Mobile phone gender gap
“Women in rural areas and lower income brackets stand to benefit the most from closing the gender gap.” GSMA report THE mobile phone is so...
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Involve the most marginalised for guaranteed growth
LESOTHO has recently embarked on a new initiative to accelerate growth in support of Vision 2020. The recent financial crisis and its ensuing recession exposed...
South Sudan: So many lessons to learn from
OF the 30 or so African heads of state at last week’s inauguration of South Sudan’s birth as a nation only a few could link...
Service providers must pay for their failures
THERE are a few corporations that I believe should be sued by the people for not exactly performing their corporate duties. One of the first...
What’s wrong with bailing out troubled companies?
IN one of my previous articles I blamed Africans for contributing to the slave trade. When the Caucasians landed on the African shores off their...
Does donor aid work?
By Thupa Kubu NEWS that came out in one BBC radio programme at the recent G8 summit was that developed countries were willing to provide...
Money transfer scam
MASERU — CGM Industrial (Pty) Ltd (CGM Industrial), a garment factory that received a M30 million bail-out from the government of Lesotho, is allegedly siphoning...
Retrenchment looms at national abattoir
MASERU — Lesotho National Abattoir could be forced to retrench workers this month as a meat shortage that began in February persists, the Lesotho Times...
MKM saga takes yet another twist
MASERU — The MKM saga has taken yet another twist after a shareholder in one of the companies under the group approached the High Court...
Parly to be ready by October
MASERU — The new M70 million parliament building will be ready for use by October, principal secretary in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport,...
Drunken masters
Scrutator has never been in the business of playing “mother” to people or being a moral prefect for others but today, just for this once,...
Workers fired in pay dispute
MASERU — Workers at garment manufacturer Shinning Century Limited were summarily fired on Monday after they downed tools demanding payment for long-service. Shinning Century Limited...
US pledges M34 million for HIV programme
MASERU — The United States has pledged about US$5 million (M34 million) to strengthen Lesotho’s prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme. The US...
Two in court for robbing nuns
MASERU — Two men appeared in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to answer charges of robbing two Catholic nuns of their car at Ha...
Church project keeps hunger at bay
MOHALE’S HOEK — Reverend Thabang Moletsane, 53, of the Lesotho Evangelical Church, says they are farming in God’s way. Quoting liberally from the Bible book...
Seven principles for every CEO
IF YOU are a chief executive officer (CEO) who has the desire to champion women’s issues but is at a loss as to how to...
The government has no business running businesses
ABOUT four weeks ago a friend of mine introduced me to an American citizen named Justin. Justin was a philosophy graduate, aspiring novelist-turned-fulltime tourist who...
Julius Malema and the land question
IN TODAY’S South African political scenario Julius Malema has become the most outstanding exponent of land and wealth redistribution in South Africa. The leader of...
Who should be scared of the Chinese?
THE first people of Chinese descent I ever met in my life ran a tea-room on the edge of The Old Bricks, in Harare Township,...
How courtship works in the 21st century
GUYS, how does courtship really work these days? Seriously, let us coast back into memory lane, as back as your memory serves you, you know,...
Controversy dogs ID tender
MASERU — Iris Corporation, a Malaysian company with a checkered history, is leading the race for a contract to supply national identity documents to Lesotho,...
Opposition threatens to boycott poll
MASERU — Opposition leaders on Tuesday threatened to boycott the forthcoming local government elections in September unless the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) conducts a fresh...
NUL lecturers threaten to strike
ROMA — Teachers and researchers at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) say they will go on strike in August if the management fails to...
Coletu protests reduced student intake at NUL
MASERU — The Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions (Coletu) will today protest at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) against the government’s decision to slash...
Opposition leaders arrested
MASERU — There was drama at the Basotho National Party (BNP) Centre on Tuesday when an ex-soldier “arrested” and frog-marched four opposition leaders to the...
The allegations that angered Sako
MASERU — The citizen’s arrests of four opposition leaders by an ex-soldier, who has a checkered history, on Tuesday might have “stolen” the headlines but...
Was the arrest stage-managed?
MASERU — Speculation is rife that the “citizen’s arrest” of four opposition leaders by ex-soldier Hosanna Sako at a press conference on Tuesday could have...
Army reverses plan to evict soldier
MASERU — The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has backed down on its plans to evict Captain Bulane Sechele from a house at Ratjomose Barracks. Last...
IMF hails Lesotho’s reforms
MASERU — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said Lesotho’s improved economic reforms have enabled the country to adjust to declining revenue from the...
Improve business climate, says US ambassador
MASERU — The United States ambassador to Lesotho Michelle Bond yesterday urged the government of Lesotho to address factors that drive away foreign investors. “It...