Factory faces closure
MASERU — About 320 jobs are at risk at Raytex Garments textile firm because the company is facing serious viability problems. The company which is
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Major step forward for media
LAST week the government unveiled a new media policy to regulate the broadcasting, print and publishing sectors. The draft media policy represents a major step
A visitor’s assessment Lesotho
AS I SEE IT THIS is my second visit to Lesotho after close to six years. Indeed there are signs of “progress” as measured
LNDC’s Molapo calls it a day
On Friday 31 July, Peete Molapo, finished his four-year-term as chief executive officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC). Motebang Mokoaleli has since been
Somebody find me a zipper
SCRUTATOR is inviting sealed tenders from companies that can manufacture a mouth zip. I want the zip for that blabbermouth of a sister from one
Kissing a random guy
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS YOURS truly is nursing a mild heartbreak. Mild, because it was not the truly-madly-deeply kind of an affair. I could
Caesarean effects
DOCTOR’S CORNER AN increasing number of women nowadays are subscribing to the view that there is no need to bother going through the process
Mthibo dreams big
MASERU — For Haeso Music Award winner Thabo Rakhomo, also known as Mthibo, music is the labour of love. The 26-year-old Rakhomo started singing at
LEFA, German firm strike deal
MASERU – The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) has signed a partnership agreement with German marketing and television giant Sportfive. The two-month courtship was finally sealed
LCS, Lioli steamroll MGC rivals
MASERU – On a weekend where women were celebrated the world over, the men were being separated from the boys in the MGC Supa 8
No fine for Bantu
MASERU –– Newly promoted Premier League outfit Bantu will not face any sanctions for fielding their new arrival Tefo Maipato in the MGC Supa 8
Likuena hold Zimbabwe
MASERU –– Lesotho’s promising form this year continued yesterday when they held Zimbabwe to a one-all draw in Harare. Lesotho’s goal hero was once again
Supa 8 finals promise fireworks
MASERU –– After the appetiser of the MGC Supa 8 quarter-finals in Butha-Buthe, Matsieng and then LCS’s central prisons, the main course that is Lesotho’s
Vodacom delay
MASERU – The announcement of the multi-million-maloti Vodacom Soccer Spectacular tournament has been delayed until next week. Two weeks ago the Lesotho Times reported that
Talks begin
… as pressure mounts on government, opposition MASERU — The government has agreed to engage the opposition in talks as pressure mounts on them to
Spies booted out of meeting
MASERU — Officers from the National Security Service (NSS) were on Tuesday ordered out of the home of All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Tom Thabane,
Workers let us down: Thabane
MASERU — All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, says the stay-away called by the opposition had failed “because the people let us down by
Stay-away a damp squib
Analysts say ABC didn’t do its homework MASERU –– The stayaway called by opposition parties flopped because the timing was wrong and the planning
Cattle rustlers’ reign of terror
Daring thieves raid, slaughter beasts on spot as owners sleep MASERU –– Mokone Motemekoane got the shock of his life last Saturday when he
New media policy on cards
MASERU — Communications Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday said the government is committed to transforming the media sector in line with international trends. Speaking at a
Stop the catfight
FOR the past three weeks we have watched in horror as the country teetered on the brink of political mayhem. The country was virtually on
Resolve PR seats dispute through talks
AS I SEE IT THE leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Thomas Thabane, must be a broken man. Thabane was
Back to the drawing board for opposition parties
NATIONAL AGENDA THE spectacular failure of the stay- way this week is a clear indication that the opposition is losing its grip in Maseru.
Business can help solve our political problems
I WRITE in response to an article which appeared in last week’s issue of the Lesotho Times headlined, Taxi operators worry over stay-away impact. Members
CGM delays re-opening
MASERU — China Garment Manufacturers (CGM) says it has delayed re-opening one of its factories due to a serious shortage of skilled labour. CGM was
Lewis Stores donates furniture to SOS
MASERU — Lewis Stores, one of the country’s biggest furniture chain stores, last week donated furniture worth M100 000 to the SOS children’s village.
Staying away from the stay-away
SCRUTATOR LAST week the comrades from the opposition were choking with anger over those freebies they call proportional representation seats. They said from Monday
That croc you saw has long vanished
STEAMING IT OFF I AM among the millions of public transport users of this beautiful country. And boy do we suffer! Your first worry,
Which bar animal are you?
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS HAVE you ever wondered why a nightclub is sometimes called a watering hole? If you thought it was simply because
Delivery by caesarian section
DOCTOR’S CORNER GIVING birth through caesarean section has become popular nowadays. More and more babies are being born through this method as more women