Clubs to battle it out in dancesport championship
MASERU — A record number of clubs will battle it out for accolades at the fourth edition of Open Queen’s Birthday DanceSport Championship on Saturday....
Top cops face fraud charges
MASERU — Four senior police officers are facing charges of corruption, fraud, bribery and theft by false pretence. They are also accused of obstructing the...
Residents want tar company out
MASERU — The government says it will stop a local business tycoon from operating his tar processing business in a residential area in Maseru South...
NUL to cut student intake
MASERU — Government will this year drastically cut down on the number of students to be sponsored for studies at the National University of Lesotho...
‘Postpone local government elections’
MASERU — Opposition political parties yesterday said they wanted the local government elections scheduled for September 10 postponed because preparations are behind schedule. Speaking at...
‘Punish incompetent accounting officers’
MASERU — MPs want principal secretaries and chief accounting officers that approved supplementary estimates for the 2006/2007 fiscal year without following proper procedure to appear...
Let the looting begin
T wo events in recent weeks are enough to illustrate that we have sunk to unacceptable levels of immorality as a country. First, there was...
PM calls for new law on chieftainship
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has called on the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) women’s league to work hard to change the law that...
Police probe Quthing mining firm
MASERU — The police are investigating a brick moulding company in Quthing after two of its employees died on May 23 when a sand concave...
Anti-graft consultations kick off
MASERU — An international consultancy firm hired by government to help re-define Lesotho’s anti-corruption strategy started consultations with various groupings this week. De Speville and...
Athletes bite the dust at Comrades
MASERU — Lesotho performed dismally at this year’s Comrades Marathon with only three of the seven local athletes managing to finish the 87km race held...
Local athletes leave for Mauritius without coach
MASERU — Two local athletes left for training in Mauritius yesterday without their coach because the Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association (LAAA) had no money to...
Lefa enjoys World Cup profits
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) will use its US$300 000 (about M2 240 230) bonus from Fifa to build offices for district football...
Gallant LCS clinch league title
LDF . . . . . . . .(0) 1 LCS . . . . . . . .(0) 1 MASERU — Gallant LCS were...
Political will crucial in corruption fight
De Speville and Associates, an international consultancy firm hired by the government to help redefine Lesotho’s anti-corruption strategy, this week started consultations with stakeholders. The...
Women who love too much
“You will need to learn to live without all the excitement of the heated battles, those time-consuming, energy-draining dramas in which you’ve been co-starring.” That...
Next, the African Awakening?
AFRICANS who had come of age by 1957, when Ghana became independent, will be wondering if there will ever be an “African Awakening” in the...
Local cats rock at album launch
MASERU — Rap artist Papa Zee wasn’t supposed to be the main act at the Dunamis’ album launch show at Litaleng Leisure Club last Saturday....
Mahlangu to grace Harvest FM anniversary
MASERU — South African gospel sensation Solly Mahlangu will perform at the Harvest FM’s 8th anniversary celebrations to be held at the Manthabiseng Convention Centre...
‘Sekhamane not so clean’
MASERU — A witness in an internal probe into corruption in Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s office has alleged that the government secretary Tlohang Sekhamane (pictured)...
Experts say MKM battle has just begun
MASERU — Last week’s High Court judgment to liquidate MKM might have brought relief to thousands of people but for the liquidators the battle has...
MKM seeks stay of execution
MASERU — MKM lawyers say they have applied for a stay of execution of acting High Court judge John ’Musi’s May 18 judgment to liquidate...
Basotho Shield gutted by fire
MASERU — The iconic Basotho Shield, Maseru’s key tourism information centre, was burnt to ashes in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The burning of...
‘Punish MPs who dodge Parliament’
MASERU — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane says MPs who go AWOL should be punished. Motanyane made the remarks last Friday after complaining the...
Lesotho set to get more aid from Ireland
MASERU – Lesotho will get more aid from Ireland to help Basotho entrepreneurs diversify their products on the international markets under a pact signed on...
Student leader told to shut up
MASERU — Controversial Limkokwing University student leader Moeketsi Pholo has been banned from speaking to the media for seven months. The Limkokwing Students’ Representatives Council...
Jealous hubby kills wife
MASERU — A 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death in Thetsane last Sunday after accusing her of infidelity, police have said. Police spokesperson...
Makhakhe’s shenanigan
T he next time you meet Kubutu Makhakhe, the principal secretary for administration in the prime minister’s office, remember to look out for a mischievous...
Accountant implicated in arson attack
MASERU — An accountant in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport paid an accomplice M6 000 to start the fire that gutted down two...
We were never told about extradition: suspect
MASERU — One of the suspects accused of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in April 2009 told the High Court on Friday that...