Where ages of nations are concerned, a nation that is 200 years old is quite young — a nipper. In our case, we still have alive among us loved ones who are over a hundred years old. They have lived longer than half of the time that we have been a nation. One could even …
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THE Maseru City Council (MCC) has cancelled the M379 million contract for the upgrading of Mpilo Boulevard. The project includes the construction of new road links, vehicle flyover bridges, underpasses, exclusive pedestrian bridges and signalisation.
About 50 km north-west of Quthing, in the rocky Mohales ‘Hoek region, is the community of Ha-Nohana. Tucked away among the peaks of Ketane’s mountains, Ha-Nohana appears to be cut off from the world outside. A gravel road meandering through extremely rugged terrain punctuated by mountains is the only way to get to Nohana villagers …
They were old, frail and defenceless women from Ha-Kholoko village in Roma, who were stabbed to death with a spear during a deadly night. Their crime? They were accused of being witches. Three suspects, all from Ha-Kholoko village, have since appeared before a High Court judge to answer a charge of murder.
As we buried Rethabile Mosisili last Saturday, it was as if my heart was with him in the coffin. It had been a difficult week for Rethabile’s relatives and friends who had to endure snide and cruel comments about the cause of his death. One man told me that Rethabile deserved to die because of …
IF you are unfortunate to be sent to Mohlomi Mental Hospital for an evaluation, the chances of you getting discharged are next to zero. That is because a technical advisory committee that must sit and evaluate mental patients at Mohlomi has not sat in many years. The result is that patients are now kept at …
ROAD Fund has accused Road Implementing Agencies of failing to build and repair roads despite having been allocated hundreds of millions of Maloti in the 2022/2023 financial year. The allegations are contained in an annual report released last week by the Road Fund.
A woman died last Thursday in Ha-Matala after allegedly drinking a sangoma’s concoction that her family believes was poisonous. ’Mateboho Tsikoane, 38, of Lithabaneng Ha-Kepi in Teya-Teyaneng, allegedly immediately fell unconscious after drinking the brew from the sangoma’s cauldron. Tsikoane, the family said, was not sick but she had accompanied her sick brother, Teboho, to …
THE president of the Ha-Maja Local Court, ’Matoka Mokoma, has been charged with corruption. She appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Monday and was released on free bail. Mokoma, 55, was accused of stealing M1 000 which she received as a fine from a man whose son had been convicted by her court.
SPEAKER of Parliament Tlohang Sekhamane on Tuesday warned a United for Change (UFC) MP that he risks losing his seat if he crossed the floor. Mohlominyane Tota, who is the UFC’s only MP, had told Sekhamane in a letter last Thursday that he intended crossing the floor to the opposition.
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