Depoliticising the security forces
FORMER Prime Minister Thomas Thabane once told a Maseru newspaper, “Political stability requires the army to release its grip on politics and take a...
Category : Opinion
Has Lesotho reached its Rubicon?
Utloang Kajeno Historical Comparison IN the early 1980s, the world’s attention was fixed on the then apartheid South Africa. The world keenly awaited President...
Gun violence: The elephant in the room
ONCE again, Lesotho grapples with the scourge of gun violence as well-known Mafeteng taxi boss Mare Nthunya was shot dead last Saturday by an...
Sejanamane’s analysis still paralysed
Khomo-ea-Mollo Mafokotsane JUST as Jesus cured a man of paralysis in Mark 2:5, any sane and intellectually sound person would have thought that the...
Adopting plastic tax the way to go
Khotso Mosola IN 2003, the South African government introduced a levy or a tax on plastic bags and Botswana followed suit with a similar...
Sejanamane’s paralysis of analysis
Dr Fako Johnson Likoti Introduction RECENTLY, we have read with great interest the political analysis by Professor Mafa Sejanamane, whether on his Lesothoanalysis blog,...
Another chance to put our house in order
IF anyone thought the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) warning to withdraw aid to countries that fail to meet its eligibility criteria were idle words,...
How Lesotho benefited from MCA
Khotso Mosola IN 2007, the government of Lesotho signed a Millennium Challenge Corporation compact known as Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). This compact or agreement...
Time to nip crime in the bud
LESOTHO is by-and-large a relative haven in comparison to our crime-ridden neighbour South Africa. Many Basotho have found comfort in the knowledge that they...
How should Lesotho approach political and constitutional reforms
By Moeketsi Majoro In late 2014, I penned in South Africa’s Business Day of 2 December 2014, a motivation for radical political and constitutional...
Democratic governance and fear
…Mosisili’s conundrum Professor Mafa M Sejanamane Introduction JUST over a year ago, Lesotho went through general elections that all international election observers concluded had...
Of human rights and titles
…Advocate Mda (KC) versus Rt. Honourable Kamoli Professor Mafa M Sejanamane For sometime now the state of human rights in Lesotho has been appalling....
Truth necessary to achieve healing
Makhabane Maluke SOMETIMES the truth hurts. Just like words: it may annoy, irritate, impress etc. If speaking the truth is likely to achieve some...
Donate blood and share the gift of life
AS a nation, we are sometimes preoccupied with a lot of seemingly important endeavours at the expense of simple but vital issues that could...
One year on, Mosisili still missing the mark on human rights
The authorities in Lesotho must uphold human rights and the rule of law and end continuing harassment and intimidation of lawyers and human rights...
Should obesity be classified a disease?
UTLOANG KAJENO A DISEASE is a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal or plant especially one that produces specific symptoms or that...
Reset Africa’s trajectory to drive growth
Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu THE global commodity slump and China’s economic slowdown have pummeled several African economies, making clear that the continent’s “rise” was a...
Budget fails fiscal transparency test
Moeketsi Majoro Introduction THE reading of the 2016/2017 budget speech last Friday has presented an opportunity to comment on the policy proposals the government...
Lecture on access of Justice for the disabled
Limpho Sello LNFOD Executive Director Advocate Nkhasi Sefuthi says persons with disabilities experience serious inequalities in terms of access to justice due to attitudinal...
Do to others as you would expect from them
UTLOANG KAJENO THESE seminal impeccable words cited from the Book of Matthew 7:12, are advisory to our current political leaders. They are a truism...
Be smart with your money!
SAVINGS have, over the years, been a controversial topic amongst Christians. The saying goes, “The rich don’t belong in heaven”. And this has led...
The opposition is awkwardly positioned
LESOTHO is at the point of its 9th Parliament after the 2015 snap election. Its few months’ old opposition is already on a prolonged...
Lesotho development aid needs new direction
Jack Healey A recent blog post, Can Lesotho survive more development? by John Aerni-Flessner and Charles Fogelman points out that “Despite post-Millennium development programs…,...
Who should elect prime minister: citizens or MPs?
Sofonea Shale The contemplated constitutional review shall remain an elitist process that insulates politicians from public control unless citizens rise and actively participate in...
Lesotho’s situation does not call for a TRC
Utloang Kajeno LET us start from premise that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Commission of Inquiry recommendations are adopted, binding and prosecutable. In...
Did politicians take heed of His Majesty’s address?
By Sofonea Shale THE 2015 annual national address by His Majesty the King on the occasion marking festive season generated public discourse necessary for...
The gravy train needs no talkers
Mahao Mahao IN a morning programme on Harvest FM last week, one of the lieutenants in the current government was on air to share...
Our political parties should solve our political instability
By Kelebone Lekunya* Since independence in 1966, Lesotho has experienced political disturbances which are relatively more than its tiny geographical size. There coups, attempted...
Let’s rally all our friends…..
Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s declaration of a state of emergency this week because of the drought currently ravaging the country was the right and...
SADC: Struggle for order and accountability in Lesotho
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.”...