Judgment Day ends with whimper
MASERU — Last Saturday was meant to be doomsday. Jesus was going to come from heaven and the dead were going to be resurrected for...
There is value in all forms of knowledge
FINANCE Minister Timothy Thahane recently visited the National University of Lesotho (NUL) to speak about the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). In his speech, Thahane told students...
CCTV and right to privacy
SOMETIME this year Basotho will elect their representatives in the Local Government Elections. They will also elect their representatives in the National Assembly next year....
Liquidators must go after MKM directors
THERE is no doubt that the liquidators of MKM are faced with a monumental task. For the next few months, if not years to come,...
‘Phaphamang basali!’ says ILO
“Women Arise!” That’s the slogan of the upcoming International Labour Organisation (ILO) “Month of the Woman Entrepreneur” (MOWE) seminar to be held in August in...
Western development model falls flat in Africa
The World Economic Forum (WEF), like similar institutions and forums, is fascinating in many respects. The same goes for the WEF on Africa, which met...
Africa’s leadership crisis
IN this month, when we commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, South Africa held fairly free and fair local government elections....
When cellphones are in wrong hands
EISH, cellular phones can be a nuisance, especially when used by the wrong minds. These contraptions can turn good people bad…serious! People do not mind...
League race goes to the wire
Matlama . . . . . . (0) 0 LCS. . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 1 MASERU —...
Sello eyes Comrades Marathon
MASERU — Eleven years ago, Teboho Sello ran for fame and money. He never cared as long as he appeared on South African national television...
Likhopo says too broke to pay fine
MASERU — Likhopo FC says it cannot afford to pay the M20 000 fine imposed on the club by the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) a...
New netball boss to engage business
MASERU — Newly-elected Lesotho Netball Association (LNA) president Moipone Mashale says she wants to push for sponsorship for the game during her term. Mashale, 33,...
Local famo artist scoops Sama award
MASERU — Local famo musician Morusu on Friday scooped the Best Sotho Album award at the 17th annual South African Music Awards in Johannesburg. With...
JP Choristers raise funds for debut album
MASERU — JP Choristers, the winners of last December’s African Melody Festival (AMF), are looking for funds to market their 14-track debut album. The album...
Juvinile calls it a day
MASERU — Local hip hop artiste Juvinile says he is quitting the music industry because of poor returns. “The production of my music seemed to...
It’s pay back time for MKM
MASERU — The High Court has ruled that MKM should be liquidated and its assets sold to pay back 400 000 Basotho who invested in...
Fresh twist to coup plot suspects trial
MASERU — The trial of seven men who allegedly attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in 2009 took a new twist in the High...
Judge’s sister shot
MASERU — High Court judge Justice Nthomeng Majara escaped death by a whisker on Saturday night when her younger sister, who was in her company,...
Mosisili hints at retirement
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Tuesday hinted at his retirement. He told a press conference on Tuesday that he is not planning to...
Prisoner sodomised
MASERU — The Maseru magistrate’s court has reserved judgment in a case in which an inmate at the Maseru Central Prison was on trial for...
Spooked by poker
I f you are a high school dropout or someone not so smart who lost their money to Simon Thebe-ea-Khale’s thieving scheme called MKM, then...
‘Legalise prostitution to curb HIV’
MASERU — Lesotho and other countries in the region should consider legalising prostitution if the continent is to meet its target of completely stopping new...
‘Gays are also God’s children’
MASERU — He was a hero among the gay community in South Africa. But he died young, at the age of 41, of an Aids-related...
Why humanities remain relevant
“All happy families are alike but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion” (Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenin). THIS opening line from Tolstoy’s Anna...
Clear time-table for succession needed
PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili this week spoke again about his imminent retirement in yet another indication that he could be finally planning to exit the...
Can any woman be an entrepreneur?
SOME experts take exception to the word “entrepreneur” being used to describe anyone from a vegetable vendor to Richard Branson. Fox and Rooyen identified some...
Is this the end-game for Gadaffi?
BY the end of last week, a senior Nato official said if Muammar Gadaffi was killed in one of their air attacks, this would be...
Service delivery in government is appalling
OUR country is rated as a Third World country. I believe there is nothing lower than that. The sad thing is that it might never...
Letšeng Diamonds empowers farmers
MOKHOTLONG — Wool and mohair farmers in Mokhotlong say they expect to increase production from the current three million to 10 million tonnes after they...
Mazenod High tops tax debate
MASERU — Mazenod High School last Friday won M5 000 and a floating trophy in a debating competition organised by the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA)....