Maseru comes alive with warm-up party
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — The capital comes alive this weekend with a warm-up party for the first Lesotho Summer Festival. South Africa’s DJ Clock...
Lack of support mars TK fashion show
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — The organiser of the Thaha-Khube Summer Fashion Show says lack of support from her colleagues almost scuppered the fund-raising event...
Rioting students shot
Ntsebeng Motsoeli and Nat Molomo MASERU — Police shot and injured seven students during violent protests at Limkokwing University on Monday. Two guards from Security...
Court rejects ex-MKM boss’ plea
MASERU — Acting High Court Judge John Musi yesterday shot down a bid by a former manager of MKM to be enjoined in an application...
Mosisili admits LCD infighting
MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Pakalitha Mosisili last weekend publicly admitted for the first time that his party is ravaged by factional...
. . . as party calls special indaba over petitions
MASERU — An emotionally charged Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leadership conference agreed on Sunday to convene a special conference to decide the fate of...
Infighting will not affect LCD at polls: analysts
MASERU — The current infighting within the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) does not pose a threat to the party’s grip on power with...
Security guards threaten industrial action
MASERU — BB Alert Security Guards have threatened to down tools this week to press management to fire the company’s human resources manager, Mahlelehlele Mahloane,...
LPCM threatens demo
Lerato Matheka MASERU — The Lesotho People’s Charter Movement (LPCM), a group advocating free movement between South Africa and Lesotho, says it will soon take...
Ex-police boss escapes jail term
MASERU — Motsotuoa Ntaote, the former deputy police commissioner convicted of fraud, will sleep well this week. That’s because he is not going to jail...
Mafeteng herd boys burn church
MAFETENG — Hell hath no fury like two herd boys denied access to their preferred grazing land. Two herd boys, aged 17 and 18, were...
Companies Bill: reversing the slump
IN last week’s issue of the Lesotho Times Mpeshe Selebalo reported that Lesotho had slumped in the World Bank’s Doing Business indicators. What he says...
Police need to win back people’s trust
SEVEN people, including two security guards, were this week shot during student protests at Limkokwing University campus in Maseru. The students were protesting against last...
Things to do for new NUL vice-chancellor
THE top decision-making body at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) last week conducted interviews for the vacant post of vice-chancellor. At least four candidates...
Time for Sadc people to unite too
THE harassment of citizens of Sadc countries in member states seems to be declining — or is it? South Africa, the strongest economy in the...
Shooting striking students uncalled for
IT was June 4, 1989. About 100 000 students massed together at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. They had been there for weeks. Their demands were...
Co-operatives unit to set up distress fund
MASERU — The department of co-operatives says it is in the process of setting up a fund to provide financial assistance to co-operatives in distress....
Annual inflation drops further to 3.1 percent
MASERU — Lesotho’s annual inflation dropped to 3.1 percent last month, a 0.2 percentage point drop from the previous month’s rate of 3.3 percent, according...
Lioli expel players
MASERU — Lioli stars Sello ‘Muso, Mohapi Ntobo, Brown Makobe and recent signing Baholo Sefatsa have been dismissed by the club. The quartet has been...
. . . as another star leaves for Cameroon tryout
MASERU — Another player who could be on his way out of Lioli but for completely different reasons is winger Montoeli Sonopo. After the 17-year-old...
Athletes might lose Soweto winnings
MASERU — Six local athletes might be forced to forfeit their Soweto Marathon prize monies for competing without clearance letters from the national authority. This...
Roof of Africa kicks off
MASERU — The Roof of Africa off-road race starts today with 262 riders from around the globe expected to give defending champion Chris Birch a...
Local actor stars in Winnie
Khahliso Khama MASERU — When the biopic Winnie hits the big screen early next year, watch out for the bodyguard by the main actress Jennifer...
The Mother of All Eating to be staged in Maseru
MASERU — Theatre lovers are set to enjoy Zakes Mda’s The Mother of All Eating in Maseru next month. The play will be presented by...
DJ shoots daughter’s boyfriend
Khahliso Khama MASERU — Popular PC FM presenter DJ Counter Force last Friday allegedly shot a teenager who is in love with his stepdaughter. Counter...
BNP wins battle for headquarters
MASERU — Victory at last. For three years the Basotho National Party (BNP) has been fighting to regain control of its headquarters from Stefan Carl...
Watershed conference for LCD
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party will hold its annual leadership conference this weekend. The conference, which begins on Saturday, comes...
Ntsie recounts shooting incident
MASERU — Television cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie on Tuesday told the High Court that he was acting in self-defence when he shot and killed two men...
Diamond dealers appear in court
MASERU — Two men from Rustenburg, South Africa, appeared in the Butha-Buthe Magistrate’s Court last week after they were caught in possession of diamonds and...
Suicide stalls murder trial
MASERU — The High Court on Tuesday postponed a case in which eight police officers are facing a murder charge after a police officer who...