MASERU –– The Labour Appeal Court on Monday ordered Fahhida Cash & Carry to pay M405 000 to a group of former workers who were unfairly dismissed four years ago. The court said Fahhida Cash & Carry should pay the 31 dismissed workers within 30 days. Fahhida Cash & Carry had taken its case to […]
QEME –– All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, on Sunday said the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was not a neutral arbiter in the dispute over the proportional representation seats. Thabane told a poorly attended rally in Qeme constituency that the IEC’s neutrality was questionable as it was favouring the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy […]
MASERU — A new aviation company on Monday introduced domestic flights to ferry passengers throughout Lesotho. The Mountain Airways Company will also provide cross-border flights to selected destinations. It becomes the second airline after South Africa’s Airlink to operate in Lesotho. “The airline will transport people to different mountainous places and will carry 10 people […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s only Sunday paper hits the streets this weekend, heralding a new era for the country’s nascent media industry. The Sunday Express will be Africa Media Holdings (AMH)’s second publication in Lesotho, coming hard on the heels of the Lesotho Times which has quickly established itself as a must-read since it was launched […]
MASERU –– Two local firms are suing the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs for awarding a contract to supply police uniforms to a United States company that had been disqualified during the tender process. Smally Trading Company and Noko Enterprises say the LMPS and its parent ministry gave the […]
MASERU –– The talks to resolve the dispute between government and the opposition over proportional representation seats were postponed yesterday after the mediator said he wanted more time to analyse the issue. The talks, being facilitated by the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL), were supposed to resume yesterday after the parties agreed on the ground […]
MASERU — ‘Maretsélisitsoe Lethata (pictured) is a desperate woman. Her debts are mounting and those that she owes are baying for her blood. “The people I owe want their money and they are giving me sleepless nights,” Lethata says. Lethata is not a victim of some unscrupulous money lenders. Neither did she spend her […]
QUTHING — Two security guards who barred patients from entering a government clinic were last week slapped with five-year jail terms each or pay a fine of M10 000 each for violating the Internal Security Act of 1984. The sentence was however suspended for five years on condition that they do not commit a similar […]
MASERU — A Maseru man, Nkoli Malia, appeared in the High Court last week to answer charges of murder and attempted murder. Malia allegedly shot and killed Mosa Lemphane on 12 December last year near the Lesotho Bank Tower in Maseru. Malia is accused of shooting Lemphane as he attempted to recover his taxi which […]
MASERU –– All Basotho Convention (ABC) party leader, Tom Thabane, says he is disappointed with the way the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has handled the electoral dispute between the government and the opposition. Thabane told party supporters at a rally in Naleli on Sunday that he was frustrated that SADC had not said a […]
MAFETENG — A 29-year-old man from Khilibiting Ha Ramathalea was arrested last week in connection with the murder of the area chief. The 83-year-old chief was killed while on his way from Thabana-Morena Post Office to collect his monthly pension. Detective Sergeant Motlalei Phihlela from Mafeteng Criminal Investigation Division said the chief was found by […]
MASERU –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last weekend said he will not shift his position on the allocation of proportional representation (PR) seats in parliament. Mosisili told about 3 000 party ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party supporters in Teya-Teyaneng that the allocation of the seats was done lawfully. The prime minister’s statement could throw […]
MASERU –– Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Metsing Lekhanya, says he will soon have national rallies to persuade former supporters that have defected to other parties to return to the party. Addressing a poorly attended rally in Qoatsaneng on Sunday, Lekhanya told a crowd of about 150 supporters that he was planning to revive “the […]
Civil servants say loan deductions unlawful MASERU — A group of civil servants is demanding that the treasury department stops deducting their salaries to pay their debts to three troubled prominent money lenders. The civil servants are suing Select Management Services, Afrisure (EEZY Management Services) and B-Blue financial services for unlawful terms and conditions contained […]
MASERU — About 320 jobs are at risk at Raytex Garments textile firm because the company is facing serious viability problems. The company which is a subsidiary of Raytex Limited which is based in China has been struggling since last year. The company which is based in the Maseru West industrial area has already laid […]
