MAFETENG –– Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla has been drawn into a tree felling dispute pitting a businessman in Mafeteng against a principal chief in the same district. Mosito Ramahloko, who operates an agricultural inputs business in Mafeteng, accuses the principal chief of Likhoele, Lerotholi Seeiso, of seizing his two diesel-powered chainsaws. Ramahloko says his […]
AS I SEE IT AN article written by Rosa Whitaker which appeared in the South African newspaper, Business Day, was headlined: US must resist pressure to neglect Africa. Whitaker is the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) trade and investment consultant based in Washington DC in the United States. In the article Rosa argued that […]
TRAVELLING through the main street of Maseru on a Friday is heartbreaking. It shows very clearly that Kingsway Street is not enough to contain the traffic. The police are trying their best to help control the traffic but they just cannot succeed. There is more traffic on our main street now than there used to […]
Below are comments posted on the Lesotho Times website in reaction to a call last week by the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) to stage an indefinite stay-away. I do not see the stay-away bearing any fruit here. We know whom we are dealing with and we cannot expect different results this time […]
MASERU — The trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) will help member countries like Lesotho fight the current economic recession, the Minister of Trade and Industry Popane Lebesa has said. Lebesa was speaking at a two day workshop held in Maseru last week to inform […]
MASERU — Nedbank Lesotho donated M30 000 and four computers to the Queen’s National Trust Fund at the Royal Palace in Maseru last Friday. The Queen’s National Trust is a civic group set up by Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso in 2002 to assist disadvantaged children. The trust is currently helping pay school fees for 50 […]
SCRUTATOR ISN’T it amazing how people love things for mahala? By now Scrutator is sure everyone knows the opposition has called for an indefinite mass stayaway starting on Monday. But isn’t it shocking that it has nothing to do with building sewerage systems or ensuring everyone has access to clean drinking water? Nor has […]
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS DURING our time at the college of intoxication and merry-making, it was every initiate’s all-time favorite pastime to extol the deity of wine through poetry and drama. Some enacted after-binge brawls, while others depicted how to treat the fairer sex at drinking holes and wild shindigs. But one dude was, […]
STEAMING IT OFF I HAVE been having trouble sleeping. Serious trouble! This problem is not necessarily a new thing or even a phenomenon as I know I am not the only one. My problem comes and goes, but there are people out there who cannot simply close their eyes and fall into a blissful […]
DOCTOR’S CORNER SWINE flu has been a popular topic of discussion and concern in our communities and many questions have been asked about the condition, including how it is transmitted, how one can suspect they have been infected and its treatment. It must be emphasised from the onset that swine flu should not be […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s youthful Lefate musical group is on the verge of a break-up, just three years after the duo released their debut album which catapulted them to national prominence. It emerged this week that the combination of Lethapa Tikiso (pictured) and Molibeli Mokake has been increasingly becoming fragile over the years. This week Tikiso, […]
MASERU — Wanna swivel to Jay Z’s Blue Magic or Dirt Off Your Shoulder? Wanna hum along to 50 Cent’s Many Men or PIMP? Ja Rule? R Kelly? Missy Elliot? Sean Paul? Rick Ross? How ‘bout some old school and remembering the late Michael Jackson by “moon-walking” as Black or White and Bad thump from […]
MASERU — Poetry is one of humanity’s finest arts, a wonder of the world. Over the centuries poets — from William Shakespeare to Lebo Mashile — have enchanted and inspired many through their words. Unfortunately appreciation of this old art in Lesotho has always been as good as non-existent. Poetry is seen as music’s ugly […]
MASERU — The honorary consul of Pakistan in Lesotho, Mohammad A Siddique, last Thursday donated two musical instruments to the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Military Band. The brass band musical instruments, a euphonium and cornet, were handed over to LDF Commander Lt General Thuso Motanyane at the Ratjomose barracks in Maseru. The euphonium and cornet […]
MASERU – On Saturday South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs beat England’s Manchester City (the world’s richest club) 1-0 at Pretoria’s Loftus Versfeld Stadium to win the tenth edition of the Vodacom Challenge. For those fortunate enough to be in the arena, the experience –– from seeing world stars to being refused entry of even a water […]
