Category : Opinion

  By Professor Mafa M. Sejanamane “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”...

  Mahao Mahao LAST Friday evening I (and later discovered many other Basotho) watched an unbelievable bulletin on SABC news. The first episode of the...

The Africa-China summit will provide an opportunity to get a feel for how the Chinese President is responding to democratic developments in Africa. Beijing’s selection...

  Makhabane Maluke THE 11-13 November 2015 National Community Parliament (NCP) sitting had its good features, including an anticipation to be addressed by The Honourable...

  Utloang Kajeno HEADLINES such as “Budget delay subdues economic activity” and “Govt pays off MPs loans” (Lesotho Times, November 12 2015) make for disturbing...

  Andrew Mews IN September this year, two-year-old Mpho was supposed to become a big brother. Instead, because his parents could not afford to pay...

  By Sofonea Shale Though Lesotho is one of the homogenous societies known in the world, it is also one of the highly divided political...

  Makhabane Maluke LESOTHO is in its lane as a democratic kingdom among other democracies committed to the Westminster model, and in the race to...

   “….Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer...

  Utloang Kajeno IN keeping with the thrift of the pulse of the nation and the media, most of my recent columns have been confined...

  By Sofonea Shale Lesotho marks the 49th anniversary of independence this year by launching sectoral preparations for national celebrations for the golden jubilee next...

  Makhabane Maluke His Majesty`s speech from the Throne during the opening of the 9th Parliament (on 8 May) was a significant event to signal...

  By Sofonea Shale The SADC Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of former Lesotho Defence Force commander, Maaparankoe Mahao, is a...

  Godfrey Mutizwa WHEN the world’s leaders gather for the UN sustainable development summit in New York this month, they will have a staunch if...

  Lee Mwiti THE pointed talking-up of China as an alternative to the West has been trendy in an Africa dazzled by Beijing’s flashing overtures, reminiscent of...

  Makhabane Maluke IT is not only the potholes and bumps along the road that make a motorist want to know its history, regarding the...

  By Sofonea Shale Though Africa Union (AU), an heir to struggle credentials and custodian of founding emancipation ethos of Organisation of African Unity (OAU)...

               By Advocate Haae Phoofolo (King’s Counsel)  I joined the legal profession in this country almost 40 years ago...

  Mahao Mahao THE decision not to allow government and the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) at Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao’s funeral was almost spontaneous. It...

Audacious Tseby HIT lists, abductions, shoot-outs, fleeing and hide-outs; this all sounds like something from a Hollywood action blockbuster where there is kingpin boss orchestrating...

  Utloang Kajeno COUNSELING is universally defined as giving professional help and advice to someone to resolve personal, social or psychological problems. From the above...

The real story moving forward in a tiny kingdom afflicted by HIV and malnutrition – and utterly dependent on foreigners for free HIV anti-retrovirals and...

    Mahao Mahao MY long period of silence has been brutally broken. And once again it is as a result of a horrible smell...

  By Sofonea Shale THE killing of Maaparankoe Mahao by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), an institution which by right was supposed to protect him,...

Karen Williams Politicians defend Omar al-Bashir fleeing an ICC arrest warrant, saying the court is a bully and targets Africa. Karen Williams disagrees. he International...

… a call for the enactment of the disability equity bill by the 9th parliament of lesotho Persons with disabilities in Lesotho continue to face multiple...