Entertainment
Limpho confirmed Miss Mazenod 2010
By Khahliso Khama & Lerato Matheka MASERU — Limpho Moletsane has been confirmed as Miss Mazenod 2010, more than two weeks after the pageant ended in confusion over who the real winner was. When the announcer called out the winning contestant, Limpho and Lintle Letuka both sashayed to the podium ready to receive the crown. [...]
18 Aug 2010 | 0 commentsDJ Thabie set to perform in Botswana
Lerato Matheka MASERU — DJ Thabie will next Thursday play at a CD and video release party in Botswana. He will be the only foreign entertainer among the spin masters lined up for the Gaborone launch of Good House, Creams’ debut album. The Botswana DJ yesterday told the Weekender he had chosen Thabie, born Rethabile [...]
18 Aug 2010 | 0 commentsLocal comedy a joke
MASERU — Judged according to international filmmaking standards, the production quality is a joke. And so is the film itself. Nyatsi (mistress), is the name of a local comedy made on a shoestring budget by 22-year-old Lerato Mofarasi. Mofarasi is studying mechanical engineering at Lerotholi Polytechnic and he says he produced the 80 minute-film to [...]
11 Aug 2010 | 2 commentsRajoc is bankrupt
MASERU — Rajoc Beauty and Hair Salon says it will not be able to host its annual Face of Rajoc Beauty pageant this year because it is broke. The company pulled the plug on the pageant in June. The financial woes have also forced the company to pull out of its partnership deals with other [...]
11 Aug 2010 | 2 commentsNurse’s disciplinary hearing postponed
Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — The disciplinary hearing against a former Queen Elizabeth II hospital nurse accused of operating an unlicensed clinic and stealing from a patient has been postponed to August 27. The first hearing had been postponed to August 5. The Nursing Council of Lesotho (NCL) is also charging Joalane Khoarai with administering expired [...]
7 Aug 2010 | 1 commentBhudaza hosts show to remember
By Lerato Matheka MASERU—”I am overwhelmed.” That’s how Bhudaza Mapefane described the rousing reception he got from the nearly 300 people who attended his Likhomo CD launch show at Cabanas on Saturday night. “The crowd showed love and appreciation for my performance,” he said after the show. The crowd seemed overwhelmed as well. The absence [...]
4 Aug 2010 | 1 commentGlamour-Les’ fashion show a big flop
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — It was intended to be a red-carpet fashion show. But the show turned out to be the mother-of-all-flops. The show, organised by an aspiring local modelling agency, Glamour-Les, was held at Alliance Franaise last Saturday. One of the organisers of the event, Pokane Tsietsi, told the Weekender that the show [...]
4 Aug 2010 | 0 commentsYouth celebrate Selemo sa Basotho
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — The Maseru Central Park was a hive of activity last weekend as Basotho youths celebrated the start of the ploughing and planting season known as Selemo sa Basotho. Selemo sa Basotho is marked on the first of August every year when the Basotho traditional year begins. The day marks the [...]
4 Aug 2010 | 0 comments‘Nesoang crowned Miss Vodacom PC FM
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — ‘Nesoang Mpota has bagged an incredible hat-trick of crowns after she was named Miss Vodacom PC FM 2010 on Saturday night at ‘Manthabiseng Convention Centre. The 20-year-old Bachelor of Commerce student is also this year’s Miss NUL and Miss Intervarsity. In winning Lesotho’s biggest pageant on Saturday, Nesoang scooped [...]
28 Jul 2010 | 2 commentsBhudaza to launch award-winning album
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — Respected South African musician Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse will be a guest performer when local Afro-jazz star Bhudaza Mapefane launches his award-winning album at Maseru Sun on Saturday. Bhudaza will be officially unveiling his third release, Likhomo, which won the best adult contemporary album (African) gong at the South African [...]
28 Jul 2010 | 0 comments
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