Radio stations silenced
MASERU — The government yesterday shutdown four private radio stations for seven hours after accusing them of spreading lies and inciting people to join the...
Principal Chief defies High Court order
MASERU — Chief Magistrate has ruled that Principal Chief of Thaba-Bosiu, Khoabane Theko should be evicted from a house he has been using since he...
Police foil massive protest march
MASERU — A three-day strike by textile workers failed to end with a planned massive protest march yesterday after the police cancelled its authorising permit....
Mosisili’s guards under probe
MASERU – A group of soldiers suspected to be Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s guards are under investigation for allegedly attacking an elderly Chieftainess in Mohale’s...
Swazi commission backs Justice Ramodibedi
MASERU — The Swaziland Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has refused to entertain calls by Swazi lawyers to discipline Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi for allegedly sexually...
Prison runs out of food
MASERU — Inmates at the Maseru Central Prison are living on smaller-than-normal rations because the prison has run out of food, the Lesotho Times can...
Protesters to seek another strike permit
MASERU — The High Court yesterday removed from the roll the application by textile union leaders and other organisations seeking to overturn the police’s decision...
Opposition youth leaders lash out at LCD
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league yesterday came under fire from the opposition for condemning this week’s strike by textile workers....
New hospital to open soon
MASERU — Lesotho’s new M1.2 billion referral hospital will open its doors on October 1, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social...
M11m warehouse commissioned
MOKHOTLONG — An M11 million storage warehouse was on Thursday commissioned in Mokhotlong to improve the delivery of food in the district. The opening of...
Likuena broke
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) says the government’s decision to cut the national soccer team’s budget this year has left Likuena too broke...
Vodacom Soccer Spectacular launched
MASERU — The 2011 Vodacom Soccer Spectacular was launched on Monday amid uncertainty whether it would be the last edition of the riveting knockout competition...
Mozambique ready to host All Africa Games
MASERU — Mozambique, this year’s host for the All Africa Games, says preparations for the continental showpiece are at an advanced stage. Mozambique women football...
A nation of lambs
I was completely thunder-struck as I was walking down my neighbourhood alley when my attention was suddenly diverted to a young girl who was whole-heartedly...
Closing radio stations won’t solve impasse
YOU know a government is becoming paranoid when it starts muzzling the media in times of crisis. The government showed its paranoia yesterday when it...
Keys to the corner office
Do nice girls get the corner office? Not according to Dr Frankel whose hard hitting best-seller Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office points out...
How social media can help businesses
SOCIAL media is a new method of sharing information instantly on the internet. Social media websites create a forum through which people and organisations have...
Paballo in trafficking awareness campaign
MASERU — Beauty queen Paballo Mokoqo will host a human trafficking awareness campaign on August 26 at Ster-Kinekor at the Pioneer Mall. The campaign by...
Documentary captures Stlofa’s life
MASERU — Molibeli ‘Stlofa’ Mokake has been a hustler, a drug junkie, a band member, a solo artiste, a sober man and perhaps a role...
Ex-convict lands top job
MASERU — Masupha Sole, the former Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) boss who was recently freed from jail after serving nine years for bribery and...
Leribe couple in court for murder
MASERU — A couple from Pitseng in Leribe appeared in the High Court on Tuesday last week charged with the murder of a man in...
Opposition slams Sole’s appointment
MASERU — Opposition leaders have condemned the decision to engage Masupha Sole, the convicted former boss of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). Sole was...
A national disgrace
I n her few years on this earth Scrutator has seen and heard things that have shocked her. Some things have made her cry while...
The return of Sole
MASERU — There was a time when Masupha Sole was a star. He had entered the civil service in 1972 as a little known engineer....
Man nabbed for musician’s killing
MASERU — Police this week arrested a 30-year-old man from Mafeteng suspected of killing famo musician Boithatelo Leopa last month. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said...
National Abattoir under probe
MASERU – The National Abattoir is under investigation for allegedly selling meat condemned by inspectors and slaughtering animals that had not been inspected, the Lesotho...
BNP supporters barred from Jonathan’s widow
MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) enthusiasts were barred from visiting the late Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan’s widow two weeks ago. Together with their...
Court reserves judgment in LCD case
MASERU — The constituencies of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) demanding a special conference that will decide whether Pakalitha Mosisili and his National Executive...
LNDB boss 2, minister 0
MASERU — Agriculture minister Ralechate ’Mokose’s second attempt to fire the Lesotho National Dairy Board (LNDB) chief executive, Selematsela Montši, hit a brick wall last...
Coalition threatens mass protest
MASERU — A coalition of traders, labour unions and civil society has threatened to orgainse a national demonstration if Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili does not...