
…as child battles for life in hospital Billy Ntaote One of the two children injured when a suspected grenade exploded as they played with...
Likuena crash out of Cosafa tournament
Mikia Kalati Swaziland…2 Lesotho…0 RUSTENBURG-Likuena were beaten 2-0 by Swaziland last night to crash out of the Cosafa tournament in the first round of the...
Top cop fired ahead of court appearance
Tefo Tefo A case in which Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sello Mosili wanted to block his transfer has been postponed to Tuesday next week...
Project seeks to stem high HIV prevalence
Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (LENEPWHA) has embarked on a drive to improve linkages between people taking antiretroviral...
Court postpones police challenge
Tefo Tefo THE High Court on Tuesday this week postponed to 1 June 2015 a case in which the Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) is...
Woman accused of abusing stepdaughter
’Mantoetse Maama A 37-year-old woman from Qacha’s Nek will appear in the Qacha’s Nek Magistrate’s Court on 27 May for allegedly assaulting her six-year-old...
Fashion show to launch clothing label
Mohalenyane Phakela A NEW clothing line, Dazzle Collection, is set to be burst onto the local fashion scene this Saturday, with the proprietors promising...
BICTG wins global award again
Mohalenyane Phakela THETSANE-based arts academy Basotho Intelligent and Creative Theatre Group (BICTG) has won an international entrepreneurship award for the second time in a row....
Group lobbies for revamp of Marabeng Park
Rethabile Pitso NON-profit organisation, Leseli Greenery, is lobbying for the conversion of Marabeng Park in Berea district to a botanical garden camp for the...
Film screening to tackle gender equality
Mohalenyane Phakela AS part of the “Women in Resistance” artistic and cultural events taking place in Maseru, the Hillside Digital Trust will screen the...
Boost for reproductive health
Limpho Sello The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday donated five computers to the Lesotho Planned Parenthood Association (LPPA) in conjunction with the Joint United...
Lerotholi welcomes new role
Mikia Kalati RUSTENBURG-National team defender, Nkau Lerotholi, is happy with his new responsibility after being named captain following the retirement of long-time skipper, Moitheri...
BBH, Rifles crowned basketball champions
Moorosi Tsiane Bashana Ba Heso (BBH) and Shooting Rifles were crowned National Basketball League champions at Lehakoe Recreational and Cultural Centre last weekend. BBH...
Macaefa Billy dies
Billy Ntaote Lesotho Workers Party (LWP) leader, Macaefa Billy, passed away yesterday at Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital. Billy (56) died after a long illness...
Labour drives firm’s relocation
JOHANNESBURG – Johnson Controls, a global leader in automotive seating, overhead systems, floor consoles, door panels and instrument panels, relocated part of its operations...
Lesotho standards ‘deteriorating’
Mikia Kalati RUSTENBURG-Veteran South African journalist, Mark Gleeson, feels Lesotho’s football standards have deteriorated following the national team’s 2-1 loss to minnows Madagascar on...
Lehata hopes to make amends
Mikia Kalati Sprinter Mosito Lehata will be hoping to get back to winning ways during Sunday’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World...
App makers cool to Microsoft overtures
NEW YORK – Microsoft’s plan to make its new version of Windows a mobile hit by letting it accept tweaked Apple and Android apps...
Posholi confident LCA remains on track
THE Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) last Friday held a symposium to commemorate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. The seminar took place at Maseru...
Greetings from Rustenburg
Mikia Kalati The 2015 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) tournament got underway here on Sunday but beloved Likuena were only in action...
Tšooana continues fight for job
Tefo Tefo King’s Counsel Salemane Phafane yesterday urged the High Court to dismiss an application by Police Commissioner, Khothatso Tšooana, in which he is...
Another soldier ‘abducted’
Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge Justice Semapo Peete yesterday ordered the commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) to bring Lance Corporal Pitso William...