MASERU — When Thabiso Mothobi escaped the gallows last Friday he thought his troubles were finally over. The Court of Appeal upheld his appeal and set aside the death sentence that had been imposed by the High Court three years ago. Mothobi and two others had in 2006 been convicted for the brutal murder of […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Electricity Corporation (LEC) has lost an appeal against paying damages to a student who was electrocuted by a cable in Mazenod in 1997. Thabo Ramokhosi claimed damages against the LEC amounting to M241 181 as a result of the severe injuries that he suffered. He claimed that the electricity corporation had […]
MASERU — The president of the Lesotho Court of Appeal last Friday attacked High Court judges for failing to deliver written reasons for their judgments. Justice Michael Ramodibedi was speaking at the close of the session of the Court of Appeal in Maseru. He said the Court of Appeal had on numerous occasions deplored the […]
in Qacha’s Nek OPPOSITION parties that are pushing for the reallocation of proportional representation seats in parliament “should get lost” because the government’s position will never change, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has said. Speaking at a rally in Qacha’s Nek on Sunday, Mosisili said by continuing to squabble over the issue the opposition parties were […]
MASERU — The National University of Lesotho (NUL) has been paying thousands of maloti for the enormous phone bill that its vice-chancellor Adelani Ogunrinade has incurred while on suspension, the Lesotho Times can exclusively reveal. Ogunrinade was suspended in August this year following allegations that he had inappropriately benefited from grant funds that had been […]
MASERU — High Court Judge Tséliso Monaphathi yesterday ruled that interest charged by money lenders was excessive and irregular. The judgment sparked wild scenes of celebration by civil servants who had taken money lenders to court over high interest rates. About 300 civil servants had lodged a lawsuit against three prominent money lending institutions for […]
MASERU — The High Court on Monday nullified an order granted by the magistrate’s court allowing the police to seize official documents from People’s Choice (PC FM) radio station. The police last month approached the magistrate’s court seeking an order to compel PC FM bosses to hand over documents to the law enforcement agency. The […]
MASERU – A 38-year-old man from Ha-Malelu in Rothe allegedly told his 17-year-old daughter that they should be “lovers as women were giving him problems”, the magistrate’s court heard on Tuesday. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, allegedly raped the daughter over a period of three months. The […]
MASERU — Bishop Philip Mokuku, the mediator appointed by the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) to help resolve Lesotho’s political dispute over proportional representation seats, has approached the Attorney General Ts’okolo Makhethe for legal advice, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Sources told this paper this week that Mokuku tried to hire Makhethe together with one […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s opposition parties told SADC’s executive secretary, Tomaz Salamao that they have lost confidence in the ability of the regional body to mediate in the ongoing dispute over proportional representation seats. Salamao jetted into the country on Sunday purportedly to check on the progress that the government and the opposition have made to […]
MASERU — A convicted serial rapist yesterday stunned the court when he refused to plead for clemency saying it was tantamount to admitting guilt. Convicts are given an opportunity to address the court and give factors that could lessen the sentence that they face. They may talk about family obligations, ill-health and their state of […]
LERIBE — The government’s proposed Land Bill (2009) has come under a barrage of attacks from opposition parties that have vowed to block it from being passed into law. The opposition says the Bill is the government’s plan to dispossess the poor of their land. The Bill, which was recently tabled in parliament seeks to […]
MASERU — Steven Dlamini, who is facing charges of defrauding the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) of M2.8 million, on Monday pleaded with the Court of Appeal to review his bail application. Dlamini allegedly defrauded the LHDA of M2.8 million in 2004. In 2006 while Dlamini was still attending remand hearings in the magistrates’ court, […]
MASERU — Students at Lerotholi Polytechnic on Monday petitioned the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) to speed up the processing of their loans. The president of the Students’ Representative Council, Lesoma Leboneng, said the NMDS was still to process their allowances. The students said they were supposed to get M8 000 each for the first […]
MASERU — Smoke emerges from the cracks of an old wooden door. As you get closer to the house a pungent stench almost over-powers you. It is in Ha-Leqele in Maseru where 39-year-old ‘Matebatso Tlali lies on a make-shift bed. Tlali is suffering from tuberculosis (TB). Tlali pants heavily for fresh air. She is weak […]
