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MASERU — The director of the beleaguered MKM, Simon Thebe ea Khale, is in trouble again. This time it’s not about his alleged failure to pay depositors or operating banking and insurance business. He is facing criminal charges for allegedly failing to report an accident at his company. Thebe ea Khale appeared in the Maseru […]
MASERU – The national executive of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party and youth league are at odds over a letter written by some party youths calling for the dismissal of cabinet ministers. The letter was written to Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. The executive committee says it does not believe that the letter […]
MASERU –– A letter purportedly written by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league asking Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to fire some ministers has caused consternation. The youth leader, Mosala Mojakisane, has disowned the letter but admits the letter was handed to him by a youth league member. He, in turn, handed the letter […]
THE opposition is livid about the allocation of seats. Their anger has heightened following the announcement that the Southern African development Community appointed moderator, Ketumile Masire, was abandoning his mission. The government is adamant that it did not do anything wrong. As part of our search for answers this week we run a lightly edited […]
MASERU –– Disgruntled members of the Lesotho Public Service Staff Association (LEPSSA) have lost their court battle to dissolve the association’s executive committee. The LEPSSA members formed an interim committee in May to replace the incumbent committee which they accused of abusing property and misappropriating funds. They wanted the executive committee to be disbanded so […]
LERIBE –– A police officer accused of soliciting a bribe was sentenced to two years in prison or a fine of M10 000 after the Leribe Magistrate’s Court found him guilty as charged. The officer, Trooper Thabo Shale, 30, was working in the Child and Gender Protection Unit in Leribe. According to evidence presented in […]
MASERU – Judgment in a child mutilation case against Chief Masupha Posholi of Ha Ralimpe in Semonkong and 10 other people has been postponed to August 3. The ruling had to be postponed after Justice ‘Maseshope Hlajoane fell ill and could not make it to court to read the judgment. Chief Posholi together with his […]
QACHA’S NEK –– A 29-year-old man from Ha Moleleki in Qacha’s Nek could not object after being charged with dealing in dagga without a prescription and admitted the drug was his. Moora Makoa was sentenced to one year in prison or a fine of M1 000 by the Qacha’s Nek Magistrate Court for contravening provisions […]
MASERU – Goal! Wait, no goal, offside. That was Linare’s 2008/09 Buddie Premier League campaign – so close yet so far. In fact that’s been Linare’s story for the past ten years; the club has failed to win any silverware since the turn of the century. On the league front things are especially depressing. Since […]
MASERU – Lesotho may soon have new faces in its professional golfing ranks. Four golfers are being trained and inspected by Lesotho’s sole professional golfer Motlalentoa Moloi and are now in the final stages of a long road to professional golf. The players at the finishing school are Baitsi Motsamai, Tieho Mochebele, Tlotliso Khabo and […]
AS I SEE IT THE rhetoric that is coming from our politicians over the issue of the Mixed Member Proportional representation electoral system is quite unnerving. I now fear for the future of my country. The politicians are set to plunge our country into senseless mayhem reminiscent of the 1998 political disturbances. That was […]
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane on Monday signed a US$25 million agreement with the World Bank for financing the Metolong project. Thahane signed the agreement with World Bank country director for Lesotho, Ruth Kagia. The agreement includes a US$8.5 million grant while the remaining US$16.5 million will be a soft loan which will be […]
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS A WEEK away from payday and as coinless as a church mouse — that just wasn’t enough to dissuade Red Square from checking out what was happening at one of our few spots in town. In any case, she was too depressed to find good sleep without drowning an awful […]
STEAMING IT OFF THERE are some people out there who are so ignorant they should be in prison. Serious! Do not get me wrong — this has nothing to do with anyone’s level of education or even social status. This is plainly based on the simple fact of ignorance though, at this point, I […]
DOCTORS CORNER THERE are many diseases that affect us that can be prevented — and a simple way of doing this is through immunisation/vaccination. This method, used in most countries, has especially been shown to be very effective with children. In 1974, the Expanded Programme on Immunisation was launched in the wake of the […]
