MASERU — LCS coach Mafa Ramakau is in hospital, throwing into disarray the prisons side’s surge for a top-four Vodacom Premier League finish. Ramakau, popularly known as Ribbo, was in a critical condition when he was admitted at the Makoanyane Military Hospital last Thursday. The previous day he had only complained about a flu bout, […]
MASERU — Bantu playmaker Tefo Maipato says the club will be content with finishing the season among the Vodacom Premier League’s top four sides. The Mafeteng team, fourth in the latest league standings and trailing leaders Matlama by seven points, still have a strong shout at the championship. But Bantu will not ask for anything […]
MASERU — Lioli served a stirring reminder of their yesteryear prowess in front of goal with a 3-0 win over Majantja on Sunday thanks to goals from Sello ‘Muso, Malebanye Ramoabi and Seenyane Nthejane. The win got Tse Nala back on track after three successive losses and an unexpected draw in all competitions — their […]
MASERU — Heptathlete Selloane Tšoaeli broke her own national long jump record with a 5.89m leap at a Yellow Pages Series event in Durban, South Africa, last Saturday. The athlete smashed her previous best of 5.70m set last year as the 25-year-old continues her promising early season form in a big year for athletics. Last […]
MASERU — Players worldwide find it hard to make a living from netball because the sport is not as well recognised as football. This was said by LCS netball club chairperson Matungoa Phamotse on Monday during a function to hand over a sponsorship package to the correctional services team. Alliance Insurance Company gave the side […]
MASERU — Opposition parties want Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to probe allegations that some of his ministers benefited from the block farming loan scheme. The parties say they want Mosisili to investigate allegations that some of the ministers who were appointed as mentors for some farmers who benefited from the government-guaranteed loans from Standard Lesotho […]
MASERU — The controversial Public Meetings and Processions Bill 2009 sailed through parliament’s law and public safety portfolio committee without any major changes. The committee headed by Rethabile Marumo of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) presented in parliament on Monday an additional sub-clause that adds to the list of punishable offences under the […]
MASERU — The trial of prominent television producer Habofanoe Ntsie who is facing two charges of murder took a dramatic twist this week after defence lawyers asked to play audio tapes exposing a police conspiracy against him. Ntsie is facing two charges of murder for the death of two of his neighbours, Souru Masupha and […]
MASERU — A former police officer, Mothobi Moholi, was on Monday slapped with an eight-year jail term without an option of a fine after he was convicted of murder. Moholi, who had claimed he killed Thabiso Hlao in self defence on July 1 1995, was two weeks ago found guilty of murder by the High […]
MASERU — The Lesotho government officials yesterday failed to attend a meeting with the opposition and Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) to establish a roadmap in the search for a solution to the country’s bitter electoral dispute. A troika of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) that visited Lesotho last week called for the adoption […]
MASERU — For how long can a man’s criminal record continue to preclude him from the opportunities of life? That is the question businessman Makhoabe Mohaleroe wanted the High Court to answer in his latest application in a case in which he is fighting to remain a director of Lesotho Public Motor Transport Company (LPMTC). […]
MAFETENG — While some rural parts of the country are in the grip of hunger some villagers in Ha-Paki and Ha-Shale in Mafeteng have a completely different story to tell. For these villagers in Mafeteng, about 80 kilometres south of the capital Maseru, hunger and poverty are now a thing of the past, thanks to […]
By Dr Sempe Sempe A LETTER written by the former minister of trade, Mpho Malie, to the managing director of Standard Lesotho Bank, Roger Snelgar, has left the country in a state of shock. The letter insinuates corruption in the funds allocated for block farming. The letter further blames the bank for what it calls […]
By Lichaba Sekhosana Three executives of a prominent global internet search company were convicted in Italy last month for violating privacy laws. The executives were accused of allowing to be posted on the internet disturbing footage of a disabled Italian boy being bullied. The ruling was the first of its kind and was condemned by […]
MASERU — The Millennium Challenge Account-Lesotho is on course to achieve its five-year development goals, according to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) senior advisor Cassandra Butts. Butts arrived in Lesotho last Thursday on a three-day visit to assess and monitor progress in the implementation of the MCC programmes around the country. The MCC is an independent […]
