When you put kids in political office
What happens when two public officers who also happen to be politicians are too idle? Well, they either bask in the sun like lizards...
What went wrong for Makoanyane XI
MASERU — Makoanyane XI put up a drab show at the Caf African Youth Championship in South Africa to bomb out of the tournament with...
Team-work strategy fails at Two Oceans
MASERU — For four years Lesotho’s athletes have dominated South African marathon events. They have conquered the Soweto, Two Oceans and Maponya Mall marathons. Dubbed...
Lesotho to host open darts championships
MASERU — Lesotho will tomorrow host the largest sponsored Open Darts Championships at Lesotho Sun. The event which will see seven countries competing is sponsored...
Redskins ready to shine at African tourney
MASERU — Redskins Volleyball Club left for Egypt on Tuesday with the intention of winning its first African Volleyball Championship title. The 16-team tournament is...
Vodacom Red Hot Concert rocks
MASERU — The Vodacom Red Hot Concert was the place to be on Friday. The show was billed as the hottest event on the Easter...
Sechaba show a disgrace
MASERU — A disaster! Those two words pretty much sums what became of South African gospel star Sechaba’s much-hyped show at Mathabiseng Convention Centre on...
Coup suspects in town
MASERU — Seven men who were extradited from South Africa on Tuesday to answer charges of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in April...
Lone star Mosisili
MASERU – “I have accepted your support of me,” said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday as he welcomed a crowd of about 5 000...
Mosisili warns of LCD ‘death’
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has warned of a “smell of death” haunting his Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. Addressing a march organised...
Police rescue women trafficked to South Africa
MASERU — Two local women who were trafficked to South Africa two years ago were rescued by the police last Wednesday. Acting police spokesperson ‘Mantolo...
Hospital killers escape noose
MASERU — The Court of Appeal yesterday commuted the death sentence of two men who shot dead a man on a hospital bed after accusing...
Commonwealth boss meets political leaders
MASERU — Commonwealth secretary general Kamalesh Sharma arrived in Lesotho yesterday for a two-day visit. Sharma who is on his inaugural visit here since taking...
I caught my wife naked, hubby tells court
MASERU — A calm and collected Rethabile Mphahama sat in the witness box of Court 4 at the High Court, words flowing from his mouth....
Mother tries to buy son’s rape victim into silence
MASERU — A woman from Ha Makhalanyane is alleged to have paid M500 in hush money to silence a woman who had been raped by...
Body of girl found in river
MASERU — The body of a sexually abused girl has been found floating in a river in Mafeteng, her throat slit wide open. Police are...
Soldier loses pension case
MASERU — Army captain Bulane Sechele yesterday lost a court case in which he wanted the Court of Appeal to outlaw a recently introduced government...
Fast-track opening up of border: Tsekoa
MASERU — South Africa and Lesotho should fast-track the opening up of common borders to allow for easier movement of people and commercial goods between...
Project targets 24 000 orphans
MASERU — An European Union-funded project aims to assist 24 000 orphans and vulnerable children in the country by the end of this year. The...
What comes out of potato fields?
Makoanyane XI, our Under-20 team, is being walloped at the Caf youth tournament currently underway in South Africa. First they were thrashed 2-0 by Egypt....
Malie selling Pioneer Mall shares
MASERU — Prominent businessman Mpho Malie (pictured right) is disposing of his shares in Pioneer Shopping Mall hardly two years after the centre opened its...
Free Trade agreement deepening Africa’s poverty
Last week, a tripartite dialogue reflecting on relations between government, civil society and European Union (EU), was held in Lesotho. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond my...
Mosisili on his own
PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is facing a revolt from within his ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. His comrades in the leadership have stopped...
Are women entrepreneurs treated differently when they access credit?
THERE are two ways to look at this question. First, are women entrepreneurs discriminated against when they apply for funding from lending institutions? The jury...
Seriously, what happened to respect?
Our neighbouring country, or should I say our surrounding country – is proposing new laws concerning alcohol. One of the first things they are proposing...
The real African is not chicken
THIS will sound indelicate to some people: at the end of the day, we all have to go to the lavatory. Billionaires, priests, vagabonds, sex...
English Lesson Two: joining sentences
Use of conjunctions Grammatically a conjunction is a connecting word , a word that is used to link sentences, clauses, phrases or words .Examples of...
SA expose Makoanyane XI
DOBSONVILLE — South Africa edged Lesotho by two goals to one in a Caf African Youth Championship tie at Dobsonville Stadium yesterday to all but...
Bahlabani vows to bring gold
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17 national team has vowed to bring gold from the Metropolitan Under-19 Premier Cup in South Africa. Dubbed Bahlabani, which literally means...
Egypt down Makoanyane XI
Lesotho . . . . . .(0) 0 Egypt . . . . . . . .(0) 2 DOBSONVILLE — The first half was almost...