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DOCTOR’S CORNER BREAST cancer is the commonest form of cancer to affect women in the Western world. There are 24 000 new cases in the UK every year and it is directly responsible for 19 percent of all cancer-related deaths in women. The statistics for Lesotho are not readily available, but breast cancer is known […]
MASERU — The Premier League has insisted LCS will represent Lesotho in the next African Champions League tournament. But newly crowned Buddie Premier League champions Lioli are not taking that. The Teyateyaneng side insist they will be the ones representing Lesotho in the continent’s premier club tournament. The Champions League is a preserve of national […]
MASERU — One thing is for sure. The coming Buddie Premier League season will be one of a kind — it will be the first time in Lesotho’s football history that four top-flight teams, instead of two, will be relegated. With competition therefore certain to be fierce on the field, improvements off it are being […]
MASERU — Buddie Premier League outfit Matlama last week received a financial boost ahead of the next season. Matlama will receive M85 000 as part of an arrangement with Alliance Insurance. The “smart partnership” between the two began in 2006 and its fruits are finally being reaped. “We worked with Matlama because they are a […]
MASERU — Up to M96 million will be spent on the second phase of the renovations at Setsoto Stadium. The stadium was closed for a facelift in April last year after a FIFA delegation said the country’s only stadium did not meet international standards. FIFA wanted the stadium to have proper fitting rooms, lights and […]
MASERU — Tennis, as with Lesotho’s sports in general, lacks funding. Even so, tennis has in recent years suffered problems — both on and off court — that have threatened to sink the game altogether. Depressing facts are readily available: Lesotho hasn’t featured in either the Davis Cup or Fed Cups since 2001, while no […]
MASERU — Queen Elizabeth II Hospital authorities this week called an emergency staff meeting in a desperate bid to avert a looming strike by nurses. Nurses at Lesotho’s major and only referral hospital have threatened to down tools over wages they say are meagre. The nurses are demanding a 50 percent salary increment and a […]
MASERU — The entertainment industry was this week plunged into mourning following the sudden death of DJ Kennysto, above, one of the country’s finest jockeys. DJ Kennysto, who was turning 30 on August 23, was pronounced dead on arrival at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital on Tuesday morning. He complained of running short of breath and […]
MASERU — The battle for the control of People’s Choice FM (PC FM) reached new heights this week with revelations that the executive chairman, Mohau Thakaso, has now requested the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) to suspend the radio station’s licence. Thakaso alleges in his letter to the LCA that the licence’s condition had been flouted […]
MASERU — The youth league of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party two weeks ago wrote a letter to Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili urging him to fire incompetent ministers. The letter was handed over to LCD secretary general Mothetjoa Metsing for transmission to the prime minister. In the letter the youth said Mosisili […]
AS I SEE IT TWO weeks ago I attended a ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) rally in Butha-Buthe which was addressed by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. Mosisili delivered an eloquent speech on what the LCD had achieved over the years. I also heard the prime minister elaborate on how his government plans to install […]
I READ the story about LEPSSA on Page 4 of your last week’s issue and I think that you gave a balanced view of what is pertaining within the Lesotho Public Service Staff Association (LEPSSA). I am sorry about our beautiful car which was damaged beyond repair. The picture is horrifying and thank God no […]
THE Lesotho Planned Parenthood Association (LPPA) is a non-profit making organisation established in 1968. It became an affiliate of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in 1974. The organization has a strategic focus on the five thematic areas, mainly, access, advocacy, HIV and AIDS, adolescence, and abortion. In these five areas we seek to promote the […]
MASERU — Families and businesses in some parts of Maseru and Teyateyaneng last week experienced electricity cuts. This comes despite the assurance by the ministry of natural resources and the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) that there will be no power cuts this winter. Earlier this month the LEC and the minister of natural resources said […]
Steaming It Off EACH and every one of us has dreams, aspirations and a general sense of wants and needs. Well, if you do not, it may mean you are not exactly part of us — the human race. Having these “yearnings” is quite normal, though we all know that some people just know how […]
