AS I SEE IT THERE is a raging debate whether Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should retire after the 2012 elections. A debate of this nature is critical in deepening national discourse and debate. Debates of this nature are necessary to ensure the growth of our young democracy. Such debates also promote a culture of […]
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS She can’t keep away from trouble, this girl we call Savannah. Yet what one “artist” did to her was so wrong too! Each time I remember what that lady did to her last weekend, my stomach turns in disgust. Savannah is beautiful, I have told you before. Her cherry red […]
SCRUTATOR ONCE upon a time, football authorities in a beautiful kingdom had suffered enough ignominy in the beautiful game on the international arena that they decided to come up with what turned out to be a novel idea. In fact, they had long ceased to see the beauty of the game that was always […]
MASERU –– Two local banks have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) allowing taxpayers to fill in their tax returns at the banks. Nedbank Lesotho and First National Bank (FNB) signed the agreement at Maseru Sun Cabanas yesterday. This brings the number of banks under the scheme to three after […]
MASERU –– Lesotho Council of Tourism boss Motlatsi Rametse on Monday urged players in the tourism sector to improve their businesses to meet international standards. Rametse was speaking at the launch of a week-long workshop for tourism-based businesses in Maseru. “We need to upgrade our industry to meet international standards, in order to make our […]
MASERU –– Tomorrow Lesotho play Malaysia –– the side’s first game since the sacking of Zaviša Milosavljevic as coach last week. The Serbian’s assistant Leslie Notši has taken over the reins on a temporary basis and will oversee Likuena until the conclusion of the COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup in Zimbabwe next month. As with any […]
MASERU – LCS beat South African Premier League outfit Free State Stars 3-1 in a friendly game on Saturday. The match was played at Goble Park in Bethlehem and was part of Masheshena’s preparations for their upcoming Buddie Premiership campaign. Likhopo were beaten 4-1 by Stars in the reverse time. Speaking to the Lesotho Times […]
MASERU –– The new Buddie A-Division season kicks off this weekend. The twenty team division is divided into two ten-team leagues, the northern stream and southern streams. The two relegated sides Melele and Sekamaneng Young Stars both begin their campaigns with home games. Melele, who reverted back to their name from Naughty Boys after the […]
MASERU – The 2009/10 Buddie Premier League season will at last kickoff next weekend. A start date of September 19 had been suggested at a special club conference two Sundays ago. The kickoff has now been confirmed with the Premiership’s fixture list expected to be released by next week Monday at the latest. The fixtures […]
MASERU –– Lioli are threatening to take legal action after they were denied a place in the Champions League next year. Last month, league champions Lioli were handed a slot in Africa’s second tier tournament, the CAF Confederation Cup by the Lesotho Football Association (LEFA). The spot for the Champions League was instead awarded to […]
Mosisili accuser fights for reinstatement MASERU — The woman who accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of having an extra-marital affair with a cabinet minister two years ago wants her job in the government back. ‘Maketso Motjope (pictured) was fired from the Ministry of Finance in 2007 after she was convicted and sentenced for defaming Mosisili. […]
MASERU –– A strike called by workers at Lets’eng Diamond Mine collapsed on Monday after heavily armed soldiers stormed the mine. The workers are employed by Matekane Mining Investment Company (MMIC) which provides earthmoving machines and manpower to Lets’eng Diamond Mine. The workers called the strike last week to protest against management’s refusal to endorse […]
MASERU –– The editor-in-chief of the Monitor newspaper, Dr Rakoro Phororo, has died. Phororo died last Thursday during a private visit to London, England. He was 75. “He and his wife, ’Malisemelo Phororo were visiting their children in London. The cause of death is not yet known,” said a family spokesman Mpeake Phororo. He said […]
MASERU –– Libe Moremoholo was last Saturday overwhelmingly elected youth president of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party. Moremoholo, 33, beat ABC youth league interim president Pitso Maisa to claim the top post. Moremoholo, a Member of Parliament for Likhetlane constituency, was elected at an elective conference held at Lakeside Hotel in Maseru. […]
MASERU –– The case in which Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane is asking the court to set aside or review her conviction on a charge of contempt of court has been set for Monday. Letooane was convicted of contempt of court two weeks ago and was sentenced to six months in prison. The police boss failed […]
