MASERU — Miss Vodacom PC FM will this year get a grand prize of a GWM Florid Super-Lux car, the organisers of the pageant have announced. The Chinese-made hatch retails at about R110 000. Last year’s winner of the pageant, Karabelo Mokoallo (pictured), was given a Chevrolet Spark that was selling at R72 000. Lieketseng […]
MASERU — Local artists this week pounced on street vendors in the capital and seized copies of pirated CDs and DVDs. The street raid on Tuesday was monitored by the police who took in 22 vendors caught selling counterfeit merchandise. Twenty artists turned up for the raid, with 14 police officers assisting them. Mantša, Stlofa, […]
MASERU — Majantja are in turmoil amid speculation the club’s president Sello Matete is about to throw in the towel. Tensions have been simmering since the Mohale’s Hoek side were relegated from the Vodacom Premier League last season. In an unexpected move, Majantja coach Khauta Monare has blamed the club president for the team’s […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Coaching Association (LCA) is in shambles with the football organisation struggling to retain membership since allegations of financial embezzlement surfaced. A senior official with the LCA told the Lesotho Times that most local coaches were reluctant to be part of the organisation fearing their subscription fees would be “misused”. “People used […]
MASERU — An opposition MP for Motimposo constituency, Pitso Maisa and Forestry Minister Ralechete ’Mokose are at each other’s throats over the alleged theft of M52 639 earmarked for the constituency’s poverty reduction project. Maisa has accused ’Mokose of failing to deal with the alleged theft of funds by some of his representatives running the […]
… describes ABC leader’s unity government calls as ‘loose talk’ MASERU — Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla yesterday described as “loose talk” calls by opposition leader Thomas Thabane to set up a transitional government to oversee the next general election in 2012. In an exclusive interview with the Lesotho Times, Lehohla also scoffed at […]
MASERU — Re-elected Basotho National Party (BNP) secretary general Ranthomeng Matete has distanced himself from the faction opposed to the former ruling party leader Metsing Lekhanya. Matete dismissed allegations that he had switched allegiance from the anti-Lekhanya faction after the failure of the no-confidence vote in March. Speaking to the Lesotho Times on Tuesday the […]
Litigants will not need legal representation MASERU — The Ministry of Justice plans to bar lawyers from the planned small claims court in a bid to simplify procedures and improve the court’s effectiveness. Chief Magistrate Molefi Makara told a workshop on civil legal reform held in Maseru on Tuesday that the new small claims […]
MASERU — A Maseru woman is suing a National Assembly clerk for M2 million for allegedly being involved in an adulterous relationship with her husband. ’Mapalesa Lechesa told the High Court on Monday that ’Malephallo Mohasoa, who is a clerk at the National Assembly, is in an adulterous affair with her husband. Lechesa is claiming […]
MASERU — A magistrate’s court has ruled that Maseru lawyer Haae Phoofolo was free to proceed with his claim for payment from retired politician Chaltin Tsatsanyane for legal services rendered in 2007. Tsatsanyane had filed a special plea before magistrate ’Mampho Mokoena arguing Phoofolo was wrongly demanding M9 115 in legal fees from him when […]
MOKHOTLONG — Villagers in Lipohong in Mokhotlong last Friday handed in nine illegal firearms as the police stepped up efforts to clear illegal firearms. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha said the villagers were told to hand in their illegal weapons in exchange for immunity from arrest. “The villagers were asked to hand-in illegal fire arms that […]
MASERU — Three women sit outside a run-down “surgery” in Thibella, a poor working-class suburb notorious for running illegal shebeens, awaiting their turn to get into the “consultation room”. They are holding grey medical booklets in which the nurses scribble some notes for the patients. The women are engaged in small talk as they await […]
Local firm sends trio to world’s diamond capital MASERU — A local company, Chalimo Limited, is sending three trainees to Antwerp, Belgium, to gain hands-on experience in sorting and valuation of diamonds. Chalimo Limited is the first locally owned valuation company in Lesotho. The firm is involved in the sorting, valuation and marketing of […]
MASERU — Nyakallo Mpatuoa, 55, who was appointed the managing director at Mothae Diamonds last week, has always been fascinated by rocks. Her love for geology was stirred while she was a young student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) in the early 1970s while studying for a Bachelor of Science general degree. In […]
Lesotho Under-20……(0) 0 Botswana…………………(0) 1 MASERU — Botswana coach Stanley Tshosane was annoyed Lesotho put out the national Under-20 side for their hastily arranged friendly match at Setsoto Stadium yesterday. Still, the visiting side could only scrape an unconvincing 1-0 win over the Makoanyane XI. Tshosane said they almost returned home without […]
