MASERU — The murder trial of a police officer accused of shooting a suspected armed robber 14 years ago, continued in the Lesotho High Court last week. Trooper Mothobi Moholi — who was based at Joel’s Drift Police
Post in Butha-Buthe at the time of the murder — was in the dock on Tuesday and […]
MASERU — The 13 sports commissioners fired by government two months ago have taken their case to the Court of Appeal, challenging last month’s High Court ruling that upheld a ministerial decision to boot them out of office.
In papers filed in the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, the former commissioners are appealing against Justice […]
MASERU — Accommodation providers in five districts have been identified for pre-grading assessment next month, the Lesotho Council for Tourism (LCT) has said. An independent assessor will be evaluating accommodation establishments in Maseru, Butha-Bothe, Leribe, Berea and Mafeteng
from January 4-16 before grading begins the following month, according to LCT executive director, `Matiisetso Libetso. LCT […]
MASERU — The year 2009 was one full of drama for domestic football and the Lesotho Times takes a look at some of the most notable events that took place over the past 12 months. Zavisa MilosavljevicLikuena coach
fired After leading Lesotho in 17 international matches — losing nine, drawing six and winning only twice […]
MASERU — Controversial musician Lebohang Motsoela has got a Christmas present for her fans — a 10-track scorcher of a gospel album, titled Modumesene. Motsoela — the 32-year-old artiste affectionately known as
Lebo who rose to fame when she released two albums on behalf of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Ho Thata ho Rona […]
MASERU — Jazz enthusiasts come together at the Mediterranee’ Restaurant in Maseru on Sunday for a unique mini-festival that promises guests a completely different experience. The event, which kicks off midday , is being
organised by three jazz lovers — David Ndini, Makoa Lipholo and Malefane Malope — under the name Quiet Storm. According to […]
MASERU — A local garment factory that makes top American designer labels — Gap and Levi’s — this week dismissed its entire workforce of over 1 200 for holding a Christmas party. Nien Hsing International
Lesotho, a Taiwanese company in Maseru, said it had fired the workers for striking. The employees, however, insisted they did […]
MASERU — A former government official convicted of corruption is still a free man — a week after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Reatile Mochebelele, the government’s chief representative in the Lesotho Highlands
Water Project (LHWP), was not even present when the Court of Appeal passed the sentence last Thursday. He is […]
MASERU — The unpredictable nature of this Vodacom Premiership season continued at the weekend. Certainly, few could have predicted Bantu would thump LCS 4-0 in Sunday’s surprise? if not shock? result in
Mafeteng, to inflict Masheshena their heaviest defeat in five years. The drubbing — which comes a week after LCS picked six points — […]
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho (LSL) wants all lawyers to boycott a former chief justice who has been temporarily re-hired by the state to preside over the trial of a newspaper editor facing contempt of court
charges. Retired judge Peter Cullinan, who was Lesotho’s chief justice from 1988 to 1991, is presiding over […]
MASERU — The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) says if the controversial Land Bill is not passed into law it will have to withdraw USUS$20.5 million (about M149.7 million) earmarked for the administration of
the land reform process in Lesotho. The MCC, a US government agency, has come under fire from politicians and civic society leaders […]
MAFETENG — The son of a former government minister is embroiled in a bitter dispute with a popular businessman, Ashraf Abubaker, over the ownership of a shopping centre in Mafeteng. Benjamin Maphathe, 61,
accuses Abubaker of dispossessing him of Patsa Shopping Complex which he claims he jointly owned with his late father, Thulo Maphathe, a […]
LAST Thursday marked the end of Lesotho’s best known high-profile corruption trial. Two senior government officials accused of taking bribes from a German firm in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) scandal
will now be going to jail. The Court of Appeal ruled that Reatile Mochebelele, who was Lesotho’s chief representative in the LHWP, should […]
I have served my country around the world as a career diplomat for 33 years now. I’ve seen firsthand what successful cooperation among governments and citizens can accomplish in the pursuit of shared goals. Yet, one of the
strongest examples of results-focused partnerships underway is what I am now witnessing unfold in the Kingdom of […]
MASERU — Nedbank Lesotho yesterday unveiled its latest branch at the Pioneer Shopping Mall in Maseru — the financial institution’s eighth branch in the country. The branch will offer full banking facilities,
in addition to “drop services” whereby clients can deposit money with the bank after hours. According to Nedbank Lesotho’s head of sales, Fusi […]
MASERU — With the 2010 Fifa World Cup only 175 days away, Lesotho is yet to secure a national team to camp in the country and it seems increasingly unlikely any side will use the country as a training base come June next year.
