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An explosive affidavit has exposed how Tholo Energy cheated the government of millions by under-declaring fuel levies for over 10 years. The allegations are made by Tumisang Thahanyane, the former chief operations officer of Tholo Energy, in an affidavit filed on Tuesday this week. Thahanyane is charged with defrauding M40 million from Tholo Energy, a …

Eight teams will battle it out for M350,000 in total prize money when the Nedbank 8 roars into life this weekend at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena. The money is an M100,000 increase on last year’s sponsorship and the benefactors are the top eight teams from the just concluded A-Division league campaign – Mzamane, Kick4Life, Lilemela …

Home favourite Khothalang Leuta booked her spot at the 2024 UCI Pump Track World Championships later in the year after racing to glory at last Saturday’s global qualifiers at the Sepheo pump-track in Motimposo. The Sepheo qualifier was part of a series of 15 events that will be hosted around the world by the International …

The final six spots in Lesotho’s team for the Chess Olympiad Games in Hungary later this year will be decided this weekend. The Chess Federation of Lesotho (CFL) is hosting a weeklong tournament at Lancers Inn and the finals are set for Sunday where six players that come out on top will book the remaining …

It’s crunch time in the Vodacom Premier League this weekend as the top teams collide and by Sunday evening there could be serious implications on the title race. The game of the weekend is on Sunday when second placed Matlama will face third-placed Bantu at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena. Earlier in the day, league leaders …

Machokha coach Tšepo Mokhele says match officials are destroying football in Lesotho. A fuming Mokhele said poor officiating cost his side in Sunday’s 1-0 loss to title-chasing Matlama after a second half penalty secured the result at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena.

Linare players are dreaming of walking away with M330 000 at the end of the season by snatching second place in the Vodacom Premier League. ‘Tse Tala’ have won five of their last six matches and are the hottest team in the top-flight right now.

Lesotho football legend Lehlohonolo Seema has praised his Sekhukhune United players after he was named Coach of The Month for February and March in South Africa’s DSTV Premiership. It is the first time Seema has won the prestigious award in his coaching career and it rewards the impressive job he has done at Sekhukhune since …

Lifofane are enjoying their best top-flight season since winning promotion in 2019. The Butha-Buthe side are seventh in the Vodacom Premier League after a four-match unbeaten run and a win over relegation-threatened Manonyane on Sunday could see them catapult into the top six and within touching distance of an improbable top four finish.

Two Lesotho women’s rugby stars, Thato Moeti and Mookho Lesoetsa, have been selected to the Free State senior team for the 2024 season. The duo have been selected after their sterling performances for Lesotho in the on-going Free State Women’s Rugby League in South Africa and now Moeti and Lesoetsa can look forward to competing …

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