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Heart Breakers dare to dream
Heart Breakers Mohalenyane Phakela FOR most entertainers in Lesotho, earning a living through their craft is a farfetched dream given the unrewarding nature of the market. However, popular dance...
View ArticleLawyers lose court martial jurisdiction challenge
Billy Ntaote Acting Major-General Mojalefa Letsoela on Tuesday said the Court Martial he is presiding over has the jurisdiction to hear the case of 23 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldiers charged...
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Metsing speaks on SADC report
Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing Keiso Mohloboli Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday said the Phumaphi report would be tabled before the National Assembly on 8 February as...
View ArticleGovt demands answers from SADC
Regional bloc dumps SA lawyers paid M100 000 by government to represent Phumaphi in Hashatsi lawsuit ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government is demanding answers from the Southern African Development...
View ArticleArmy, police operation bring chaos to city
Billy Ntaote A joint stop-and-search operation by the army and police yesterday afternoon brought chaos to the Maseru Main Bus Stop area. The operation was largely targeting male pedestrians, and was...
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Chief justice warns judges against bias
Her Lordship Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara inpects the guard of Hounor on Monday during the opening of the High Court Tefo Tefo CHIEF Justice Nthomeng Majara on Monday said judges should administer...
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Setback for SA special permits
SA Minister of Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba Pascalinah Kabi THE South African government has postponed the launch of the Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) application process to 1 March 2016 citing...
View ArticleLocal mechanics unveil home-made car
Rethabile Pitso DESPITE never setting foot at a tertiary institution nor receiving any formal training beyond secondary education, three Khubetsoana-based mechanics have produced the first ever...
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‘We will wait’
BNP’s Spokesperson Machesetsa Mofomobe Opposition speaks out on government’s request to delay releasing Phumaphi report Keiso Mohloboli THE opposition alliance says it would wait for government to...
View ArticleLesotho seeks M345 million for drought relief
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is set to meet development partners tomorrow as the country seeks M345 million for drought relief. According to Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa...
View ArticleInstability the bane of our economy
AS reported elsewhere in this edition, forecasts by the Central Bank of Lesotho and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are pointing to a downward trajectory for the economy in 2016. The causes of the...
View ArticleLesotho development aid needs new direction
Jack Healey A recent blog post, Can Lesotho survive more development? by John Aerni-Flessner and Charles Fogelman points out that “Despite post-Millennium development programs…, most Basotho still...
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Opposition leaders slam parly speaker
ABC MPs sing in Parliament while protesting against the SADC report tabled by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili Keiso Mohloboli EXILED opposition leaders have accused National Assembly Speaker Ntlhoi...
View ArticleGovt should implement report – Analysts
Billy Ntaote PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should have released the SADC Commission report to the public and summarised its main findings and recommendations , analysts have said. The analysts...
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Mokhosi scoffs at Mokaloba dismissal rumours
Brigadier Ramanka Mokaloba Keiso Mohloboli DEFENCE and National Security Minister Tšeliso Mokhosi has dismissed allegations that a Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) senior member, Brigadier Ramanka...
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SADC report calls for Kamoli’s dismissal
Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli Billy Ntaote THE long awaited SADC Commission of Inquiry report into Lesotho’s instability has called for the dismissal of Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli as Lesotho...
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Afro Poetry to host launch show
Mpho Sefali to be a guest poet at the Afro Poetry launch Mohalenyane Phakela POETRY group, Afro Poetry, will perform in a Valentine’s Day eve show at Victory Restaurant in Moshoeshoe II. Dubbed...
View ArticleDesigner brings back leather chic
Mohalenyane Phakela THEY say necessity is the mother of invention, and for leather connoisseur Tumane Thabane unemployment was the nudge he needed to start a business. Thabane, who owns the...
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Workers take 357 FM to arbitration
357 FM owner Motlatsi Majara Mohalenyane Phakela 357 FM employees have taken the youth radio station to the Directorate of Dispute Prevention and Resolution (DDPR) for allegedly failing to pay them...
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Cultural Spears, Selala to rock Lesotho
Culture Spears Mohalenyane Phakela SOUTH African gospel sansation Trica Selala and Botswana traditional music group Cultural Spears are billed to perform at Masite Ha Mokaoli in Rothe on Saturday....
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