Bad start for Matlama
Moorosi Tsiane MATLAMA coach Charles Manda says he believes that his charges can overturn their 0-2 deficit when they take on their Angolan rivals Petro de Luanda in the return leg of their CAF...
View ArticleMafoso heads back to Bantu?
Moorosi Tsiane JUST a year after his departure, Bob Mafoso could be headed back to the Mafeteng outfit to replace James Madidilane who resigned last week, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Madidilane is...
View ArticleDesign competition on the cards
Nthatuoa Koeshe ENTRIES are now open for fashion lovers who aspire to be part of the debut Lesotho November Fashion Festival competition scheduled for Thaba-Bosiu Cultural Village is on 16 November....
View ArticleDJ Mekonko to perform at Spring Jump Off
Nthatuoa Koeshe RENOWNED disc spinner, DJ Mekonko will next month perform at this year’s edition of the Spring Jump Off penned in for 7 September at the Mahungra car wash in Bloemfontein. This year’s...
View ArticleWool farmers resuscitate breeding facility
Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho National Wool and Mohair Growers Association (LNWMGA) says it is delighted to have resuscitated the previously abandoned Mokhotlong Sheep Stud. The LNWMGA said this at the...
View ArticleVumbukani leaves Standard Bank
Bereng Mpaki THE chief executive officer of standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) Mpho Vumbukani, has resigned, the bank’s board announced this week. Mr Vumbukani resigns after eight years having become the...
View ArticleDoti slams “appalling, compromised” judiciary
Ntsebeng Motsoeli AN appalling slap in our faces for all our efforts to find protection and justice for that young girl. This is former Social Development minister, ‘Matebatso Doti’s damning verdict on...
View ArticleNSS makes shock findings on high school learners’ pregnancies
Pascalinah Kabi AT least 250 learners at ‘Maseribane High School in Quthing fell pregnant in 2018, a shocking National Security Service (NSS) report to the Ministry of Education and Training reveals....
View ArticleMetsing issues fresh Kamoli demands
’Marafaele Mohloboli WHICHEVER All Basotho Convention (ABC) faction wants the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)’s support for or against the looming no confidence vote against the Thomas Thabane-led...
View ArticleMetsing, Mokhothu fight escalates
’Marafaele Mohloboli TENSIONS that had been simmering between Democratic Congress leader Mathibeli Mokhothu and his Lesotho Congress for Democracy counterpart, Mothetjoa Metsing exploded into the open...
View ArticleGovt ends LWC’s wool and mohair monopoly
as BKB and four others get licenses Bereng Mpaki THE government has awarded new licences for the brokering and auctioning of wool and mohair to five companies, including South African brokers, BKB....
View ArticleCourt blow for Mahao faction
Mohalenyane Phakela ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao and his faction yesterday suffered a setback after the High Court dismissed their interlocutory application...
View ArticleMahase’s costly Papua New Guinea travel
Mohalenyane Phakela GOVERNMENT recently paid M145 700 to enable Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase to fly business class to the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges’ Association (CMJA) Conference in...
View ArticleThabane appoints “new” ABC NEC
as Mahao suffers court setback while Majoro is elevated to deputy leader ’Marafaele Mohloboli ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has appointed “new” national...
View ArticleIf it’s not xenophobia, then what is it?
Mavuso Msimang AFRICAN National Congress and government responses to recent crises arising from the presence in the country of asylum seekers, genuine and otherwise, raises deeply disturbing questions....
View ArticleSaving the goose that lays the golden egg
EXASPERATED investors’ threats to dump the country over safety concerns should not be taken lightly. The government and in particular, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service should re-think its strategy...
View ArticleABC resolving its problems, Thabane tells SADC
Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane has told Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders of ongoing efforts to resolve internal squabbles bedeviling his All Basotho Convention (ABC)...
View ArticleHashatsi’s mother demands M4 million from LDF
Pascalinah Kabi THE mother of the late Colonel Tefo Hashatsi, ‘Mamosa, is demanding M4 million as compensation from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) for the killing of her son during the 5 September...
View ArticleRogue police officers face the music as govt finally acts on brutality
Pascalinah Kabi AT LEAST 30 rogue police officers, accused of brutality including killing and injuring suspects in police custody, will soon face criminal charges as government moves to act against...
View ArticleMahao urges MPs to oust Thabane and rescue Lesotho
Ntsebeng Motsoeli “EXPELLED” All Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, has called on the government and opposition to unite to oust ABC leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane...
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