Top swimmer says team needs coach
MASERU — National swimmer Boipelo Makhothi says Lesotho needs to hire a coach in order for the country to reach any meaningful heights in swimming....
Four confirmed for Singapore Olympics
MASERU — The Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) has confirmed four of the country’s competitors for the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. They are...
Ex-NUL boss collapses
MASERU — Former National University of Lesotho (NUL) vice-chancellor and prominent academic Professor Adelani Ogunrinade is in a critical condition in a Bloemfontein hospital after...
Thabane storms out
MASERU — Opposition parties claim the government admitted at a Monday meeting that it had botched the implementation of the controversial Mixed Member Proportional (MMP)...
Soldiers guilty of killing police woman
MASERU — Three soldiers were on Tuesday locked behind prison bars after the High Court found them guilty of killing a police woman during the...
Makoa vows to oust Lekhanya
MASERU — Professor Kopano Makoa is considered the Basotho National Party (BNP) leader-in-waiting. A strong faction in the party believes he is the right man...
Measles outbreak hits schools
MASERU — An outbreak of measles has hit schools in Maseru. Two students from Motimposo Primary School reportedly died of measles after the disease hit...
Former LPC members re-join LCD
MASERU — Six former members of the executive committee of the Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) re-joined the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party yesterday,...
Ex-MP wants princely pension
MASERU — A former MP who served as the only opposition legislator between 1993 and 1998 is demanding a government pension equivalent to that of...
Gunmen hijack bread van crew
MASERU — A bread van belonging to Astoria Bakery was on Sunday morning hijacked by five armed men in Sefikeng. Police said the armed robbers...
Makhakhe out on bail
MASERU — Public Eye columnist, Tukula Makhakhe, who is facing two counts of armed robbery, was on Monday granted M1 400 bail by the High...
Two charged over M40 000 robbery
MASERU — Two men appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on a charge of armed robbery. Monyane Molibeli, 31, and Phafa Rafats’e, 25,...
Four guilty of killing rustler
MASERU — Four men from Majaheng Mapoteng in Berea were on Monday found guilty of brutally killing Sekoche Mphaka over suspected stock theft. High Court...
Crack the whip
IT is now almost two weeks after our sister paper the Sunday Express exposed the scandals involving the issuance of passports and other travel documents...
Sex has become new currency
As I see it . . . By Tlali Mapetla WE live in a world of advanced technology which means our habits and way...
Nobody likes political turncoats
One of the sub-editors on this paper has a bloody nose as I write. That’s the price those who are supposed to be a newspaper’s...
Inflation notches up
MASERU — Lesotho’s inflation rate for February increased to 4.3 percent, up from 4.01 percent the previous month, according to the latest figures released by...
Vodacom, Nedbank in new partnership
JOHANNESBURG — Vodacom and Nedbank on Tuesday announced a joint initiative to bring M-PESA, the biggest global success story in mobile money, to South Africa....
Lioli appeal board ban
MASERU — Lioli have appealed against the Premier League’s decision to ban their executive board from all football activities for the next four years. The...
MP seeks to block funding to Lefa
MASERU — An opposition MP wants to lobby parliament to stop the government from funding the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) because it does not have...
Mokhele powers Matlama
MASERU — Behind every great car is a reliable engine. This season the Matlama juggernaut has cruised past their opponents, losing just once all season...
Lioli players unfazed by ban
MASERU — Lioli have been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks and now their executive committee has been banned from...
Cash boost for Tse Putsoa players
MASERU — Matlama supporters have come up with an incentive scheme for the team’s outstanding player during each of their remaining league matches. With six...
Public Eye columnist up for armed robbery
MASERU — A columnist for Public Eye newspaper, Tukula Makhakhe, appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court yesterday facing charges of armed robbery. Makhakhe, 34, who...
Plot to buy out Lekhanya
MASERU — Factions in the Basotho National Party (BNP) have hatched a plan to pay Metsing Lekhanya to leave office after their bid to remove...
Lekhanya rivals step up pressure
MASERU — “I want to know when the leader, Mr Metsing Lekhanya, will step down and give others a chance to lead.” Those words could...
Lekhanya survives Waterloo
MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) annual conference over the weekend was supposed to be Major General Metsing Lekhanya’s Waterloo. It was here, at...
Soldier testifies on State House attack
MASERU – A soldier who was in the guardroom at the gate of the State House has described how the assailants who attacked the house...
Loan sharks case suspended
MASERU — Lawyers involved in a money lending court battle on Monday agreed to temporarily suspend the hearing of a case in which 1 273...
No freedom for Billy
MASERU — Macaefa Billy’s court battles are far from over. Billy was last May acquitted by the High Court on a charge of sedition. High...