Ntsebeng Motsoeli
MASERU — The city is buzzing with activity.
The festive breeze is blowing everywhere.
Ear-splitting music booms from speakers placed at shop entrances.
Christmas decorations adorn most shops and offices.
With Christmas just this week, families are shopping up a storm in preparation for the big day.
Spirits are high and nothing deters them — not even the global [...]
MASERU — Commotion breaks out at the Thetsane Textile Industries’ main entrance as hordes of desperate jobseekers jostle to position themselves right in front of the gate.
It is an arm-and-chest fight between men and women, young and middle-aged, as they scramble for a place that offers the best view for the prospective employer.
It is shortly [...]
’Mathapelo Letsepe
MASERU — There were scenes of jubilation at Sefika Shopping Centre yesterday after 26-year-old Mamokhathi Moroke won a brand new VW Citi Golf in the Vodacom Lesotho Summa Feva Promotion.
Moroke beat five other contestants in the final draw to drive away in the gleaming vehicle.
She also won a M1 000 grocery shopping voucher.
The Qoaling [...]
‘Mathapelo Letsepe
MASERU – A suspected robber was beaten to death by an angry mob in Ha-Mabote on Wednesday morning.
The man was one of three suspected robbers who were trying to rob Prince Auto City, a car hire and sales company on the northern side of Maqalika near Spinning Wheel Bar.
According to the manager, Rahima Matšela, [...]
Ntsebeng Motsoeli
BEREA — For eight weeks, ‘Maphoka Ntisa desperately searched for her 14-year-old granddaughter Tlalane Makhonofane who had vanished from their Sekamaneng home on the night of September 7.
In those miserable and anxiety-filled weeks, she was sent from pillar to post until she was disillusioned.
At times her hopes were raised with leads that sounded promising [...]
Letuka Mahe
MASERU — Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi (not her real name) sighs with relief as she is given M1 080.
Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil.
It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
Tlokotsi’s mother died four years ago, and her father [...]
’Matšei Moloi
MASERU — Her office looks simple but elegant.
She might not be one to spend hours in front of a mirror but her dressing has a trendy touch to it.
At 54 she can easily pass for a 40-year-old woman.
Yet there was a time when Lucy Liphafa’s life was really wretched.
Her parents were too poor to [...]
Ntsebeng Motsoeli
MASERU — Tséli is hopeful that her love life will be back to normal again, thanks to Positive Partner Services, a new dating service for HIV-positive people in Lesotho.
Since she was diagnosed with HIV four years ago she had found it difficult to meet partners.
At first she felt she was better off without a [...]
MASERU — On April 22 a group of bandits stormed the Makoanyane Barrack, hijacked two army vehicles and stole guns which they used to launch an attack on the State House.
They wanted to abduct Prime Minister Pakalitha. Apart from the fact that most of the bandits were hired mercenaries mostly from Mozambique and South Africa [...]
Bribery scam stirs fresh storm
Moleleki sucked into bribe scam
Former Lefate star turns new page
Opposition sees red over Zuma
Farmer sues police for wrongful arrestAnother secret LCD meeting
ABC, LWP break alliance
Gospel singer Nthloki accused of fraud
‘Get a foreign judge’
Harvest blacklists gospel artists