Civil servants loan deductions resume
MASERU — The government this week resumed deducting money from civil servants’ salaries who owe moneylenders. The resumption of the deductions is taking place in...
Thakaso vows to fight on
MASERU – “I will fight this battle to finality.” Those were Mohau Thakaso’s words after his attempt to personally prosecute PC FM’s managers and directors...
Quality: lessons from Japan
JAPAN is well known for its excellent quality products which have immensely contributed to the competitiveness of that country’s products and the growth of its...
It is time to restore NUL’s battered image
ON February 1 or soon thereafter the National University of Lesotho (NUL) will have a new vice-chancellor. The appointment of the university’s new chief executive...
Electoral Commission needs overhaul
THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is among the most criticised public institutions in Lesotho. Most of the criticisms which are directed at the IEC focus...
Empowerment imperative for stablity
THE World Bank last week released a report on the 2011 global economic outlook. One of the issues that emerged from the report is that...
Who will be the next to run?
HABIB Bourguiba was the only president of Tunisia to be carted off to the loony bin — that was his humiliating fate. He wasn’t a...
Machakela is a man of the people
Sello Machakela, the former labour minister, is indeed a “man of the people”. Apart from wooing crowds at the All Basotho Convention (ABC) rallies, Machakela...
Tough task for Notši
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-23 national side face a herculean task as they seek to overturn a three-goal deficit when they take on Malawi in a...
LDF date new boys Maduma
MASERU — Giants LDF and Linare will get an opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the Vodacom Premier League on Saturday. Both...
Difa bans 3 errant members
MASERU – Three members of the Maseru District Football Association (Difa) interim committee were on Saturday banned for five years for allegedly bringing the game...
Makoanyane XI date Saudi Arabia
MASERU – Lesotho’s Under-20 national team will lock horns with Saudi Arabia’s Under-23 national side in a friendly tie next month. The match is part...
Blatter approves goal-line technology
MASERU – Last week Fifa president Sepp Blatter gave the thumbs up to the idea of introducing goal-line technology in football. Blatter’s sentiments, which were...
MP beats up lover
MASERU — A Lesotho Workers Party (LWP) MP, Sello Machakela, is under police investigation for assaulting his lover. Machakela is married and has four children....
Police bust child sex syndicate
MASERU — Two women aged 23 and 25 years are in police custody for allegedly recruiting and trafficking young girls as sex workers. Police spokesperson...
PC FM in financial crisis
MASERU — Popular radio station People’s Choice FM (PC FM) is in a serious financial crunch because its bank accounts have been frozen. The four...
Youths take ex-minister to task over M600 000
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth committee for the Stadium Area constituency wants former minister Lebohang Nts’inyi to account for a M600...
Surviving global competition
IN the past, the economy of Lesotho was largely supported by revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu). It also relied heavily on agriculture...
Is death becoming a way of life?
SUDAN may be on the verge of being reborn as two nations — north and south. The north is mostly Arabic and Muslim, the south,...
2010: Depressing year for Basotho
LAST year was one of the most depressing years in the history of development in Lesotho. The year began on a sad note with an...
Thakaso’s perjury claim thrown out
MASERU — Mohau Thakaso’s bid to have People’s Choice FM (PC FM) radio station managing director and eight others charged with perjury failed when the...
Hubby kills wife with spear
MASERU — A 25-year-old man from Hlotse killed his 22-year-old wife with a spear before attempting to commit suicide. The incident happened at the couple’s...
JC pass rate at 70 percent
MASERU — Thirty percent of all students who sat for the Junior Certificate exams last year failed, according to results released this week. Assistant Minister...
Another famo star shot dead
MASERU — Popular famo music producer Daniel Rampipi, 42, was shot dead by a lone gunman in Mafeteng last Thursday. The killing comes barely three...
Corrupt passport officer nabbed in sting operation
MASERU — It was a trap well-executed which saw a corrupt passport officer caught red-handed for soliciting a bribe. Tlalane Matamane had informed the police...
Diamond academy enrols first intake
MASERU — The Lesotho Diamonds Academy says it would train 50 Basotho men and women in the evaluation, marking, classification, cutting and polishing of rough...
The day the horse went to court
What should we call a man who brings an Okapi knife to a gunfight? Do we call him a fool, a loser, or a just...
Lower division clubs up in arms
MASERU — The Maseru District Football Association’s executive committee is living on borrowed time with affiliated clubs saying they are fed up with the incumbent...
Lesotho football behind schedule
MASERU — In case anyone has forgotten, Lesotho’s football is meant to be professional by 2014. But with only three years left to this deadline...
Tse Nala’s title hopes hang by a thread
MASERU — How times have changed! At this stage last year, Lioli were top of the league standings and largely expected to win a second...