Player wrangle rages on
MASERU — Mphatlalatsane winger Kopano Tseka’s career remains in limbo. The 18-year-old Lesotho youth international has not featured in a premier league game so far...
Bantu lead as voting closes
By Teboho Molapo MASERU — Voting for this year’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular closes at midnight tomorrow. It is safe to say that Bantu, in first...
Lioli battle LMPS
By Teboho Molapo MASERU — Apart from the rain that hit Mohale’s Hoek and Butha-Buthe this past weekend causing the postponement of two games, and...
Taekwondo guru roped in
By Pascalinah Kabi MASERU — Internationally-acclaimed South Korean Taekwondo coach Park-Se Hong is in Lesotho. Hong has come to help improve taekwondo standards in the...
Cash crunch hits volleyball
By Pascalinah Kabi MASERU — The Lesotho Volleyball Association (LVA) said the standard of volleyball in the country is declining due to lack of funds....
NUL finances under spotlight
ROMA — Some senior government officials recently suggested that the government stops subsidising the National University of Lesotho (NUL) saying there was a clear indication...
Sky Country workers strike
MASERU — Workers at Sky Country Pty (Ltd), a meat wholesale in the Pitso ground area boycotted work last Saturday morning to protest against what...
35 car crashes during graduation weekend
MASERU — About 30 people suffered minor injuries in 35 accidents that happened in and around Maseru during the National University of Lesotho’s graduation weekend,...
ABC youths take on ANC over jobs
MASERU — The president of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league says Basotho students studying in South Africa should be allowed to...
Stolen clothes land factory workers in court
MASERU — Ten LGI Sales factory workers yesterday appeared in the magistrates’ court to answer theft charges brought against them by their employer. The workers,...
Robbery victim in shock
MASERU — Thakane Matsoai says she is still traumatised two weeks after armed robbers threatened to shoot her during a robbery at her sand distributing...
Villager found dead near cliff in Mokhotlong
MOKHOTLONG — A 27-year-old man was on Saturday found dead near a cliff in Ntsiking in Mokhotlong. Rethabile Motokoa’s body was found naked below the...
Village orphans lose hope
MASERU — In Moruthane village there is a little hut that is falling apart. The roof looks like it’s about to curve in. The walls...
Orphans in dire straits
IN this edition we carry a harrowing story about the plight of orphans in Lesotho. Much has been written about the predicament of orphans but...
Majara losing the plot
AS I SEE IT THE quality of broadcast journalism in this country leaves a lot to be desired. We have pseudo-journalists at various media houses...
Morija festival comes alive
MORIJA — The Telecom Econet Morija Arts and Cultural Festival burst into life yesterday with organisers saying all was on course for the biggest festival...
Keeping your energy
DOCTOR’S CORNER SOMETIMES the days seem very long and keeping your energy up in the middle of a long day seems nearly impossible. How...
No cheers for the graduates
Scrutator had a good weekend last week. There were graduation parties happening all over my village. I drank myself numb but I am proud to...
Experts call for co-operatives
MASERU — Co-operatives can drive economic development and curb the high levels of unemployment and poverty in Lesotho, a government official has said. Mphamoli Lekoetje,...
Bantu off to a roaring start
MASERU — Life is good in Mafeteng at the moment. Two weeks into their return to the Premier League, Bantu are unbeaten and sitting proudly...
Swallows in make-or-break encounter
MASERU — With the size and passion of its population, Mazenod should really be one of Lesotho’s football hotbeds. There have been brief glimpses of...
New twist to league saga
MASERU — Confusion still reigns over the identity of the sponsor of Lesotho’s Premier League. Vodacom Lesotho has over the past month been widely tipped...
Big teams look set to miss out on Vodacom tourney
MASERU — With less than a month to go to the Vodacom Soccer Spectacular, several big sides are in danger of missing out on the...
Soldier speaks of brutal torture
MASERU — A former captain alleged to have been involved in the 2007 political disturbances has spoken out about his brutal torture at the hands...
Police boss off the hook
MASERU — Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane escaped jail last week after Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla granted her the right to appeal at the High Court....
Mining firm, union in tug of war
MORIJA — A mining company based in Morija has accused the leader of a local labour union of trying to push it to violate the...
‘LDF framed and tortured me’
“It all began on June 14 2007. The LDF Commander had called a meeting strictly attended by officers whose agenda was unknown until it started....
Ex-police officer fabricated torture story, court told
MASERU — The case in which a former police officer is suing the police commissioner for alleged torture suffered at the hands of fellow officers...
Higher learning, higher risk
NUL stirs into action to slow spread of HIV among students MASERU — When Lebo (not his real name) enrolled for a course at the...
Throw hat into ring
LAST week Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili hinted at retirement, saying he had little time as head of government and the ruling Lesotho Congress for...