Struggling Lioli blame it on absence of Sonopo
MASERU – Former league champions Lioli have blamed their misery this season on the constant absence of key striker Montoeli Sonopo. Lioli lie a lowly...
Agriculture in state of paralysis
THE agriculture sector in Lesotho is in a state of paralysis which is quite a shame. The ministry needs a huge shake-up if Lesotho is...
Chief Justice’s speech skirted burning issues
IN HIS address to officially open the High Court session for this year on Tuesday, Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla to his credit pointed out the...
Challenges for Siverts
FIVE years ago the National University of Lesotho (NUL) welcomed the late Professor Ogunrinade with open arms and great expectations. He was replacing the renowned...
How this Castro could be a winner
FOR many leaders, any change of direction is frightening. Most would rather not risk it — a fear of the unknown inhibits them. They are...
The paganism in our Christianity
IT IS said a picture is worth a thousand words. And there she was, mixing cow dung and some soil somewhere in Ha-Teko on the...
Tax dodger nabbed
MASERU — Prominent businessman, Osman Moosa (pictured), and his son are facing 180 counts of tax evasion, fraud and theft. Moosa and his son, Shameen,...
Fresh twist to LCD dissent
MASERU – The power struggles within the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party took a fresh twist when dissidents disrupted a youth league rally...
Health ministry budget fiasco
MASERU — During the 2007/08 financial year the Ministry of Health had to return nearly 20 percent of its budget allocation to the treasury department...
Welcome to high school Prof
Our ancestors used to say the quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love. What the ancient proverb seems to suggest is that lovers need...
Floods wreak havoc in Leribe
LERIBE — When all is well Matukeng village in Leribe district is a beautiful place to live. The school and the clinic are not very...
̔ Take-home ̓ ARV drugs package to be launched
MASERU – The Ministry of Health will tomorrow launch the “Mother Baby Pack” in Makhunoane in Butha-Buthe. The Mother Baby Pack is a take-home package...
15 years for rape
MASERU – She says she was raped. He denies the charge. But he admits biting and tearing a piece of her ear during a scuffle....
Report lambasts Aids campaign
MASERU — The auditor-general’s report for the 2007/08 financial year has revealed why the much-hyped Know Your Status (KYS) campaign failed. The KYS campaign was...
Parliament must make ministries accountable
THE auditor-general Lucy Liphafa last week released yet another damning report on the state of the country’s finances. The 2007/8 report lists a litany of...
Appointment of Siverts as new NUL VC suspicious
THE long drawn-out process to employ the next vice-chancellor (VC) for the National University of Lesotho (NUL) has finally come to an end. By the...
Are we really empowering women?
LESOTHO has been working on programmes to empower women for years. The clarion call to empower women reached a crescendo in the build-up to the...
Swazi officials on study tour
MASERU – A delegation from the Swaziland Energy Regulatory Authority (SERA) was in Lesotho this week on a study tour of the country’s energy sector....
Welcome to high school Prof
Our ancestors used to say the quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love. What the ancient proverb seems to suggest is that lovers need...
Biggest test
MASERU – Matlama will on Sunday face their biggest test on the African continent when they take on Supersport United in the preliminary round of...
U-20 face gruelling preparations
MASERU – Lesotho’s Under-20 national team will play Mozambique at Setsoto Stadium on February 4 as they step up preparations for the Caf Youth Championship...
Lesotho crash out of Games qualifier
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-23 national team crashed out meekly from the All Africa Games qualifiers when they were held to a one-all draw by Malawi...
Linare keeper joins Botswana champions
MASERU — Linare Football Club goalkeeper Dyke Sesiu has joined crack Botswana premier league side Township Rollers following a M10 000 transfer deal. The 28-year-old...
NUL gets new boss
MASERU — Sharon Siverts (pictured), an American professor who survived a turbulent stint at the helm of the University of Botswana, is to be appointed...
NUL lecturers get salary hike
MASERU — Students at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) began writing their exams on Monday after management awarded striking lecturers a 10 percent pay...
Death at a funeral as graveside quarrel turns fatal
MASERU — Death at a funeral. That’s what happened when a graveside quarrel between two relatives in Ha-Hlalele village in Maseru became fatal a fortnight...
Man jailed 15 years for raping daughter
MASERU — A Semonkong man was on Monday imprisoned for 15 years after he was found guilty of raping his 16-year-old daughter. His wife, who...
MP’s lover fights back, denies stealing money
MASERU — She has claimed that he beat her up and police are investigating him. He has denied that he ever beat her up and...
Thahane warns of tough 2011
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane says 2011 will be yet another tough year for Lesotho as revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu)...
‘Nts’inyi’s hands are clean’
MASERU — A former personal secretary to former minister Lebohang Nts’inyi says allegations that the ex-minister benefited from the M600 000 donated for youth projects...