Maturing democracy or failure of institutions?
. . . as Lesotho goes to the polls again John Aerni-Flessner WHEN Tom Thabane and the All Basotho Convention (ABC) took power after...
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C’wealth peace-building in action
Patricia Scotland IT was just by chance that I discovered a weaver’s workshop, a little gem hidden away in the back of the government-operated Basotho...
Maturing democracy or failure of institutions?
. . . as Lesotho goes to the polls again John Aerni-Flessner WHEN Tom Thabane and the All Basotho Convention (ABC) took power after the...
The case for the congress electoral alliance
THIS article stems from the 11 May 2017 article in the Lesotho Times by Professor Mafa Sejanamane titled “Has the DC committed political suicide?” In...
Has the DC committed political suicide?
Professor Mafa Sejanamane THE overriding reason for forming political parties to exist is to vie for power. In a democracy accession to power has a...
Sejanamane badmouths govt again
Dr Fako Likoti FREEDOM of speech is a good thing and something that must be protected at all cost. The constitution of Lesotho in...
The ‘small’ matter of life and death
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane I HATE self-referencing, but hardly a quarter-year after I wrote here against our state’s “technicisation” of death, respect of those killed...
Gender advocacy needs new approach
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO has made positive strides in fostering gender equality owing to the advocacy initiatives that were carried out decades ago. Among these...
Our priorities are askew
Thakane Shale I MAY not have a child yet but as a person whose varsity education was funded by the National Manpower Development Secretariat...
Public sector reform an urgent necessity
WE could not agree more with local analysts who have underscored the need for the country to enact laws to establish oversight and vetting...
Water, sanitation collective responsibility
Lehlohonolo Manamolela This week on the 22nd of March 2017, the world celebrated the International Water Day in the remembrance of the UN Resolution...
A spectre is hovering over Lesotho
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane KARL Marx’s The Communist Manifesto opens with, “A spectre is haunting Europe. It is a spectre of communism”. He later wrote in...
Why is the govt helping now?
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE sad plight of many Basotho men forced to eke out a living in South Africa was laid bear with the killing...
Water management key for SDGs
Pascalinah Kabi NEXT week, Lesotho will join the rest of the world in celebrating World Water Day, after the United Nations General Assembly designated...
Empower women to address development issues
By Mamoletsane Khati The theme for International Women’s Day 2017 is #BeBoldForChange. The theme encourages us to challenge the socio-economic, political and cultural barriers...
Was parly dissolution a coup?
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane AS I write this opinion, the parliamentary opposition parties lawyers will probably have approached the High Court or Constitutional Court to...
Pentecostal speak on govt’s fate
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane THE death of a government in trying times can spell doom for various social groups, and its prospect can trigger panic...
Bird’s eye view of Lesotho politics
Prof Mafa Sejanamane A WEEK ago, three leaders of the political parties represented in parliament, returned from exile and were joined by the leader...
Where is the 2% coming from?
Pascalinah Kabi I LISTENED with despair last week as a senior government official told the gathering at the launch of the 2015 Millennium Development...
‘Politics of demonisation’ breed division, fear
POLITICIANS wielding a toxic, dehumanizing “us vs them” rhetoric are creating a more divided and dangerous world, warned Amnesty International yesterday as it launched...
Holistic action needed to development goals
GIVEN the rate at which we continually churn out negative reports about failed policies and programmes, it is only the eternal optimist who could...
How international relations undermine sovereignty
Lehloenya Mahao INTERNATIONAL relations deal with relationships between nation-states including all other factors encapsulated in inter-state relationships. These factors set standards that determine how...
Corruption and loss of moral fibre
Lehloenya Mahao IN recent years, Lesotho has slumped in international indices of development. One of the major sources of this decline is corruption. Incidentally,...
Parallels between 1998, 2014 election talks
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane WHEN I started making these observations some two years ago, I could hardly surmise we would be sniffing another knee-jerk general...
Another political party joins the fray
ANOTHER year, another month and another party is set to enter the political fray fronted by former Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) secretary-general and...
Not yet Uhuru on AGOA
BACK in 1992, just a few months after her return to South Africa from a long exile in the United States which had begun...
The year ahead for the African continent
THE year ahead for Africa will revolve around managing challenges of constrained hegemon, regional integration, conflict resolution, democratic governance, and China’s growing influence on...
Democracy for whom the bell tolls
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane IN happier or grieving times, we love saying the Basotho nation founder Moshoeshoe The Great, as Victoria’s London referred to him...
Khasu, Moleleki, Mochoboroane and politics
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane I HAVE been following with keen interest the recent goings-on in the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC), among others the...
Congress politics and death of democracy
Matsokoane Sebatane IN my opinion column “Who ‘owns’ the govt of Lesotho” (Lesotho Times 22 December 2016) to stop Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s adviser Dr...