Category : Comment

OUR sister paper, the Sunday Express, this week carried a shocking story about the mess at our premier learning institution, the National University of Lesotho...

IN this issue we carry a story about 100 block farmers who have failed to repay their government-guaranteed loans to a local commercial bank. The...

THE spectre of violence returned to haunt local football yet again last Sunday in a Vodacom Premier League match between Roma Rovers and Matlama Football...

THE leaders of Lesotho’s 20 main political parties yesterday agreed to postpone local government elections which were scheduled for next month. The signing of the...

AS expected the Law Society of Lesotho boycotted the official opening of the High Court on Monday in a move that vividly illustrated that that...

LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant General Thuso Motanyane last week told a commission set up to probe last April’s attacks on the prime minister...

IN HIS speech to the Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho last weekend, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili hit the proverbial nail on the head by identifying...

THE African Nations Cup explodes into life on Sunday in Angola promising a football festival to a country still recovering from the ravages of war....

This is the second Christmas since the first issue of this paper hit the streets and we could not be more thankful for having reached...

LAST Thursday marked the end of Lesotho’s best known high-profile corruption trial. Two senior government officials accused of taking bribes from a German firm in...

LESOTHO on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Aids Day. Lesotho has the world’s third highest HIV prevalence rate, according to...

YESTERDAY marked an historic day since Lesotho’s independence in 1966 as the country’s first world-class shopping mall opened its doors for business. Hearty congratulations to...

AT least 150 illegal immigrants from Lesotho were deported from South Africa last week in what the authorities said was the biggest group of deportees...

FOR a couple of weeks now we have watched our political leaders insult and tear each other apart. The opposition says it is not happy...

HISTORICALLY factory workers have had it tough since the days of the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Factory work has always been associated with long hours,...

THE president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Michael Ramodibedi, was spot on last Friday when he lashed out at the slow pace of the...

A REPORT released last Friday by international relief agency, ActionAid, painted a grim picture about the state of agriculture in Lesotho. The 91-page report titled,...

THE issue of land has always been an emotive one since Biblical times. Predictably, the Land Bill (2009) which is before parliament has elicited a...

LAST week we reported that there had been calls from some quarters on the government to withdraw its financial support to the National University of...

 IN this edition we carry a harrowing story about the plight of orphans in Lesotho. Much has been written about the predicament of orphans but...

  LAST week Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili hinted at retirement, saying he had little time as head of government and the ruling Lesotho Congress for...

THE Communist Party of Lesotho, a long-forgotten political force in the country, is after all alive and kicking. A former senator and secretary-general of the...

MAKHARI Tsietsi, a 22-year-old student at Lerotholi Polytechnic, was allegedly murdered in the school campus last Tuesday. The tragic circumstances of his death raise serious...

LAST week we carried a disturbing story about six men who are suing Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane for torture. The six allege in court papers...

SOUTH Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was today expected to head north to help feuding members of Zimbabwe’s coalition government resolve their differences. At the time...

TALKS between the government and opposition on the disputed proportional representation (PR) seats finally roared into life yesterday. The talks are being facilitated by the...

LAST week the government unveiled a new media policy to regulate the broadcasting, print and publishing sectors. The draft media policy represents a major step...

FOR the past three weeks we have watched in horror as the country teetered on the brink of political mayhem. The country was virtually on...

LESOTHO is on the verge of yet another political upheaval.  This time the mêlée is over disputed proportional representation seats. On Monday we could yet...

Below are comments posted on the Lesotho Times website in reaction to a call last week by the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) to...