What’s happening with Joshua Setipa?
Joang Molapo INTELLIGENCE is a quality that people genuinely admire in other people. We all love to be around that person who is knowledgeable...
Category : Opinion
Competitiveness key to growth
AS reported elsewhere in this edition, Lesotho has slumped on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) — from 113 to 120 out of 138 countries....
Who ‘owns’ the govt of Lesotho?
Matsokoane Sebatane This paper last week carried three interesting, mutually contrasting stories. The first was headlined “Govt hits back at Americans”; and the second...
Likoti’s insults demean PM’s office
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s Economic Political Advisor, Dr Fako Likoti, is in the habit of taking liberties of entering the fray...
Judicial activism the way to go
Utloang Kajeno It is imperative to quote these seminal words from the book of Isaiah so the reader can fully appreciate the basis of...
Lesotho must kill corruption
. . . or corruption will kill Lesotho Topollo Charles Putsoane WHEN the law can no longer protect you from the corrupt, but protects...
Exercise of parly oversight elsewhere
Makhabane Maluke OBSERVANT readers may have realized that the Business Report, South Africa’s national financial daily, regularly carries briefs from across Africa. Interestingly, even...
Bury the hatchet for nation’s sake
IT has been said when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers most and nowhere is this truer than the present circumstances in...
State impunity is back in fashion
…we need the international court more than ever Kofi Annan The recently announced withdrawal from the international criminal court (ICC) by Burundi, Gambia and...
Choosing the right forum: Labour court or DDPR
DISPUTES are inevitable in any relationship; and the employment relationship is no exception. It is therefore very important to know the appropriate forum to...
Mosisili not untouchable: Analysts
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili is vested with “too much” constitutional power although this power is not absolute as to render...
Kamoli exit: Too little too late?
THIS is the most pertinent question that cries out for an impartial answer as Lesotho teeters inexorably towards whether it will fully meet the...
Tackling climate change imperative
His Majesty King Letsie III’s call for countries to urgently address climate change issues cannot be overemphasised in a country and region such as...
Dark cloud hangs over Lesotho
Utloang Kajeno AGOA and MCC THE headline: “Lesotho faces AGOA boot” (Lesotho Times, 3 November 2016) cries out for urgent action by all stakeholders,...
Where there’s a will there’s a way
Dr Tholang Maqutu THIS opinion piece is in response to the story “End of the road for medical school” (Lesotho Times, 7 April 2016)...
‘Cabinet reshuffle a masterstroke’
Lekhetho Ntsukunyane TUESDAY’S cabinet reshuffle is a “smart” political move by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to “crush” the Lirurubele faction Democratic Congress (DC), led...
Basotho speak out on Kamoli exit
WITH the government announcing its decision to part ways with the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli, Lesotho Times reporter Limpho Sello...
Virus threatens Lesotho’s political system
Makhabane Maluke SAD history ought not to repeat itself in Lesotho. Most of the currently active – constructively or destructively – nationals were not...
JSC has to be inclusive, revamped
Utloang Kajeno THERE are three main organs of government in any modern democratic state, namely the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, in no...
Bracing for the post AGOA period
By Moono Mupotola NEXT time you pick up sporting gear or a pair of jeans in a US mall, do check the label. It...
PM’s assertion inadequate, flawed
UTLOANG KAJENO AT the height of the instability of the previous coalition government that was in power from May 2012 to April 2015, then...
Controversy still dogs EPA
Cécile Barbière AN Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa and Lesotho entered into force on Monday, but its impact...
Culture of good governance key
PRINCE Seeiso Bereng Seeiso’s statement bemoaning the “far slower pace” of Lesotho’s politico-economic and social development in relation to its “sister” countries should be...
Project to strengthen labour inspections
THE project on Strengthening Labour Inspections in Lesotho was launched by the Minister of Labour and Employment on 30 September 2016. This project is...
Lesotho not serious about SMMEs
‘Mako Bohloa IT is a well-known fact that small businesses act as a backbone to growing economies around the world. However, the amount of abuse...
Labour Market Dialogue
Engagement key in tackling labour issues HELLO Everyone! I am Advocate Karabo Tlhoeli, The Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Let...
Free press mightier than guns of darkness
Advocate Zwelakhe Mda KC THE Lesotho Lawyers for Human Rights wishes to condemn in the most emphatic terms the cowardly attack on the editor...
Lawyers For Human Rights Statement
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Our beautiful motherland
Utloang Kajeno PSALM 24:1-2 reads: “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he...
Scrambled Eggs
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. We will control the horizontal, we...