MASERU — Lioli goalkeeper Isaiah Mosala has gone AWOL. According to his employers, Mosala has not been seen at training since Lioli began their pre-season sessions at the start of this month. He joined the champions last season after failing to make the grade at South African side Free State Stars. The goal-minder was forced […]
MASERU — The African Champions League saga is far from over after Lioli this week questioned the Lesotho Football Association (LEFA)’s decision to endorse LCS’s participation in the continental tournament. LEFA last week backed the Premier League’s earlier decision to register LCS as Lesotho’s representatives in the Champions League. Lioli insist that as the national […]
MASERU — All Basotho Congress (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane (pictured) is breathing fire after the government derailed mediation efforts to resolve a long-running dispute over parliamentary seats. Former Botswana president Ketumile Masire, the envoy appointed by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to mediate the dispute, abandoned the mission last week citing unwillingness on […]
MASERU — A meeting called by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to deal with electoral issues collapsed yesterday after opposition parties insisted they wanted the dispute over parliamentary seats resolved first. The meeting, which was held at Victoria Hotel and attended by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, had to be adjourned after opposition parties said they […]
MASERU — The government has withdrawn a gazette dealing with ministers and legislators’ pensions because of errors. The gazette, issued on May 22, was dealing with pensions and benefits for MPs, the prime minister and ministers. The Public Service principal secretary, Tsukutlane Au, said the gazette had to be withdrawn because it had serious errors. […]
MASERU — The government remains adamant that it did not sabotage the dialogue process with opposition on the dispute over proportional representation seats as Ketumile Masire said in his statement last week. The government has been on the defensive since last week insisting that they did nothing wrong. The opposition has been on the offensive […]
AS I SEE IT LESOTHO has always embraced the importance of education. Children are taught to dream big at an early age. They are taught that to make it big in life one has to be educated. The idea is that there are no shortcuts in life. I remember when we were little girls growing […]
MASERU — Lesotho has been caught up in a trade row that threatens to tear up the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the country’s major source of revenue. This comes after Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland signed a trade deal with the European Union (EU) — the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) — without the approval […]
MASERU — Prince Harry says the people of Lesotho will be decimated by Aids if action to fight the disease is not intensified, British tabloid the Daily Express has reported. Harry was speaking an event to celebrate the third anniversary of Sentebale, his charity foundation in Lesotho. “Lesotho is such a wonderful country and is […]
MASERU –– A group of 71 civil servants is suing B Blue Financial Services, a money-lending institution, over incidental charges associated with its loans. In an application filed with the High Court, the civil servants are seeking that the court declares as null and void B Blue’s incidental charges and other expenses relating to their […]
STEAMING IT OFF THE past few weeks have been rather hectic for yours truly. First I had to grapple with the idea of getting old, then the rest just snowballed from there and, as they say, all hell broke loose. I recently celebrated an age that makes me quite near being the calendar’s mate and […]
DOCTORS CORNER Brushing technique Place bristles along the gum line at a 45-degree angle. Bristles should contact both the tooth surface and the gum line. Gently brush the outer tooth surfaces of two to three teeth using a vibrating back and forth rolling motion. Move brush to the next group of two to three […]
MASERU –– LCS have received the blessing of Lesotho’s football governing body, LEFA, to participate in next year’s CAF Champions League. The decision was taken at a closed-door high-level meeting held at Bambatha on Saturday the Lesotho Times has learnt. In effect LEFA have rubber-stamped the Premier League’s prior insistence that Masheshena will be Lesotho’s […]
MASERU –– Lesotho will play Mozambique in an away friendly match on July 29. The game will be Likuena’s fourth this year. The national team has been practising every day since July 6 but will start full camp next Monday. National coach Zavisa Milosavljevic has been in Serbia on holiday for the last three weeks […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s match officials have been ordered to shape up or ship out. Starting next season the country’s referees will be graded according to their performance. This was revealed by Baba Malephane, chairman of the Referees Executive Committee, on Monday. The resolution was taken at a comprehensive referees’ summit held at Bambatha on Sunday. […]
