MASERU — Insurance giant, Metropolitan Lesotho, says it posted impressive financial results for the first six months of this year. Metropolitan Lesotho managing director Nkau Matete made the remarks while presenting the company’s results for the period January to June in Maseru last Saturday. Matete said the company’s gross premium income had increased by 12 […]
MASERU — Maluti Mountain Brewery last Wednesday won the top Castle Lager quality award at the SABMiller Africa technical directors’ conference held in Durban, South Africa. The brewery attained first position on taste at an average of 8.3. The maximum taste rating for a perfect beer is a 10. The brewery also won first position […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s netballers were this week reminded of the gulf in class between them and the rest of Africa when they were thrashed at the qualifying tournament for the World Netball Championships. The qualifying tournament, taking place in Pretoria, South Africa, started on Monday and ends on Saturday. Only the top two of the […]
MASERU — Vodacom Premier League champions Matlama have reinstated Ntebele Taole as head coach, ending speculation over his future with the club. Taole, affectionately known as Tata, was suspended from the club on August 25 pending a hearing into a raft of charges which Matlama have not divulged. The 57-year-old coach resumed duty on Monday […]
MASERU — The Vodacom Premier League finally roars into life this Saturday with Likhopo kicking off the campaign against LCS in the first match of a double-header at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena. Defending champions Matlama will take on Lerotholi in the second match of the day at the venue. Likhopo team manager Qamako Mahao believes […]
MASERU — A prominent Maseru businessman, Tumo Tlelai, was yesterday sentenced to 30 days in prison for contempt of court. Tlelai, who owns Victoria Hotel, Lakeside Hotel as well as other businesses in Lesotho and South Africa, was found guilty of disregarding a court order interdicting him from continuing to operate a quarry mine on […]
MASERU — At the centre of the case are allegations that Tlelai illegally occupied a piece of land on which he was quarrying atop the Mokunutlung plateau. Tlelai opened a quarry mine without the approval of the Mohlakeng Community Council. He was charged with contravention the Land Act. The charges sprang from a dispute that […]
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho is planning to sue a legal services insurance company, the Lawyer’s Voice, for allegedly operating an illegal insurance business. Lawyers’ Voice is a legal insurance company. Clients pay monthly premiums so that they get legal assistance when they need it. It operates like a medical aid scheme. The […]
MASERU — Two photographers’ associations are embroiled in a fight over who should be operating from the new passport offices in Maseru. Members of the Maseru Passport Photos Association (MPPA) and another association named Television and Identity Document (TVID) photographers have been at loggerheads since the passport offices were relocated from Pitso Ground to the […]
MASERU — Mosala Mojakisane last weekend easily retained the presidency of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league ending a protracted turf war with bitter rival Selibe Mochoboroane. The weekend youth league elections at ‘Manthabiseng Convention Centre clearly illustrated the factionalism rocking the ruling party. From Saturday night delegates could be seen huddled […]
MASERU — A prominent Maseru lawyer has turned against a client he once represented. Advocate Hopolang Nathane once represented ’Mamatlakala Maphisa in a case in which she was suing one Pule Cheko, Maputsoe Properties (Pty) Ltd and Total Lesotho (Pty) Ltd over a piece of land in Maputsoe. The land is in Ha-Nyenye in Maputsoe […]
MASERU — The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare will kickstart a countrywide measles immunisation campaign this month. Health Minister Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng last week said the countrywide vaccination programme will be the continuation of the project which started earlier this year after a measles outbreak. About 31 children died of measles after an outbreak […]
LAST month Lesotho joined the rest of the world in celebrating the African woman and her achievements. We look back and rejoice that we had an opportunity to get together to honour women who have made a mark in economic, political, social, cultural, technological and other fields of endevour. We were happy to retrace their […]
THE noises emanating from the Lesotho Teachers Trade Union threatening to stage nation-wide protests suggest all is not well within the civil service. The union has made a raft of allegations against the government. Among some of these are that the government is planning to retrench civil servants. The federation claims the government will specifically […]