Doctor’s Corner WE started the focus on breast problems last week. Cyclical and non-cyclical breast pain was described, including a look at some of the important implications of breast pain. Different causes of breast lumps were also discussed. This article will continue to reveal more causes of breast pain and lumps, including causes of […]
MASERU — The rift that rocked Buddie Premier League club Matlama in the just-ended season deepened this week following the expulsion of three executive committee members. The once-mighty club announced through a press release that team manager Limpho Tsephe, public relations officer Tsiu Monne and committee member Teboho Tsephe had been relieved of their duties. […]
MASERU — After 12 forgettable months, Likuena have finally managed to put a small smile on the nation’s faces – albeit after securing away draws against Swaziland. Not only did Likuena score their first goal after going for 450 minutes without finding the net, they scored two in as many games. Lesotho’s national team arrived […]
MASERU — Goal scoring has been Zavisa Milosavljevic’s biggest headache since he took charge of Likuena in April last year. Lesotho have found scoring harder than living on Mars, finding the net just seven times in 14 games. However the Serbian coach may have found the answer to his prayers in the form of Likhopo […]
MASERU — Manonyane football club has taken another step towards its rebirth. The Roma-based club held elections last Sunday to choose a substantive board. Manonyane became defunct in 1999 mainly due to conflict with the Lesotho Football Association. However, a management committee has been put in office to spearhead the revival of the team. Newly […]
MASERU — The COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup has been postponed again. The regional meet is the only competitive international tournament Lesotho were looking forward to after failing for the umpteenth time to qualify for the African Nations Cup, let alone the World Cup. The COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup was originally pencilled in for May before […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s national Under-19 cricket team leaves the country today for the Easterns Cricket Festival in Benoni, South Africa. The annual tournament, which starts tomorrow and will run until next Wednesday, draws sides from regional countries. Even though the event is nothing more than carnival, its importance to Lesotho cannot be understated — a […]
WELKOM — An illegal miner who has been underground at Eland Shaft in Welkom since January has dictated a letter asking Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili (pictured) to intervene and secure his freedom. The open letter was dictated to a Lesotho Times reporter this week. In it, Nthona Sekese appealed to the government of Lesotho for […]
MASERU — The number of Basotho men who perished in the Welkom illegal mining disaster has soared to 46 following the discovery and identification of more bodies this week. The Lesotho consular based in Welkom, Sethunya Koqo, said the number had increased because some families from Lesotho have been able to identify eight more bodies […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Public Service Staff Association (LEPSSA) which represents government workers is in turmoil after members resolved to dissolve the association’s executive committee last month. The members are accusing the executive committee of misusing and embezzling funds. They also accused the executive committee of misusing property. On May 10 the LEPSSA members appointed […]
MASERU — Orphans and primary school children that get food assistance from government are likely to starve because truck owners hired to transport the food have pulled out due to perennial delays in payment. The truckers were contracted by the Food Management Unit (FMU), a government department co-ordinating food distribution by relief agencies, to transport […]
MASERU — Two men from Butha-Buthe were sentenced to 25 years each by the High Court for murder and assault. Teboho Mlangeni, 24, and Mpokatsi Lehloesa, 29, were charged with murder and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. They were convicted on both counts. They were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each for […]
MASERU — Lesotho students studying in South Africa have been warned to be on the lookout for fraudulent healthcare consultants who are masquerading as brokers for Ingwe Health Plan. Ingwe Health Plan is a South African medical scheme that specialises with foreign students studying in South Africa. According to the public relations company for Ingwe, […]
MASERU — When 50-year-old Ntsékhe Thakaso lost his job at Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg in 2006 he was devastated. Thakaso was deemed excess to requirements at Impala after he suffered severe back injuries. After 27 years of back-breaking work at Impala Thakaso found himself stuck at his rural home in Roma about 35km south […]
MASERU – Popular broadcaster Motlatsi Ncholu will answer sexual offence charges again in the next two months after the High Court ordered a restart of the initial trial that landed him in prison. Ncholu was in March last year convicted by the Quthing Magistrates’ Court of molesting a 15 year-old-girl in July 2007.He was sentenced […]
