Lefa technical director says local league not up to scratch
MASERU — Lefa technical director Seephephe Matete says Lesotho’s national team will continue to perform dismally unless something is done to improve the domestic league....
C-Licence coaching clinic set for next month
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) will next month hold a two-week Caf C Licensing coaching clinic for 40 premier league and A Division...
Football for Hope Centre opened
MASERU — The fifth Football for Hope Centre in Africa was officially opened at Old Europa on Saturday marking a new era for football in...
Booing Metsing is not the way to go
IF the riotous scenes that we saw at Moshoeshoe I International Airport on Tuesday are anything to go by, then Mothetjoa Metsing’s days as the...
To a woman who never gives up
“I AM so inspired, I feel like I am flying,” declares Makhoase Motsatse. This is after her recent visit to Toronto, Canada, where she was...
MFP, if it ain’t broken don’t fix it
It is said if something is not broken, don’t fix it. But if indeed it is broken, then you should know how to fix it...
Kwaito star back with a bang
MASERU — Kwaito star Manyofi has bounced back onto the music scene with a 10-track album titled Money Making Machine. The album features hits like...
Team Lesotho scoops first prize in Swaziland
MASERU — Local dancers Pulumo Nchakha and Kholu Liphoto on Saturday led Team Lesotho to victory in the Third Magolide DanceSport Championships in Swaziland. The...
‘Whistleblower’ cries foul
MASERU — Topollo Lephatšoe (pictured), a director in the Prime Minister’s office who is facing charges of corruption and fraud, says he is a victim...
300 prisoners set free
MASERU — The government has released 303 prisoners to ease congestion in the country’s main prisons. The prisoners were released on September 16, according to...
The money makers
S crutator is fed up to the back teeth with that bare-bone college called Limkokwing University of Creative Technology that claims to be innovative about...
Strife knocks off LCD manifesto
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party has failed to unveil its local government elections manifesto owing to internal wrangles, the Lesotho...
Traffic officer in court for soliciting a bribe
MASERU — A traffic officer who solicited a bribe from a taxi owner appeared in the Mohale’s Hoek Magistrate’s Court on Thursday to answer a...
Unions want varsity boss back
MASERU — Unions at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) want the director of academics, ’Mamolete Mohapi, who resigned last week reinstated with immediate effect....
World class diamond named Letšeng Star
MASERU — The world class white diamond discovered at Letšeng Mine in Mokhotlong last month was on Monday named the Letšeng Star. The 550 carat...
Over 2 700 to graduate
MASERU — At least 2 700 students are expected to graduate from the National University of Lesotho (NUL) on Saturday. The graduation ceremony will also...
Youths want Metsing out
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league this week slammed secretary general Mothetjoa Metsing for disrespecting party leader Pakalitha Mosisili. Metsing...
Lawyer slams High Court
MASERU — A lawyer who is representing one of two magistrates convicted for defeating the ends of justice this week slammed the High Court for...
MPs appeal against ruling
MASERU — Three ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) officials who earlier this month lost a case to compel the party’s national executive committee to...
Jehovah’s Witnesses convene at Setsoto
MASERU — Setsoto Stadium was last weekend turned into one “big church” when thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses met for their Let God’s Kingdom Come annual...
Ireland to pursue new strategy in Lesotho
By Ambassador Gerry Gervin LAST Tuesday Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, launched Ireland’s new Africa Strategy at...
Big cracks at Setsoto
MASERU — Setsoto Stadium, Lesotho’s only world-class sports arena, has developed two serious cracks hardly 18 months after the completion of renovations, the Lesotho Times...
Taole joins Bantu
MAFETENG — Veteran coach Ntebele Taole has joined Bantu as technical adviser. Bantu’s communication and marketing manager, Bokang Phasumane, told the Lesotho Times that they...
Matlama face tough sanctions
MASERU — Matlama FC face stiff sanctions after their fans went on the rampage following a 2-0 loss to Bantu at Central Prison Ground on...
Mahlaseli receive new kit
MASERU — Mahlaseli Football Club got a shot in the arm two weeks ago when they received a brand new kit from Standard Lesotho Bank....
Is Lesotho getting value for its investment in education?
A COUPLE of days ago I spent about a week in Pretoria and while there met a PhD student from Cameroon who recently enrolled for...
Let’s open debate on correctional service
THE decision to release 300 prisoners last week will serve to decongest Lesotho’s notoriously overcrowded jails. However, only time will tell whether unleashing such a...
Women entrepreneurs: what do they really need?
Women’s development internationally is a relatively young initiative — it’s only in the late 70’s that it became formalised when the 1979 United Nations Convention...
Is Mosisili a dictator as implied in the Wikileaks cable?
Another kind of journalism of its own sort called Wikileaks has hit Lesotho. Many people are baffled as to whether to take Wikileaks’ investigations as...
The ultimate solution for world peace
There is so much strife and heartache in our world as we speak! There are wars, there is famine, there is inequality, there is crime...