MASERU — High Court Judge Ts´eliso Monaphathi on Tuesday dismissed an application for a stay of execution by money lenders in yet another blow for the troubled money lenders. In their application the money lenders wanted the court to set aside its earlier judgment delivered last month until the Court of Appeal had dealt with […]
THABA-TSEKA — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday defended his government’s record in steering development in rural districts. Mosisili was addressing about 2 000 ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party supporters in Thaba-Tseka, about 190km north of Maseru. Mosisili expressed disgust at charges by critics that his government was lazy. “It is tiring to […]
MASERU — Several members of the Senate on Tuesday objected to a section of the Education Bill which seeks to abolish corporal punishment in schools. The new Education Bill, which is before the upper house of parliament, seeks to abolish corporal punishment and discourage the ill-treatment of students in schools. Senators lambasted the proposed education […]
MASERU — Lesotho international and Orlando Pirates skipper Lehlohonolo Seema is back in the fold after more than three months on the sidelines through injury. The defensive rock could feature for the Buccaneers this Saturday — his first competitive match since tearing a thigh muscle in a Telkom Charity semi-final tie against Platinum Stars on […]
MASERU — The Ombudsman, Sekara Mafisa, has lashed out at the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) for being callous and insensitive after it refused to compensate a Leribe man whose land was affected by the highlands water project. Mahlomola Ramothello’s residential site was affected by the construction of a road leading to Tséhlanyane Tunnel in […]
MASERU — A Ha-Mabote man is claiming M216 000 from the commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) for damages and emotional shock he claims to have suffered after soldiers shot at him while he was driving past the Mejametalana Air squadron near Moshoeshoe II. Motlatsi Magaga was driving past the airbase on June 23 […]
MASERU — Pioneer Mall will open to the public on Wednesday next week. The mall will have 55 shops with Pick ’n Pay which will open for the first time in Lesotho, Life’s Comfort Solution and movie enterprise Sterkinekor as anchor tenants. There will be two big cinemas with a sitting capacity of 300 people […]
THABA-TSEKA — His hair is fluffy and his lips are blistered. He leans heavily on his walking stick for support. His clothes — a pair of yellow track-pants and a blue jersey which he covers with a tattered grey blanket — hang onto his skeletal frame. The young man, Thabo Motlohi from Ha-Makunyapane Village in […]
THE church-driven mediation in Lesotho’s political crisis has been dragging on for months now with no solution in sight. Bishop Philip Mokuku, who was appointed by the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) to help resolve the dispute, has struggled to make an impact. The whole mediation process has been wobbling with a veil of uncertainty […]
VOILA! This week we could have finally cracked the Da Vinci Code. And I know I am not the only one who has been wondering why Mokhosi Mohapi has remained, for donkey ages, in an acting capacity as Lefa’s chief executive officer. The Informative this week inadvertently gave us clues to the puzzle — the […]
MASERU — When 74-year-old Frank Baffoe swapped the university lecture hall for the cut-throat world of business 25 years ago, his friends in academic circles called him a suicidal fool. His friends, he said, could not understand why he would swap the security and stability of the academic field for the unpredictable world of business. […]
MASERU — Four teams go into the weekend matches to make a date with destiny. By Saturday evening, the first two sides in this year’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular semi-finals will be known. They too will be a step closer to the M360 000 grand prize. In Saturday’s main match at Matsieng, Likhopo face Lioli holding […]
MASERU — When Matlama spent the off-season embroiled in boardroom turmoil, it was reasonable to assume this would be another season of misery for the famous club. Matlama, Lesotho’s oldest and most successful club, finished fifth in the Premiership last term — out of the top four for only the second time in six seasons. […]
MASERU — A lawyer representing Rajoc Hair and Beauty Salon is set to file court papers against Mohapeloa Singers after attempts to settle out of court failed this week. The company is suing Mohapeloa Singers for refusing to pay M5 000 in compensation after the choir allegedly breached a contract to perform at the Face […]
MASERU — Tsoalo la Monna — a 30-minute movie by Phela Health and Development Communications — is now in its final stages of editing. The movie was filmed a fortnight ago and is set to be officially launched and screened on Lesotho Television in February next year. Tsoalo la Monna (A Man’s Conscience) is a […]
