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‘Mashai led attacks’

5 Feb 2010

MASERU — The late Makotoko “Mashai” Lerotholi led the April 22 attacks from the front, a soldier who was captured by the mercenaries at Makoanyane Barracks told a commission of inquiry into the attacks this week.
Corporal Lebohang Thejane was one of six soldiers who were captured when a group of about 20 mercenaries stormed the [...]

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Heavy rains flood Maseru roads, shops

27 Jan 2010

MASERU — The heavy rains that pounded Maseru on Monday left roads and some shops in the city flooded.
Some shops at LNDC Centre were flooded.
As some people were taking shelter from the pouring rains some shop assistants and owners were busy battling to scoop out flood water from their shops.
Monday’s biggest scare, however, was at [...]

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Parties threaten election boycott

13 Jan 2010

MASERU — Lesotho’s opposition leaders say they are considering boycotting the forthcoming local government elections if the government does not amend the Local Government Elections Act to level the political playing field and ensure the elections are free and fair.
The leaders say the Lesotho Congress for Democracy government runs the risk of going to the [...]

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Fatere loses finger

7 Jan 2010

MASERU — Popular jazz musician, Sechaba ‘Fatere’ Litabe (pictured), lost part of his right thumb after a firecracker exploded in his hand on New Year’s Eve.
The musician, who was crowned Lesotho’s best jazz musician in 2007 and 2008, said he was trying to demonstrate to his children how to explode the firecracker when it suddenly [...]

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‘Chief Justice must go now’

24 Dec 2009

MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho wants Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla removed for appointing an acting judge that the society had ordered lawyers to boycott.  
The call for the impeachment of Justice Lehohla is part of the resolutions that the lawyers’ body made at its special conference last Thursday.
The society is angry that the chief [...]

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Opposition pushes for election delay

MASERU — Opposition parties are pushing for the postponement of local government elections to allow for an amendment of the Local Government Elections Act, the Lesotho Times can reveal.
The parties, together with the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) held a closed meeting with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Maseru yesterday to discuss sections [...]

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Pair in court for M2.5 million fraud

MASERU — Two Standard Bank employees briefly appeared in the High Court on Wednesday charged with 18 counts of fraud and theft by false pretense.
Mats’eliso Rasethunts’a, 49, and Molebatsi Mothae, 28, are accused of defrauding nearly M2.5 million from the bank and its customers.
They are alleged to have committed the crimes between May 20, 2005 [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 2 comments

Students, admin blamed for riots

MASERU — A preliminary report on an investigation into the riots that rocked the National University of Lesotho (NUL) last October has laid the blame squarely on students’ irresponsible behaviour. 
The report compiled by the sub-committee of the university Senate said the strike, which left one student dead and more than a dozen injured, occurred because [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 5 comments

Two-week-old baby stolen

MASERU — A 22-year-old woman, Mahali Kotoka, is in distress after her two-week-old baby was abducted at her home in Mohalalitoe in Maseru on Monday.
Police spokesman Masupha Masupha said the police were not aware of the incident.
Kotoka said an unidentified “old woman” who was visiting her landlord came into her room at around 8pm on [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 1 comment

Rains sweep away houses

MASERU — The heavy rains that pounded Maseru last week left three families homeless after their houses in Qoaling’s Ha-Besele area were destroyed and had their roofs ripped apart.
The families who lost their houses are some of the poorest in the area.
Among them is 86-year-old man who stays with his 60-year-old wife.
They are both unemployed.
Johannes [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 0 comments

Foetus found in dustbin at NUL

ROMA — A foetus was found dumped in a dustbin at the female residence at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) on Monday.
Police spokesman Masupha Masupha confirmed the incident.
He said the almost six month foetus was found by one the cleaners during her cleaning rounds.
“The cleaner informed us by phone and we rushed to the [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 3 comments

Police face M58 000 suit for stripped car

MASERU — A man from Semonkong is suing the police for M58 000 after his car was allegedly stripped of components while it was in police custody.
Lekhotla Sekoala, 60, said the components of his Toyota 4×4 were stolen and damaged after it was impounded by the police.
He alleges that the parts were stolen while the [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 0 comments

Shun politics of boycott

AS expected the Law Society of Lesotho boycotted the official opening of the High Court on Monday in a move that vividly illustrated that that all is not well within Lesotho’s judiciary.
The Law Society last week urged lawyers to boycott the official opening of the High Court as part of a wider campaign to get [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 0 comments

JZ’s zipper malfunctions again

IF you want to see the largest number of pregnant children in one place, go to the National University of Lesotho (NUL).
The last time Scrutator visited the Roma campus she was shocked to see over a dozen book-clutching teenagers with very big bellies.
I have never seen so many pregnant children in one place at the [...]

5 Feb 2010 | 8 comments
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