I’ll step down soon, says Mosisili
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili (pictured) says he has little time remaining in power as the leader of the government and the ruling...
Money lenders hit back
MASERU — Three money lending companies being sued for overcharging on interest say they are entitled to charge extra fees over the stipulated 25 percent...
Man commits suicide after botched robbery
MASERU — A man from Sehlabeng yesterday committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in an attempt to escape arrest after he allegedly robbed...
Police officer jailed for twenty years
MASERU — A 27-year-old police officer, Lesia Rakhoba, will serve the next 20 years in jail after he was convicted of fatally shooting his father...
Custodians or kidnappers?
MASERU — Villagers in Makhoakhoeng in Butha-Buthe, about 60km north of the capital Maseru, are worried. Since June at least three young men have...
Suspended top cop seeks reinstatement
MASERU — The suspended deputy police commissioner, Motsotuoa Ntaote, has filed a court application to compel commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane to re-instate him after he was...
Driver killed, 28 injured as taxis collide
MASERU — A taxi driver died while 28 people were badly injured after two mini-buses collided head-on in Nazareth last Saturday. The deceased was identified...
Court blocks soldiers’ eviction
MASERU — The Lesotho High Court on Tuesday blocked efforts by Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander Thuso Motanyane to evict two soldiers accused of high...
A compelling argument
THE Communist Party of Lesotho, a long-forgotten political force in the country, is after all alive and kicking. A former senator and secretary-general of the...
The key is to decentralise
AS I SEE IT SINCE independence in 1966 the city of Maseru has experienced tremendous growth. This has been due, among other things, to...
Sangoma with a stethoscope
SCRUTATOR MEDICAL doctors in our kingdom must be very afraid. Yes, very afraid because the bone-throwing kind has hatched a creepy one to demystify...
How to deal with dandruff
DOCTOR’S CORNER DANDRUFF is the single most common problem that can occur to a lot of people. To have a few white-flaked cells...
Women betraying the equality struggle
STEAMING IT OFF IS IT not funny how women wail about equality yet they are the first to put themselves beneath men? Seriously, we...
New Aids drama
MASERU — A new drama on HIV and Aids is set to start shooting in the capital tomorrow. Monna oa Motsamai is scheduled to be...
Likuena hit rock bottom
MASERU — Sometimes results and score-lines can be misleading, failing to paint the full picture or even changing the reality of what happened. But in...
From cup to league kings?
MASERU — Like the sunrise on a chilly, sleepy morning, the new Buddie Premier League season brings with it bright hopes and warm expectations...
Moshoeshoe punches his way to world stage
MASERU — Mokhachane Moshoeshoe, 18, can be the next Moses Kopo — that is according to his coach Liphalo Moeketsi. The young boxer this week...
Vodacom voting: Bantu hold lead
MASERU — Bantu maintained a healthy lead in the latest voting for the 2009 Vodacom Soccer Spectacular tournament this week. The Mafeteng outfit have increased...
No new coach
MASERU — Likuena will not be looking for a new coach any time soon. The announcement of a new coach could take place as late...
D-Day for MKM
MASERU –– The fate of MKM, the company in which millions of money belonging to thousands of depositors is locked up, could be decided at...
Police commissioner fights jail sentence
MASERU — Police Commissioner Malejaka Letooane this week continued her battle to reverse a jail sentence slapped on her for contempt of court three weeks...
Workers take wage fight to parliament
MASERU — Textile factory workers have requested parliament to urgently intervene and help improve their miserable working conditions and meagre wages. Workers from five textile...
‘Evil thoughts made me rape granny’
MASERU — A 27-year-old man, Matsoso Lieta, begged for mercy in court last Thursday saying he raped an 80-year-old woman after he had been overcome...
Police raid Soulo home
MASERU –– The police on Sunday stormed the home of an opposition legislator Molobeli Soulo allegedly looking for arms, the Lesotho Times has learnt. Soulo...
A mother’s grief
MASERU –– When ‘Makamohelo Tsietsi bid farewell to her son last Tuesday morning she did not know that by evening he would be lying unconscious...
Be neutral over PR seats issue: Thabane
MOHALE’S HOEK — All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, last Sunday appealed to church leaders mediating in the proportional representation seats issue to be...
Briton found dead
MASERU — A 70-year-old British national, James Charles Thompson, was found dead in his house in Maseru West last Wednesday. A neighbour who spoke to...
Bodies repatriated
MASERU — The bodies of two Mozambicans who died during a botched attack at Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s residence in Maseru last April were repatriated...
Bow your heads in shame
MAKHARI Tsietsi, a 22-year-old student at Lerotholi Polytechnic, was allegedly murdered in the school campus last Tuesday. The tragic circumstances of his death raise serious...
It’s critical to discuss PM’s succession without fear
AS I SEE IT THERE is a raging debate whether Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should retire after the 2012 elections. A debate of this...