MASERU — The Ministry of Trade says it will, beginning this Saturday, hold campaigns to raise extra cash for the World Expo in Shanghai, China, which starts in June. The principal secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Co-operatives and Marketing, Teleko Ramotsoari, said preparations for the expo were underway. “We are organising and […]
LMPS……..(0) 0 LDF………(0) 0 (LMPS win 3-2 after penalties) MASERU — After being crowned the Top Four champions on Sunday, LMPS can now officially call themselves Lesotho’s Cup Kings. The tournament, which had no official sponsor, was LMPS’s fourth major trophy in as many years. Simunye scooped the Buddie Top 4 title in 2007, the […]
MASERU — Lioli president Lebohang Thotanyana has expressed shock at the Lesotho Football Association’s (Lefa) decision to award Matlama three points and three goals for the two sides’ abandoned match. Lefa’s verdict overturned the Premier League’s earlier decision to have the match replayed at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena, a neutral venue, on March 11. The […]
MASERU — At least 140 international off-road riders are on Saturday expected to compete in the Lesotho Enduro in Roma, 35km south of the city. The annual race — organised by the Lesotho Off-road Race Association (Lora) — is part of the South African National Motorcycle Enduro Championship series. The Lesotho Enduro will cover three […]
MASERU — Cricket lovers will have to wait a little longer to know the champions of Lesotho. The five-team national championship was due to be completed this weekend with a title-deciding clash between Ajax Cricket Club and Lerotholi Polytechnic. However, the league’s finish will be delayed for at least two weeks because Lerotholi are preparing […]
MASERU — Arsenal suffered a potentially fatal blow in their bid to gain promotion to the Premier League when they were shocked 2-1 at home by Maseru Naughty Boys on Sunday. The three-time winners of Lesotho’s top-flight league, who were relegated in 2008, were pipped to promotion by Bantu last season. Sunday’s loss could bring […]
So we have bullies in parliament. I hear one of them was threatening to re-arrange someone’s dental make-up at a meeting last Thursday to discuss the alleged block farming scandal. The other one was so enraged he actually wanted to beat up a colleague who had merely shown his face at the meeting. And a […]
Block farmers fail to repay M74m loan MASERU — More than 100 block farmers have not repaid the government-guaranteed loans they received from a local commercial bank over the past four years, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Some of the farmers had defaulted in the repayment of their loans since as far back as […]
MASERU — Former trade minister Mpho Malie is breathing fire over the embezzlement of state funds by block farmers. Malie, who resigned from the government in 2006, has since written an angry letter to Standard Lesotho Bank questioning why the bank has continued to give credit to farmers who have defaulted on their previous loans. […]
LERIBE — They might have failed to pay back their government-guaranteed loans but some farmers still believe all is not lost for block farming. This week the Lesotho Times visited a block farming area in Mpharane in Leribe district to see the progress they have made so far. Started in 2005, the group has 407 […]
MASERU — Miss Maseru High Schools is set for next month. The pageant, organised by Young Christian Workers (YCW), will see 10 models from as many schools in the capital battling it out for the crown. YCW invited 30 schools, but only a third responded positively. “I agree there are more than 10 high schools […]
MASERU — The Playboy energy drink has stormed Lesotho with pizzazz as promoters of the beverage in the kingdom last weekend threw bashes around the capital. The promotional shows for the energy drink last weekend had the likes of Mr Maps, Mo’ Molemi and DJ Tseko keeping enthusiastic crowds on their feet. The drink — […]
MASERU — Meloding Lounge at Victoria Hotel will this Saturday host an evocative show dubbed “Back to the 80s”. Well-known local disc-jockeys — including Tseko, Counterforce and Thuso — will be on the decks. The nostalgic bashment rolls off at 7pm. “Every person is expected to come in attire different from what we are used […]
MASERU — Having visited our country twice in the space of three months, it is only fitting that we take a closer look at Mo Molemi, after the release of his sophomore project, Motsamai. After dropping his classic debut, Amantsi, three years ago, the Motswako MC had taken a sabbatical from the music industry, to […]
MASERU — A parliamentary committee has thrown out a recommendation by the Ombudsman to force the Bureau of Statistics to reinstate a trainee woman who alleged she had been denied a job because she spurned her boss’ sexual advances. The Ombudsman, Sekara Mafisa, had recommended that Sehlabaka Ramafikeng, who was the 2006 census supervisors’ training […]