MASERU — At a time when most countries at this year’s Cosafa Castle Challenge are scrambling, hastily trying to gather their foreign-based stars, Lesotho is calm, arms folded, laid-back — sipping on the coolest beverage in this increasingly hot weather. When the tournament gets underway this Saturday, Swaziland for instance will be without any of […]
MASERU — The confusing and drawn-out wrangle over Lesotho’s only Champions League spot continues, with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) apparently getting involved. The Lesotho Times understands that CAF wrote to the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) on Tuesday. Although this newspaper could not verify the contents of the directive at the time of print, […]
MASERU — In their last game before the Cosafa Castle Challenge Likuena could only muster a goal-less draw in 120 minutes against a reserve South African side. The match was played at the Central Prison ground on Tuesday afternoon. “I am satisfied with the performance,” Likuena caretaker coach Leslie Notši said. “There are areas that […]
MASERU – Long-distance athlete Motlokoa Nkhabutlane might have to wait until December to get the M30 000 prize money he won for finishing second in the Nedbank City of Cape Town Marathon last month. Athletics South Africa (ASA) normally pays athletes soon after races, but it is not clear why winners of the Cape Town […]
THE article, “No cheers for the graduates,” which appeared in the October 1-7 issue of the Lesotho Times referred to National University of Lesotho (NUL) law graduates as a “bunch of half-baked or dunderhead lawyers.” Your sister paper, the Sunday Express also made similar comments in the article titled, ‘Not so bright lawyers unleashed.” This […]
WE find it worthy to respond to Captain Mokhantšo’s narrative which appeared in the Lesotho Times issue of 24 October 2009 under the headline “LDF framed and tortured me”. Interestingly, the narrative emerges as an axis of contention within our social strata taking into consideration some of the issues he raised. We firmly believe that […]
MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last Friday said the private sector can act as an engine and catalyst for economic growth. Mosisili made the remarks as he officially launched the Business Council of Lesotho and the Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho in Maseru last Friday. The business council seeks to enhance co-operation between the […]
MASERU – A senior consultant at Reids Consulting, Teboho Molope, said the majority of businessmen in Lesotho lack cutting edge business management skills to grow their businesses. Molope spoke on Monday in the wake of plans to hold a business training workshop to train local businessmen in Leribe, about 100km north of Maseru. At least […]
By Nat Molomo MASERU — A branch manager at FNB Bank is facing a M15 million lawsuit over harassment which has been linked to an alleged sexual assault against the complainant’s girlfriend employed at the same bank. Retsélisitsoe Tsósane, the manager at FNB’s branch at the Star Lion building in the capital, could find himself […]
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 […]
By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — ‘Meisi (not her real name) of Ha-Toloane could not stop blaming herself for the rape of her 15-year-old daughter. She wishes she had done the right thing to report her brother to the police when her daughter first revealed that he had raped her. But because she thought involving the […]
By Tsikoane Peshoane THE judiciary in Lesotho has recently been subjected to serious public scrutiny following the passing of controversial judgments by judges of the High Court. In recent years civic organisations such as the Lesotho Council of NGOs, Christian Council of Lesotho as well as SADC have intervened to build bridges between adversarial groups. […]
By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Senkatana leader Lehlohonolo Tséhlana on Wednesday said his party could hold its elective conference for the national executive committee in January next year. “In January we plan to hold our first annual general meeting whereby we will conduct a post-mortem of our party’s successes and failures since its establishment. “There […]
’Matšei Moloi MORIJA – The organisers of this year’s Telecom Econet Morija Arts and Cultural Festival have hailed the annual gala as a success despite a low attendance. The festival started last Wednesday and ended on Sunday. “We are surely pleased by this year’s festival,” Rethabile Chabana, the festival’s public relations officer, told the Weekender. […]
Alcoholic Liver Disease ALCOHOLIC liver disease is damage to the liver that results from excessive drinking of alcohol. It is a common but preventable health problem. In general, the amount of alcohol consumed determines the risk and the degree of liver damage. Women are more vulnerable to liver disease than men. In women who drink […]
