MAFETENG — Another famo artist was shot dead last Sunday night. Lehlohonolo Senone, 24, was fatally shot at his home in Mafeteng by unknown gunmen. Police suspect he was shot in his sleep because they found bullet holes on his bedroom window. Senone becomes the eighth famo musician to be murdered in just five months […]
MASERU — The High Court on Monday postponed judgment in a case in which a former National University of Lesotho (NUL) pro-vice-chancellor is suing Public Eye newspaper for defamation. Nqosa Mahao is suing Public Eye for M800 000 for alleging that he sexually assaulted a secretary in his office. The story which appeared in the […]
MASERU — Teachers at a primary school near Thetsane are up in arms against the school’s administrator for allegedly failing to repair classrooms that were damaged in a storm last January. Four classrooms at Likotsi Roman Catholic Primary School were severely damaged after a storm battered the school in January last year. But, nearly two […]
MASERU — Two women who were last month slapped with 15-year jail terms for kidnapping a baby this week appealed for bail in a fresh twist to the saga. ‘Maselebalo Ntaopane and ‘Mathuso Ntiisa were convicted and jailed last month for kidnapping a week-old baby in Motse-Mocha. But in a new twist to the case […]
MASERU — When it was all done a taxi owner had been stabbed by a screwdriver and his car had been rammed into. He had used his bare hands to defend himself. Two days before, a rank marshal had been run over by a taxi as he tried to maintain order at Qoaling bus stop. […]
Scrutator is still in shock after reading one struggling weekly that masquerades as the biggest paper in the country. The paper had a damn good story about the government withdrawing a toxic anti-retroviral drug from the market but, as usual, they botched it by trying to be too stylish for nothing. They wrote it like […]
MASERU — The Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (Bedco) says it plans to introduce economic clusters to provide access to markets for small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs). Bedco is a government parastatal which was set up to promote the development of Lesotho’s indigenous businesses. Its mandate is to assist local small and medium enterprises to […]
MASERU — Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB) last Friday presented M97 000 to two local institutions for the improvement of water supply services as well as the provision of litter bins in Maseru. The Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) received M72 000 for the water reticulation system and stand up pipes at Qoaling, a village situated […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-20 coach Leslie Notši believes an away goal will be crucial when Makoanyane XI face Kenya in their crunch Caf Under-20 Championship qualifier in Nairobi on Saturday. The tie is Lesotho’s last hurdle before the 2011 Caf Under-20 Championship next March in Libya. And as with any two-legged tie, away goals could […]
MASERU — Fifa instructors in the country for a refereeing workshop are disappointed after half of the local match officials who turned up for the seminar failed a mandatory fitness test. Four of the 40 match officials who came for the workshop at Bambatha Tsita on Monday were disqualified because of high blood pressure, but […]
MASERU — Former Rovers coach Thabo Thite has joined Lioli as the club’s assistant coach. Tse Nala’s technical team was depleted last month when their coach Mosholi “Shoes” Mokhothu left to join LCS at the end of a two-year agreement. Mokhothu’s assistant, Halemakale Mahlaha, was subsequently promoted to the position of head coach. Thite resigned […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s opposition movement has been rocked by divisions over strategies on how to confront the government on the proportional representation (PR) seats issue. The government has so far refused to budge despite incessant pressure from the opposition to reallocate the PR seats although it has tacitly admitted that the seats allocation was bungled […]
MASERU — Another top representative to the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) is facing jail for alleged corruption, forgery, fraud and theft. The commission oversees the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) which is co-owned by Lesotho and South Africa and is implemented by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). Sixtus Tohlang, who replaced disgraced convict […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) has suspended the broadcasting licence for local radio station Joy FM for three months starting Tuesday for alleged breach of its licence conditions. The LCA says Joy FM has failed to resolve its frequency interference on People’s Choice (PC) FM and OFM of South Africa since it was […]
MASERU — Opposition parties say the report the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) released this week on its mediating efforts on the dispute over the proportional representation seats was “manipulated”. A meeting of opposition leaders on Tuesday resolved to challenge the contents of the report that the CCL presented at the Sadc Summit in Namibia […]
