Nthatuoa Koeshe URBAN music group Magic in Progress (MIP) has invited local rappers and poets to post videos of their performances and stand a chance to perform at an upcoming cypher whose date and venue are yet to be set. A cypher is an informal gathering where artistes of different forms including beatboxers, rappers, and […]
Bereng Mpaki EVENTS company, Made2Rok will on Saturday host a micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) networking session for players to interact and empower each other at Victory Hall in Maseru. According to the company’s events coordinator Taelo Pali, the session is meant to afford MSMES an opportunity to gather together and share common experiences. […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe ASHA, an organisation specialising in wellness therapy is set to host a three-day healing retreat at Advocates Executive Business Suites in Thetsane, Maseru next month. Running under the theme You Are worth It, the healing retreat will start on 29 and end on 31 March 2019. The healing retreat will among others focus […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE first edition of the Nala Project of 2019 was held on Sunday with artists and crafters showcasing their talents and wares at Sefikeng in Maseru. The Nala Project is a community development initiative founded to bring people together to interact through shopping, dining and entertainment. This time, the monthly family picnic and […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe A MASERU riding school, Biker Boy, has embarked on a mission to offer free riding lessons to prospective riders in a bid to reduce congestion on the city’s roads. While most riders use motorcycles for the love of adrenaline sports, Biker Boy Riding School says using bikes could end Maseru’s congestion problems. The […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe LEGENDARY jazz musician, Tshepo Tshola is set to perform at this second edition of the Africa Picnic and Camping (APICA) festival set for Ramabanta Trading Post from 1 to 3 March 2019. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are South African Nathi and Beatenberg, alongside Lesotho-born Maleh, Major Seven and Mookho. DJs […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE season of love is upon us and singer Chino El Vito has released a six-track compilation titled Khomari with tracks to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The compilation that was released on Friday includes tracks like Ntšoarele, Stay, Ntumelle featuring Gervas Green, My Baby. Khomari loosely to mean “the glue that keeps things together” […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe ORGANISERS of the annual Moshoeshoe Walk, T Connexion in partnership with the Transformation Resource Centre and the Lesotho Council of Non-governmental Organisations this week officially launched the 2019 edition of the event at the Thaba Bosiu Cultural Village. The walk, which is scheduled for 7 to 9 March 2019, will this year be […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe ACTOR, producer and director of the Sesotho comic movie series, Lilaphalapha (born Bofihla Neko), says they will start shooting the remaining part of the fourth instalment of the movie Lilaphalapha. This comes after the movie had initially been penned in for release last December. Lilaphalapha said they failed to finish the shooting because […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe CASTING is now open for the Lesotho Fashion Week Spring Summer 2019 scheduled for 3 to 5 May 2019 at Mpilo Boutique Hotel, organisers have said. The forthcoming event will, among other requirements, feature plus size models. The event will showcase the Spring Summer 19 women’s and men’s wear collections by designers from […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe TGEE Modeling Agency has opened entries for fashion designers who are willing to showcase their designs at the Moshoeshoe’s Day Fashion Show which is scheduled for 16 March 2019 at the ‘Manthabiseng Convention Centre in Maseru. The designers are expected to present their strictly cultural designs as the show will be held in […]
Robert Mukondiwa There is an Oliver Mtukudzi. He was in the media and was celebrated immensely when he passed on recently in all forms of mass communication. He read like a saint. In other insinuations he read like a sinner. One would wonder who was Oliver Mtukudzi really. Yet Tuku would be interpreted to mean […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe KHOMO hit-maker, Selimo Thabane, says he is already in the studio working new music which he will start releasing late February ahead of the album which will drop in April this year. The singer said his fans can anticipate to jam to tracks such as Felleng, Mathabo and Mamaraka which will be released […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe GAGS and Music Wednesday has partnered with Maluti Mountain Brewery’s (MMB) Flying Fish beverage. The partnership was announced at the first show of 2019 at Cuban Linx yesterday. Apart from MMB, the show has also partnered with Morali’a Monethi Farm for the provision of healthy produce at affordable prices. Comedians Tumelo Nathaniel, Seleb, […]
