Threatening journalists will backfire in the end
Reports this week that journalists at Harvest FM received death threats through anonymous phone calls should be condemned by all progressive and peace-loving Basotho. It...
Category : Comment
Neighbours need each other
The sudden requirement by authorities in South Africa that Basotho departing Lesotho should get their passports stamped before they can enter that country evokes mixed...
One ‘Ministry of Justice’ suffices
In one of his cabinet reshuffles after assuming the reins of power, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, in his wisdom, created two ministries basically dealing with...
Govt must help miners
A complex mixture of labour-related, social, economic and family problems has, for generations, dogged Basotho mine workers who go to toil for a living in...
Hero, epitome of humility
NELSON Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the...
Cabinet must end the discord
Once again another incident has exposed the worrying lack of co-ordination and cohesion in cabinet. The arrest of fugitive Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) member, Thabang...
Beware of conmen
It’s that time of the year when criminals become more vicious. Against this backdrop, the country’s four banks: Standard Lesotho Bank, First National Bank, Nedbank...
Who should we believe about Scott’s whereabouts?
The saga involving Lehlohonolo Scott now seems to be claiming more casualties than Moholobela Seetsa and Kamohelo Mohata whom he allegedly brutally murdered for ritual...
Mosisili for Ibrahim Prize
Even though it’s almost 18 months after the event, we still feel compelled to commend Pakalitha Mosisili’s steadfast statesmanship in ensuring a smooth hand-over of...
Thahane should have resigned
The principle that everyone is innocent until proven guilty subsists in Timothy Thahane’s case as it does for everyone suspected of committing a crime. The...
Ultimatums not the way
TAXI operators have always been seen as an uncouth lot that makes roads hazardous for other users and cares little about passengers. With so much...
Tough balancing act for Thabane and partners
Coalition governments are by nature compromise marriages delicately meant to secure peace in otherwise polarised political environments. After the bloody 2007 electoral period, a coalition...
Let’s tame the beast
Gender-based violence continues to stubbornly rear its ugly head in our country, daily. Various media reports show this scourge is now increasingly threatening to compete...
IDs for all Basotho: Mission impossible
THERE was some never-seen-before hype when the previous government touted the giant leap to ensure every Mosotho acquires an identity document. And surely earlier this...
No easy fix for NUL
The National University of Lesotho (NUL) has become a sore spot which refuses to heal in the body of the Basotho nation. That the varsity...
Political will can save renal patients
ELSEWHERE in this edition we carry the story of a ’Matlokotsi Makoa whose plight should jolt the government into action. Makoa suffers from chronic renal...
Resolve problems at Machabeng
As explained in our lead story, Machabeng College, which is regarded as the best school in Lesotho, is in crisis. The school has been rocked...
Shake these colleges from their slumber
THE Council on Higher Education (CHE) has done well to warn the public about illegal tertiary education institutions. It must however be doing more than...
Judge must accept a decent exit plan
The impeachment of Court of Appeal president Justice Michael Ramodibedi moved an inch closer after the government initiated proceedings against the apex court judge this...
No to mob rule
THE government has over the past few weeks tried to reach out to taxi operators who are demanding the removal of the minister and the...
Fighting poverty
PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili must go beyond the rhetoric of electioneering and demonstrate that he is committed to the fight against rampant poverty. If his...
A chance for a new start
AFTER a successful conference over the weekend the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has a chance to start on a clean slate. The former ruling...
Strengthen fight against corruption
PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday launched the Business Action Against Corruption (BAAC), a public-private Commonwealth initiative to fight corruption. He called on the media to...
Sadc must ensure free and fair election
A SADC delegation arrived in Lesotho this week in what the government said was a routine visit ahead of a general election expected in May....
Sadc must ensure free and fair election
A SADC delegation arrived in Lesotho this week in what the government said was a routine visit ahead of a general election expected in May....
New party must deal with underlying issues
PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili this week finally dumped the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) to form the Democratic Congress (DC) party. He engineered the demise...
Yapa’s deportation a travesty of justice
THE decision to deport a Sri Lankan national who was in the middle of a labour dispute with controversial firm China Garment Manufacturers (CGM) made...
LRA must get to the bottom of this saga
IN July last year this paper revealed that China Garments Manufacturer (CGM), Lesotho’s biggest textile firm, could have shipped millions out of this country by...
Mosisili must read writing on the wall
Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is a very lucky man after a plan to pass a vote-of-no-confidence in his government collapsed in dramatic circumstances yesterday. Mothetjoa...
Time fast running out for Mosisili
UNLESS something dramatic happens in the next few days to mend the rift between warring factions in the Lesotho Congress of Democracy (LCD) the party...