Limpho confirmed Miss Mazenod 2010
By Khahliso Khama & Lerato Matheka MASERU — Limpho Moletsane has been confirmed as Miss Mazenod 2010, more than two weeks after the pageant ended...
DJ Thabie set to perform in Botswana
Lerato Matheka MASERU — DJ Thabie will next Thursday play at a CD and video release party in Botswana. He will be the only foreign...
Mine row deepens
MASERU — A local consortium has threatened to sue Natural Resources Minister Monyane Moleleki (pictured left) for allegedly elbowing the group out of the picture...
Lawyers sucked into PC FM war
MASERU — Three prominent lawyers are embroiled in a battle for control of People’s Choice FM (PC FM) radio station. Advocates Salemane Phafane and Thabo...
Station bosses to appear in court
MASERU — People’s Choice (PC) FM’s top brass is set to appear in the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to answer fraud charges stemming from the...
IEC dismisses bias charge
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has rejected charges that it manipulated constituency boundaries in favour of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)...
Civic groups appeal to Zuma
MASERU — Lesotho’s civic groups yesterday appealed to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to ensure there is free movement between the two countries’ borders. The...
MPs want MKM bail-out
MASERU — Three MPs yesterday handed a petition to Finance Minister Timothy Thahane urging the government to bail out the beleaguered MKM. The MPs’ petition...
Pair convicted of kidnapping
MASERU — ‘Maselebalo Ntaolane, one of the two women charged with kidnapping a one-week-old baby, yesterday wept uncontrollably after she was convicted of a kidnapping...
The scourge of illegal guns
MASERU — They arrived at Tiping a village in Thaba-Tseka on horseback on Thursday, armed to the teeth. The six men said they were looking...
Soldiers shoot suspected burglars
MASERU — A suspected burglar was shot dead last Friday after he was found in one of the offices at the finance ministry offices at...
Re-arrested fraud suspect in court
MASERU — A 53-year-old man has appeared in the High Court to face charges of defrauding the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) of M2.8 million....
Journalists must shut their loud beaks
SCRUTATOR was not part of the team of journalists who met for a two-day retreat organised by the Journalists Association of Lesotho recently but she...
Expert calls for change in governance
MASERU — Respected South African businessman Professor Mervyn King on Thursday said recent developments in the global business operations have called for a change in...
Mosisili opens new clinic
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Monday officially opened the new Domiciliary Clinic in Maseru which was funded by the United States development agency...
New club for Moletsane
MASERU — Lesotho international Bushy Moletsane has sealed a loan deal with yet another Botswana side. He has joined Premier League side Botswana Police XI...
Four athletes to take part in Singapore Games
MASERU — Lesotho will be part of the historic Youth Olympic Games starting in Singapore tomorrow. Four athletes — Tšehla Monethi, Mpho Moeti, Ntšeke Setho...
Makoanyane XI go through
MASERU — It was a sweet defeat. Lesotho’s Under-20 national side suffered a 1-2 defeat against South Africa in a CAF Under-20 Championship tie on...
Golden girl on top of the world
MASERU — She is on top of the sporting world. Two weeks ago she became only the second Lesotho national to win a medal at...
Local comedy a joke
MASERU — Judged according to international filmmaking standards, the production quality is a joke. And so is the film itself. Nyatsi (mistress), is the name...
Rajoc is bankrupt
MASERU — Rajoc Beauty and Hair Salon says it will not be able to host its annual Face of Rajoc Beauty pageant this year because...
Nurse’s disciplinary hearing postponed
Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The disciplinary hearing against a former Queen Elizabeth II hospital nurse accused of operating an unlicensed clinic and stealing from a...
Parties attack IEC
MASERU — Opposition parties have accused the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of tinkering with the new electoral boundaries in its delimitation exercise in favour of...
Tšoaeli scoops gold in Nairobi
MASERU — Selloane Tšoaeli wrote her name into Lesotho’s sporting folklore when she won gold and bronze medals at the African Senior Championships in Nairobi,...
IEC redraws constituencies
MASERU — Two new constituencies have been formed, one has been dissolved while a number have been renamed or moved to other districts. These are...
FNB employees to repay fraud money
MASERU — Five employees of First National Bank (FNB) who are facing charges of defrauding a local garage of M216 000 yesterday agreed on a...
Lesotho acts to curb human trafficking
MASERU — The government of Lesotho is working on a new law to curb human trafficking, a serious crime that various international study reports have...
US envoy calls for tough act
MASERU — United States ambassador to Lesotho Robert Nolan says Lesotho should enact a comprehensive law prohibiting all forms of human trafficking. Nolan was addressing...
Judge lashes at crooked businessman
MASERU — A High Court judge on Tuesday lashed out at a furniture company boss for allegedly hiding behind three companies to avoid paying her...
Cop arrested for possession of dagga
MASERU — A senior police officer and four other suspects were last week nabbed for possession of marijuana. The five who are all aged between...