Will the next Pol Pot be Arab or African?
TO those too young to remember Pol Pot, here is a short biography: he was an Asian who had millions of his people killed, perhaps...
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Let’s be more accountable about our natural resources
ON March 2 and 3 governments will be meeting in Paris, France, to share their experiences on how accountability can enhance democratic governance in their...
Under-20s fall to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia . . . . (1) 3 Lesotho . . . . . . . . .(1) 1 MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-20 national team...
Heads to roll in PM's office
MASERU – Heads are set to roll in Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s office after a forensic investigation unearthed serious abuse and manipulation of procurement regulations....
Thahane freezes posts
MASERU – The government will not hire personnel to fill new posts because of the scarcity of funds, according to Finance Minister Timothy Thahane. Thahane...
M50-million boost for SMMEs
MASERU — The government has set up a M50-million credit guarantee scheme to help small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs), Finance Minister Timothy Thahane (pictured...
Lesotho MDGs off target
MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane says the government is unlikely to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Addressing parliament during the 2011/12...
What happened to patriotism?
The good thing about democracy is that it dictates that everyone must be listened to. That’s fair. Its downside however is that sometimes we just...
Judge trashes LCD application
MASERU – The High Court has rejected an attempt by two members of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party to be included as respondents...
Youths used as pawns, says Bulane
MASERU – The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league has alleged that the five party members seeking to block the special conference are pawns...
Parties reject civic groups
MASERU – Opposition parties have rejected a proposal to incorporate civil society groups into a special body to be formed by the Independent Electoral Commission...
Ministry defends tender process
MASERU — The home affairs principal secretary says there is nothing wrong in using a selective tender process to identify firms that could produce Lesotho’s...
Quality: managers’ responsibility
QUALITY is often associated with inspection and testing, which together are commonly known as quality control. For many, quality control is considered solely the realm...
Mubarak’s poodle takes over
AFTER 18 days of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between Hosni Mubarak and the young people of Egypt assembled in Liberation Square in Cairo, the former fighter pilot...
Basotho should learn to tolerate each other
TWO weeks ago Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili launched Lesotho’s seventh five-year National Strategic Development Plan. The ideas behind the plan are good and the objectives...
Lefa unearth ticket scam
MASERU — Five people were arrested at Setsoto Stadium for selling fake tickets during the Matlama-Supersport match last Sunday. The five, aged between 22 and...
Notši ponders U-23 prospects
MASERU – In exactly a month’s time Lesotho will kick off its campaign at the Caf African Youth Championship in Libya. Lesotho will come up...
Addressing men’s sexual health – Part 1
THERE are many questions and problems that men have that have not been addressed by society and the health fraternity. Unlike women who have access...
Shady tender deal
MASERU — The government is set to award a multimillion maloti contract to a German company to supply Basotho with electronic passports without going through...
Cops offer M2m
MASERU — The police are offering a whopping M2 million to anyone who can supply information that could help unlock four high-profile murder cases. They...
How MCA handled ID tender
MASERU — The selective tender process adopted by the government for Lesotho’s e-passports is in stark contrast to the process used by the Millennium Challenge...
Open letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Honourable Prime Minister Mosisili, WITH revenues from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) that have long accounted for a greater portion of Lesotho’s income...
Government to introduce e-passports
MASERU – The government of Lesotho is in the process of introducing electronic passports. An electronic passport, also known as biometric passport, looks like a...
e-passports: pitfalls of selective tendering
MASERU – Selective tendering, like the one the Lesotho government has just been engaged in to search for firms which will produce electronic passports, has...
Uproar over Electoral Bill
MASERU – A Bill seeking to change the country’s electoral law has triggered an uproar from opposition parties. The opposition parties say the National Assembly...
Toll gate fees go up in March
MASERU — The Department of Roads says it is increasing toll gate fees with effect from March 1. The last increment was in 2008. Drivers...
Foolish fury and naked hypocrisy
Hell has no fury like a demystified bunch of graduates. For merely pointing out that standards at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) university have...
Clampdown on hooligans
MASERU – Unruly fans at the Caf Champions League match between Matlama and Supersport United on Sunday will be locked up in temporary holding cells...
Football officials appeal ban
MASERU – Three football administrators who were banned last month for allegedly bringing the game into disrepute have appealed to the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa)...
Makoanyane regroup for Libya
MASERU — The mood in camp is exuberant. The players eat, play and pray together. They also crack jokes amongst themselves in a spirit of...