Party leaders reject poll machines
Billy Ntaote A proposal by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to have voter-validation machines at polling stations was rejected by party leaders this week....
Sky the limit for DJ Tshepzadj
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO’S entertainment scene has never been the same since the 2010 foray of Tshepzadj in the industry. And five years on, the...
‘Bacha Entrepreneurship project on course’
Rethabile Pitso THE implementation of the Bacha Entrepreneurship project, which seeks to foster youth participation in business, is ahead of schedule, the project’s spokesperson...
Ba re e ne re to host writers prize-giving ceremony
Mohalenyane Phakela CULTURAL movement, Ba re e ne re, is set to host a prize-giving ceremony tomorrow at the State Library for winners of...
Farmers reeling from heatwave
’Mantoetse Maama FARMERS have warned that this season’s harvests will fall dramatically if the current heatwave, which has seen crops shrivel due to the...
‘M-Pesa is building a cashless society’
Rethabile Pitso VODACOM Lesotho has attracted over 600 000 subscribers to its M-Pesa service — an innovation the telecommunications giant launched in July 2013...
Relief for orthopaedic patients
. . . as SA surgeon operates at Queen Mamohato Rethabile Pitso THE Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) invited an orthopaedic surgeon from the...
Toddler stays with grandmother’s corpse for three days
Keiso Mohloboli A THREE-YEAR-OLD child stayed with her deceased grandmother for three days, with the toddler believing the 54-year-old was asleep all the time,...
Drama as M-Pesa winner rifles through Pick n Pay
Rethabile Pitso THE first Vodacom M-Pesa competition draw earned Leonia Raseeke the privilege of a M2000 one-minute shopping-dash at Pick n Pay supermarket on...
Kidjo dedicates Grammy to women of Africa
LOS ANGELES – Angelique Kidjo, one of the biggest African musicians on the world stage, on Sunday won her second Grammy for World Music...
Girl denied education due to disability
Limpho Sello A 12-year-old Khubetsoana girl has been stuck at home for the past four years, with schools in the neighbourhood allegedly refusing to...
Rapper gives sneak of forthcoming album
Phakela Rethabile POET and rapper, Severe Agony, has given fans a foretaste of his forthcoming album, which he says urges Basotho to be patriotic...
Police probe IEC for voter registration fraud
THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) is investigating the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) over allegations the commission imported a machine which is being used...
No going back on polls: Zuma
Keiso Mohloboli COALITION government leaders, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, his deputy Mothetjoa Metsing and Sports Minister Thesele ‘Maseribane have committed to going ahead with...
Judicial fleet grounded over debt
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane ENGEN Petroleum has been refusing to provide High Court vehicles with fuel over the past two weeks due to a longstanding debt,...
‘Maseribane: BNP government will seek closer ties with SA
Letuka Chafotsa QACHA’S NEK-A Basotho National Party (BNP) government would seek closer ties with South Africa to ensure Lesotho citizens benefit more from their...
SA judges to hear King’s lawsuit
…as Metsing defends Attorney General Billy Ntaote South African judges, George Maluleke, Sulet Potterill and John ‘Musi, will preside over a case in which...
Metsing speaks out on Zuma meeting
Billy Ntaote South African Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa is expected in Lesotho either tomorrow or Monday next week to address security issues which have...
Army to look after slain guard’s son
Letuka Chafotsa The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has pledged to look after the nine-year-old son of slain private security guard Mohau Qobete. Mr Qobete...
Bantu face moment of truth
Mikia Kalati Bantu captain Tlali Maile has sounded the battle cry ahead of a do-or-die African Champions League clash against Association Sportive Mangasport of...
Ramaphosa’s role needs redefinition
Sofonea Shale THE conflict over the conduct of Southern African Development Community (SADC) facilitator to Lesotho, Deputy South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, has not...
Nkoka eyes bumper year
Mikia Kalati Crack long-distance runner, Lebenya Nkoka, is hoping to build on his 2014 success, in which he won South Africa’s Two Oceans Marathon...
Bantu capitalise on Lioli draw
Mikia Kalati Second-placed Bantu edged Sundawana 1-0 in Butha-Buthe on Sunday to narrow Lioli’s lead to three points. Litšepe Marabe scored his 14th goal...
Ntobo warns Bantu
Moorosi Tsiane Former national team captain Moitheri Ntobo has warned Bantu about the “tough competition and high standards” in the Confederation of African Football...
Worrying developments at Linare
Mikia Kalati While Linare supporters were still trying to come to terms with the departure of star-players Mabuti Potloane and Kopano Motaung, they were...
Why I am contesting poll: Thahane
FORMER Energy, Meteorology and Water Affairs Minister, Timothy Thahane — who recently fell-out with the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leadership, prompting him to...
IEC allays fears over stolen computers
Billy Ntaote Twenty-one computers stolen from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s Maseru warehouse in October last year could not have been used to tamper...
Civil society laments absence of local ‘experts’ on peace mission
Billy Ntaote Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations Executive Director, Seabata Motsamai, has lamented the absence of local “experts” in regional efforts to restore stability...
Masupha given ultimatum
Acting Police Commissioner told to choose between reverting to previous post or early retirement Keiso Mohloboli ACTING Police Commissioner Masupha Masupha was yesterday given...
Derby promises fireworks
Mikia Kalati Pride will be at stake when Likhopo host Matlama at Pitso Ground, setting the tone for a potentially thrilling Maseru derby. The...