Archive for September, 2009

NUL finances under spotlight

ROMA — Some senior government officials recently suggested that the government stops subsidising the National University of Lesotho (NUL) saying there was a clear indication that management at the university were mismanaging funds, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Several sources in the ministry of finance’s upper echelons told this paper that there had been a [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 9 comments

Sky Country workers strike

MASERU — Workers at Sky Country Pty (Ltd), a meat wholesale in the Pitso ground area boycotted work last Saturday morning to protest against what they said were poor working conditions at the company. The workers accuse their employer who they say they knew only as Chen of deliberately breaking the law by paying wages [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 3 comments

35 car crashes during graduation weekend

MASERU — About 30 people suffered minor injuries in 35 accidents that happened in and around Maseru during the National University of Lesotho’s graduation weekend, the police have said.  Superintendent William Mosili said seven people were also arrested over the weekend for traffic offences. Mosili said most of the arrests were related to driving under [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 3 comments

ABC youths take on ANC over jobs

MASERU — The president of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league says Basotho students studying in South Africa should be allowed to get internships there. Libe Moremoholo said the ABC youth league had engaged their counterparts at the African National Congress (ANC) to push for the change. Moremoholo said the youth league [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 3 comments

Stolen clothes land factory workers in court

MASERU — Ten LGI Sales factory workers yesterday appeared in the magistrates’ court to answer theft charges brought against them by their employer. The workers, seven men and three women, allegedly stole clothes from the LGI Sales factory in May this year. The prosecution alleges that they stole clothes worth M372 000 from the LGI [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 0 comments

Robbery victim in shock

MASERU — Thakane Matsoai says she is still traumatised two weeks after armed robbers threatened to shoot her during a robbery at her sand distributing company in Maseru. One of the robbers drew a pistol and ordered Matsoai to give him some money. She complied and handed over M6 200 to one of the robbers. [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 0 comments

Villager found dead near cliff in Mokhotlong

MOKHOTLONG — A 27-year-old man was on Saturday found dead near a cliff in Ntsiking in Mokhotlong. Rethabile Motokoa’s body was found naked below the cliff by villagers who alerted the police. The police suspect that he could have fallen from the cliff but they are not ruling out foul play as investigations into the [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 1 comment

Village orphans lose hope

MASERU — In Moruthane village there is a little hut that is falling apart. The roof looks like it’s about to curve in. The walls have huge cracks. The yard looks neglected. Until you knock on a broken wooden door it’s nearly impossible to imagine that such a hovel can be somebody’s home.  Yet when [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 1 comment

Orphans in dire straits

 IN this edition we carry a harrowing story about the plight of orphans in Lesotho. Much has been written about the predicament of orphans but it looks like much still needs to be done to mitigate their suffering. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are well over 160 000 orphans in Lesotho. [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 0 comments

Majara losing the plot

AS I SEE IT THE quality of broadcast journalism in this country leaves a lot to be desired. We have pseudo-journalists at various media houses particularly in the broadcasting sector. We have seen these pseudo-journalists trashing media ethics during their radio broadcasts. Chief among these culprits is one Arthur Majara. Majara is a journalist-cum-analyst at [...]

30 Sep 2009 | 1 comment
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