Museum honours festival sponsors
MASERU — The Morija Museum and Archives board on Friday awarded certificates of appreciation to sponsors of the Morija Arts and Cultural Festival which took...
Pay increase for top civil servants
MASERU — The government is planning to review salaries of directors and managers in the civil service with effect from next month, the Lesotho Times...
Tough time for MKM liquidators
MASERU — MKM liquidators have warned of tough times ahead amid fears the company’s directors could seek to throw spanners into the liquidation process. The...
A fat excuse of a university
I T’S been only three years since Lesotho imported Limkokwing University from Malaysia, purportedly to educate our people. Yet in that short time Limkokwing has...
Talks fail to break NUL deadlock
MASERU — Talks aimed at breaking the impasse between management and lecturers at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) ended in deadlock on Monday, the...
Suspect abducted, tortured then handed over to SA police
MASERU — Lesotho’s police abducted and tortured a Mosotho man before illegally handing him over to South Africa to stand trial for unlawful escape and...
Wanted man shot dead in Mafeteng
MASERU — Police on Sunday shot dead a Mafeteng man who was wanted in connection with the murder of two famo musicians earlier this year....
Little-known Litšiba is new ABC secretary
MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC) party has appointed little-known Koro-Koro constituency member Thabiso Lits’iba as the party’s new secretary general. Lits’iba, 56, who...
Bill reacts angrily to reports that he was sacked
MASERU — Former All Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary general Macaefa Billy has reacted angrily to allegations that he was sacked from the party after he...
Global Fund withholds M4.5 million
MASERU — Global Fund has withheld M4.5 million in funding to the Lesotho Youth Federation (Lyfe) following differences between the group and its overseeing partner,...
Two ordered to pay M30 000 to murder victim’s family
MASERU — The High Court on Tuesday ordered two men to pay M30 000 in compensation to the family of a man they killed in...
Ministry threatens to crack down on gas retailers
MASERU — The government this week threatened to clamp down on retailers who are inflating the price of fuel gas. In a statement this week,...
Providing a medical scheme for workers
THIS article serves to provide you with some useful medical aid/insurance information in order for you to access the financial impact the implementation of a...
Likuena knock out Burundi
Burundi . . . . . . .(1) 2 Lesotho . . . . . . . (1) 2 Lesotho wins 3-2 on aggregate MASERU...
Mphatlalatsane set to win promotion into league
MASERU — Mphatlalatsane Football Club are set to win back promotion into the premier league after registering a stunning 1-0 victory over Leribe rivals Nyenye...
Roof of Africa draws record international riders
MASERU — Roof of Africa will next Thursday celebrate its 44th anniversary with a record of 26 international riders expected to add more fun and...
Local football comes to life
MASERU — After the recent international break, local club football roars back to life at the weekend. The Vodacom Soccer Spectacular and two mouth-watering ties...
Lesotho Television: the case for reform
THE attack on two journalists from Lesotho Television while covering a protest march last Thursday should be roundly condemned as yet another serious threat to...
Is 16 days enough to fight gender violence?
“Journalists tend to be good at covering events that happen on a particular day, but we slip at covering events that happen every day, such...
The Church, the condom and the concept of sin
THE conservative Church in Lesotho continually discourages condom usage in favour of abstinence and faithfulness. This raises serious problems. Most Christians, particularly those who succumbed...
Malema: credibility on trial
MY collection of Hugh Masekela’s music includes Hugh Masekela and the Union of South Africa. It features the trumpeter with Jonas Gwangwa and Cephas Semenya....
Who would have gotten the numbers here?
I HAVE a number of bones to pick with an exact number of parties who are responsible for the announcement of the seventh billionth human...
SA Singers to captivate local fans
MASERU — South African choral group, SA Singers, are billed to perform at a two-day music festival at Lehakoe Recreational Centre this weekend. The South...
Young beauties to battle it out in MissToddlers
MASERU — About 30 young aspiring beauties will have a chance to hone their modelling skills when they take part in a pageant at Maria...
Christmas comes early for Makhaba
MASERU — For Nthati Makhaba, 30, her drinking jaunts have finally paid off. Makhaba won two tickets to spend a weekend in Cape Town, South...
Dream on!
O NCE in a while there comes a time when the pipedreams of a very few misdirected people skip the queue on the national agenda...
Hunt for loan dodgers begins
MASERU — The net is closing in on thousands of Basotho who have not repaid their educational loans to the government. The National Manpower Development...
PS was found holding a rosary
MASERU — The late principal secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Mohale Sekoto, was holding a white rosary in his left hand and a 9...
Business forum wants Moosa booted out
MASERU — Pressure is mounting on Osman Moosa a prominent businessman convicted of tax dodging, to step down as chairman of the Private Sector Foundation...
NUL students’ allowances to be stopped
MASERU — The National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) says if the National University of Lesotho (NUL) remains closed it will soon stop giving food and...