MASERU –– With a prevalence rate of 23.2 percent, Lesotho is one of the countries most affected by HIV and Aids in the world. It is estimated one in three of young adults has the disease. It’s a situation the Lesotho Sports and Recreation Commission are trying to help address. Last October, the LSRC introduced […]
MASERU –– Primary School Teachers from around Maseru are attending a Level 1 football coaching course at Bambatha. The course began on Monday and will end tomorrow. The training is part of continued efforts to improve the standard of the game in the country. “We want to start with teachers because we want to make […]
MASERU –– Much more money is needed if sport is to develop in Lesotho. That is the message from the Lesotho Sports and Recreation Commission (LSRC) deputy-president Fako Hakane. Hakane was speaking to the Lesotho Times after Letšeng Diamonds donated cycling equipment worth M90 000 to the Lesotho Cycling Association this week. For the LSRC, […]
MASERU — Vodacom Lesotho is set to unveil the country’s richest ever football deal although it is likely to leave the domestic game’s major sponsor on the edge. Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) officials yesterday remained tight-lipped over the impending sponsorship deal believed to be worth a whopping M3 million for the next three years. The […]
MASERU — Likuena lost 3-1 to Mozambique in a friendly international played in Maputo yesterday. The match was Lesotho’s first defeat of the year following three draws — twice against Swaziland and once against Botswana — in recent months. According to reports from Maputo, Lesotho’s solitary goal was scored by Lioli defender Thabo Masualle. Likuena […]
MASERU — At last week’s MGC Super 8 draw Premier League new-boys Nyenye Rovers were handed the toughest possible fixture. The tiny Leribe outfit will face Lesotho’s champions Lioli, a side boasting Likuena internationals Bushy Moletsane, Thabo Masualle, Sello Muso and Mohau Kuenane and with a budget more than double that of Rovers. So when […]
MASERU — “Please forgive Mashai. Forgive the mercenaries. Forgive the exiles.” That is the gist of a pleading letter that controversial Moeketsi Tsatsanyane (pictured) wrote to Prime Minister Pakhalitha Mosisili last month. Tsatsanyane, popularly known as Chaltin, wrote the letter to Mosisili on June 14 appealing for mercy for Makotoko Lerotholi and other “political” exiles. […]
MASERU — The leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Thomas Thabane, on Monday repeated his call to stage mass protests next month to “straighten out this country”. In an interview with the Lesotho Times a day after he made the protest call, Thabane said the mass job action will go ahead […]
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will meet tomorrow to discuss the implications of Sir Ketumile Masire’s report on the allocation of proportional representation seats in parliament. The meeting will discuss other matters but sources say the main agenda will be the issue of the disputed allocation of seats. The IEC is under immense […]
MASERU — The director of the beleaguered MKM, Simon Thebe ea Khale, is in trouble again. This time it’s not about his alleged failure to pay depositors or operating banking and insurance business. He is facing criminal charges for allegedly failing to report an accident at his company. Thebe ea Khale appeared in the Maseru […]
MASERU – The national executive of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party and youth league are at odds over a letter written by some party youths calling for the dismissal of cabinet ministers. The letter was written to Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. The executive committee says it does not believe that the letter […]
MASERU –– A letter purportedly written by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league asking Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to fire some ministers has caused consternation. The youth leader, Mosala Mojakisane, has disowned the letter but admits the letter was handed to him by a youth league member. He, in turn, handed the letter […]
THE opposition is livid about the allocation of seats. Their anger has heightened following the announcement that the Southern African development Community appointed moderator, Ketumile Masire, was abandoning his mission. The government is adamant that it did not do anything wrong. As part of our search for answers this week we run a lightly edited […]
MASERU –– Disgruntled members of the Lesotho Public Service Staff Association (LEPSSA) have lost their court battle to dissolve the association’s executive committee. The LEPSSA members formed an interim committee in May to replace the incumbent committee which they accused of abusing property and misappropriating funds. They wanted the executive committee to be disbanded so […]
Drop your egos and talk
LESOTHO is on the verge of yet another political upheaval. This time the mêlée is over disputed proportional representation seats. On Monday we could yet again show the world how incapable we are of solving our political problems without resorting to senseless confrontation. We might prove beyond reasonable doubt that we are a nation that […]