NAZARETH — Once a well-known cattle breeder, 72-year-old Morena-Kemang Nkhahle now only has his fingers to count. Scores of Nkhahle’s cattle and sheep have been stolen over the years and despite having identified the perpetrators, none of the livestock has been recovered. He goes through a bundle of old documents and a worn-out notebook, where […]
Your home of growing up and learning How did it come to this? That basic rights have become objects of our yearning Freedom of expression and others we surely miss One brutally taken away from us In protest against a bureaucratic fuss THE death of a student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) at […]
MASERU — Lesotho Brewing Company (LBC) says it has established a partnership to buy sorghum from local farmers in a move that will help farmers secure a market for their produce. In a statement released on Tuesday, the LBC, which is an affiliate of SABMiller plc, said it had identified farmers from Leribe, Berea, Maseru […]
MASERU — A delegation from the European Investment Bank (EIB) was in Lesotho recently to carry out due diligence and appraisal of the Metolong Dam and Water Programme. In a statement to the media, the Ministry of Natural Resources said the EIB team was led by Rasmus Lauridsen. The purpose of the visit was to […]
ANYONE recall Chris Rock having a go at John McCain during the stand-up comedian’s Kill the Messenger tour last year? “I don’t need a president with a bucket list!” Rock fired. A bucket list, by the way, is a term inspired by the film The Bucket List whose main plot follows two terminally ill men […]
Bacchus is well-acquainted with the saying “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” but he wants to believe that the story of Bla Thabo is only a myth. You see the man used to do odd jobs in and around Maseru, while his wife had a steady job at one of the Indian-owned shops. […]
MASERU — Rajoc Hair and Beauty Salon is demanding M5 000 from Mohapeloa Singers, after the latter allegedly reneged on an agreement to perform at the Face of Rajoc beauty pageant in November last year. The musical group was last week served with papers by law firm LR Malefane Chambers — acting on behalf of […]
MASERU — The Soweto Gospel Choir and two internationally-acclaimed singers — Beninese singer and songwriter Angélique Kidjo and South African legend Johnny Clegg — will perform at the final draw for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The show will be held at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre on December 4 — six months before the […]
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili says he is too young to leave office. Mosisili, in power since 1998, says opposition leaders must instead relinquish power in their own parties first before they start calling for his exit. Describing himself as a “spring chicken”, Mosisili told a weekend meeting of his party that he was […]
MASERU — Opposition leaders have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s attack, in which he called on opposition leaders to retire. Mosisili said he was surprised that certain opposition leaders wanted him to step down, when they were much older than him. All Basotho Convention (ABC) party leader, Thomas Thabane, labelled Mosisili’s speech “scandalous”. “Mosisili’s […]
MOHALE’S HOEK — Main opposition leader Thomas Thabane says selling land to foreigners would be tantamount to prostitution. Thabane said the Land Bill (2009) which is currently before parliament will have serious negative implications for Basotho. Thabane made the remarks as he addressed about 700 All Basotho Convention (ABC) party supporters in Mohale’s Hoek last […]
MASERU — The 2009/10 Vodacom Premier League champions are set to receive M100 000 — an increase of M70 000 to last season’s winners’ purse. The league runners-up will pocket M60 000, according to new league sponsors, Vodacom Lesotho. The 2008/09 championship winners, Lioli, received M30 000 for their efforts. The breakdown of the prize […]
MASERU — Likuena star Bokang Mothoana, popularly known as Lefty, has signed for Likhopo. The midfielder had been club-less since the start of the 2009/10 season after parting ways with Tunisian side Union Sportive Monastir, after two seasons at the club. Mothoana, 21, was one of Likuena’s best performers at the recent Cosafa Challenge. He […]
MASERU — Six taxi associations want the secretary-general of the Maseru Region Taxi Operators (MRTO) Bokang ‘Musa to step down. The associations — Maseru Stars, Maseru Urban, Sakeng, City Centre, Maqalika and Mabalane — argue that ‘Musa is not a taxi operator and therefore does not qualify to hold such a senior position in the […]
MASERU — Some clinics in Lesotho have run of DPT, a crucial vaccine used to protect young children against Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT) diseases, the Lesotho Times can reveal. DPT is a vaccine that is given children six weeks after birth. It is mandatory that a child is given the vaccine to protect them […]
