MASERU — The wife of television cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie told the High Court yesterday that the police never bothered to interview her despite having witnessed the killing of her two…
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MASERU — A 54-year-old woman from Kolo was burnt to death together with her two-year-old grandchild last Friday. The two were sleeping at night when their hut was set on…
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MASERU — Talks to bring sanity within the troubled Basotho National Party (BNP) have collapsed paving way for a bruising court battle later this month, the Lesotho Times can reveal.…
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MASERU — Co-operation with other countries in times of civil strife is inevitable, Public Service Minister Semano Sekatle told parliament yesterday. Sekatle said this in response to a question by…
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MASERU — Nurses at Tsepong Clinic are up in arms against their management demanding an improvement in their salaries and working conditions. Tsepong Clinic is run under a partnership between…
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MASERU — A 13-year-old boy from Tajane village in Mafeteng has been deported from South Africa after he was found wandering in the streets of Johannesburg on Tuesday. The boy…
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R umour has it that while on a four-day state visit to Malaysia last week Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili received an urgent call from one of his officers in Maseru…
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MASERU – A prominent local attorney has threatened to sue the Law Society of Lesotho if it fails to rein in advocates who are stealing clients from attorneys. Qhalehang Letsika,…
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MASERU – The Maseru Region Transport Operators (MRTO) is today expected to lead a protest against poor service delivery by the government. The taxi association also wants the government to…
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MASERU — National Independent Party (NIP) acting president Serame Khampepe was ousted in a boardroom coup on Sunday as a fierce power struggle within the party plunged to new depths.…
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MASERU — New National University of Lesotho (NUL) vice-chancellor, Sharon Siverts, pictured below, knows all too well the main challenge facing the institution. “From what I know, NUL has waned…
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MASERU — Two men who were suspected of killing a herder in a row over stolen sheep in Quthing eight years ago were acquitted by the High Court yesterday. Sebata…
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MASERU — A 28-year-old woman from Mafeteng was shot dead by two unknown men last week. Acting police spokesperson Lekhotla Mokete said the victim’s body was found at around 11pm…
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MASERU — A meeting called by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to discuss the forthcoming local government elections almost degenerated into a farce yesterday as opposition parties quarrelled among themselves.…
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MASERU — The Water and Sewerage Company (Wasco) yesterday launched a campaign to encourage people to conserve water. Wasco public relations manager Khotso Letsatsi said the initiative was aimed at…
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MASERU — A local businessman is suing the Berea district council after it failed to pay him for a pedestrian roller which he had hired out to the council three…
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The next time you hire a local lawyer, especially those who have been churned out by the National University of Laziness (NUL) in recent years, get them to take a…
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MASERU — Police shot a Leribe woman in a botched raid last year and when her husband demanded compensation he was given a temporary job at a police station in…
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MASERU — A Southern African Development Community (Sadc) team will today meet with Lesotho political parties to discuss electoral reforms ahead of general elections next year. The team was supposed…
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MASERU — Over 600 employees at Hippo Knitting Factory might lose their jobs after thieves struck twice in the past two weeks and got away with sewing machines and garments…
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MASERU — A former security manager at Lets’eng Diamond Mine who once accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of “meddling with the court” lost his appeal case at the Court of…
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MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) yesterday engaged the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) in an ambitious programme to boost voter education. The two institutions said they had…
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MASERU — Veteran Chinese diplomat Hu Dingxian arrives in Lesotho today to take up his new post as ambassador. Dingxian, 56, replaces Qiu Bohua whose term of duty in Lesotho…
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MASERU — The Court of Appeal last week confirmed an eight-year jail sentence imposed on a police officer who was convicted of killing a suspected robber 16 years ago. Mothobi…
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MASERU — A school principal from Lesotho spent time in America last month, visiting schools, picking the brains of computer gurus and speaking to civic clubs and other groups in…
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What happens when two public officers who also happen to be politicians are too idle? Well, they either bask in the sun like lizards or engage in some monkeyshines…
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MASERU – “I have accepted your support of me,” said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday as he welcomed a crowd of about 5 000 that marched to State House…
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MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has warned of a “smell of death” haunting his Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. Addressing a march organised in his solidarity on Sunday,…
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MASERU — Two local women who were trafficked to South Africa two years ago were rescued by the police last Wednesday. Acting police spokesperson ‘Mantolo Mothibeli said the two victims…
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MASERU — The Court of Appeal yesterday commuted the death sentence of two men who shot dead a man on a hospital bed after accusing him of duping them in…