Minister speaks on rift with LSRC
Mikia Kalati THE Minister of Gender, Youth Sports and Recreation, Mahali Phamotse, has diffused a looming fight with members of the Lesotho Sports and Recreation Commission (LSRC) over who should...
View ArticleSwallows back in top flight football
Mikia Kalati SWALLOWS FC on Sunday overcame pressure from Lithabaneng Golden to secure a 2-1 win over Rovers and made their return to top flight football. They joined Galaxy, who were promoted with two...
View ArticleTšenola Boxing Club cry foul
Mikia Kalati TŠENOLA Boxing Club has registered discontentment over the registration of their boxer, Thabo ‘Malifeisi’ Molefe, as an athlete of the LDF Boxing Club at the recently ended Commonwealth...
View ArticleWe cannot go on like this
ONE lesson we have learnt from the resolutions of this week’s Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika Summit is that the regional body’s patience is wearing thin as a result of the...
View ArticlePhenomenal woman launches Lesotho branch
Mohalenyane Phakela WOMEN empowerment initiative, Phenomenal Woman, will on Saturday launch its Lesotho chapter at Victoria Hotel, in Maseru. Dubbed ‘Uniting Women in Business’, the initiative was...
View ArticleBKB registers in Lesotho
Mohalenyane Phakela WOOL and Mohair auctioneers, BKB, have registered a local company, BKB Lesotho in a bid to save its business interest that was under threat after indications that government is...
View ArticleDJs set Cuban Linx ablaze
Mamohlakola Letuka LOCAL DJ, Afro DJ, along with a host of local spinners, last weekend set Cuban Linx on fire at the Denim and Sneaker gig. The event was meant to unite local DJs through interaction...
View ArticleSani wines on ambitious journey
Mamohlakola Letuka A MASERU family’s bid to have their wine served at the royal wedding of Prince Harry in England later this month hit a snag last month after it was rejected. According to Mothiba...
View Article9-year old DJ entices Cappello
Mamohlakola Letuka BAFOKENG Mahao, could easily pass for just another nine-year-old but he has a special story to tell. While he may still deceive you as just another coy or playful boy still in...
View ArticleLesotho’s Facebook nurse
Pascalinah Kabi NURSE and midwife, Ntombizotwa Makhozonke Mamonica Mokhesi, has taken it upon herself to sensitise women about the use of contraceptives with condoms on top of her list. This, she says,...
View Article‘There is more to life than politics’
By Tsitsi Matope LIFE can be so beautiful as one matures and becomes wiser. The icing on the cake of life is when that blessed individual has worked so hard for many years and remembered to prepare for...
View ArticleMinistry of Health investigates anthrax outbreak
Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Ministry Health is investigating suspected cases of the deadly anthrax bacteria after several villagers who consumed meat from infected animals started showing symptoms of the...
View ArticleChief up for attempted murder
Tokelo Rasephei Leribe A PITSENG chief aged 69 is up for attempted murder after he allegedly shot a 55-year-old man from his village. According to the police, the victim’s cattle were found grazing in...
View ArticleKamoli detention a violation of human rights: TRC
Pascalinah Kabi THE continued detention of former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and other soldiers is a gross violation of human rights as they are indirectly serving sentences...
View ArticleMoleleki calls for tolerance
Pascalinah Kabi ALLIANCE of Democrats (AD) leader, Monyane Moleleki, has called for political tolerance, saying the current politics of hate, strife and name-calling have no place in the new...
View ArticleLegal reforms loom
…as Lesotho bites the bullet on key populations Moses Magadza LESOTHO will soon begin a process of reviewing and reforming laws and policies as part of bold steps to ensure greater access to Sexual and...
View ArticleGovt leaves door open for Truth Commission
Keiso Mohloboli THE government has left the door open for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) which is one of the key demands set out by the opposition for its continued...
View ArticleWorkers plead for PM’s address
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE secretary general of the Alliance of Progressive Trade Unions (APTU), Tšeliso Ramochela, this week demanded that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane should address the workers as...
View ArticleMosisili blasts coalition govt
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE leader of the opposition Democratic Congress (DC), Pakalitha Mosisili has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s government for allegedly violating the...
View ArticleThabane warns of “dark cloud” of lawlessness
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has spoken of a “dark cloud hanging over the country” due to rampant lawlessness, lack of accountability and abuse of national resources especially by...
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