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‘Tight security’ for Winter Madness
Lesedi FM’s disc spinner, DJ Finzo Mohalenyane Phakela ORGANISERS of the Winter Madness pencilled for Club De Fasto on 30 July 2016 have allayed safety concerns over the venue, saying security would...
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Our beautiful motherland
Utloang Kajeno PSALM 24:1-2 reads: “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters”. In the Book of...
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Free press mightier than guns of darkness
Advocate Zwelakhe Mda Advocate Zwelakhe Mda KC THE Lesotho Lawyers for Human Rights wishes to condemn in the most emphatic terms the cowardly attack on the editor of the Lesotho Times and Sunday...
View ArticleClimate of fear needs to end
A CLIMATE of fear has engulfed the country following the myriad of killings and attempted murders over the course of this year. In this edition, an opposition legislator fled the country fearing for...
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Coalition supporters to stage protest march
LPC Member Bokang Ramatšella . . . demonstration to demand removal of US envoy ’Marafaele Mohloboli SUPPORTERS of the seven-party coalition government are planning to stage a protest march to demand...
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PM’s aides at loggerheads
PM’s Political Advicer Fako Likoti (left) and PM’s Senior Private Secretary Mamello Morisson ’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s closest aides are allegedly at loggerheads...
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Opposition attacks SADC
Deputy Leader of BNP Chief Joang Molapo . . . seethes over exclusion from security reform workshop ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE tripartite opposition bloc has slammed the government for not inviting them...
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DC youths accuse Finance minister of graft
DCYL president Thuso Litjobo & Secretary Letuka Chafotsa Lekhetho Ntsukunyane IN an unprecedented move, the Democratic Congress (DC)’s Youth League has launched a scathing attack against the...
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Movable assets loans on the cards
PSCEDP Manager Chaba Mokuku Bereng Mpaki MOVABLE assets, including intangible property, could soon be used as collateral for obtaining loans in a move that seeks to improve access to finance for...
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‘Women’s financial inclusion spurs growth’
Nineteen percent of women in Lesotho are financially excluded according to FinScope. Rethabile Pitso A CALL has been made to harness the gains made in fostering women’s financial inclusion to ensure...
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Fitch drops Lesotho’s currency rating
Bereng Mpaki GLOBAL rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has downgraded Lesotho’s long-term local currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from ‘‘BB-’ to ‘B+’ after the agency adjusted its ranking...
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Credit guarantee funds 128 businesses
MoF Director Planning Unit Habofanoe Makopela Rethabile Pitso THE government has assisted 128 businesses to access loans from banks through its Partial Credit Guarantee Fund (PCGF). This was...
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Coca-Cola launches new campaign
Dance outfit KTA Kings entertain patrons at the Coca Cola Taste The Feeling campaign launch Mohalenyane Phakela THE Coca-Cola Company has launched the global “Taste the Feeling” campaign and...
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Central bank increases foreign reserves
Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) Governor Dr Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane Bereng Mpaki THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has increased the net international reserves (NIR) from US$690 million to US$710...
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Rapper makes amends in new single
Mohalenyane Phakela HIP hop artist, Robocop, has released a single in which he asks for forgiveness for his past indiscretions, saying he has mended his ways. Robocop, whose real name is Sello...
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Film students plot short musical project
Universe Films members Mohalenyane Phakela A GROUP of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) film students is working on a short musical film to broaden their filmmaking range. The...
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‘Water issues need inclusive approach’
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Senior Programme Officer – Transboundary Water, Phera Ramoeli REPRESENTATIVES of African governments, civil society organisations, international donors...
View ArticleLesotho inflation tops SACU region
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO’S year-on-year inflation rate during the month of June 2016 was the highest in the South African Customs Union (SACU) region. According to SACU’s monthly inflation report for...
View ArticleFuel industry assures motorists
. . . as SA petroleum sector strike rages on Bereng Mpaki FUEL deliveries into Lesotho have continued despite an indefinite strike by South African trade unions demanding higher wages, the Petroleum...
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