Govt should fight graft
It has been said that promises by politicians are as brittle as lovers’ oaths. This is certainly true of the current ruling coalition which appears...
Category : Comment
Police must act to stop senseless killings
OURS cannot be a soulless nation where human life has no value and people are brutally massacred at the drop of a penny. We have...
Sitting on the edge of a cliff
When magistrates, who are the custodians of justice in any given country, decide to sue their own government, then things have gone horribly wrong. In...
Saving the goose that lays the golden egg
EXASPERATED investors’ threats to dump the country over safety concerns should not be taken lightly. The government and in particular, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service...
We cannot go on like this
IT is really sad that at a time when Basotho and this country’s well-meaning development partners should have been celebrating the second anniversary and...
The strangers lie in wait for the spoils.
IT is almost two years since the advent of the All Basotho Convention-led four party coalition and it seems the two-year syndrome of governments collapsing...
Budget the best under the circumstances
THE budget presentation came and went this week and while many particularly, civil servants will feel hard done by the failure to award them salary...
The ABC must put its house in order
THE ongoing chaos in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) makes for sad reading especially at this time when the party and the government should be...
SAPMIL must fulfil its objectives
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s decision not to extend the tour of duty of its Standby Force is understandable. However, it should also be...
Time for moral regeneration
MOST of us are on cloud nine as we continue to celebrate the milestone of our country’s 52nd anniversary of independence. However, we feel that...
Time waits for no man
WE only know of one instance where the biblical Joshua successfully petitioned God to make the sun stand still and not set until he had...
ABC must deal with the elephant in the room
HISTORY is littered with so many examples of once iconic political movements or parties that eventually imploded into complete ignominy. Take for instance the example of...
We cannot go on like this
ONE lesson we have learnt from the resolutions of this week’s Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika Summit is that the regional body’s patience...
SAPMIL should be given enough time
THE call by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) for the extension of the tour of duty of the SADC Standby Force should not come as...
Let us walk the talk on austerity
MEMBERS of our coalition government are erudite and well-travelled enough to be familiar with the saying that “what is the sauce for the goose is...
All hands on the deck for SADC
WE have no doubt that it will come as sweet music to the ears of peace-loving Basotho that the police have started receiving training in...
Diamonds can change Lesotho
THERE is every reason to believe that with the fledgling diamond mining operations, Lesotho could be on the verge of considerable economic growth. For that...
Justice delayed is justice denied
THE old adage that justice delayed is justice denied certainly rings true in the case of Lesotho where the failure to prosecute criminals appears to...
Let us create an enabling business environment
THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and indeed all other government and quasi-government entities must always bear in mind the importance of always ensuring the environment...
Independent quality assurance needed
The physical quality and appearance of water can affect its acceptability to consumers and plunge communities into crisis. Because safe water plays a pivotal role...
Keep safe this Xmas
Editoial THE Christmas and New Year mood has kicked-in and many people are in a celebratory mood. A lot of people are looking forward to...
Something needs to give
THE cases of Chief Justice, Nthomeng Majara and Justice Kananelo Mosito perfectly illustrate some of the issues that are wrong with our country and they...
Comeuppance for evil scoundrels
THERE is an old adage about the long arm of the law eventually and always catching up with offenders and violators of legal rules. The...
Mugabe: End of an error
WHATEVER one’s political proclivities, there can be no denying that deposed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been ubiquitous in both the southern Africa region in...
Let service delivery be the govt’s byword
IN this edition, we interview Home Affairs Minister Tsukutlane Au, who outlines his plans to revamp the ministry which has been bedevilled by corruption and...
Govt, opposition on threshold of history
WE could not agree more with SADC facilitator and South African Vice President Cyril Ramaphosa on the importance of sincerity and political players on the...
SADC must show some bite
JUST when it appeared that SADC was finally shedding its unflattering tag of being toothless in the face of regional crises by acting to help...
Time to end senseless killings
COMMEMORATIONS of Lesotho’s 51st anniversary of independence are continuing in various parts of the country and we feel that the celebrations should also be an...
Reforms: Govt needs real support
The evolving security crisis in Lesotho reflects a deeply-rooted conflict requiring a robust mix of political, civilian, security and intelligence interventions. In the recent months,...
HIV/AIDS progress commendable
LESOTHO has made progress in its efforts towards ending the AIDS epidemic as reflected in the preliminary results of the Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA)....