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THERE are growing concerns over the manner in which the judicial system is conducting its business. Citizens and other stakeholders have for a long time now been clamouring for transparency and quality in the delivery of justice. It would be pretentious to assume that these people who are calling for an overhaul of the judiciary […]

DOCTOR’S CORNER TRANSIENT feelings of sadness and disappointment are a part of normal life. When these feelings are prolonged and “overly intense and continue beyond the expected impact of a life stressor or arise in the absence of a stressor”, we say that the person has a depressive disorder. In medicine, the term depression has […]

STEAMING IT OFF I WAS rather annoyed the other day when some dude commented — snidely at that — that I use my mobile phone too much! He was so intent on telling me this that the flashing red lights, looking like daggers in my eyes, were not enough warning for him to back down. […]

MASERU — For the first time in the history of football in Lesotho, two Premier League teams will play in a virtually empty stadium this weekend. The Premier League management committee has decreed that Rovers and LMPS replay their abandoned match at Roma with virtually no supporters watching. This comes after the abandonment of the […]

JOHANNESBURG — South African legend Mark Fish has decried age cheating in football which he says is Africa’s biggest problem. The former Bolton Wanderers defender, capped 62 times by South Africa, said football on the continent had failed to realise its potential because of rampant age cheating. “Age cheating in African football is a big […]

JOHANNESBURG — The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has assured the world that the country’s new government will not affect preparations for the event. Controversial politician Jacob Zuma will be inaugurated as the country’s new president this weekend after leading his African National Congress to victory in last […]

JOHANNESBURG — The world football governing body FIFA has said it is too early to say whether or not the outbreak of swine flu will affect next month’s Confederations Cup in South Africa. FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said they were monitoring the outbreak of the fever that sparked alerts throughout the world. By last […]

MASERU — Two months after winning promotion to the Premier League, Leribe outfit Nyenye Rovers completed a “double” when they won the A-Division Top Eight finals in Mokhotlong on Sunday. “The fairytale continues,” Hopolang Ntseli, Rovers’ president, told the Lesotho Times this week. “We are people who believe. I don’t know what else I can […]

MASERU — Paul Mullen from the English Football Association left Lesotho on Tuesday after spending two weeks in the country. Mullen, who is the FA’s head of governance projects, was in Lesotho as part of the UEFA/CAF Meridian Project started eight years ago. The project provides smaller football associations with assistance from more established ones. […]

MASERU — When the clock strikes five on Sunday, the kingdom will be closer to knowing where the Premier League crown is heading. The three-headed monster that is the premiership race will take another twist this weekend. Much is riding on Lioli. After LDF assistant coach Motheo Mohapi’s rumblings last week it is Lioli’s turn […]

LONDON — Andres Iniesta last night scored one of the most dramatic goals in Champions League history to sink Chelsea and send ten-man Barcelona into a Champions League final showdown with Manchester United. Three minutes into injury time in a second leg that Chelsea had completely dominated, the Spain midfielder latched on to a pass […]

LONDON — Manchester United swept back into the Champions League final as the holders produced a stunning 3-1 win over Arsenal in their semi-final second leg on Tuesday. Alex Ferguson’s side arrived at the Emirates Stadium holding only a slender 1-0 lead from last week’s first leg, but United scored twice in the first 11 […]

                                                                         MASERU — ’Mamotonosi Nkhahle, the MP whose husband killed National Independent Party (NIP) leader Dominic Motikoe (Pictured) in a cold-blood murder on Monday night says jealous triggered the tragic incident.  ‘Mamotonosi’s husband Sebili Nkhahle shot Motikoe dead — in a suspected love triangle — on Monday around 6pm in Maputsoe.  ’Mamotonosi who is an […]

MASERU — Police have identified fugitive Makotoko Lerotholi, as the mastermind of last Wednesday’s foiled assassination attempt on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. Lerotholi, a former army officer, was one of six men who fled the country in June 2007 after being accused of trying to topple the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) government. The six […]

MASERU — Last week’s assassination attempt on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has triggered a bitter war of words between the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and opposition parties. The LCD says the attacks were politically motivated and has insinuated that some opposition parties could have had a hand in the whole incident. This has […]

MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has won three out of four local government by-elections held last Saturday. One council was won by the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. The poorly attended polls were held in the four districts of Mokhotlong, Berea, Mafeteng and Mohale’s Hoek. In Mapholaneng, Mokhotlong, LCD’s […]

BUTHA-BUTHE — Qalo villagers in Butha-Buthe have accused their councillor, Seqache Sekhochoa, of spending most of his time in local bars instead of working to develop the community. They have called for his demotion for what they said “was serious neglect of duty and incompetence”. The villagers say councillor Sekhochoa had to address the people’s […]

MASERU — A serious conflict is brewing between judges and lawyers over a commission of inquiry set up by the Law Society of Lesotho to investigate the crisis in the county’s judiciary. The Law Society set up the commission last year to investigate “any possible corrupt, unprofessional, unethical and unjudicial practices that may have crept […]

MASERU — National Security Services (NSS) boss Mohau Thaha says last week’s foiled attempt to assassinate  Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili does not mean his department’s is failing. The attack, which came barely two years after attacks at homes of government ministers in 2007, had raised questions about the state of security.  Thaha told the Lesotho […]

MASERU — A lawyer representing MKM boss, Simon Thebe-ea-Khale, says the embattled businessman is likely to meet Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili soon to discuss payment to depositors who invested with the financial and insurance company. Advocate Thabang Khauoe told the High Court that Thebe-ea-khale was likely to meet Mosisili and Finance Minister Timothy Thahane to […]

MASERU — The High Court has dismissed an application by the Anglican Church to stop the Lesotho Evangelical Church from building a chapel at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) campus in Roma. The Anglican Church filed an urgent application at the High Court last year seeking to block the Evangelical Church from building their […]

MASERU — A coalition of civil society groups says it will lobby parliamentarians to pass a bill of rights for the disabled. The civic groups met in Mafeteng last week to launch the disability rights advocacy campaign intended to seek ways to lobby parliamentarians to support the proposed bill. The programme officer for the Lesotho […]

MASERU — The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) says it has set up a credit guarantee scheme to help Basotho-owned private enterprises with finance. In a statement to the media, the LNDC said the new scheme seeks to assist the small, micro and medium enterprises (SMME) sector. LNDC chief executive officer Peete Molapo said the […]

MASERU — First National Bank (FNB) has introduced the cross-border prepaid airtime top-up service in Lesotho. A media release from FNB said the service allows registered South African FNB bankers to purchase prepaid airtime for recipients in other countries. The service is said to be free of bank charges. “The system allows real-time cross border […]

I AM responding to the views expressed by your columnist, Fetang Selialia, in the Lesotho Times weekly column “As I see it” which appeared in your issue of April 9-15 2009.  In the column Selialia laments the lack of political vibrancy in Lesotho and ascribes this to the hegemony of one political party which he […]

POLITICIANS are indeed strange creatures. When you report favourably about them they go the extra mile to pat you on the back and sing your praises. But when you write something negative about them they snap and turn against you. I find this behaviour quite unacceptable. Next Tuesday Lesotho will join the rest of the […]

Doctors Corner EVERY one of us has moments during the day when their emotional state alters. Sadness and joy are part of everyday life. An individual’s emotional state varies depending on many interactive factors which could be environmental, social, financial etc. In other words the state of your emotion is a result of an interaction […]

Steaming It Off OH well, history has been made again! South Africa is going to have a new president soon!  I could go on at the same tangent as I did with the US president, Barack Obama, and start discussing the president-in-waiting’s “pull power” but that would be a very short discussion. Jacob Zuma has […]

MASERU — Lesotho’s national football team is struggling to get opponents for the next FIFA friendly international date. However the national side, nicknamed Likuena, has already started camp even though they do not know whether they will play a match or not. Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) technical director Seephephe Matete said they were hoping to […]

MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) has undertaken to have the country represented in Africa’s club competitions next year. This year LEFA failed to register Premier League winners Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) in the African Champions League. LCS were not registered in the continent’s premier tournament for national champions because Lesotho does not have […]