MASERU — A former soldier with the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Motloang Molapo, allegedly shot and killed his wife at Good Times Cafe last Saturday in what police suspect was a love triangle. Molapo shot and killed ‘Masechocha Thamae, 28, in the stomach at point blank after accusing her of having an extra-marital affair with […]
MASERU — A serious conflict is brewing between judges and lawyers over a commission of inquiry set up by the Law Society of Lesotho to investigate the crisis in the county’s judiciary sector. The Law Society set up the commission last year to investigate “any possible corrupt, unprofessional, unethical and unjudicial practices that may have […]
JOHANNESBURG — President Kgalema Motlanthe condemned the assassination attempt on Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Wednesday. Mosisili survived an attempt on his life after gunmen opened fire at his home in the capital Maseru. “SADC (Southern African Development Community) condemns without equivocation the attempted assassination of the democratically elected Prime Minister of Lesotho Pakalitha […]
MASERU — There is a fierce battle for the control of the women’s league of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party ahead of its elective conference next month. The struggle for power is between the former president of the league Mookho Mathibeli and the current treasurer ‘Mapheello Tsuluba. Mathibeli was suspended from her position last […]
MASERU — There is a fierce battle for the control of the women’s league of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party ahead of its elective conference next month. The battle for power is between the former president of the league Mookho Mathibeli and the current treasurer, ‘Mapheello Tsuluba. Mathibeli was expelled from the party last […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority’s Customs and Excise Division has launched a ‘time release study’ to improve the time it takes to clear goods and people at the country’s border posts. The study which began on Monday will end next Thursday, according to a press statement from the LRA. The LRA said the programme […]
VERY often I hear some people say “there is no justice in law” in this country and I am tempted to entirely agree with them. All too often we have seen the guilty in serious crimes walking away free from their malpractices because of incompetence by investigating or judicial authorities while the small fish are […]
JUST what is youth? According to one dictionary, the word refers to early maturity or the state of being young or immature or being inexperienced. Another lexicon says the word can also mean an early period of development or young people collectively or a young person, especially a young man or boy. Until Scrutator looked […]
The Doctor’s Corner IN the last three weeks we have been focusing on issues that affect women. Specifically, we have been focusing on “bleeding between menstrual periods”, the most common causes of abnormal vaginal bleeding including fibroids and cancer of the womb among others. These are huge topics and we will continue to look […]
STEAMING IT OFF “KARMA! What goes around comes back around!” Those are my favourite words to “curse” a person with when they have done me wrong — especially when I get the urge to do something drastic, which will have a lasting effect. But sometimes when you do things all in the name of revenge, […]
MASERU — South Africa’s top entertainers Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) and DJ Waxxy are set to rock the kingdom this Saturday when they headline the Winter Warmer Festival set for Lerakong. Award-winning ragga artist Buffalo Souljah, from Zimbabwe, will be in town as well. Tickets are already on sale for the show, which is also […]
MASERU — Outspoken famo musician Lebajoa “Selomo” Lephatsóa last week made a sensational about-turn on why his popularity has waned. In an interview with the Lesotho Times a fortnight ago, Selomo alleged that national broadcaster Radio Lesotho had banned his music because of his political affiliation. Selomo is a card-carrying member of the opposition All […]
MASERU — If Sekamaneng Young Stars fail to win this weekend they will be relegated from the Premier League. That’s the long and short of it. With five games to go this season, Young Stars find themselves bottom of the league, effectively 12 points from safety. It means if Young Stars don’t beat title-chasing Lioli […]
MASERU — The national Under-15 team leave the country today for a five-nation tournament in Botswana this weekend. The tournament begins tomorrow and ends on Sunday. The team will return home on Monday. Lesotho’s 18-man squad was selected during an inter-district tournament held during the Easter holiday. The countries that have confirmed their participation in […]
