‘We even have to fight for gains already made’
JOHANNESBURG — Over 200 men and women of all persuasions — from ward councillors, villagers, MPs and the clergy — who packed Kopanong Hotel Conference...
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Vodacom rebrands
MASERU — Vodacom Lesotho on Friday officially launched a new brand identity. The company unveiled new corporate colours and a logo throughout the country’s 10...
Botho democratic model is the way to go for African nations
THE abuse of power by the state, the question of rebellion and the extent of the individual‘s obligation to obey the state have become central...
Have your goals or its all smoke and no fire
I have been really hard about what to write for this article. I have been thinking how my first paragraph should sound and feel like...
Women in the World Summit 2011 – 150 women honoured
TWENTY years ago, she was not known outside her village in Kenya and now Rebecca Lolosoli is invited to speak internationally about Umoja Village, an...
China after Mao, Confucius
THE only time I ever visited China was a stopover in Hong Kong after the former British possession had been given up to the People’s...
News is about people, not goats
What happens when a newspaper cares more about goats than people? Too often you find the journalists bleating about non-stories that have little connection with...
Knives out for IEC
MASERU – Local Government Minister Ponts’o Sekatle (pictured) yesterday warned the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to stop stepping on her toes and blaming her ministry...
BNP poll hearing postponed
MASERU – The High Court yesterday postponed to April 11 a case in which Majara Molapo is challenging the validity of the Basotho National Party...
. . . as newly-elected party leader calls for unity
MASERU – Newly-elected Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Thesele ’Maseribane has extended an olive branch to losing candidates saying they should all join him to...
Pastor in court for violence
MASERU — The Maseru Magistrate’s Court yesterday heard how an octogenarian clergyman allegedly asked for the murder of a church member in a bid to...
Equal pay for ministers, MPs: LPC
MASERU — The Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) wants government ministers and MPs to be paid equal pay. LPC president Kelebone Maope made the remarks while...
Local lawyer faces eviction
MASERU — A top lawyer is facing eviction from his offices in Maseru after he allegedly refused to pay rent to a local company. The...
Street vendor jailed for selling dagga
MASERU — A Ha Tsolo vendor who claims he survives on selling marijuana because he cannot do normal work due to his disability has been...
Famo gangs in fresh shoot-out
MASERU – Three members of warring famo music gangs appeared in court last Tuesday to answer charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms....
Lesotho recalls staff from Libya
MASERU – The government has recalled all Lesotho Embassy staff and their families from war-torn Libya as the situation in that country deteriorates. Foreign Affairs...
Senseless murders irk cops: Masupha
MASERU – Police have described as scary the rate at which seemingly petty squabbles are turning fatal. Just in the past week, police say they...
Duo in court for theft
MASERU – Two men from Naleli, Thapelo Kobeeane, 18, and Monaheng Liphafa, 23, appeared before the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of house-breaking...
Avis donates vehicle to Makoanyane XI
MASERU – Makoanyane XI on Tuesday received a shot in the arm from Avis Fleet Services ahead of the Caf Under-20 Youth Championships in South...
Marriage and success: can women have both?
“Nothing but the achievement of economic independence by women, which is already seen clearly ahead of us, would be needed to make marriage disappear altogether,...
Was friendship based on money?
By S’khulumi Ntsoaole I HAVE always written articles about education but last week I felt challenged within the political arena when I was watching Lesotho...
Keep an eye on government bureaucrats
By Adv M S Rasekoai Finance Minister Timothy Thahane’s budget speech before parliament a few weeks back can at face value be best characterised as...
Youth and the new revolution
AFTER World War II, Africans woke up to the realisation that their own freedom had not been a factor in their participation in that war...
Mosisili’s son murder saga
MASERU – A former army officer is suing a local television cameraman for M2 million for implicating him in the murder of the prime minister’s...
Law Society sues Chief Justice
MASERU – The Law Society of Lesotho has filed a lawsuit at the High Court asking the court to declare as unlawful rules that allow...
. . . Judge Peete asked to recuse himself
MASERU – The Law Society of Lesotho has asked a senior High Court judge to recuse himself from a case in which it is challenging...
20 children sodomised at school
MASERU — At least 20 children were sodomised at a school in Ha-Abia in a case that has sparked outrage within the community. But in...
No more peaceful sleep for Siverts
For years now Scrutator has shouted her voice hoarse telling those who care to listen that our National University of Lesotho (NUL) is nothing but...
Dairy boss challenges dismissal
MASERU — Selematsela Montsi is challenging his dismissal from the Lesotho National Dairy Board (LNDB), arguing the agriculture minister has no legal authority to terminate...
‘Senoaoana left country in economic shock’
MASERU — The death of Central Bank of Lesotho governor Moeketsi Senaona has left the country “in an economic shock”, Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla...