Thahane wants parents to help educate their own children
MASERU — Parents should seriously consider contributing towards their children’s education as the government can no longer afford to go it alone, Finance Minister Timothy...
Sacu revenue boosts budget
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane yesterday presented a M13.7 billion budget that some economic commentators described as exceptional. Thahane said the government was able...
LCD youth leader Bulane dies
MASERU — Controversial Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league secretary general, Lebaka Bulane, died on Monday in a car accident. Bulane, 31, who was...
IEC gets M51 million to organise election
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has been allocated M51 million to organise this year’s election. The government is yet to announce the election...
Police get M150 million
By Mathabang Fobo MASERU — The government has allocated M150 million to the Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) for the construction of houses and refurbishment...
Boy killed in gruesome attack
BEREA — It’s a solemn atmosphere at the Seetsa family in Koalabata, a village on the outskirts of Maseru. On Sunday the Seetsa family had...
Thahane pleads for low bank charges
By Tebello Moalosi MASERU — Finance Minister, Timothy Thahane yesterday appealed to commercial banks to lower service charges to encourage people to deposit their monies....
Lesotho to weed out corrupt civil servants
MASERU — The government is conducting a forensic audit to weed out corrupt civil servants, Finance Minister Timothy Thahane said yesterday. Thahane was answering questions...
Government to assess new capital projects
MASERU — The government will in the next five years subject all new capital projects to strict appraisal mechanisms to assess their contributions to economic...
Fight over film spills into court
MASERU — Comedian Bofihla ’Neko could be jailed for contempt of court after he allegedly ignored a High Court order and launched Part Two of...
First music video competition launched
MASERU — A new music video competition to reward excellent production was launched last week by Hus24media.. Organisers said the competition, dubbed the Music Video...
Measly pay raise too little too late
FINANCE Minister Timothy Thahane presented what we believe is a fairly balanced budget yesterday. Our only gripe with the 2012/13 budget is the three percent...
Gender rank and ordinary women
By the time you read this Lesotho’s national budget for 2012/13 would have been announced. A look at where women stand will build a background against...
ANC government is not a ‘regime’: Tsekoa
On Tuesday January 10, 2012, I addressed a press conference in my office during which I briefed the media about Lesotho’s attendance of the ANC...
LDF seek to consolidate lead
MASERU — Goals win games and defence wins championships. It’s a football adage Lesotho Defence Force look to be keeping true to this season. Having...
Lesotho Cricket Association awaits ICC confirmation
MASERU — Lesotho national cricket coach, Lekoatsa Chaka, says he is still waiting to hear from the International Cricket Council (ICC) if the ICC Africa...
Make or break tie for Likuena
MASERU— Lesotho’s national football team, Likuena, will take on Sao Tomé at Setsoto Stadium in an African Nations Cup return leg as they seek to...
National soccer teams get new kit
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) will today finally unveil a new kit for all national soccer teams. Lefa last August signed a five-year...
Top judge’s stained past exposed
MASERU — Justice John Lyons, an Australian judge seconded to Lesotho by the Commonwealth, has a controversial past. At his appointment to head Lesotho High...
Of turncoats and political prostitutes
A prostitute is a man or woman who engages in a sexual activity for payment. In other countries like Germany and The Netherlands prostitution is a...
Disgruntled MP says he will
MASERU — An MP who crossed the floor to the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) is now planning to contest the general election as an...
Lesotho launches M50 million Partial Credit Guarantee Fund
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane has urged Basotho youths to apply for loans under the government’s M50 million credit guarantee scheme. Thahane was speaking...
Clerk wants top judge probed
MASERU – A judge’s clerk has asked the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) to investigate Justice John Lyons, an Australian judge seconded to Lesotho by the...
NUL’s law faculty dean resigns in protest
MASERU — The dean of the law faculty at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Attorney Qhalehang Letsika, has resigned in protest over the varsity’s...
‘ANC regime worse than apartheid’
MASERU — Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa says Basotho are getting a raw deal from the South African government which is now treating them worse...
Border security comes first: Mahlangu hits back
The South African High Commissioner, Happy Mahlangu, yesterday said Tsekoa should clarify what he meant by saying the situation is worse than the apartheid era....
Let’s break culture of post-election conflict
THE government, opposition parties and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will tomorrow sign an election roadmap that seeks to pave way for the holding of...
Find the true you in 2012
Before I leave the subject of resolutions and goal setting for 2012, there are a couple of things I would like to share in addition...
Parties to sign election roadmap
MASERU — The government, opposition leaders and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) are expected to sign an election roadmap for this year’s election. The agreement...
61-year-old gets 30 years for rape
MASERU — A 61-year-old man from Ha-‘Masana, about 35km south of Maseru, will spend the next 30 years behind bars for raping two minor children....