Southern Africa

Senkantana moves to elect leadership

By Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Senkatana leader Lehlohonolo Tséhlana on Wednesday said his party could hold its elective conference for the national executive committee in January next year. “In January we plan to hold our first annual general meeting whereby we will conduct a post-mortem of our party’s successes and failures since its establishment. “There [...]

8 Oct 2009 | 2 comments

Dying for gold at Welkom

WELKOM – He is dirty and frail, his speech punctuated by a hard, rasping cough that buckles his small frame. He frequently spits up a brownish gunk on to the sludge outside G-hostel, the hub of illegal mining activities in Thabong, a township outside Welkom. Sipho Mahabane is 22 but looks 10 years older. He’s [...]

18 Jun 2009 | 0 comments

Defection gives ABC chance for introspection

TUESDAY’S dramatic events in parliament have deeper implications for democracy in Lesotho. As reported in our lead story All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator, Nkhets’e Monyalotsa, crossed the floor to join the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. Monyalotsa, who was the legislator for Maputsoe constituency, dumped the ABC saying it had lost political direction. [...]

30 Mar 2009 | 4 comments

Coke Zero launched in Lesotho

MASERU – Lesotho last Friday became the sixth African country to officially unveil Coca-Cola Zero, a sugar-free beverage targeted at the health-conscious market. The latest brand is also marketed as a calorie-free variation of regular Coke. The Coca-Cola Company first introduced Coca-Cola Zero to the United States in 2005. Lesotho is the latest country in [...]

6 Mar 2009 | 0 comments

Cross-border taxi war foils move

MASERU – The arrangement between the governments of Lesotho and South Africa to allow cross-border taxis to freely operate between their boarders failed to take off as planned last week amidst violent clashes between taxi operators from the two countries. The arrangement was that cross-border taxis that were operating from the South African border side [...]

6 Mar 2009 | 3 comments

Prisoners on the run

MASERU – Police in Maseru have launched a manhunt for two dangerous prisoners who broke out of the maximum security prison in a movie-style escape a fortnight ago. The fugitive prisoners, Patrick Molekane and Thato Ramafikeng, were part of a group of five hardcore criminals who broke out of the maximum security section of the [...]

5 Feb 2009 | 1 comment

Mosisili’s Legacy

WE wish to congratulate the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party for holding a successful conference last weekend. With a new revamped leadership the LCD appears to be in a strong position to tackle the many challenges facing Lesotho. It is our hope that the party leadership will bury their differences which were so [...]

5 Feb 2009 | 0 comments

Go well, Lekhoaba

MASERU – Reverend Adam Lekhoaba, died at Mediclinic in Bloemfontein last Thursday. He was 38. Rev Lekhoaba was the owner and manager of popular private radio station Harvest FM. As a fearless broadcaster Lekhoaba was a thorn in the flesh of the government of Lesotho He was a controversial but colourful figure who did not [...]

5 Feb 2009 | 1 comment

SADC must admit it has failed

THIS week’s summit in Pretoria, South Africa, predictably saw southern African leaders rally behind Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PF party. We were not entirely surprised by this move. For nine years now we have watched these leaders, apart from Botswana’s Ian Khama and the late Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa, fail to lift a finger [...]

30 Jan 2009 | 1 comment

Drug abuse rife in Lesotho

BUTHA-BUTHE – Thabiso, 18, takes a deep and long pull from a plastic bottle. He repeats the process again after a breather. After some few minutes of taking “the stuff” it is clear that he is no longer in control as he staggers from one side of the road to the other. Even his speech [...]

30 Jan 2009 | 4 comments
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