MASERU — A local taxi operator, Nkoli Malia, appeared in the High Court yesterday to answer a charge of murder. Malia is accused of fatally shooting Mosa Lemphane who was a student at Lerotholi Polytechnic in Maseru last year. The prosecution says Malia intentionally killed Lemphane along Kingsway Street in Maseru. Malia denies the charge. […]
MASERU — A prostitute who stoned a police vehicle in a fit of rage will spend the next two months in prison after she was found guilty of malicious damage to property. Lahluoe Makoko, 29, who is from St Michael’s, was however given an option to serve 40 hours of community service. Makoko stoned the […]
MASERU — A police officer who is suspected to have a mental illness went on a shooting spree along Kingsway Street near Queen Elizabeth II Hospital on Monday. The shooting left a soldier seriously injured, shop windows shattered and passersby shocked. A vehicle parked nearby had its rear window smashed by a bullet. Eyewitnesses said […]
MASERU — When Nthato Ralele found a job as a tailor she thought her worries were finally over. But four years down the line, Ralele is a broken woman. Ralele, a tailor at one of the garment factories in Maseru, looks miserable. Life has not turned out the way she had thought. She says the […]
HISTORICALLY factory workers have had it tough since the days of the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Factory work has always been associated with long hours, apart from the monotonous and back-breaking tasks. But granted a lot has changed from the days when industrialisation began in Europe in the 1800s. The advent of powerful trade unions […]
I WRITE in response to an article by Tsikoane Peshoane and published in the October 29-November 4 2009 edition of the Lesotho Times. I am deeply disturbed by the headline which said Lesotho’s government system was flawed. Before I “sjambok” Peshoane for his serious ignorance and therefore question the credibility of his former lecturers at […]
SO that’s why the young one was celebrating the departure of his erstwhile editor? He wanted his poison to get to readers undiluted. First, readers were greeted with the cursed word right on the front page: “LMPS shoots and a student looses life”. What followed inside was not just loose editing but a classic case […]
MASERU — Lesotho PostBank has joined hands with the World Savings Bank Institute (WSBI) to increase banking coverage among the poor. The WSBI is an international banking association that seeks to promote savings and retail banking among the poor. Lesotho PostBank chief executive officer, Mpho Vumbukani, said the bank was excited to be working with […]
MASERU — Sam Mphana, the man who is jointly behind the new Pick ‘n Pay due to be opened in Maseru later this month, is a passionate businessman with vast experience in the hospitality sector. Mphana is in partnership with Andre Beukes, a local businessman who runs Bensons Butchery in Maseru. For Mphana the retail […]
MASERU — The Premier League is in the middle of two transfer wrangles that have stalled player’s promising careers. Joy midfielder Moli Lesesa, 26, and Mphatlalatsane young-shot Kopano Tseka, 18, have both been unable to play this season as clubs continue to bicker over their future. Lesesa, a Lesotho international, is the subject of a […]
MASERU — Long-serving Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association president, Justice Maketela, has been re-elected for another four-year term. Maketela — who has led the association since 1995, after taking over from Lipholo Makhetha — outpolled sole-challenger Godfrey Kakande by a massive 26-5 at the LAAA annual general meeting held in Maseru on Sunday. An ecstatic Maketela […]
MASERU — MGC Supa8 kings LMPS have the chance to bring their Premier League season back on track when they travel to Sebothoane to face Joy on Saturday. Simunye are in 10th position in the 16-team Vodacom Premier League after a lacklustre start to the season, in which the police outfit have won three and […]
Ever had one of those weeks that everything just goes wrong from the minute you wake up and you cannot wait for it to end? As this out-of-the-ordinary week unfolds and all the mess-ups heap one on top of another, you keep asking yourself, what worse could happen? The thing is, you ask yourself this […]
MASERU — There will be music, drinks and a new label. It will be a special treat indeed for those who will attend the official launch of the Real Corp Wear label at Setsoto Restaurant in Maseru on Saturday. Real Corp Wear is a new venture for Big Potato Entertainment, a local company. The Real […]
Stop the insults
FOR a couple of weeks now we have watched our political leaders insult and tear each other apart. The opposition says it is not happy with the continued occupation of higher office by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. The opposition says Mosisili, who has been in power since 1998 and is serving his third term, has […]