MASERU — The Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association (LAAA) will hold its presidential elections next Saturday in Maseru. Outgoing president Justice Maketela is seeking re-election but he will have to contend with challenger Godfrey Kakande. The deadline for registration of candidates is tomorrow. Ahead of the elections Kakande said there was lack of adequate administration in […]
MASERU — Never before has a Premier League club started a season so badly. Even the legendary Sekamaneng Young Stars had a win, and a draw, to their name at the same stage last season. After being thumped 5-1 by LDF on Sunday Butha-Buthe Roses prop up the Vodacom Premier League with a record of […]
PARLIAMENTARY Bills are important documents which give birth to our statutory laws. The Land Bill (2009) which is currently before parliament is no exception. It contains sections which are aimed at managing our land affairs. The Bill will replace the Land Act of 1979. The statement of objects and reasons to the Bill argues that […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) says it is in the process of setting up a website to market the country to tourists. The LTDC says the website will seek to market and actively promote tourism and investment opportunities in the country on the internet. LTDC public relations officer Tšiu Shale told the […]
MASERU — ‘Mannana Rakotsoana last Friday walked away with M5 000 after her name was drawn in the Castle Milk Stout promotion held by Lesotho Brewing Company. Rakotsoana, a final year student at the National Teachers’ Training College in Maseru, said she was shocked when she received a call from the brewery notifying her of […]
MASERU — DJ Sumthyn Black has got something for Lesotho. The South African house musician, born Steven Makhongela, is set to launch his first album — My Way of House Room 1 — in Maseru next month. The album features top South African artists like Ntsiki Mazwai, Mzwakhe Mbuli and Phila Mahuwelele, among other top […]
I HAVE always had my reservations about going to school at a late age. I know, we say in Sesotho, thuto ha e tsofalloe, meaning one is never too old to learn. One can come up with other sayings to make it sound better. My hesitation was not borne by the fact that I think […]
SYMPTOMS caused by kidney and urinary tract disorders vary according to the particular disorder and the part of the system affected. Fever and a general sick feeling are common symptoms, although a bladder infection generally does not cause fever. A bacterial infection of the kidney usually causes high fever. Kidney cancer occasionally causes fever. Most […]
SOMEONE once said, everything under the sun has already been done. Bacchus thinks that whoever said this must have been a teetotaller because with a few pints of beer, a man can become a very creative being and do some things that have never been done under the sun in question. Anyway, yours truly read […]
WHAT do you call a man who, when he is paid to do nothing, salivates at the sight of skimpily dressed young women? Dirty man! How about an old man who gets mesmerised when he sees bare-breasted young women? Dirty old man! Professor Adelani Ogunrinade, in his own words, is a dirty old man indeed. […]
MASERU — A former security manager at Lets’eng Diamond Mine has asked Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate allegations that Natural Resources Minister Monyane Moleleki instigated his dismissal from the mine because he is an opposition party member. Bofihla Makhalane was dismissed by Lets’eng Diamond Mine in 2007 […]
MASERU — Bishop Philip Mokuku, the mediator appointed by the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) to help resolve Lesotho’s political dispute over proportional representation seats, has approached the Attorney General Ts’okolo Makhethe for legal advice, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Sources told this paper this week that Mokuku tried to hire Makhethe together with one […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s opposition parties told SADC’s executive secretary, Tomaz Salamao that they have lost confidence in the ability of the regional body to mediate in the ongoing dispute over proportional representation seats. Salamao jetted into the country on Sunday purportedly to check on the progress that the government and the opposition have made to […]
MASERU — A convicted serial rapist yesterday stunned the court when he refused to plead for clemency saying it was tantamount to admitting guilt. Convicts are given an opportunity to address the court and give factors that could lessen the sentence that they face. They may talk about family obligations, ill-health and their state of […]
LERIBE — The government’s proposed Land Bill (2009) has come under a barrage of attacks from opposition parties that have vowed to block it from being passed into law. The opposition says the Bill is the government’s plan to dispossess the poor of their land. The Bill, which was recently tabled in parliament seeks to […]
