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...
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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...
Lioli in tricky date with Bantu
MASERU — Lioli face Bantu in Mafeteng on Saturday knowing that a loss could all but rule them out of the league championship race. Tse...
Flaws of exam-driven assessments
LESOTHO’S education system is facing several challenges. These include the assessment of students and how examinations are conducted. They also include issues of curriculum design,...
Embracing our differences
JUST a kilometre from Butha-Buthe camptown, atop a plateau and hidden from sight by trees and two soccer fields, sits a very special place. At...
Lessons from the pyramids
ALL dictators have their apologists or sympathisers. Nearly 66 years after he killed himself, along with his mistress, Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler’s movement has many...
Quality is a matter of attitude
WE have already mentioned that quality has to do with meeting customer requirements. Furthermore, we pointed out that there are internal as well as external...
LCD sues LCD
MASERU – Five ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party members have filed an urgent application at the High Court seeking to block the party’s...
How businessman Moosa dodged tax
MASERU — When news broke last week that prominent businessman Osman Moosa and his son Shameen were facing 180 charges of dodging tax Moosa said...
Cash crunch blamed for courts backlog
MASERU – Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla has blamed the courts’ failure to reduce the backlog of criminal cases on the establishment of a new unit...
Elections chief under fire
MASERU — Opposition leaders say they will call for the ouster of Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson, Limakatso Mokhothu, if she insists on postponing local...
Limkokwing bosses dismiss union claims
MASERU — The Limkokwing University management says non-academic staff members have not been excluded from salary increments. Last week the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology...
Matlama humbled
MASERU — Matlama’s humbling at the hands of Supersport on Sunday leaves the Maseru giants with a mountain to climb when the two teams meet...
Paid at last
MASERU – Six Basotho athletes who won the Soweto Marathon in November have now been paid. The athletes participated in the marathon without clearance certificates...
Cosata team selection tourney set
MASERU – The Lesotho Taekwondo Association (LTA) will on Saturday hold a tournament to select players for the regional championships to be held in Angola...
Struggling Lioli blame it on absence of Sonopo
MASERU – Former league champions Lioli have blamed their misery this season on the constant absence of key striker Montoeli Sonopo. Lioli lie a lowly...
Agriculture in state of paralysis
THE agriculture sector in Lesotho is in a state of paralysis which is quite a shame. The ministry needs a huge shake-up if Lesotho is...
Challenges for Siverts
FIVE years ago the National University of Lesotho (NUL) welcomed the late Professor Ogunrinade with open arms and great expectations. He was replacing the renowned...
How this Castro could be a winner
FOR many leaders, any change of direction is frightening. Most would rather not risk it — a fear of the unknown inhibits them. They are...