MASERU –– A 29-year-old police officer, Trooper Sehloho Raphael Lepelesana, died last Saturday after he allegedly drank poison. Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Mpota Nthako confirmed the incident saying the police officer was allegedly “deep in debt”. According to the police, Lepelesana had an argument with friends during a beer drink at Ha-Mabote. He later went […]
MASERU –– ‘Maseteta Mabeta stands next to a heap of maize, all that she harvested this year. Mabeta is from Motloheloa, a farming village in Maseru district about 20 kilometres south of the capital. Maseru is Lesotho’s second biggest maize-producing district, after Thaba-Tseka. But for Mabeta, this year’s maize harvest is the worst in living […]
WELKOM — At least 137 Basotho are still locked up in South African jails after they were arrested for illegal mining activities, the Lesotho Times learnt this week. Lesotho’s consul in Welkom, Sethunya Koqo, said the foreign affairs ministry had compiled a report on illegal Basotho miners held in South African prisons. Koqo said they […]
LAST week we carried a disturbing story about six men who are suing Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane for torture. The six allege in court papers that they were brutally tortured by the police at Pitseng Police Station last April. Three men are claiming M90 000 each for injuries suffered during the torture, emotional suffering and […]
AS I SEE IT I GREW up in a family of die-hard supporters of the congress movement. I owe my political consciousness to my late maternal grandmother. Each day she would sit down with us and instil within us values and politics of the congress movement. I thoroughly enjoyed the political lessons I learnt during […]
MASERU — Professional dancers are for the first time expected to compete in this country during the second Lesotho Independence Day Latin and Ballroom Dance Festival to be held on October 3 at Lehakoe Club in Maseru. Lesotho celebrates its independence on October 4. Latin and ballroom dance competitions are held regularly in Lesotho — […]
STEAMING IT OFF I ONCE told you I am in love with myself. I still am. I am so totally in love with myself because I instigate beautiful feelings within people. I also germinate creativity in them. Honestly, men — and even women — have come up with the most beautiful, heart-pumping lines to […]
Since as long as 2 000 years ago, when a great man turned gallons of water into wine, the issue of beverages at marriage ceremonies has always fascinated philosophers like Bacchus. You see the two do not co-exist peacefully all the time. Yet they go well together. It’s like the two people who are getting […]
THE Caster Semenya saga, a wholly unnecessary brouhaha sparked by disbelieving losers, has now subsided after massive support for the South African teen sensation calmed the storm in a teacup. But not before transforming Semenya into an overnight celebrity – something her 800m track exploits alone would not have achieved. For now, international athletics bosses […]
MASERU –– Lesotho Institute of Accountants (LIA) technical manager Moahloli Mphaka says the benefits of the government’s new financial system can only be realised through proper training. The government’s new integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) has not been appreciated mainly by civil servants who have struggled to use it. Government goods and service providers […]
MASERU –– Matlama might not take part in this season’s Buddie Premier League. Despite the final registration deadline passing on Monday, Tse Putsoa were still not officially registered. The news spells further trouble for the record league champions who have experienced turmoil in recent months. Matlama elected a new executive committee just two weeks ago, […]
MASERU –– When the 2009 Vodacom Soccer Spectacular finally kicks off in October there’s little doubt the nation’s eyes will be glued on the tournament. The four-week extravaganza is Lesotho’s first M1 million football competition. But that’s not the only reason all eyes will be fixed on the event. All eyes at football fields around […]
MASERU – Lesotho will play Malaysia in an international friendly on September 11. Next week’s match is another away fixture for Likuena after recent road trips to Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The game is part of preparations for next month’s COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup to be held in Zimbabwe. The national side began camp at […]
MASERU — Six men from Leribe are suing Police Commissioner ’Malejaka Letooane (pictured) for M590 000 for injuries they allegedly suffered when they were brutally tortured by the police at Pitseng Police Station five months ago. Three of the men are claiming damages to the tune of M90 000 each for injuries suffered, “emotional suffering” […]
Bow your heads in shame
MAKHARI Tsietsi, a 22-year-old student at Lerotholi Polytechnic, was allegedly murdered in the school campus last Tuesday. The tragic circumstances of his death raise serious questions about the manner we are running our institutions of higher learning. Tsietsi was allegedly battered to death after he refused to undergo bizarre initiation rites for first-year students at […]