ACHE! Being big has always had its advantages as well as disadvantages. But when I changed continents I was rather excited that I was at long last going to find the sizes of anything and everything without any trouble whatsoever . . . right? Wrong! It is rather strange that there is an abundance of […]
FAINTING is a sudden and brief loss of consciousness. It is a symptom of an inadequate supply of oxygen and other nutrients to the brain, usually caused by a temporary decrease in blood volume or blood pressure. Such decrease can occur whenever the body cannot quickly compensate for a drop in blood pressure. For instance, […]
MASERU — A training ground incident with a gun-toting man has left Matlama coach Ntebele Taole contemplating quitting. Taole has been widely credited with engineering Matlama’s good start to the season. Matlama went top of the Vodacom Premier League table after thumping Butha-Buthe Roses 5-1 on Saturday. But Taole was involved in a scuffle with […]
BLOEMFONTEIN — Hundreds of Basotho students studying in South Africa are stranded after millions of Maloti meant for their rentals mysteriously vanished. The money — provided by the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) — could exceed M10 million. The exact amount could not be established. The government has accused a middleman, Bothatha Matlala, of failing […]
MASERU — Over 150 illegal immigrants from Lesotho were deported from South Africa on Sunday. The Maseru District Administration (DA)’s office said this is the largest group of deportees they have received from South Africa in recent years. Most of those deported were arrested in Cape Town where they were working as labourers at 2010 […]
MASERU — Former health minister, Tefo Mabote (pictured below), was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on Monday after eight years in the political wilderness. Mabote is a member of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. He replaces the National Independent Party (NIP)’s ’Mats’otetsi Mpesi who died two weeks ago. The NIP […]
MASERU — An opposition MP is up in arms against the government for continuing to pay former Lesotho national football team coach Zavisa Milosavljevic (pictured) — three months after he was fired. The Serbian coach is getting M76 000 every month until a termination of employment notice period of six months ends. Milosavljevic, appointed Likuena […]
MASERU — The liquidator of a textile factory whose bankrupt Chinese owner fled the country three years ago, leaving 700 workers jobless, has come under pressure from creditors to pay up or face the music. C-River textile factory went bust in September 2007 and its director, Weng Chun-Hsuan, skipped the country leaving a trail of […]
MASERU — A lawyer representing former police officer Bokang Letele has asked the High Court to grant his client M3.6 million in damages after he was allegedly tortured by fellow officers. Letele claims he was unlawfully arrested and brutally tortured by his fellow police officers eight years ago. He said he suffered pain during the […]
MASERU — On Saturday Bantu host Linare in a game between two of Lesotho’s oldest clubs. Mafeteng’s Bantu were Lesotho’s first mega-side to dominate football in the 1930s and 40s until they were matched and then surpassed by Matlama and Linare. In the late 70s it was Leribe’s turn to dominate the local game when […]
MASERU — What a difference a couple of months makes. Just two months into the new season and Lioli are wobbling heavier than a punch-drunk boxer. Last season’s imperious cha-mpions suffered a humbling weekend losing 2-1 to Likhopo in Saturday’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular quarter-final first leg, before labouring to an uninspiring 0-0 league draw at […]
MASERU — The Ombudsman has recommended that a Teyateyaneng man whose land was taken by the government 27 years ago for a national project should be compensated, in a case that is likely to open floodgates for other land related cases. The Ombudsman is an official appointed by the government to investigate individuals’ complaints against […]
MASERU — A lawyer representing a police officer told the High Court on Tuesday that his client shot and killed an armed robbery suspect in self-defence. Advocate Mosoeunyane Masiphole told the court that his client, Mothobi Moholi, shot and killed Thabiso Shao in self-defence. Shao was arrested by the police at Crocodile Inn in Butha-Buthe […]
MASERU — Three money lending institutions on Monday urged the High Court to allow them to continue deducting money from civil servants until the Appeal Court has ruled on the matter. The High Court last month ordered Select Management Services, Afrisure (EEZY Management Services) and B-Blue Financial Services to stop deducting money from civil servants. […]
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AT least 150 illegal immigrants from Lesotho were deported from South Africa last week in what the authorities said was the biggest group of deportees to be kicked out of that country in recent years. Reports say most of the deported immigrants were working as labourers at 2010 World Cup construction sites in Cape Town […]