MASERU — Steven Dlamini, who is facing charges of defrauding the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) of M2.8 million, on Monday pleaded with the Court of Appeal to review his bail application. Dlamini allegedly defrauded the LHDA of M2.8 million in 2004. In 2006 while Dlamini was still attending remand hearings in the magistrates’ court, […]
MASERU — Students at Lerotholi Polytechnic on Monday petitioned the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) to speed up the processing of their loans. The president of the Students’ Representative Council, Lesoma Leboneng, said the NMDS was still to process their allowances. The students said they were supposed to get M8 000 each for the first […]
A sadistic lot they are, these LDF soldiers. At least that is what the dreadlocked young man at the local watering hole would like us to believe. Nutty T, as Teboho the Rastafarian likes to call himself, is an angry man. Two weeks ago, Nutty T caught wind of a party being held at house […]
MASERU — Smoke emerges from the cracks of an old wooden door. As you get closer to the house a pungent stench almost over-powers you. It is in Ha-Leqele in Maseru where 39-year-old ‘Matebatso Tlali lies on a make-shift bed. Tlali is suffering from tuberculosis (TB). Tlali pants heavily for fresh air. She is weak […]
THE issue of land has always been an emotive one since Biblical times. Predictably, the Land Bill (2009) which is before parliament has elicited a similar response. Opposition political parties and civil society have been particularly scathing in their criticism of the proposed law. Political parties allege that the government of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili […]
By Tsikoane Peshoane OVER the past 10 years the countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have experienced a major shift towards adherence and respect for democracy. Southern African countries have come to accept that democracy is the only political arrangement acceptable in the region. Elections in Angola held in 2004 have clearly demonstrated […]
DID anyone else see egg dripping from the faces of the people who are purportedly running our football? This week football’s worst kept secret was finally revealed: Vodacom Lesotho is the new sponsor of the Premier League and three lower divisions. Journalists had long revealed this. But there we had Lefa officials, frowning and denying […]
MASERU — Mohapeloa Singers is set to host Manzini Choir at the Two Nations Show set for next weekend. Manzini is Swaziland’s leading choir. This will be the second time the Two Nations Show is held between the two choirs. Mohapeloa went to Swaziland last year in October. Mohapeloa Singers president Thabo Mokhuts’oane told the […]
MASERU — The 2009 Face of Rajoc beauty pageant has been pencilled in for December 5 although the venue is yet to be confirmed. The pageant, organised by Rajoc Hair & Beauty Salon, is in its second year running. Ten contestants will take part in the event, with the winner set to represent the country […]
CATARACTS are a common problem in Lesotho, with up to 500 or more cataract operations being performed yearly around the Kingdom. What is a cataract? A cataract is cloudiness/whitening (opacity) in the eye’s lens that impairs vision. Cataracts produce a progressive, painless loss of vision by blocking the light that reaches the eye lens and […]
MASERU — Vodacom Lesotho has signed a three-year Premier League sponsorship deal worth M3 million with the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa), bringing the company’s total football contribution to a record M6 million. Months of speculation came to an end when the deal was finally announced at a swanky ceremony held at the Lehakoe Club on […]
MASERU — A day after beating high-flying Bantu 2-1 in Mafeteng, to briefly climb atop the Vodacom Premier League, Matlama were forced to sit out on Sunday and watch helplessly as their rivals overtook them. That is because their home fixture at Pitso Ground against Lerotholi was postponed due to heavy rain. As this season […]
MASERU — Lioli Football club has received sponsorship worth a staggering M1.2 million from Alliance Insurance. This is the first and biggest team sponsorship deal in the history of local football. Alliance Insurance will sponsor Lioli with Umbro kits worth to M300 000 per year for the next four years. The kits will include equipment […]
A national emergency
A REPORT released last Friday by international relief agency, ActionAid, painted a grim picture about the state of agriculture in Lesotho. The 91-page report titled, Who’s Really Fighting Hunger, sought to investigate why a billion people worldwide go to bed hungry. The report made some scathing comments about the state of agriculture in Lesotho and […]