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MASERU – The Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources said they have secured enough electricity supply to avoid load shedding this winter season. A press release from LEC said that adequate electricity supply has been secured from ‘Muela, EDM (Mozambique) and Eskom. This means that people will not experience load shedding […]

Steaming It Off THERE are times — actually, most times — when you land in hot soup and find yourself blaming everyone and everything around you except the real culprit: YOU! Fine, there are times when you look around and realise the bad situation has not been created by you. You can blame it on […]

MASERU — Malawi have turned down Lesotho’s request for a friendly international this month, a development that could be another serious indictment of local football standards. The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) had tried to engage Malawi after earlier overtures to Ghana and Tanzania failed to get favourable responses. LEFA technical director Seephephe Matete said the […]

MASERU — A full season has almost passed since the Imperial Top Eight and Buddie Top 4 tournaments were held. However, eight months on, the match officials who handled the two competitions say they are yet to be given awards or prize money for their performances. “Referees have not been given their medals or their […]

Lioli………….(2) 2 Lerotholi…..(0) 0   TEYATEYANENG — Many factors can influence the outcome of a football match: the weather, an early goal or a lucky call, for instance. Last Saturday Lioli had it all as they comfortably beat a hapless Lerotholi side 2-0 in Teyateyaneng. On two counts the weather gods favoured Lioli. First, the […]

TEYATEYANENG — Through the course of a long, winding season every team will experience a blip — a dip in form when nothing seems to go according to plan, a period when the whole world seems to be against you. In April Lioli had that blip — a three-game spell where they couldn’t buy a […]

 MASERU — Two All Basotho Convention (ABC) supporters believed to be close to party leader Tom Thabane were last Friday arrested in connection with last month’s attempt on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s life. Dan Masia and Katiso Phasumane were picked up at different locations by officers from the police’s Special Support Unit (SSU) who suspected […]

MASERU — There was drama at Kou Flats in Ha-Tsósane yesterday after a self-styled faith healer displayed a bizarrely garlanded object which he said was a snake he had captured in a client’s wardrobe. The “snake”, which residents of the village failed to conclusively identify, had a hairy head and colourful beads tied round it. […]

MASERU – There is chaos in the Education Facilities Unit (EFU) which falls under the Ministry of Education and Training after workers at the unit downed tools protesting against their inclusion in civil service structures without clear contracts. Before this the workers were not part of the civil service. The Lesotho Times can reveal that […]

MASERU — The fight for the control of People’s Choice (PC) FM has intensified with revelations this week that station boss Motlatsi Majara has asked for protection from the police. Majara has asked the head of police’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Assistant Commissioner John Selete, to urgently intervene after a detective raided his office last […]

MASERU — Students at the Lesotho College of Education (LCE) had to scrounge for food because the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) has not paid their grants for two months. The students said since the semester started in February their lives have been miserable because they are too broke to afford the basics like food, […]

MASERU — Controversial politician Moeketsi Tsatsanyane has dumped the newly formed Senkatana party in a move that he says brings to an end his political career. Tsatsanyane, popularly known as Chaltin, says he has decided to end his political career that spanned over 41 years because he wants to dedicate his time to work for […]

QACHA’S NEK – A 29-year-old man from Tebellong in Qacha’s Nek was on Monday slapped with a 10-year jail sentence without an option of a fine for rape. Thakhisi Lebetsa was convicted of  raping a 31-year old woman at Sekiring in November last year. Testifying before the court, the complainant said Lebetsa raped and threatened […]

MASERU  — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last Saturday said the death of National Independent Party (NIP) leader Dominic Motikoe had shocked him more than the foiled attempt on his life three weeks ago. Mosisili was speaking at Motikoe’s funeral last Saturday in Maputsoe. Motikoe was murdered in cold blood two weeks ago in Maputsoe by […]

