MASERU — With two-thirds of the season almost gone, this is the time when the Vodacom Premier League title race enters its final stretch and pretenders fall by the wayside. For four-time winners LCS, this weekend could be their last chance to have a shout at the title. Masheshena face Linare at Central Prisons on […]
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane has sliced the budget allocation for the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation by five percent. The ministry’s share has been cut from M196.4 million in the last financial year last year to M186.5 million. Thahane presented his budget speech in parliament last Friday. The Lesotho Sport and […]
MASERU — Popular musician Fatere is back in the studio, barely two months after he lost a thumb in a freak accident on New Year’s Eve. The afro-jazz artist, whose real name is Sechaba Litabe, was working on two albums when his thumb was blown away by a firecracker. Fatere, however, told the Weekender this […]
MASERU — The sequel to the popular comedy Lilaphalapha is in the final stages of production. Lilaphalapha II is scheduled for release this monthend, according to makers of the film NTP Productions. The comedy — which first hit the market last March — has improved in all aspects including voice projection, acting skills and the […]
MASERU — Delegates attending the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) annual general conference last Friday clashed over the association’s decision to help an organisation advocating for the rights of homosexuals. Matters came to a head after the annual report which was tabled before the delegates revealed that the council had given technical assistance to […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s political leaders on Tuesday agreed to postpone the forthcoming local government elections to allow for amendments to be made to the Local Government Act 1997 and the Local Government Elections Act 1998. The decision puts an end to weeks of bickering between the opposition and the government over the elections. Three weeks […]
MASERU — A parliamentary portfolio committee has blamed the current backlog of cases in Lesotho’s courts on “laziness” by both judges and lawyers. An investigation by the public safety, justice and law cluster portfolio committee revealed that the judges and lawyers, the people at the core of the justice delivery system in this country, do […]
MASERU — The High Court is today expected to deliver judgment in a case in which a police officer, Maphephe Pitiri, shot and killed a suspected robber who attacked him with an axe. Detective Trooper Pitiri is facing a charge of murder for killing Jubile Pholoana on July 22, 1997 in Botha-Bothe. He has already […]
MASERU — Lerotholi Polytechnic College will phase out craft courses from its curriculum in its new academic year which begins in July as it prepares to be a university of technology in 2015. From July the college will not be offering certificate courses in welding, panel beating and spry painting, carpentry and joinery, plumbing and […]
MASERU — Tertiary students say they will today demonstrate in Maseru to force the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) to release their funds. The students said the march will also be held to commemorate the killing of National University of Lesotho (NUL) student, Mat’seliso Thulo, last October. Thulo died after she was shot by the […]
MASERU — Twenty-one men from Takalatsa in Matelile appeared in the Mafeteng magistrate’s court on Friday last week jointly charged with the murder of four men and assault of two others at an initiation school two weeks ago. Three of them were released into their parents’ custody because they are still minors. The rest were […]
WHEN one turns to the entertainment section of one’s favourite newspaper you find half a page focused on the latest artist to release an album. There is a picture of the musician performing followed by half a paragraph on the artist. Then you switch on the radio and a presenter excitedly tells listeners that the […]
I HAVE not followed local football since my favourite team Sekamaneng Young Stars were booted from the top-flight league. But having been a staunch follower of that team, I’m sure you believe me when I say I know bad football when I see it. And I know everything else ugly about the beautiful game. I […]
MASERU — Lesotho will not take part in the qualifiers for the 2012 African Nations Cup because of lack of money, according to the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa)’s acting chief executive officer, Mokhosi Mohapi. In an exclusive interview with the Lesotho Times, Mohapi fell short of saying it was pointless to have Likuena in the […]
MASERU – Lesotho will play South Africa’s development team in two practice matches over the next five days. The first match will be played today with the second taking place on Monday – both at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena. The South African team is made up mostly of fringe players, mainly Under-23s, struggling for game […]
