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A minefield of hope
MOKHOTLONG – ’MATŠOTLEHO Pelesa left Leribe 15 years ago with the hope of getting a permanent job at the Letšeng Diamond Mine. The job failed to materialise.Years later, she heard
When dirt is good!
ROMA – LIMPHO Thoahlane is the founder of Pheha Plastics, an organisation that creates amazing products out of waste plastics.In a project generously funded by a Belgium-based company best known
The slippery slope of suicide
MASERU – HLOMPHO Mohatla, 24, got pregnant out of wedlock twice and attempted suicide twice. In all these instances, she was too afraid to discuss her problems with her parents.She
Agric Minister demoted
MASERU – THE Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Likopo Mahase, has paid the price for the chaos in the distribution of fertilizer and seeds to farmers.Mahase was the only
Police constable lives in fear
MASERU – A police constable says he is living in fear after discovering bullet holes on his roof and bed on Sunday.PC Pesha Shale, who was not at home when
Thabane, Majoro fight escalates
MASERU – THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, has accused his deputy Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro of leading a faction fighting him.Thabane made the allegations
Herdsmen rape 16-year-old
QACHA’S NEK – TWO herdsmen from Qacha’s Nek allegedly abducted a 16-year-old girl and took her to a cattle post where they took turns to repeatedly rape her.The suspects and
LEC switches off airport over debt
MASERU = THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has switched off power at the Moshoeshoe I International Airport over a staggering M3 million debt.The airport has not had electricity for the
Students strip naked in protest
MASERU – THERE was chaos at the Technical School of Leribe (TSL) yesterday when a group of male students stripped naked to protest against the principal’s decision to call their
Business blasts vaccine mandates
MASERU – PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro says from November 1 only those fully vaccinated will be allowed to sit in restaurants and bars.So, an outing with friends or family will
