TAUNG — Former trade minister Mpho Malie is embroiled in a dispute with the headman of Mats’oareng over a piece of land in Mohale’s Hoek. Malie, whose business interests include the Black Swan Bed & Breakfast and a stake in the Pioneer Mall, has fenced off a big site on the slope of Silooe Mountain […]
MASERU — Twenty four MPs from the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Lesotho Workers Party (LWP) say they will soon petition Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to sack five ministers they claim have failed to deliver. The decision to push for the dismissal of the five ministers was made at a caucus meeting for the MPs […]
WE have recently witnessed a rise in the number of deaths of famo artists in Lesotho. As a lover of famo music, I have enough reasons to worry about this trend and would want to appeal to players in the famo music industry to stop the killings. Famo artists are split into rival groups that […]
WHAT brew are they imbibing at that dungeon of a newsroom? Is it the illicit hopose or qhoma-u-cheche from Upper Thamae? Whatever it is, Scrutator had never seen such “inebriated” headlines in that other weekly. If whoever coined those headlines last week was not under the influence, then the tabloid is certainly taking the competition […]
MASERU — Letseng Diamonds chief executive officer, `Manthethe Maharasoa, says the mine is on course to meet its annual target of recovering 100 000 carats of diamonds this year. Maharasoa told the Lesotho Times last Friday that Letseng had already recovered 20 000 carats of diamonds in the second quarter of this year. She said […]
MASERU — The textile sector is in distress and needs urgent export incentives to remain competitive, CGM chief executive officer Madhav Dalvi has said. In an interview with the Lesotho Times on Tuesday, Dalvi said the troubled local textile industry was facing an uncertain future. CGM is one of the largest textile manufacturers in southern […]
MASERU — Lesotho captain Lehlohonolo Seema has secured a one-year loan move to South African Premier League side Mpumalanga Black Aces. Seema’s future at South African giants Orlando Pirates had increasingly become doubtful after he sat out the whole of last season because of injuries. Any prospects that he would fight back into the team […]
MASERU — An English Football Association (FA) official says the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) is on the right track in its efforts to develop local football. FA business support manager Paul Mullen told the Lesotho Times he had seen big improvements in Lesotho’s football since he first came to the country in April last year […]
MASERU — In an embarrassing episode for local football, some participants at an administration course were upset when they were told they would not get free T-shirts. The course was facilitated by the English Football Association (FA). Paul Mullen, the FA’s business support manager who was conducting the workshop, was forced to address the issue […]
MASERU — Lesotho Under-20 national team coach, Leslie Notsi, says his charges are ready to take the bull by the horns when they face South Africa in a Caf Youth Championship qualifier on Saturday. Makoanyane IX play South Africa at Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto after dispatching Mozambique 7-1 on aggregate in the last round. “We […]
MASERU — This year’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular knockout competition will be bigger and better. This is the promise that’s been made by Vodacom Lesotho, and if last season’s fiesta is anything to go by then the 2010 edition could be a blockbuster. In the chilly winter that has gripped the country, Maseru Sun Hotel was […]
MASERU — The Vodacom Premier League will start on August 21, the Lesotho Football Association’s (Lefa) acting chief executive officer Mokhosi Mohapi has revealed. The start date for the new Premiership season had been uncertain because league clubs are yet to receive their prize monies for last season. Elections to choose a new Premier League […]
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — Tickets for the 2010 Miss Vodacom PC FM pageant on Saturday are selling like “fat cakes”, one of the organisers has said. Kholu Qhobela, the station manager with People’s Choice (PC) FM, told the Weekender they expected Lesotho’s biggest beauty pageant to draw a full house at ‘Manthabiseng Convention Centre. […]
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — The Econet Telecom Lesotho Morija Arts and Cultural Festival has engaged a new events organising company. The director of the annual festival, Thabo Leanya, told the Weekender that the popular gala will this year be co-ordinated by Consumer Connectedness Events Company (C2). C2 is a South African company that […]
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — Moshate, a local jazz band, has changed its name to Mosepili. The group took the move after discovering another jazz band in South Africa was trading by the same name. Lead singer Maile Matlokotsi said this was confusing their fans who were no longer sure which was the real […]