The draw for the tournament was made three weeks ago and […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s topflight takes its final bow for 2009 this weekend with two full rounds of fixtures. In the pick of Saturday’s matches, league leaders Lioli host Likhopo in a repeat of their Vodacom Soccer Spectacular quarterfinal
clash in October. Likhopo won that eventful clash 3-2 on aggregate but face a Lioli side unbeaten […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Sports and Recreation Commission will hold elections for a new executive, next month. The polls, set for January 9, come two months after the High Court endorsed the Sports Ministry’s decision to
fire 15 commissioners in October this year. The commissioners — who were being accused of violating the LSRC constitution […]
MASERU — The Rotary Club of Maseru will hold its annual gala dinner dance at the Lesotho Sun Hotel and Casino next month. The main purpose of the gala is raising funds for Lesotho’s orphans and underprivileged children,
with organisers targeting at least M50000 from the event. Part of the money will be used to […]
MASERU — A senior lecturer at Lerotholi Polytechnic says she was fired from her job last month after she turned down the college rector’s love advances. Masebofane Ramaema (pictured) who was the head of the college’s enterprise and management department was dismissed on November 3 this year together with her colleague Puleng Sakoane who worked […]
MASERU — A Maseru woman, ‘Malerato Masoabi, was yesterday slapped with a three-year jail sentence for raping her husband. This is the first time that a woman has been convicted of marital rape. The sentence was however
suspended for two years. Masoabi, 31, from Ha Lebipi Mothobi in Maseru district, was charged with sexually assaulting […]
MASERU — When it comes to spending university funds the vice-chancellor is an extremely extravagant fellow. That is how an internal audit summed up the spending sprees, unauthorised trips, questionable per diem claims and unauthorised payments that the National University of Lesotho
(NUL) vice chancellor, Professor Adelani Ogunrinade, made when he was appointed in December […]
ROMA — Matlama are back in the big time and back where they belong ― that is according to club president Ikhetheleng Matabane. On Sunday, Matlama became the richest club in Lesotho football history after
winning M360 000 for conquering LCS 1-0 in the final of the Vodacom Soccer Spectacular in Roma. It was a […]
MASERU — United States ambassador to Lesotho Robert Nolan on Monday met All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league president, Libe Moremoholo, to discuss the opposition’s concerns over the controversial Land Bill. Moremoholo was appointed leader of the Political Parties Youth Leagues Forum that is fiercely opposed to the proposed Land Bill which is currently before […]
THABA-TSEKA — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili took an voluntary HIV test on Tuesday as part of an awareness campaign during the World Aids Day. Mosisili took the test in Thaba-Tseka where the event was commemorated.
“I have tested and I know my results. You should know yours,” Mosisili told the crowd that had come to […]
THABA-TSEKA — At 26 years, Sechaba Mohlohlo, was disturbingly ignorant about the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Mohlohlo dismissed out of hand any suggestion HIV was spread through unprotected
sex arguing that he did not see how this “concept” could ever be possible. He thought the disease was a result of some witchcraft and even blamed […]
ALMOST everyone would agree that there is an urgent need to review laws governing the running of institutions of higher learning in Lesotho. Institutions of higher learning such as the National University of Lesotho, Lesotho College
of Education and Lerotholi Polytechnic are now synonymous with acts of hooliganism. It is against this background that I […]
MASERU — The Chinese embassy on Monday donated M100 000 to the Ministry of Trade to help prepare for the World Expo to be held in Shanghai, China, next year. The Expo will take place between 1 May
and 31 October. Chinese ambassador to Lesotho, Professor Gao Deyi, handed over the donation to Deputy Minister […]
IT is that time of the year again — Christmas! “Bah Humbug” as Scrooge would say. Really, I am over my gullet with the whole furore this season! Look, I really dig the partying and the break from work (for those who
actually get a break) and that occasional Christmas gift that happens along. But […]
Our sincere gratitude
This is the second Christmas since the first issue of this paper hit the streets and we could not be more thankful for having reached thus far. Tribute goes to our readers, who have consistently bought the paper every week.
Each week, we have watched the Lesotho Times flying off the shelves. In no time, […]