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A branch manager at FNB Bank is facing a M15 million lawsuit over harassment which has been linked to an alleged sexual assault against the complainant’s girlfriend employed at the same bank. Retsélisitsoe Tsósane, the manager at FNB’s branch at the Star Lion building in the capital, could find himself […]
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — ‘Meisi (not her real name) of Ha-Toloane could not stop blaming herself for the rape of her 15-year-old daughter. She wishes she had done the right thing to report her brother to the police when her daughter first revealed that he had raped her. But because she thought involving the […]
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Senkatana leader Lehlohonolo Tséhlana on Wednesday said his party could hold its elective conference for the national executive committee in January next year. “In January we plan to hold our first annual general meeting whereby we will conduct a post-mortem of our party’s successes and failures since its establishment. “There […]
Alcoholic Liver Disease ALCOHOLIC liver disease is damage to the liver that results from excessive drinking of alcohol. It is a common but preventable health problem. In general, the amount of alcohol consumed determines the risk and the degree of liver damage. Women are more vulnerable to liver disease than men. In women who drink […]
By Tefo Tefo MASERU — Six former Precious Garments factory workers who are on death row on Monday begged the Court of Appeal to quash their sentences imposed by the High Court three years ago. High Court Judge ‘Maseshophe Hlajoane found the six — five men and a woman — guilty of brutally killing their […]
IT seems that road accidents and deaths have now become the new face of the annual graduation season as shown by the story you carried last week. It was reported that at least 35 road accidents happened during the graduation weekend two weeks ago. Every year we read about cars involved in serious road accidents […]
ROMA — Some senior government officials recently suggested that the government stops subsidising the National University of Lesotho (NUL) saying there was a clear indication that management at the university were mismanaging funds, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Several sources in the ministry of finance’s upper echelons told this paper that there had been a […]
MASERU — Workers at Sky Country Pty (Ltd), a meat wholesale in the Pitso ground area boycotted work last Saturday morning to protest against what they said were poor working conditions at the company. The workers accuse their employer who they say they knew only as Chen of deliberately breaking the law by paying wages […]
MASERU — About 30 people suffered minor injuries in 35 accidents that happened in and around Maseru during the National University of Lesotho’s graduation weekend, the police have said. Superintendent William Mosili said seven people were also arrested over the weekend for traffic offences. Mosili said most of the arrests were related to driving under […]
MASERU — The president of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league says Basotho students studying in South Africa should be allowed to get internships there. Libe Moremoholo said the ABC youth league had engaged their counterparts at the African National Congress (ANC) to push for the change. Moremoholo said the youth league […]
MASERU — Ten LGI Sales factory workers yesterday appeared in the magistrates’ court to answer theft charges brought against them by their employer. The workers, seven men and three women, allegedly stole clothes from the LGI Sales factory in May this year. The prosecution alleges that they stole clothes worth M372 000 from the LGI […]
MASERU — Thakane Matsoai says she is still traumatised two weeks after armed robbers threatened to shoot her during a robbery at her sand distributing company in Maseru. One of the robbers drew a pistol and ordered Matsoai to give him some money. She complied and handed over M6 200 to one of the robbers. […]
MOKHOTLONG — A 27-year-old man was on Saturday found dead near a cliff in Ntsiking in Mokhotlong. Rethabile Motokoa’s body was found naked below the cliff by villagers who alerted the police. The police suspect that he could have fallen from the cliff but they are not ruling out foul play as investigations into the […]
MASERU — In Moruthane village there is a little hut that is falling apart. The roof looks like it’s about to curve in. The walls have huge cracks. The yard looks neglected. Until you knock on a broken wooden door it’s nearly impossible to imagine that such a hovel can be somebody’s home. Yet when […]
MASERU — A former captain alleged to have been involved in the 2007 political disturbances has spoken out about his brutal torture at the hands of military police officers who accused him of being linked to the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. Ramabele Mokhantsó said he was subjected to electric shocks, suffocation and beating by […]
