BNP leader told to go tend his cattle
MASERU — A small group of disgruntled Basotho National Party (BNP) supporters protested at the party’s annual general conference held last Saturday demanding the ouster...
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PFD to elect new leadership
MASERU — The Popular Front for Democracy (PFD) party will elect a new leadership at a three-day bi-annual conference that will start in Maseru tomorrow....
877 bags of dagga confiscated
MASERU — The Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) confiscated 877 bags of dagga during a nationwide operation last week. During the operation 776 bags of...
Firearm lands man in court
MASERU – A 34-year-old Maseru man was on Monday sentenced to five years in prison or pay a fine of M5 000 for illegally possessing a...
Pupils injured in taxi crash
BEREA – Seven pupils from St Agnes High School were seriously injured when the taxi they were travelling in was involved in an accident last...
Illegal abortion proves costly
THABA-TSEKA — Two women from Thaba-Tseka were on Monday sentenced to three months in jail or pay a fine of M300 after they were convicted...
Four convicted of stock-theft
THABA-TSEKA — Two men from Ha Moqekela in Thaba-Tseka, Rejeleng Khalatha, 31, and Molantoa Molantoa, 44, were on Tuesday sentenced to one-year in prison or...
Thabane still defiant as defections rock party
PART ONE : ABC Leader says rebel MPs ignorant ALL is not well in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. Over the past six months the...
Cow dung does not stink as bad
Scrutator is normally not keen on delving into religious matters — especially when it’s that sort that allegedly promises suicide bombers 12 virgins yonder! I...
Likuena held
Lesotho…………(0) 0 Botswana………(0) 0 MASERU — If there is one thing Likuena coach Zavisa Milosavljevic will have learnt from this match, it’s that there is...
Nyenye reach ‘promised land’
MASERU — The modest Leribe village of Ha-Nyenye has become the latest part of Lesotho to be represented in the country’s elite football league. When...
Mphatlalatsane in dire straits
ST MONICA’S — Not so long ago St Monica’s Sacred Heart High School field was something of a slaughterhouse. Back then, Mphatlalatsane’s ground wasn’t a...
Lioli humble sorry Masheshena
Lioli…………(1) 3 LCS…………(0) 1 TEYATEYANENG — Mpitsa Marai’s moment of madness may have ended Masheshena’s hopes of retaining their Premier League crown. It was his...
Linare, Rovers fined over skirmish
MASERU — Linare and Rovers have been fined for the unruly behaviour of their fans during their Premier League meeting last month. The Premier League...
Lesotho protest at use of old flag
MASERU — The Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association (LAAA) has protested at the continued use of the country’s old flag at competitions in South Africa. Lesotho...
LNOC seeks to end ‘internal conflicts’
MASERU — The Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) wants to foster good governance within affiliate associations in a bid to bring the country success on...
Fable hero Senkatana film coming
MASERU — For generations Basotho children have been left spellbound by the fable of Senkatana — a mythical boy hero who is said to have...
Selomo blames radio ‘ban’ for waning popularity
MASERU — Controversial famo artist Lephatsóa Lebajoa has accused national broadcaster Radio Lesotho of stifling his career by imposing a ban on his music. Lebajoa,...
Defection gives ABC chance for introspection
TUESDAY’S dramatic events in parliament have deeper implications for democracy in Lesotho. As reported in our lead story All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator, Nkhets’e Monyalotsa,...
Violent husband fined
MASERU – A Maseru man, Mohau Matlaeea, was this week slapped with a five-year jail term or a fine of M5 000 for assaulting his wife....
Corpse dumped in river
MOKHOTLONG – The body of a three-year-old boy was found dumped in Mokhotlong River last week. The police in Mokhotlong say they are investigating a...
Rapist gets 10 years
MASERU – A 24-year-old Maseru man was this week sentenced to 10 years in jail after he was convicted of rape. Serope Mabusetsa Lekaka was...
Daughter assaults mum
QUTHING – A 63-year-old woman, ‘Matholang Khiba, appeared in court last week to answer charges of violating the Sexual Offences Act of 2003. Khiba, from...
Vodacom, Vodafone launch partnership
MASERU –“One plus one equals three.” It sounds weird mathematically but that is precisely how Communications, Science and Technology Minister Mothetjoa Metsing described the partnership...
Law society calls for code of conduct for judges
MASERU – Law Society of Lesotho president, Advocate Zwelakhe Mda, says the absence of a code of conduct for judges is impacting negatively on the...
Return of fugitives hailed
MASERU – The Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Mothetjoa Metsing has hailed the return of the four fugitives who were wanted in Lesotho for...
Chicken abattoir fails to pay farmers
MASERU-About 228 farmers are stranded after a locally abattoir failed to pay them for the chickens they have supplied for the past three years. Thuathe...
Another MP ditches ABC
MASERU-An All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP defected to the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) this week. Nkhets’e Monyalotsa who represents Maputsoe Constituency in the...
Fugitives in town
MASERU – Three fugitives wanted on treason charges that arose from the 2007 political disturbances returned home and handed themselves over to the police this...
Family accuses cops of covering up murder
MASERU – The family of a Maseru man who was shot and killed by armed police last month have accused the police of covering up...