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MASERU — The Popular Front for Democracy (PFD) party will elect a new leadership at a three-day bi-annual conference that will start in Maseru tomorrow. PFD leader Lekhetho Rakuoane yesterday told the Lesotho Times that the weekend conference will elect a new leader of the party as well as the national executive committee. “We are […]

MASERU — The Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) confiscated 877 bags of dagga during a nationwide operation last week. During the operation 776 bags of dagga were found in Berea alone while the remaining bags were found in other districts. Police public relations officer, Inspector Phello Mphana, said the police also found illegal firearms and […]

MASERU – A 34-year-old Maseru man was on Monday sentenced to five years in prison or pay a fine of M5 000 for illegally possessing a firearm. Seabata Nthethe was arrested last Friday at the Cathedral Area in central Maseru after he was found in possession of a firearm with six rounds of ammunition. Nthethe failed […]

BEREA – Seven pupils from St Agnes High School were seriously injured when the taxi they were travelling in was involved in an accident last Saturday. The pupils were coming from a sporting tournament in Mapoteng. Police spokesman, Inspector Ntiea Monanthane, said the driver who they suspected was speeding and drunk lost control of the […]

THABA-TSEKA — Two women from Thaba-Tseka were on Monday sentenced to three months in jail or pay a fine of M300 after they were convicted of carrying out an illegal abortion. The Thaba-Tseka magistrates’ court heard some neighbours rushed to ‘Mapotlako Paulo’s home after they heard someone screaming on March 15. When they got to […]

THABA-TSEKA — Two men from Ha Moqekela in Thaba-Tseka, Rejeleng Khalatha, 31, and Molantoa Molantoa, 44, were on Tuesday sentenced to one-year in prison or pay a fine of M1 000 each after they were convicted of stock-theft. The court however suspended seven months or M700 for three years on condition that they do not commit […]

PART ONE : ABC Leader says rebel MPs ignorant ALL is not well in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. Over the past six months the party has lost three MPs.The MP for Maputsoe, Nkhetse Monyalotsa, crossed the floor to the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy last week.He accused the leadership of ABC of being “diabolical”.He […]

Lesotho…………(0) 0 Botswana………(0) 0 MASERU — If there is one thing Likuena coach Zavisa Milosavljevic will have learnt from this match, it’s that there is a lot of work still to be done. In a frustratingly tepid performance, Likuena encapsulated all the ills which have haunted the national team recently. At times dazzling, often woeful, […]

MASERU — The modest Leribe village of Ha-Nyenye has become the latest part of Lesotho to be represented in the country’s elite football league. When the 2009/2010 edition of the Premier League kicks off in September, Nyenye Rovers will run onto the field to battle the mighty LCS, Lioli or Matlama. Nyenye Rovers have been […]

ST MONICA’S — Not so long ago St Monica’s Sacred Heart High School field was something of a slaughterhouse. Back then, Mphatlalatsane’s ground wasn’t a place to enjoy Sunday afternoons for opposition teams. Visiting sides were routinely hammered. But that of course was in the A Division. The pitch, well kept and manicured, was tight, […]

Lioli…………(1) 3 LCS…………(0) 1 TEYATEYANENG — Mpitsa Marai’s moment of madness may have ended Masheshena’s hopes of retaining their Premier League crown. It was his inexplicable short back-pass that led to a second-half penalty for Lioli. The result: the second goal of an eventual 3-1 victory for Lioli over LCS on Saturday. Before then Masheshena […]

MASERU — Linare and Rovers have been fined for the unruly behaviour of their fans during their Premier League meeting last month. The Premier League Management Committee (PLMC) has fined Linare M1 000 for failing to provide security and drawing a demarcation line between their supporters and Rovers FC fans. Of that fine, M400 is […]

MASERU — The Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association (LAAA) has protested at the continued use of the country’s old flag at competitions in South Africa. Lesotho changed its national flag in 2006 when it dumped the one introduced by the military government in 1986 after overthrowing the Basotho National Party. The old flag was flown at […]

MASERU — The Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) wants to foster good governance within affiliate associations in a bid to bring the country success on the international arena. The LNOC a fortnight ago held a good governance workshop which was also aimed at ending infighting within affiliate associations. Only two of the LNOC’s 23 affiliate […]

