That croc you saw has long vanished
STEAMING IT OFF I AM among the millions of public transport users of this beautiful country. And boy do we suffer! Your first worry,...
Which bar animal are you?
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS HAVE you ever wondered why a nightclub is sometimes called a watering hole? If you thought it was simply because...
Delivery by caesarian section
DOCTOR’S CORNER GIVING birth through caesarean section has become popular nowadays. More and more babies are being born through this method as more women...
Lefate in harmony once again
MASERU — Lefate members Lethapa Tikiso and Molibeli Mokake (pictured) have made up after a row that threatened to tear up the youthful musical duo....
Lioli land Rovers star
MASERU — League champions Lioli have completed the signing of Roma Rovers forward Seenyane Nthejane for a club record fee of M6 000. The deal...
ABC activists arrested . . . As tensions simmer ahead of stayaway
MASERU –– The indefinite stayaway might be pencilled for Monday but the fight has already started. The government says the security forces are on high-alert....
Taxi operators worry over stay-away impact
MASERU — Taxi operators are worried the stay-away called by the opposition might not only cost them thousands of maloti in revenue but their vehicles...
LCD lashes out at opposition over Masire’s report
MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) national executive committee has lashed out at the opposition for capitalising on the Sir Ketumile Masire’s report...
Mosisili hits back at Thabane
MOHALE’S HOEK –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last Sunday told ruling party supporters in Mohale’s Hoek to ignore next week’s stay-away that has been called...
Nurses’ strike looms at Queen Elizabeth II
MASERU –– Nurses at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital are set to down tools in protest over poor pay and working conditions. Sources at the hospital...
Opposition takes to streets
MASERU — A group of about 100 opposition supporters yesterday marched in the streets of Maseru and handed a petition to the Independent Electoral Commission...
Suspended top cop not yet off the hook
MASERU — Suspended deputy police commissioner Motsotuoa Ntaote is not yet off the hook despite his acquittal on fraud charges last month. The state has...
Man accused of killing pregnant wife
MAFETENG — A 30-year-old man from Likhoele Ha Lempetje in Mafeteng was arrested this week for allegedly killing his pregnant wife. Mafeteng Criminal Investigation Division...
Villagers, miner on warpath
MAFETENG –– Battle lines are drawn between villagers and a diamond mining firm at Ha-Petlane in Kolo about 60 kilometres south of the capital Maseru....
Deputy PM sucked into tree-felling row
MAFETENG –– Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla has been drawn into a tree felling dispute pitting a businessman in Mafeteng against a principal chief in...
Drop your egos and talk
LESOTHO is on the verge of yet another political upheaval. This time the mêlée is over disputed proportional representation seats. On Monday we could yet...
Trade preferences vital for vulnerable countries
AS I SEE IT AN article written by Rosa Whitaker which appeared in the South African newspaper, Business Day, was headlined: US must resist...
More traffic lights needed
TRAVELLING through the main street of Maseru on a Friday is heartbreaking. It shows very clearly that Kingsway Street is not enough to contain the...
Stay-away won’t succeed
Below are comments posted on the Lesotho Times website in reaction to a call last week by the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) to...
Free Trade Agreement to benefit Lesotho: minister
MASERU — The trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) will help member countries like Lesotho...
Nedbank gives M30 000 to Queen’s trust fund
MASERU — Nedbank Lesotho donated M30 000 and four computers to the Queen’s National Trust Fund at the Royal Palace in Maseru last Friday. The...
You don’t have to do anything
SCRUTATOR ISN’T it amazing how people love things for mahala? By now Scrutator is sure everyone knows the opposition has called for an indefinite...
The clear winner
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS DURING our time at the college of intoxication and merry-making, it was every initiate’s all-time favorite pastime to extol the...
I’ve counted sheep, still I can’t sleep
STEAMING IT OFF I HAVE been having trouble sleeping. Serious trouble! This problem is not necessarily a new thing or even a phenomenon as...
Swine influenza
DOCTOR’S CORNER SWINE flu has been a popular topic of discussion and concern in our communities and many questions have been asked about the...
Lefate split looms
MASERU — Lesotho’s youthful Lefate musical group is on the verge of a break-up, just three years after the duo released their debut album which...
Miss P rocks Maseru
MASERU — Wanna swivel to Jay Z’s Blue Magic or Dirt Off Your Shoulder? Wanna hum along to 50 Cent’s Many Men or PIMP? Ja...
Sefali fights to elevate poetry
MASERU — Poetry is one of humanity’s finest arts, a wonder of the world. Over the centuries poets — from William Shakespeare to Lebo Mashile...
LDF gets brass instruments
MASERU — The honorary consul of Pakistan in Lesotho, Mohammad A Siddique, last Thursday donated two musical instruments to the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Military...
Vodacom Cup: Lessons for Lesotho
MASERU – On Saturday South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs beat England’s Manchester City (the world’s richest club) 1-0 at Pretoria’s Loftus Versfeld Stadium to win the...