Category : Scrutator

…ridicule first, investigate later  I used to think critics of the so-called Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) were being unnecessarily harsh when they called it a toothless dog....

  THERE is absolutely nothing that excites Lady Scrutator more than an event that promises glitz, glamour and an opportunity to be seen. So imagine...

  This column should have been published about two weeks back when Ntate Sam Matekane made probably the most remarkable speech of his political career....

  My fellow Basotho, for how long are we going to keep on entertaining the illusion that Lesotho is a viable, futuristic and sustainable nation...

  —You are the new custodians of legal greed  Basotho, just when you think we have run out of creative ways to sabotage ourselves, the...

  As Scrutator has always argued, Lesotho has too many lawyers—far too many—squeezed into a tiny market where the available clients can barely fill a...

Lesotho’s government has finally perfected the art of national foolishness. Not content with losing control over crime, unemployment, and the general collapse of the state,...

  If Lesotho ever establishes a Ministry of Comedy, Scrutator proposes that the first order of business should be to award the Ministry of Trade, Industry and...

Scrutator salutes Chief Justice Sakoane for restoring order in Lesotho’s chaotic judiciary If Justice Sakoane Formed a Party, He’d Have My Vote If Chief Justice...

Lesotho is a land of short political lifespans. Our Prime Ministers have traditionally lasted about as long as a loaf of bread in a hungry...

Like him or loathe him, you can always count on Machesetsa (aka Mofomobe) to toss a cat among the pigeons. And what a cat he...

  Scrutator has seen many things in this Mountain Kingdom — coups staged with army trucks that barely had fuel, counter-coups, ministers who believe “public funds” means...

The Directorate on Protecting Corruption and Economic Offences (DPCEO) must have convinced itself that the Basotho nation is comprised of fools and dunderheads. Otherwise, it...

  Lesotho, land of the bizarre, has done it again. Last weekend, our so-called anti-corruption agency, the DCEO, stormed into action — not against ministers...

  If our politicians spent just a quarter of the time they expend on their xenophobic pursuits debating such critical issues like how to build...

  Our indefatigable and hard-working Chief Justice, Ntate Sakoane Sakoane, is doing a great job in trying to put sanity in Lesotho’s long comatose judiciary. ...

  —we should never hear from you again Scrutator is immensely gratified by the news  that one Tšepo Lipholo has gone into hiding. I pray that...

  Something very unusual has just happened in Lesotho’s politics. It’s not something that I think should go unnoticed because it is an issue of...

  Something very unusual has just happened in Lesotho’s politics. It’s not something that I think should go unnoticed because it is an issue of...

Dear Ntate Bothata    A VERY warm welcome to the realm of forming political parties, Lesotho’s ever flourishing “industry”.  It has been a while since I...

  Soon or later, you are going to have to make an important decision; i.e whether you want to become relevant to Lesotho’s politics as...

  Dear Ntate Bothata  A VERY warm welcome to the realm of forming political parties, Lesotho’s ever flourishing “industry”. It has been a while since...

  It is often said competition is good for the consumer. The more the competition in any business sector, the better the service or product...

  So there you have it. Our own version of Machesetsa is now in the White House.  The Donald is now president elect of the...

When state institutions fail the nation, it is the responsibility of the  media to probe why and hold them accountable. It is what every responsible...

–a thief is a thief and must be treated as a thief ….  Dear Ntate Lintle Tuke  Technically speaking, you are right that Chief Justice...

One of the reasons Basotho flocked to vote the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) into power was because they believed the message of the party’s main...

  Can you believe it? Grown men and women – whom we have the pleasure of calling members of parliament – spent a whole afternoon last...

Many Basotho, with an aversion to reading and who live under huge rocks, would most probably never have heard of the name Archivaldo Guzman Loera...

   Please break up this humungous and unmanageable ministry  Dear Ntate Sam  Congratulations Prime Minister. Your baby – the Revolution for Prosperity (aka RFP) has...