Khahliso Khama MASERU — Energy Entertainment, a health and fitness group, will hold the Miss Bikini pageant for high school girls in search of contestants for the annual Miss Figure show. Half of the contestants in this year’s Miss Figure pageant — aimed at promoting healthy living and fitness — are expected to be […]
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — Twenty local artists including Afro-jazz star Fatere will represent Lesotho during China’s National Day celebrations in October. Famo veteran Puseletso Seema, Rabotso and Lehlohonolo will form a famo collaboration for the tour. Lesotho Haeso Music Award winners Mthibo, Khahliso Mphephoka, Bara ba Manka le Phallang and Katiso Mosoeunyane are […]
Khahliso Khama MASERU — The Zimbabwean-born DJ behind the popular house remix Pfugama Unamate is set to perform at The Joint tomorrow night. DJ Qness, whose real name is Qhubani Ndlovu, will be the star attraction at the all-night celebration set to start after the titanic World Cup fixture pitting Brazil against Portugal tomorrow. […]
Inquest absolves Mosisili of manslaughter MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s son has escaped a possible manslaughter charge after an unusual inquest concluded he had not been “negligent” when he knocked down a pedestrian two years ago. Phakiso Saleoe died from a “severe head injury” after he was knocked down by a car which […]
MASERU — Two men who The two, Puseletso Motsoaole, 28, and Thabiso Roeli, 26, from Thabana-Morena in Mafeteng were released on Monday last week after their lawyer convinced the magistrate’s court that his clients’ appeal had “good prospects of success”. Motsoaole and Roeli were each ordered to pay M5 000 bail deposit and secure surety […]
MASERU — The deputy director in the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Thabiso Makintane, died in Maseru last Saturday after a short illness. Mankitane, 55, died after complaining of flu following his return from a business trip in Malawi on May 29. A family spokesman, Moluoane Moluoane, said Makintane had complained of flu following […]
MASERU — A local newspaper, The Guardian, has folded after only two weeks on the streets due to financial problems, the Lesotho Times has learnt. The weekly broadsheet shut down operations after publishing only two issues since it started publishing on June 1. Printing of the newspaper was suspended this week amid speculation that Intelserv, […]
MASERU — A prominent businessman Tumo Tlelai could be sent to prison for contempt of court after the High Court last month found him guilty of ignoring an order barring him from quarrying on Mokunutlung plateau. Tlelai was found guilty of “flagrant contempt of court” when he appeared before High Court Judge ‘Masefero Mahase on […]
LAST week the leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party called on Lesotho’s political parties to boycott the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Thabane accused the electoral body of bias particularly over the manner it handled last month’s by-elections in Mpharane, Sebapolo and Hololo. His party suffered a thorough drubbing in those by-elections. […]
MASERU — The Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL) says the government should work closely with the business sector to prevent a repeat of last week’s chaos at Maseru Bridge border post. South Africa last week barred thousands of Basotho from crossing into the country using temporary travel documents sparking chaos at the main border […]
MASERU — The Honorary Consul for Denmark in Lesotho, Kuena Phafane, faces arrest for contempt of court a few weeks after he escaped being slapped with a similar charge. Phafane last month allegedly shoved a messenger of court who had gone to his office to deliver a court order, telling him that he could only […]
MASERU — Four men, including two security guards, have been arrested after they allegedly robbed a local supermarket of M15 000 in cash at gunpoint. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha said the four were arrested last Monday, only a day after they robbed the supermarket, following a tip-off. “Among the robbers who were arrested was a […]
MASERU — A pastor of the Kereke ea Moshoeshoe Church this week asked the High Court to grant him access to the church building after a Berea man barred him from using the church claiming it was built on his grandfather’s land. Moeketsi Rafutho on Tuesday asked the High Court to order Mashoabathe Phakoa to […]
FOR two weeks now South Africa has denied entry into the country to thousands of Basotho who are using temporary travel documents. Those who have six months permits have had to endure long hours in tortuous queues as they wait for their passports to be scanned. The inconvenience to businesses has been huge with some […]
Lekhanya must start preparing for his exit
BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader Metsing Lekhanya outmuscled his political opponents last weekend to retain control of his beleaguered political party. We wish to extend our congratulations to him on his victory. Being the old political fox that he is, Lekhanya carefully manoeuvred matters at the conference to ensure that he retained his position at […]