MASERU — A senior High Court judge says efforts by the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) to liquidate MKM through the courts must be stayed and the government should be encouraged to bail out the company’s depositors. The judge granted an exclusive interview to the Lesotho Times last Friday but refused to have his name […]
MASERU — The registrar of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, ‘Mathato Sekaoi, is under siege from her juniors who accuse her of intimidation and abuse of power. The deputy registrar of the High Court, Motlatsi Kolisang, wrote a letter to Sekoai making scurrilous allegations against her and accusing her of abusing her […]
MASERU — The registrar of the High Court and the Court of Appeal ‘Mathato Sekoai says allegations made by her deputy are not true. She also denies intimidating workers. This week the Lesotho Times (LT) spoke to her about the allegations. Below are excerpts from the interview: LT: Kolisang alleges that you promised to […]
MASERU — Five opposition MPs yesterday marched in Maseru to demand the removal of Lesao Lehohla as home affairs minister. The MPs accused Lehohla, who is also the deputy prime minister, of failing to run the ministry resulting in a huge backlog in passport applications. They said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should “replace the home […]
MASERU — Veteran Radio Lesotho presenter Motlatsi Ncholu’s troubles are not yet over as the prosecution has filed court papers in the High Court in a bid to revive his sexual harassment case. The Quthing magistrate’s court, in March 2008, sentenced Ncholu to 10 years imprisonment for fondling a 15 year-old girl. Ncholu was charged […]
MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league will hold a conference to elect new leaders next month amid serious factional fights linked to the party’s succession battle. The LCD youth league will hold the elective conference on August 27 in Maseru to replace the interim committee which was elected in May […]
THE proposal by a High Court judge for the government to push for a political solution to the MKM scandal could mark a significant turning point in the search for a solution to the long-running saga. The respected judge says the MKM case required “a political solution involving the executive and legislature and not the […]
WE are grateful that the government has reversed its decision and granted loan-bursaries to all categories of deserving students wishing to receive tertiary education. However, it is remains unclear whether this reversal is for this year only. If it is, this is the time for the government and the ministry of finance to tell Basotho […]
INDEED, South Africans have really shown the world who they really are. Forget about a beautiful World Cup. Forget about confounding pessimists. Forget about a united nation. They are, to put it simply, charlatans! And Scrutator wants to say this straight in the face of JZ when he visits Maseru next month. Our neighbours never […]
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is expected in Pretoria, South Africa, today to attend a two-day meeting of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) heads of state and government. The meeting has been called to discuss the future of the customs union, the oldest in the world, in light of recent global and integration […]
MASERU — The World Cup has come and gone. The football tournament had promised so much, but delivered so little for Lesotho. A week after the final whistle Lesotho has been left to ponder what could have been. Tourism players in Lesotho had at least expected to see a dramatic rise in tourist arrivals. But […]
MASERU — Majantja FC president Sello Matete has parted ways with the relegated side after falling out with the club’s management. The veteran football administrator, 75, said he was leaving the Mohale’s Hoek side because of “lack of respect from the team management”. He had served as the club’s president for 10 years. Matete said […]
MASERU — All Vodacom Premier League teams will not receive their prize monies for last season in full, the Lesotho Times can reveal. The teams owe the Premier League different amounts which will be deducted from their prize monies. Premier League chairman Thlolo Letete said all the 16 teams in the top-flight division last season […]
MASERU — By the time Maduma kick off their first-ever Vodacom Premier League adventure at the end of August, their name will probably already be well-known around Lesotho. It is not even two months since Maduma, the Vodacom A-Division Northern Stream champions, were involved in a seemingly never-ending saga with Mpharane Celtics over promotion to […]
Unions must unite on wages
LESOTHO’S splintered labour movement is in turmoil once again — this time over how much factory workers should earn per month. But the dispute is not just about money. It is about power and influence within the labour movement. What is clear however is that the discord within the labour movement will not advance the […]