Nigeria claims deal with Boko Haram to release kidnapped schoolgirls
Officials are awaiting news about the fate of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls after Nigeria claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram. Nigeria...
Tracking Africa’s stolen billions
MARRAKESH – A fortnight ago, Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the second vice president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, was ordered by a US court to sell...
Heineken blames it on the weather
LONDON – Heineken has blamed “unseasonably wet weather” in Europe for a drop in both sales and profit in the three months to the...
‘There is no infighting in DC’
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE main opposition Democratic Congress (DC) has dismissed allegations of fierce infighting within the party over the upcoming parliamentary elections. According to...
OSCAR PISTORIUS SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL
The judge has handed down a sentence of 5 years in jail to Oscar Pistorius. PRETORIA – Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius has been handed a...
8th Parliament reopens
Staff Reporter Parliament reopened today, 17 October, as expected, following its nine-month suspension on 10 June this year by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. King...
Metsing rejects Mochoboroane’s dismissal as communications minister
Staff Reporter Deputy Prime Minister (DPM), Mothetjoa Metsing says Selibe Mochoboroane is still the Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, despite his dismissal by...
Warning of 10 000 new ebola cases a week
The Ebola outbreak could grow to 10 000 new cases a week within two months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned this week as the death...
Battling Boko Haram and apathy
Since her escape, Rebecca Ishaku (18) has been haunted by nightmares of the moment Boko Haram militants stormed into her school in Chibok in northeastern...
SA mulls selling Vodacom stake
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s government is exploring a sale of its M26 billion stake in mobile-phone company Vodacom Group Ltd. as it seeks funds...
Unpacking Declaration’s effect on Constitution
By Sofonea Shale THE signing of the Maseru Facilitation Declaration (MFD) by the leadership of parties holding the power configuration in Parliament has not...
Ghost of Hitler hovers in the Mountain Kingdom
THE Lesotho Times’ sister paper, The Sunday Express, republished an opinion piece carried in the 3 October 2014 edition of Business Day, entitled “Corruption and...
‘We had wanted 10 months to prepare for poll’
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Acting Director of Elections, Mphasa Mokhochane, is under no illusion about the magnitude of the task that awaits the...
Angola crush Likuena
Mikia Kalati Angola… (2) 4 Lesotho…0 Lesotho’s hopes of reaching their first Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament all-but ended last night following a...
Linare continue revival
Mikia Kalati Linare won their second Vodacom Premier League match in a row last Sunday, edging struggling Likhopo 1-0 at home in Hlotse to...
LDF out to maintain good run
Mikia Kalati Vodacom Premier League log-leaders, LDF, will be hoping to maintain their impressive start to the 2014/15 season when they face inconsistent Sundawana...
Alliance unveils M2m sponsorship for Lioli
Moorosi Tsiane Alliance Insurance yesterday unveiled a M2million sponsorship for Premiership giants Lioli. The Teyateyaneng-based outfit also received a home and away playing kit,...
Lack of resources affecting basketball
Mikia Kalati Lesotho Basketball Association vice-president, Francis Koma, says lack of sponsorship and facilities is hampering the development of the sport in the country....
Minister explains Likuena debacle
Mikia Kalati Sports minister Thesele ‘Maseribane says the national football team is struggling for funding to fulfil its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)...
Explosive revelations as Thabane fights for divorce
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The High Court this week indefinitely postponed a case in which Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is seeking to divorce his wife, Lipolelo...
Monyake proposes radical changes
Progressive Democrats leader suggests Lesotho should establish district governments answerable to governors, among a raft of other drastic changes Bongiwe Zihlangu Progressive Democrats (PD)...
Ramaphosa returns for reopening of parliament
Billy Ntaote South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in the country yesterday for tomorrow’s reopening of parliament following its nine-month suspension on 10...
Soldiers flee to SA
Keiso Mohoboli Captain Lehloa Ramotšo and Lance Corporal Tankiso Mokhele of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) fled the country for South Africa this week,...
BNP denies plot to derail parley’s reopening
Billy Ntaote Basotho National Party (BNP) spokesperson, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has dismissed allegations that the BNP had organised a protest march this week aimed at...
Storm leaves trail of destruction
Limpho Sello Property worth thousands of maloti was destroyed last weekend, when a violent storm tore through rural and urban Maseru. The torrential rain...
DC fortunes will not change: analysts
Bongiwe Zihlangu The February 2015 general election will see the performance of the main opposition Democratic Congress (DC)—the party which acquired the most constituencies...
Timely donation from EU
Limpho Sello The Ministry of Law, Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs was yesterday presented with a printing machine, Information Technology (IT) equipment and three...
‘Forgotten’ community attacks politicians
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane MOKHOTLONG-Polihali villagers have accused the government and their Member of Parliament (MP) of “forgetting” about them despite the “many promises” the politicians...
This allowance madness should come to an end
Mikia Kalati Likuena players went on strike yet again on Sunday and refused to leave for Angola due to a row with the Lesotho...
Local, SA acts to share stage at Gospel Alive
Mohalenyane Phakela LOCAL Gospel group, Tehillah Africa, are set to perform alongside their South African counterparts at the Gospel Alive event to be held...