Scrutator is establishing a charity fund for our lawyers after 58 of them were barred from practising because they could not afford their membership fees to the Law Society of Lesotho. And how much is the membership fee per year? Well, it’s only M500. Those lawyers who you see at the courts carrying themselves in […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17s have been left with a mountain to climb after their 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Cameroon in a 2011 African Youth Championships qualifier at Setsoto Stadium on Sunday. They will have to overturn the result in the reverse fixture in Cameroon next week if they are to remain in contention […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s “Golden Girl” Selloane Tšoaeli is confident of another historic performance when she competes at the IAAF Continental Cup which starts tomorrow in Split, Croatia. The 33-year-old high jumper is part of the Africa team battling for honours in field and track events against Europe, Americas and Australasia. Tšoaeli, who left for the […]
MASERU — A senior High Court official, a prominent lawyer and a local businessman are facing theft charges for allegedly stealing goods worth M9 million. Deputy Sheriff Tsebo Monyako, attorney Steve Buys and a prominent businessman Ashraff Abubaker appeared in court this week to face charges of theft, fraud and obstruction of justice. They are […]
MASERU — He was stripped and handcuffed. He was suffocated with latex gloves and strangled with bare hands. Then, when that failed to get him “talking” a spade was used to hit his backside. All the while his legs were bound in chains. That’s the gruesome ordeal that Maputi Ramoholi, a 65-year-old retired police officer, […]
MASERU — The Assistant Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety Lineo Molise-Mabusela says the government has produced nearly 90 000 passports over the past three months. Molise-Mabusela told a press conference on Tuesday that the battle to reduce the passport backlog is on course. Since June her ministry has been under serious pressure to […]
MASERU — A 22-year-old man from Ha Tsolo in Maseru set himself ablaze last Saturday after allegedly raping his 19-year-old cousin. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha said the suspect set himself on fire because he was overcome with shame. The man, whose name was not revealed to the press, sustained serious burns on the head and […]
MASERU — The battle for leadership for the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league goes to the wire this Saturday. The nomination list shows that the number of candidates for the different positions has been streamlined from 52 to 38. However, only nine key positions are up for grabs while the remaining four positions […]
ELSEWHERE in this paper we carry a harrowing story of a 65-year-old former police officer who alleges that he was beaten by police officers in Mokhotlong. Maputi Ramoholi claims he was stripped before being savagely beaten with a spade on August 4. He also claims he was handcuffed and had his legs chained during the […]
As a citizen of Lesotho — a proud one for that matter — I am really challenged by what is happening in our neighbouring countries. I will ask all Basotho: how many of us have ever said to ourselves, “I voted for this government. I want my voice to be heard. It is my right.”? […]
Re: LWP takes on ABC, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 Lesotho Workers’ Party (LWP) leader Macaefa Billy is quoted as saying: “My view is that the old man (Thabane) should be called to order before he brings destruction into ABC.” I have been saying all along that All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane is […]
Re: NUL rebirth overdue, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 The National University of Lesotho (NUL) is run by self-centred, greedy and stingy people who just don’t care about our country’s needs and what Basotho children are supposed to acquire from it. Maybe the university needs to have its structures, mission and vision changed so that […]
Re: NUL staff protest, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 The National University of Lesotho (NUL) is on its knees. The traditional means of financing the long-standing institution’s activities through government funding no longer makes sense. This problem has been known for a long time now but no feasible alternative has been put in place. If […]
Re: Revamp Lesotho’s education system, Lesotho Times, August 19-25 2010 I fully agree with the argument put forward that it is high time changes are made to our education system. Our curriculum should keep pace with the demands of the modern world. Being a specialist in curriculum and assessment studies, I would say there are […]
SCRUTATOR hears Mohokhare River has flooded. At first she thought a spring storm had pounded Maseru until news filtered in that Mokhosi Mohapi had not stopped crying since the Lesotho Football Association booted him out of the CEO’s office on Monday. And so the tears that have been cascading from those blood-shot eyes down those […]
We are no longer safe
ON Sunday, the managing director of Sun Bakery, formerly known as Astoria Bakery, was kidnapped from his home by unknown gunmen. A few hours later Thabo Phohleli’s lifeless body was found dumped along Phuthiatsana River. He was only 40. His killers have not been arrested. Two days earlier a member of the United States Peace […]