MASERU — Manonyane FC has been resurrected from the dead after its controversial collapse in 1999. The Roma community plans to have Manonyane in the Premier League again, but might start by buying a first division franchise next season. Manonyane failed to take their place in the top-flight league in 1999 following a serious dispute […]
MASERU — While Angel Cabrera was gleefully adorning himself with “The Green Jacket” at the US Masters last week, the greens of the Chapman Golf Club in Harare, Zimbabwe, were hosting greenhorns hoping to one day emulate the Argentine’s feats. But while southern Africa’s prospects were competing at the 2009 Zone VI International Amateur Golf […]
MASERU — It could be the end of the road for MKM after the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier High Court ruling which said the company was operating illegally. MKM had appealed against a High Court judgment that said the company was operating banking and insurance businesses without licenses from the central bank. In […]
MASERU — Investors in the troubled Millennium Goal Society are likely to get a portion of the money they invested in the company next month. The percentage that each depositor will get will be decided after the company has liquidated some of the investments and assets that it acquired using the money from the investors. […]
MASERU — The Court of Appeal of Lesotho has dismissed with costs an appeal against a High Court judgment that awarded damages to a woman whose leg was amputated 10 years ago. ‘Mammutsoe Ntseso’s leg was amputated at Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa in June 1999. Ntseso, 37, claimed the amputation became necessary as […]
MASERU — A junior police officer’s appeal against conviction on sedition charges has failed after the Court of Appeal dismissed his plea. Mojalefa Phumane, together with 32 other junior police officers, was accused of engaging in mutinous acts during a police general strike in 1997. Phumane was charged with high treason or alternatively sedition under […]
MASERU — When the High Court slapped him with eight years in jail for murder, Serame Linake, thought the sentence was harsh. He appealed to the Court of Appeal. Last Thursday, Linake had a big shock. The court added two more years on his jail sentence. Linake was last year convicted and jailed for killing […]
MAFETENG — The search is still on for three bodies of children who drowned after a car accident in Mafeteng in February. Eleven people died in the accident after their double-cab vehicle was swept by floods in Ha-Khoete in February. Eight of the bodies were discovered within days of the accident but three bodies were […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority surpassed the government’s set targets for tax collection for the just ended financial year. The LRA exceeded the targets for both Income Tax (tax from workers) and Value Added Tax (tax on goods and services) by 26 percent. The government had set a target of M2.012 million but LRA […]
BUTHA-BUTHE — A 21-year-old man from Sekubu in Butha-Buthe was last week arrested for stabbing and killing his 26-year-old brother, Lebona Letsatsi. The police public relations officer, Pheello Mphana told the Lesotho Times that Lephallo Letsatsi intervened to stop his brother from beating up his pregnant wife. “The deceased who was said to be heavily […]
THE lead story we carried two weeks ago exposed serious problems in the government’s school feeding programme. The scheme, started with noble intentions of feeding primary school children and empowering Lesotho’s poor communities through catering contracts, is now riddled with problems of monumental proportions. What was supposed to be a lucrative business opportunity for the […]
BASOTHO are a sport-loving people who go to great lengths to support their athletes. Sports can unite a people and rally them towards a common cause. The ministry of sports in Lesotho has over the years gone to great lengths to support and develop sport. For instance, the ministry last year began giving allowances to […]
This week we start with a quiz but there are no prizes for the correct answer. Who spilled this bile last week: “I beg you to report accurately. In other countries journalists are killed. Your biased reporting will result in the ‘falling’ of one of you.” If your answer says something about some ageing opposition […]
Doctor’s Corner IN the last two articles we discussed metrorrhagia, which is the medical term used to define bleeding between periods for women in the reproductive age group. But as explained in those articles, the subject of metrorrhagia is so broad that we needed to cover it in more than just one instalment. This article […]
ABC threats reckless
A LOCAL weekly two weeks ago carried a story quoting the leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Thomas Thabane, threatening local journalists who failed to report issues “accurately.” “I beg you to report accurately. In other countries journalists are killed. Your biased reporting will result in the ‘falling’ of one of […]