MASERU — Local Government Minister Ponts’o Sekatle this week proposed amendments to the Local Government Elections Act (1998) and the Local Government Act (1997) to facilitate for women to get a third of the seats in community councils. The amendments will come into effect in the next local government elections that are yet to be […]
MASERU — A Maseru police constable appeared in court on Monday to answer charges of corruption. Constable Mokhitlinyane Mokiti, 47, is alleged to have solicited a M1 000 bribe from Lebajoa Qalabatsane last Friday. The crown alleges that Mokiti solicited the bribe to drop car theft charges against Qalabatsane. Mokiti was granted M500 bail and […]
MASERU — The National Identity Cards Bill 2010 which seeks to document all people living in Lesotho was read in parliament for the first time last Friday. Home affairs minister and leader of the house, Lesao Lehohla, read the Bill following the opening speech of the fourth meeting of the second session of the seventh […]
MASERU — A post office manager has filed a M200 000 lawsuit against the police for torture, unlawful arrest and detention. Taele Mohale, who is the manager of the Maseru West Industrial Area Post Office, is claiming M50 000 on each of the four charges. The defendants are the Commissioner of Police, ’Malejaka Letooane, and […]
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — Limkokwing University students yesterday went on strike protesting against what they called “bad management and poor services”. The strike started in the morning. The students said they were not happy with the poor internet services and delays in disbursing their allowances. They also alleged that the university management had made […]
THE cracks in the Lesotho opposition ranks widened this week over strategies on how to confront the government regarding the proportional representation (PR) seats issue. The Lesotho Opposition Forum, an umbrella body for opposition parties, is split over suggestions that the parties pull out their MPs from parliament in protest. The thinking in the opposition […]
LIVING on a wing and a prayer is by all means not an option for Lesotho. If we can use history to predict the future, I have no doubt that Lesotho could still make it through during these difficult times. It has done so many times before. But this time around the odds are quite […]
YOU would assume Mr Bumble, the sadist beadle in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, had Lesotho in mind when he remarked the law was an ass. Far-fetched allusion, huh? Well, maybe. But what do you make of the incredible drama playing out in our courts? A man steals and is caught but to try and […]
MASERU — The Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho says the government must create a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive. The foundation’s executive committee member, Lebohang Thotanyana, was speaking at a private sector development strategy midterm review meeting conducted by the World Bank in Maseru last Thursday. The meeting, which looked at the […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) has ditched plans to have all Premier League and first division players undergo compulsory medical and doping tests. A pre-season medical test in football assesses, for example, a player’s cardiovascular and respiratory systems as well as his readiness for match performance. Doping refers to the use of drugs, […]
MASERU — Lioli coach Halemakale Mahlaha hopes playmaker Malebanye Ramoabi will continue his fine early season form when Tse Nala travel to Ratjomose to face LDF on Saturday. Congo, as Ramoabi is affectionately known in Teyateyaneng, scored a brace, including a trademark free-kick, in a man-of-the-match performance when Lioli beat Mabeoana 2-0 on Sunday. It […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17s were left to rue a disastrous home performance after their valiant outing in Cameroon proved not enough to see them through to the last round of the African Youth Championships qualifiers. Bahlabani lost 4-2 to Cameroon in Douala on Sunday – and the two away goals would have been crucial had […]
MASERU — Lerotholi playmaker Lebohang Molaoli is this week a hero among Lihale fans after scoring the goal that downed champions Matlama on the opening day of the Vodacom Premier League season last Saturday. But over and above that, Molaoli may have opened a whole can of worms on the other side of town. Before […]
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — In an historic development, Lesotho’s first feature film will be screened at Sterkinekor cinemas at Pioneer Shopping Centre next month. The movie, Tears of Blood, will start showing from October 1 to 15 following its premiere on September 29. “Tears of Blood has been completed and is ready to be […]
Ditch cumbersome laws
LESOTHO this year slumped to position 130 out of 183 countries in the “ease of doing business” survey carried out by the World Bank. Last year the country was ranked a lowly 128. The report confirms what we have known all along — that Lesotho still has a raft of laws and regulations that are […]