Army has a role in nation-building
WE are heartened by the conciliatory approach by various speakers at the memorial service for the late Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant-General Khoantle Motšomotšo,...
Category : Comment
Reforms are the ultimate solution
Editorial OUR body politic is characterised by perennial squabbles over so many issues but one thing that is sure to unite Basotho across the partisan...
Let us live within our means
HEADS much wiser than our own have wondered at the propensity of human beings to fear so many things including goblins and supernatural creatures...
Opportunity to right past wrongs knocks
ANOTHER Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) summit beckons next week, with Lesotho once again expected to hog the limelight. Hearteningly, it is not for...
Govt engendering public confidence
IT can never be over-emphasised that any government must do everything in its power to engender public confidence and it would appear that the...
Bugging underscores need for reforms
THE use of surveillance equipment to spy on any individual, more so the prime minister of a country is bound to suggest sinister motives....
Majoring in minors will take us nowhere
LAST Friday, King Letsie III called for the speedy implementation of all the Southern African Development Community (SADC) recommendations and the depoliticisation of security institutions...
Parties must work for national interest
THE pledge by the newly-elected Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) executive committee to work with government on developmental issues is commendable given the long history...
Govt must swiftly act on killings
THERE is certainly no honeymoon period for the new Thomas Thabane-led four parties’ coalition government in the aftermath of his inauguration as Prime Minister last...
The time is now to put the country first
ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane’s inauguration as prime minister at Setsoto Stadium tomorrow will certainly be accompanied by the pomp and fanfare...
Prioritise workers’ welfare
THE war of words which erupted this week between Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili and his Labour Minister, Advocate Thulo Mahlakeng would have been comical...
If not for Lesotho, then do it for yourselves
EUROPEAN Union Ambassador Michael Doyle’s remarks on the urgent need to implement the reforms agenda only serves to show that there will be no...
Public sector reform an urgent necessity
WE could not agree more with local analysts who have underscored the need for the country to enact laws to establish oversight and vetting...
Moleleki claims could well be a drop in the ocean
IT would be easy to dismiss Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader and former ruling Democratic Congress (DC) deputy leader, Monyane Moleleki’s allegations of rampant...
What’s the endgame?
ELSEWHERE in this edition, the four-party opposition alliance has undertaken to block the government from accessing public funds to bankroll the snap general elections...
Let parly rules decide
OUR beautiful Mountain Kingdom is one country which prides itself on following the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy and part of that package includes...
Holistic action needed to development goals
GIVEN the rate at which we continually churn out negative reports about failed policies and programmes, it is only the eternal optimist who could...
Another political party joins the fray
ANOTHER year, another month and another party is set to enter the political fray fronted by former Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) secretary-general and...
Not yet Uhuru on AGOA
BACK in 1992, just a few months after her return to South Africa from a long exile in the United States which had begun...
Patronage Lesotho’s undoing
THE country’s political parties have been holding rallies to galvanise their supporters as electioneering gathers momentum ahead of possible elections that could be called...
We can do without the brinkmanship
THE United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) indicates that as far as economic development is concerned, Lesotho is going nowhere and very...
Bury the hatchet for nation’s sake
IT has been said when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers most and nowhere is this truer than the present circumstances in...
Progress is an option
LESOTHO has been named among the world’s most improved economies for doing business in the World Bank’s influential Ease of Doing Business rankings for...
Amnesty bill: Inclusivity key
THE Amnesty Bill of 2016 which seeks to grant members of the security sector a blanket amnesty for offences committed between January 2007 and...
Culture of good governance key
PRINCE Seeiso Bereng Seeiso’s statement bemoaning the “far slower pace” of Lesotho’s politico-economic and social development in relation to its “sister” countries should be...
Uhuru: Time to reflect
THE Mountain Kingdom’s main independence golden jubilee celebrations are almost upon us. Only five days stand between us and the momentous occasion set for...
Climate of fear needs to end
A CLIMATE of fear has engulfed the country following the myriad of killings and attempted murders over the course of this year. In this...
Another chance to put our house in order
IF anyone thought the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) warning to withdraw aid to countries that fail to meet its eligibility criteria were idle words,...
Time to nip crime in the bud
LESOTHO is by-and-large a relative haven in comparison to our crime-ridden neighbour South Africa. Many Basotho have found comfort in the knowledge that they...
Donate blood and share the gift of life
AS a nation, we are sometimes preoccupied with a lot of seemingly important endeavours at the expense of simple but vital issues that could...