Beauty queen sets up modelling agency
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — Local beauty queen Lineo Thaanyane has established her own modelling agency which she says has already signed up 30 aspiring...
Spring bash rocked by low turnout
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — South African actor Phila Mazibuko, known as Sphamandla on the soapie Muvhango, failed to turn up for a guest appearance...
DJ sues police
MASERU — A former radio presenter, ’Machabeli Moiloa, is suing the police for M4 million for the torture she allegedly suffered while in police custody...
Hotel owner not in prison
IN last week’s issue of the Lesotho Times, we carried a story headlined “Hotel boss jailed”. The story said a local businessman, Tumo Tlelai, had...
Bakery boss kidnapped, shot dead
MASERU — The managing director of Sun Bakery, Thabo Phohleli, was shot dead a few hours after he was kidnapped from his home by armed...
ABC youth league under fire
MASERU — Pitso Maisa, the All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP for Motimposo, wants the party’s national youth committee disbanded because it is believed to be...
Parties dismiss Mokoku report
MASERU — Lesotho opposition parties on Tuesday distanced themselves from a report that was presented to Sadc leaders at a summit held in Windhoek, Namibia,...
Volunteer shot dead
MASERU — An American Peace Corps volunteer, Thomas Maresco, 24, was fatally shot in Maseru on last Friday. Acting police spokesperson, Lekhotla Mokete, confirmed the...
Billy pledges to fight wage board
MASERU — Trade unionist and politician Macaefa Billy says he wants to fight the Wages Advisory Board for serving the interests of employers and not...
Factory boss shoots at union leaders
MASERU — A senior manager at a Maputsoe-based textile factory last week allegedly shot at two senior Factory Workers Union (Fawu) executives who tried to...
LPMTC allies turn against each other
MASERU — The battle for the troubled Lesotho Public Motor Transport Company (LPMTC) reached boiling point last week amidst allegations that a trustee of the...
Metropolitan posts impressive financial results
MASERU — Insurance giant, Metropolitan Lesotho, says it posted impressive financial results for the first six months of this year. Metropolitan Lesotho managing director Nkau...
Maluti Mountain Brewery scoops top awards
MASERU — Maluti Mountain Brewery last Wednesday won the top Castle Lager quality award at the SABMiller Africa technical directors’ conference held in Durban, South...
Netball team thrashed
MASERU — Lesotho’s netballers were this week reminded of the gulf in class between them and the rest of Africa when they were thrashed at...
We are no longer safe
ON Sunday, the managing director of Sun Bakery, formerly known as Astoria Bakery, was kidnapped from his home by unknown gunmen. A few hours later...
Tata bounces back
MASERU — Vodacom Premier League champions Matlama have reinstated Ntebele Taole as head coach, ending speculation over his future with the club. Taole, affectionately known...
Premier League kicks off on Saturday
MASERU — The Vodacom Premier League finally roars into life this Saturday with Likhopo kicking off the campaign against LCS in the first match of...
Tlelai locked up for contempt of court
MASERU — A prominent Maseru businessman, Tumo Tlelai, was yesterday sentenced to 30 days in prison for contempt of court. Tlelai, who owns Victoria Hotel,...
The case that sank the boss
MASERU — At the centre of the case are allegations that Tlelai illegally occupied a piece of land on which he was quarrying atop the...
Lawyers to sue insurance firm
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho is planning to sue a legal services insurance company, the Lawyer’s Voice, for allegedly operating an illegal insurance...
Maseru photographers clash
MASERU — Two photographers’ associations are embroiled in a fight over who should be operating from the new passport offices in Maseru. Members of the...
LCD youth league elects leaders
MASERU — Mosala Mojakisane last weekend easily retained the presidency of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league ending a protracted turf war...
Fired lawyer switches camp
MASERU — A prominent Maseru lawyer has turned against a client he once represented. Advocate Hopolang Nathane once represented ’Mamatlakala Maphisa in a case in...
Health ministry to launch immunisation campaign
MASERU — The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare will kickstart a countrywide measles immunisation campaign this month. Health Minister Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng last week...
NUL women break barriers
LAST month Lesotho joined the rest of the world in celebrating the African woman and her achievements. We look back and rejoice that we had...
Union should seek dialogue
THE noises emanating from the Lesotho Teachers Trade Union threatening to stage nation-wide protests suggest all is not well within the civil service. The union...
Toilet manners and the long arm of the law
Scrutator is establishing a charity fund for our lawyers after 58 of them were barred from practising because they could not afford their membership fees...
Bahlabani punished
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17s have been left with a mountain to climb after their 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Cameroon in a 2011 African...
Golden Girl in Croatia
MASERU — Lesotho’s “Golden Girl” Selloane Tšoaeli is confident of another historic performance when she competes at the IAAF Continental Cup which starts tomorrow in...
Sherrif in trouble
MASERU — A senior High Court official, a prominent lawyer and a local businessman are facing theft charges for allegedly stealing goods worth M9 million....