MASERU – Matlama vice-president Senti Senti has slammed the Premier League’s decision to order a replay of their abandoned fixture against Lioli. He said the decision had set a “dangerous” precedent for local football. Matlama were leading 3-0, with 13 minutes of normal time remaining, when violence erupted at Pitso Ground and forced the abandonment […]
MASERU – Vodacom Soccer Spectacular champions Matlama have pledged to undertake a facelift of Pitso Ground, a derelict stadium that hosts top-flight matches in the capital. The stadium has a makeshift perimeter wall of corrugated iron sheets while the pitch only has patches of grass. Matlama, who use Pitso Ground for their home matches, are […]
MASERU — Taekwondo Lesotho has had its budget for the World Youth Championships in Mexico in April approved by the Lesotho Sport and Recreation Commission (LSRC). Lesotho’s participation at the championships had been in danger because of the costs involved in the trip, and because the Lesotho Taekwondo Federation (LTF) had already blown its budget. […]
MASERU — The late Makotoko “Mashai” Lerotholi led the April 22 attacks from the front, a soldier who was captured by the mercenaries at Makoanyane Barracks told a commission of inquiry into the attacks this week. Corporal Lebohang Thejane was one of six soldiers who were captured when a group of about 20 mercenaries stormed […]
MASERU — Opposition parties are pushing for the postponement of local government elections to allow for an amendment of the Local Government Elections Act, the Lesotho Times can reveal. The parties, together with the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) held a closed meeting with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Maseru yesterday to discuss […]
MASERU — Two Standard Bank employees briefly appeared in the High Court on Wednesday charged with 18 counts of fraud and theft by false pretense. Mats’eliso Rasethunts’a, 49, and Molebatsi Mothae, 28, are accused of defrauding nearly M2.5 million from the bank and its customers. They are alleged to have committed the crimes between May […]
MASERU — A preliminary report on an investigation into the riots that rocked the National University of Lesotho (NUL) last October has laid the blame squarely on students’ irresponsible behaviour. The report compiled by the sub-committee of the university Senate said the strike, which left one student dead and more than a dozen injured, occurred […]
MASERU — A 22-year-old woman, Mahali Kotoka, is in distress after her two-week-old baby was abducted at her home in Mohalalitoe in Maseru on Monday. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha said the police were not aware of the incident. Kotoka said an unidentified “old woman” who was visiting her landlord came into her room at around […]
MASERU — The heavy rains that pounded Maseru last week left three families homeless after their houses in Qoaling’s Ha-Besele area were destroyed and had their roofs ripped apart. The families who lost their houses are some of the poorest in the area. Among them is 86-year-old man who stays with his 60-year-old wife. They […]
ROMA — A foetus was found dumped in a dustbin at the female residence at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) on Monday. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha confirmed the incident. He said the almost six month foetus was found by one the cleaners during her cleaning rounds. “The cleaner informed us by phone and we […]
MASERU — A man from Semonkong is suing the police for M58 000 after his car was allegedly stripped of components while it was in police custody. Lekhotla Sekoala, 60, said the components of his Toyota 4×4 were stolen and damaged after it was impounded by the police. He alleges that the parts were stolen […]
AS expected the Law Society of Lesotho boycotted the official opening of the High Court on Monday in a move that vividly illustrated that that all is not well within Lesotho’s judiciary. The Law Society last week urged lawyers to boycott the official opening of the High Court as part of a wider campaign to […]
IF you want to see the largest number of pregnant children in one place, go to the National University of Lesotho (NUL). The last time Scrutator visited the Roma campus she was shocked to see over a dozen book-clutching teenagers with very big bellies. I have never seen so many pregnant children in one place […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and Nedbank Lesotho will host a postbudget dinner for the business community next Friday. Finance Minister Timothy Thahane will present the budget for the 2010/2011 financial year in parliament next Friday. Nedbank marketing manager, ‘Mamoabi Ralebitso, said the dinner will give the business community a chance to come […]
A new spirit of consensus
THE leaders of Lesotho’s 20 main political parties yesterday agreed to postpone local government elections which were scheduled for next month. The signing of the agreement vividly illustrates that with political will, we can sit down as Basotho to resolve our political differences in an atmosphere devoid of the usual bitter acrimony. The decision to […]