Category : Comment

  MOVES by the government and opposition to map out a framework for the return of exiled political leaders deserve utmost commendation. As reported in...

  FINANCE Minister Dr ‘Mamphono Khaketla’s budget speech last week struck all the right notes given the difficult macro-economic circumstances Lesotho finds itself in. Among...

  AS reported elsewhere in this edition, forecasts by the Central Bank of Lesotho and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are pointing to a downward trajectory...

  LESOTHO trudged into the New Year last Friday saddled with a plethora of challenges brought forward from 2015. The country is beset by a...

  DESPITE spirited assistance from the SADC region, Lesotho seems to teeter from one crisis after the other. The political logjam which has seen three...

  As reported elsewhere in this edition, five lives were claimed this week owing to gun violence which has become endemic in Lesotho. This time,...

  THE heartrending story of Corporal Ngoliso Majara’s ordeal, published elsewhere in this edition, highlights the urgent need for a resolution to Lesotho’s perennial crises....

  Former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s imminent return from exile should mark the beginning of a new era for Lesotho. The All Basotho Convention (ABC)...

  THE 12-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) Commission of Inquiry into the killing of former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander Maaparankoe Mahao already has...

  WHILE we are averse to commenting on matters that are sub judice, the continuing allegations of torture levelled against the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)...

  AHEAD of the 28 February 2015 general elections, the promise of stability was one of the main selling points for politicians vying to lead...

  AS Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state and government, including Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, met for an extraordinary meeting yesterday, the elephant...

  ELSEWHERE in this edition, a senior South African textile and clothing sector consultant has warned that Lesotho’s textile and clothing production will be decimated...

  ONE of the oft repeated punchlines by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili during the campaign period was the promise to restore the dignity and respect...

  PRIME Minister-elect Pakalitha Mosisili’s remarks elsewhere in this edition are cause for optimism. The Democratic Congress leader said he had learnt from the mistakes...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and South Africa have done well to deploy armed security personnel to Lesotho. But this is only to protect...

  It is a cardinal canon of any democratic society that everyone is entitled to rights of peaceful protests. It is, therefore, within the Lesotho...

  LESOTHO suffered the embarrassment of failing to secure the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation chairmanship on Sunday...

  Lesotho’s feuding ruling parties look set to miss today’s deadline to remove barriers which have stalled progress in their efforts to find a lasting...

We have often commended Pakalitha Mosisili for his decorum and statesmanship in ensuring a smooth handover of power when he failed to win a majority...

The Commonwealth Expert Adviser to Lesotho, Dr Rajen Prasad, has submitted his recommendations to the coalition government, which he believes can take Lesotho out of...

Yesterday’s complete destruction of Tšenolo FM by unknown assailants was not only an attack on the fledgling radio station but an assault on press freedom...

The Lesotho multi-stakeholder delegation to New Zealand, led by Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing, has returned home after a week of sharing experiences with that...

The feud between Lesotho Mounted Police Service Commissioner Khothatso Tšooana and Lesotho Defence Force boss, Lieutenant General Kamoli, scaled new heights last week when the...

  ELSEWHERE in this issue, we carry a report on the investigations being carried out on Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing. It is always difficult...

WHILE we have harped on ad nauseam about the souring of relations between Lesotho’s security agencies, recent shocking events cannot go unmentioned. Elsewhere in this...

The government was exposed once again this week, after taxi-operators barricaded the Maseru Bridge Border Post, with the relevant authorities completely powerless to do anything...