MASERU — Officers from the National Security Service (NSS) were on Tuesday ordered out of the home of All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Tom Thabane, where a party meeting was being held. The two NSS agents had attended the ABC meeting at Thabane’s home in Ha-Abia. Thabane was briefing his supporters on the stay-away called […]
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 going to work”. Speaking at a press conference held at his home in Ha-Abia on Tuesday, Thabane said some of the workers could have chosen to report for work because […]
Analysts say ABC didn’t do its homework MASERU –– The stayaway called by opposition parties flopped because the timing was wrong and the planning was poor, analysts have said. They said the opposition, led by the All Basotho Convention (ABC), had failed to mobilise enough support because there was nothing strong enough to trigger […]
Daring thieves raid, slaughter beasts on spot as owners sleep MASERU –– Mokone Motemekoane got the shock of his life last Saturday when he found his kraal empty. His three cows, the only ones he had, were gone. A carcass of one of his cows was just a few metres away from his yard. […]
MASERU — Communications Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday said the government is committed to transforming the media sector in line with international trends. Speaking at a media policy workshop in the capital Maseru, Metsing said the government recognised the important role played by the media in promoting democracy and freedom. “I wish to point out that […]
MASERU — Taxi operators are worried the stay-away called by the opposition might not only cost them thousands of maloti in revenue but their vehicles as well should it turn violent. Yesterday the Maseru Regional Transport Operators (MRTO) was making frantic efforts to have the indefinite stay-away, scheduled to start on Monday, shelved. MRTO spokesman […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) national executive committee has lashed out at the opposition for capitalising on the Sir Ketumile Masire’s report to sow confusion in Lesotho. Speaking at a press conference the LCD public relations officer Khotso Matla said the “opposition has gone too far by calling for a stay-away”. Matla […]
MOHALE’S HOEK –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last Sunday told ruling party supporters in Mohale’s Hoek to ignore next week’s stay-away that has been called by opposition parties. Mosisili told about 4 000 supporters of his ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party that the 21 proportional representation (PR) seats at the centre of the […]
MASERU –– Nurses at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital are set to down tools in protest over poor pay and working conditions. Sources at the hospital said the nurses two weeks ago handed a letter to the medical superintendent, Dr Maama Mojela, notifying him of their intention to strike. The Lesotho Times last month reported that […]
MASERU — A group of about 100 opposition supporters yesterday marched in the streets of Maseru and handed a petition to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) requesting that it rectifies the disputed allocation of proportional representation seats. They also petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Ntlhoi Motsamai, to immediately deal with the position of the leader […]
MASERU — Suspended deputy police commissioner Motsotuoa Ntaote is not yet off the hook despite his acquittal on fraud charges last month. The state has appealed against the High Court judgment which acquitted him. High Court Judge Justice Gabriel Mofolo last month acquitted Ntaote of fraud charges saying there was a conspiracy within the police […]
MAFETENG — A 30-year-old man from Likhoele Ha Lempetje in Mafeteng was arrested this week for allegedly killing his pregnant wife. Mafeteng Criminal Investigation Division spokesman, Detective Sergeant Motlalei Phihlela, said the murder suspect is a student at the National University of Lesotho. He said the man allegedly assaulted his wife until she died. The […]
MAFETENG –– Battle lines are drawn between villagers and a diamond mining firm at Ha-Petlane in Kolo about 60 kilometres south of the capital Maseru. Villagers have demanded that Angel Diamond stop all mining exploratory operations because they were damaging their houses. They have also demanded written assurances from Angel Diamond that it will help […]
MAFETENG –– Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla has been drawn into a tree felling dispute pitting a businessman in Mafeteng against a principal chief in the same district. Mosito Ramahloko, who operates an agricultural inputs business in Mafeteng, accuses the principal chief of Likhoele, Lerotholi Seeiso, of seizing his two diesel-powered chainsaws. Ramahloko says his […]
MASERU — The leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Thomas Thabane, on Monday repeated his call to stage mass protests next month to “straighten out this country”. In an interview with the Lesotho Times a day after he made the protest call, Thabane said the mass job action will go ahead […]