MASERU – A Maseru man, Mohau Matlaeea, was this week slapped with a five-year jail term or a fine of M5 000 for assaulting his wife. Half the sentence was suspended for two years on condition that Matlaeea did not commit a similar offence. The court was told that Matlaeea violently assaulted his wife with a […]

MASERU –“One plus one equals three.” It sounds weird mathematically but that is precisely how Communications, Science and Technology Minister Mothetjoa Metsing described the partnership between Vodacom Lesotho and Vodafone which was launched last Thursday. “The partnership will bring tremendous synergic value to the two companies,” said Metsing during the official launch. The marketing partnership […]

MASERU – Law Society of Lesotho president, Advocate Zwelakhe Mda, says the absence of a code of conduct for judges is impacting negatively on the administration of justice in the country. Advocate Mda made the remarks while addressing the Court of Appeal during the official opening of its first session in Maseru on Monday. “We […]

MASERU – The Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Mothetjoa Metsing has hailed the return of the four fugitives who were wanted in Lesotho for alleged treason charges. The fugitives Khotso Lebakeng, Thabo Thantsi, Mokherane Tsatsanyane and Thabo Motlomelo who fled to South Africa two years ago returned to Lesotho early this month. They are […]

MASERU-About 228 farmers are stranded after a locally abattoir failed to pay them for the chickens they have supplied for the past three years. Thuathe Chicken Abattoir based Ha Hoohlo owes a staggering M350 755 to the farmers who are mostly based in Maseru but because the business had changed hands over the past three […]

MASERU-An All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP defected to the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) this week. Nkhets’e Monyalotsa who represents Maputsoe Constituency in the National Assembly crossed the floor during Tuesday’s parliamentary session this week. Monyalotsa said he had crossed the floor because he was tired of the maladministration in the ABC under Tom […]

MASERU – Three fugitives wanted on treason charges that arose from the 2007 political disturbances returned home and handed themselves over to the police this week. The three were part of the six men who fled to South Africa after being implicated in the political disturbances. Some of the men were alleged to be All […]

MASERU – The family of a Maseru man who was shot and killed by armed police last month have accused the police of covering up the murder. Sekete Moshoeshoe, who was wanted by the police in connection with several cases of armed robbery, was killed in Berea about 10km north-east of Maseru on 19 February. […]

MASERU – A case in which the former National Independent Party (NIP) leader Anthony Manyeli is suing the party’s current executive committee will be heard on March 30. Manyeli is arguing that the conference that voted him out as the leader of the party was convened unconstitutionally. He claims that the executive committee that was […]

MASERU – The leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Tom Thabane, last Sunday expressed dismay at remarks by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili suggesting that Basotho were not interested in farming. Responding to a question from ABC legislator, Sello Machakela, in parliament last Friday, Mosisili said the government had in the past […]

MASERU – The magistrates’ court last week ordered army commander Thuso Motanyane to pay M16 500 to a Maseru law firm for services rendered by the firm to the army. Maieane & Company had approached the court after the army failed to pay for legal services rendered by the firm three years ago. The law firm’s […]

LERIBE – Three family members in Leribe died two weeks ago after eating poisoned food. It is suspected that the poisoned food was prepared by their house keeper. The house keeper has since been arrested for allegedly deliberately poisoning the family. Teboho Matjeketjane, 37, and his two children, Thuso, six, and one-year-old Puleng, died on […]

MASERU – Two opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) exchanged blows at parliament last Friday. Lithoteng MP Eliabe Mokhanoi and Molobeli Soulo who is a legislator through the proportional representation system had a brief brawl after a heated argument. The Lesotho Times can reveal that the fracas happened at around 8:50 am as the two legislators […]

MASERU –The state said he was guilty of sedition. He said he was innocent. The High Court acquitted him but the state would have none of it. They upped the tempo by appealing to the Appeals’ Court which ordered his retrial. This week he was back to square one–in the dock at the High Court. […]

THABA-TSEKA – A 26-year-old man from Ha Rantsimane was arrested last week for allegedly killing his wife after accusing her of having an extra marital affair. A police report said the man came home from a cattle post in the afternoon and knocked on the door pretending to be his wife’s lover. “He knocked on […]

MASERU – Three men appeared in court this week accused of armed robbery, attempted murder and unlawful possession of arms. The three – Francis Mokoma, Samson Malakane and Thato Katisa – looked unperturbed as one witness described how they attacked him. Motsamai Nyokole, 41, who is one of the key witnesses was brought to the […]