Cops drag bosses to court over Monaheng
Keiso Mohloboli The Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) is challenging the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Keketso Monaheng as Acting Police Commissioner....
Neighbour sued M3million over stench
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The High Court on Monday heard a case in which two Sekamaneng neighbours are fighting over a “nuisance” emanating from a faulty...
Top lawyers take on Mosito
Fight between five of Lesotho’s senior lawyers and Court of Appeal president escalates Lekhetho Ntsukunyane FIVE senior lawyers locked in a bitter feud with...
BNP defiant over ruling
Billy Ntaote Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane,has maintained that the former coalition government party “does not have a secretary general” despite a High...
Mokhothu hails ‘special campaign’
Mikia Kalati Lioli coach, Mosholu ‘Shoes’ Mokhothu, has described the 2014/15 season as the most difficult for him and his Teyateyaneng-based outfit. Tse Nala...
MP in scuffle with parking marshal over M3
Billy Ntaote Democratic Congress (DC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kolo, Teboho Lehloenya, on Monday nearly exchanged blows with Basotho National Party (BNP) marshals...
Minister expresses electricity concerns
‘Mantoetse Maama Newly appointed Energy Minister, Selibe Mochoboroane, says Lesotho needs to produce its own electricity and stop relying on imports from South Africa...
Congratulations Tse Nala
Mikia Kalati Lioli on Saturday beat Likhopo 3-0 to clinch the premier league title with a game to spare after their closest rivals, Bantu,...
Xenophobic violence
SA High Commission in Lesotho cancels Freedom Day celebrations Billy Ntaote The South African High Commission in Lesotho has cancelled tomorrow’s Freedom Day...
Captain ‘killed migrants’
Prosecutors blamed the Tunisian captain of a fishing boat for causing the deaths of hundreds of migrants when his vessel capsized in the Mediterranean at...
The fall of Rhodes statue – a befitting tribute to the memory of Chris Hani – But the struggle is not over.
The collapse of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes should not have come as a surprise. The writing was on the wall all along...
Zwelithini should face the consequences
Max du Preez Fewer than two out of 10 South Africans see King Goodwill Zwelithini as their king. And yet we taxpayers pay him about...
11 handed life sentences over Guinea Ebola worker murders
Conakry – A court in Guinea has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for murdering a team educating locals about the risks of Ebola...
South Africans have a history of violence – Zuma
Carien du Plessis, City Press Johannesburg – South Africans do not just attack foreigners, they have a history of violence, President Jacob Zuma has said....
Swazi king sacks justice minister Shongwe
King Mswati III has fired Minister of Justice and Constitutional affairs, Sibusiso Shongwe, who was arrested on Monday for alleged corruption. Former police commissioner, Edgar...
Tšooana faces graft probe
Keiso Mohloboli COMMISSIONER Khothatso Tšooana faces an unceremonious exit from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) after sources told the Lesotho Times this week that...
ABC vows to stop Kamoli
Billy Ntaote and Keiso Mohloboli LESOTHO’S two biggest political parties have warned government against reinstating Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli as Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)...
IEC taken to court over seats allocation
Tefo Tefo The Basotho Democratic National Party (BDNP) wants the High Court to nullify a government gazette which declared 40 candidates Proportional Representation (PR)...
No end in sight to taxi turf war
’Mantoetse Maama The Maseru Region Transport Operators (MRTO) are appealing to government to engage their South African counterparts and end the bloody clashes which...
Foundation hosts fun walk for charity
Limpho Sello NON-PROFIT organisation, Little Feet Foundation, is set to host a fun walk in Maseru next Sunday to raise funds for underprivileged children...
Husband stabs ‘rival’ to death
‘Mantoetse Maama A 37-year-old man from ‘Melikane in Qacha’s Nek was allegedly stabbed to death on Sunday morning by a 27-year-old suspect who accused...
Furious 7 destroys records
LOS ANGELES – Furious 7 raced to the top of the domestic box office, picking up a massive $143.6 million (M1.56 billion) in its...
Mokoallo returns to the catwalk
. . . acclaimed beauty queen to foray in ‘Mrs’ pageants Mohalenyane Phakela SINCE making history in 2011 by being crowned Miss Humanity International...
Thotanyana to quit premiership post
Mikia Kalati Lioli Football Club president, Lebohang Thotanyana, is set to step down as premier league chairman following his recent appointment as Minister of Mining....
‘LEWA made right call on tariff hikes’
Rethabile Pitso THE Consumer Protection Association (CPA) has lauded the Lesotho Water and Electricity Authority’s (LEWA) for taking consultative approach and considering the impact...
Mafeteng man in court over firearm
Tefo Tefo MAGISTRATE Monyake Hlabanyane on Tuesday expressed concern over the proliferation of illegally acquired firearms which are then used to commit crime, particularly...
‘Resolving border crisis the main priority’
BARELY a week after his appointment, Home Affairs Minister Lekhetho Rakuoane and his Deputy Minister Phallang Monare were thrust in the fray of the...
DJ Merlon fails to pitch up for show
Mohalenyane Phakela THE much anticipated debut Maseru performance by South African disc spinner, DJ Merlon, last Thursday was not to be as the Kose...
SA power crisis ‘paralyses investment’
NEW YORK – South Africa’s economy could have been 10 percent larger if power shortages hadn’t stifled growth and investment and put the nation’s...
Top soldier waging war against hunger
His future in the Lesotho Defence Force might not be certain, but the same cannot be said of Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao’s thriving farming enterprise...