SCRUTATOR is worried sick if the editor of one weekly still has her tongue after her stupefying bootlicking antics. The kowtowing editorial that I stumbled upon in the paper might have dazed even the person it sought to defend. The obsequious tabloid wants all the media to apologise to Police Commissioner Letooane ‘Malejaka for simply […]
By Tefo Tefo MASERU — Six former Precious Garments factory workers who are on death row on Monday begged the Court of Appeal to quash their sentences imposed by the High Court three years ago. High Court Judge ‘Maseshophe Hlajoane found the six — five men and a woman — guilty of brutally killing their […]
IT seems that road accidents and deaths have now become the new face of the annual graduation season as shown by the story you carried last week. It was reported that at least 35 road accidents happened during the graduation weekend two weeks ago. Every year we read about cars involved in serious road accidents […]
MASERU — Mphatlalatsane winger Kopano Tseka’s career remains in limbo. The 18-year-old Lesotho youth international has not featured in a premier league game so far this season. Tseka is currently registered with Mphatlalatsane but he is wanted by Lioli. He has already trained with the champions and turned out in a pre-season friendly for Lioli […]
By Teboho Molapo MASERU — Voting for this year’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular closes at midnight tomorrow. It is safe to say that Bantu, in first place with 55 962 votes, have qualified for the tournament. It is also safe to say that Berea LMPS, who are last with 14 votes, won’t make it. What was […]
By Teboho Molapo MASERU — Apart from the rain that hit Mohale’s Hoek and Butha-Buthe this past weekend causing the postponement of two games, and the shenanigans at Pitso Ground that saw the abandonment of the Matlama-Swallows fixture two weekends ago, it is so far so good for the Premier League. With just three weeks […]
By Pascalinah Kabi MASERU — Internationally-acclaimed South Korean Taekwondo coach Park-Se Hong is in Lesotho. Hong has come to help improve taekwondo standards in the country by training coaches from all over the country through the national technical training programme. The programme started on September 28 and is scheduled to end on Tuesday. Training is […]
By Pascalinah Kabi MASERU — The Lesotho Volleyball Association (LVA) said the standard of volleyball in the country is declining due to lack of funds. The association said that registered teams are finding it hard to reach venues for the matches as they use their personal resources. The association has 16 male and 14 female […]
ROMA — Some senior government officials recently suggested that the government stops subsidising the National University of Lesotho (NUL) saying there was a clear indication that management at the university were mismanaging funds, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Several sources in the ministry of finance’s upper echelons told this paper that there had been a […]
MASERU — Workers at Sky Country Pty (Ltd), a meat wholesale in the Pitso ground area boycotted work last Saturday morning to protest against what they said were poor working conditions at the company. The workers accuse their employer who they say they knew only as Chen of deliberately breaking the law by paying wages […]
MASERU — About 30 people suffered minor injuries in 35 accidents that happened in and around Maseru during the National University of Lesotho’s graduation weekend, the police have said. Superintendent William Mosili said seven people were also arrested over the weekend for traffic offences. Mosili said most of the arrests were related to driving under […]
MASERU — The president of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league says Basotho students studying in South Africa should be allowed to get internships there. Libe Moremoholo said the ABC youth league had engaged their counterparts at the African National Congress (ANC) to push for the change. Moremoholo said the youth league […]
MASERU — Ten LGI Sales factory workers yesterday appeared in the magistrates’ court to answer theft charges brought against them by their employer. The workers, seven men and three women, allegedly stole clothes from the LGI Sales factory in May this year. The prosecution alleges that they stole clothes worth M372 000 from the LGI […]
MASERU — Thakane Matsoai says she is still traumatised two weeks after armed robbers threatened to shoot her during a robbery at her sand distributing company in Maseru. One of the robbers drew a pistol and ordered Matsoai to give him some money. She complied and handed over M6 200 to one of the robbers. […]
COMMENT: Resist calls to ditch NUL
LAST week we reported that there had been calls from some quarters on the government to withdraw its financial support to the National University of Lesotho (NUL). Some government officials were quoted in the media saying they were not happy with the gross mismanagement at NUL. They wanted the government to take drastic measures in […]