… He was Africa’s diamond: Tshepo Tshola Staff Writer LEGENDARY Zimbabwean musician and human rights activist Oliver Mtukudzi died yesterday at the age of 66 . A leading Zimbabwean publication, the Newsday reported that Tuku , as he was affectionately known, died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare. Mtukudzi was known for hits such as […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe LOCAL film production house, Khaya Holding Productions is set to release a movie titled Palesa, which explores the horrors suffered by human trafficking victims. Produced by Tumahole Lechesa, the movie was directed by Paul Luanga and shot by Kamohelo Moabi at different scenes in and around Maseru and Bloemfontein. The film, which is […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE local film industry could become one of the biggest contributors to the country’s economy if it is well structured, the South African film industry development facilitator, Aubrey Silinyana has said. Silinyana said this during his presentation at an arts dialogue at the State Library yesterday. The dialogue was hosted by the Ministry […]
…says track Faki’Mali is still a hit Nthatuoa Koeshe MUSICIAN Juvy oa Lepimpara is not ready to resign as he had promised last year. The musician declared to the Lesotho Times last year that he would resign if his then new track Faki’Mali did not grow to become a hit. As fate would have it, […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe REBOKILE Lekena, who is the founder of fashion brand, Lushlush Lifestyle Solutions, has won an invitation to the prestigious Paris Fashion Week after her brilliant exhibition at the Lesotho Fashion Week held in November last year. Rebokile’s name was revealed at the Fashion Film and Exhibition event at which her film shot by The Era, […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe Rapper, songwriter and artiste manager Mo-Nitta has released his new single titled Bashemane Ba Manemane which is currently streaming on Spotify. The single is set to be released to local media this month but is already out on digital outlets globally. Mo-Nitta is a 30-year-old Lesotho-born Hip-hop recording artiste whose real name is Letlotlo Elliot Nts’o. […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe SOULFUL house music DJ, SirSchaba, says his newly released album, Opulence Lesson 2, has sold extremely well since its release last month. The entertainer said he was grateful to his fans whom he said have bought the music in droves. Although he could not be drawn to revealing numbers, the artiste said he […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE lucky designer who has been invited to showcase his/her designs at the Paris Fashion Week (PFW) Autumn Winter 19 scheduled to run from the 27th of next month to the 6th of March 2019 will be revealed this Friday at Café What. The event will also double as the premiere of the […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe BLANKETS and Bling in collaboration with the Nala Project Community Market are set to wrap up the year with a two-day event set to start on Saturday and end on Sunday at Sefika sa Moshoeshoe in Maseru. Blankets and Bling is a platform for Basotho artistes and brands to celebrate and complement each […]
Staff Reporter ENTERTAINMENT outfit Afro Sounds is set to host the debut Denim and Sneakers Caribbean Edition at Cuban Linx on 22 December to set the tone for Christmas. The show will host performances by Gama, Veenushka, Kats and Smooth, Lobby, Vesta, Konsept, Babli, Thizozo, Ebonics, MSL, Kopper, Frequency Osmic Loco and Ten/10, Toxique, Baff […]
Staff Reporter ZIMBABWEAN humanitarian musician, Anderson Mamimine is set to collaborate with the Village Pope on a track which will be part of his forthcoming project Life on Earth. The duo met at a local hotel this week where they agreed to get into the studio in January. The Village Pope told the Weekender that […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe LESOTHO born George Malelu, who contributed to the designing of American star Beyoncé’s costume at the recently held 2018 Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg says he is now eying a career in New York City. Malelu told the Lesotho Times that he was thrilled that the star approved the dress describing it as […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Dance and Fitness Boot Camp Lesotho which was supposed to be graced by South African radio and TV personality, Somizi Mhlongo and was scheduled for this Saturday at Lesotho High School, has been postponed indefinitely, organisers have said. The postponement is yet another blemish on the reputation of Entertainment outfit Braykthru Media. […]
Mohalenyane Phakela DISC spinner, Ebonics, stole the show at the third edition of the annual Maletsunyane Braai Festival with hits that kept revellers busy on the dance floor. The fiesta which ran from Friday till Sunday also attracted scores of adventure and party junkies from as far as Botswana and South Africa. Also, in attendance […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe LOCAL car spinners will on Saturday converge at Excel Garage Spinfield in Masianokeng to commemorate World AIDS day and raise funds for underprivileged families affected by HIV and AIDS. Six spin and drift associations namely; Kalayali Motors, Slip Diff Association, Wild Cats, Maliso and Friends, Team Max and Tycoon, will take on their […]
Nthatuoa Koeshe THIRTY-six third year students in Fashion and Apparel Design from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology are set to showcase their craft at the Maseru Fashion Week scheduled for Maseru Mall from 6 to 8 December this year. The students will join 10 other designers including Bonono Merchants, Shana, Mars the tailor, Footloose, Haka, […]
