‘Mashai led attacks’
5 Feb 2010MASERU — 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 [...]
Heavy rains flood Maseru roads, shops
27 Jan 2010MASERU — 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 [...]
Parties threaten election boycott
13 Jan 2010MASERU — 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 [...]
Fatere loses finger
7 Jan 2010MASERU — 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 [...]
‘Chief Justice must go now’
24 Dec 2009MASERU — 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 [...]