MASERU — The court battle for the leadership of the National Independent Party (NIP) is still on despite the death of party president Dominic Motikoe, a lawyer dealing with the matter said this week. Advocate Thabang Khauoe, representing NIP founder Anthony Manyeli who is challenging the legality of the executive committee that was led by […]

MASERU — The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is set to effect a 150 percent rent hike for tenants occupying its residential and commercial properties around the country, Lesotho Times has learnt. The hike will affect tenants at Katse Village, Mohale Dam and ‘Muela. The LHDA has also issued new leases with additional conditions. The […]

MASERU — Taxpayers living in areas far from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) offices but are close to any of the Standard Lesotho Bank branches will no longer take long trips in order to pay tax. The bank and the LRA on Tuesday this week launched a value added service that will enable VAT filing […]

Anxiety may be understood as the pathological counterpart of normal fear and is manifest by disturbances of mood, as well as of thinking, behaviour, and daily physical activity. Anxiety disorders include panic disorder, agoraphobia which is the abnormal fear of being helpless in a situation from which escape may be difficult or embarrassing, characterised initially […]

STEAMING IT OFF WHAT is it with ex-lovers who do not want to let go? Ok, I know that those feelings you two shared do not just disappear — especially if you had some sort of an intimate relationship. There is a Sesotho saying which, when translated, means that feelings — strong ones at that […]

MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) is looking for a substantive chief executive officer, the Lesotho Times has learnt. An advert for the post was expected to be flighted in the media this week. LEFA administration officer Mohapi Mokhosi has been acting as the CEO since Mafole Sematlane quit in September last year. Sematlane […]

MASERU — A year after their controversial arrival in the Premier League, Sekamaneng Young Stars are returning to the first division. Young Stars will go down with one of the league’s worst ever records. The Sekamaneng outfit have won just once in 27 league games this season and have garnered just seven points all term, […]

QOALING — When Lesotho’s national Under-15 side returned home from Botswana two weeks ago they were empty-handed. It was not because their luggage had been lost but rather because the team had lost all their games at a four-team Under-15 tournament — 2-1 to Botswana, 4-0 to South Africa and 1-0 to the hosts’ B […]

MASERU — The government’s new financial system has unearthed thousands of ghost workers that have been on the payroll for the past five or more years, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Sources close to the issue said the new financial management system has revealed that the government has been losing millions of maloti by paying […]

MASERU — Three fugitives who returned to Lesotho last March to answer charges of treason on Monday resigned from the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. The resignation of the three, all card-carrying members of the ABC, could pile pressure on party leader Thomas Thabane. The fugitives served as bodyguards for Thabane before they fled to […]

ROMA — Pressure is piling on the National University of Lesotho (NUL) council to suspend vice-chancellor Adelani Ogunrinade for allegedly flouting university regulations, neglecting duties and poor performance. Ogunrinade, who was appointed vice-chancellor in 2006, is also accused of abusing funds from a Kellogg Foundation programme undertaken in conjunction with the NUL. The latest calls […]

MASERU — Ultimate FM station manager Lerato Tsósane has been kicked out of the youth radio following the station’s brief closure after a labour dispute last month. Tsósane was reassigned to Lesotho Television which falls under the Ministry of Communications’ department of broadcasting on April 15, two weeks after the incident that forced the station […]

MASERU — Two men who are alleged to have been involved in last month’s failed attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili appeared in court last week charged with kidnapping and robbery.  Solomon Mabasa, 46, from Orange Farm in South Africa and Antonio Joseses Lopes, 37, from Mozambique appeared before chief magistrate Molefi Makara last […]

MASERU — A 54-year-old Mafeteng man, Neo Rapitsi, was this week jailed for five years after he was found guilty of culpable homicide. Rapitsi stabbed Motiki Khoasa on the chest killing him instantly following an argument over Khoasa’s wife. The prosecution said Rapitsi provoked Khoasa during a traditional feast at Thabaneng when he asked him […]