Category : Comment

This week we carry the tragic story of Thabo Sebapo, a 20-year-old man who died under controversial circumstances at China Garments Manufacturers (CGM) at Thetsane...

FINANCE Minister Timothy Thahane presented what we believe is a fairly balanced budget yesterday. Our only gripe with the 2012/13 budget is the three percent...

THE government, opposition parties and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will tomorrow sign an election roadmap that seeks to pave way for the holding of...

Before I leave the subject of resolutions and goal setting for 2012, there are a couple of things I would like to share in addition...

The National University of Lesotho (NUL) yesterday finally reopened its doors after two tumultuous months of bitter standoff between lecturers and management over pay and...

What a roller coaster year this has been! We want to take this time to thank you our loyal readers and advertisers for your unflinching...

WITH a few months before Basotho trek to polling stations, last week’s workshop hosted by the United Nations Development Programme to promote political tolerance in...

UNSETTLING as they may be, I find that Shaw’s insights are still as relevant today as they were in 1933 when he wrote them. I...

THE damning report by parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) released last Friday made really depressing reading. The breath-taking levels of looting are a clear testimony...

Osman Moosa, who was convicted of tax fraud in August, is putting up the “Mother of all Fights” to retain his position as chairman of...

THE attack on two journalists from Lesotho Television while covering a protest march last Thursday should be roundly condemned as yet another serious threat to...

MANAGEMENT at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) must resist attempts to embark on gung-ho tactics to address what appears to be a simple labour...

JUSTICE Michael Ramodibedi’s call to set up a separate budget for the Court of Appeal could be seen as an extension of the bitter tussle...

The Credit Reporting Act passed by parliament last week is an important piece of legislation that will transform Lesotho’s economy. It will change, for the...

THE fight between Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla and Court of Appeal President Justice Michael Ramodibedi over who is senior should be deemed unfortunate given the...

THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) was this week plunged into fresh turmoil yet again as lecturers and non-academic staff joined hands in protest over...

INVESTIGATIONS by parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) into the looting of M2.5 million of taxpayers’ money during the funeral of the late assistant sports minister...

IF the riotous scenes that we saw at Moshoeshoe I International Airport on Tuesday are anything to go by, then Mothetjoa Metsing’s days as the...

THE decision to release 300 prisoners last week will serve to decongest Lesotho’s notoriously overcrowded jails. However, only time will tell whether unleashing such a...

THIS week the Libyan embassy in Maseru flew two flags, one associated with ousted strongman Muammar Gadaffi, and the other associated with the National Transitional...

Local Government Minister Pontšo Sekatle may well have been within her rights when she allocated residential stands to nine government ministers, judges and senior civil...

REPORTS that officers of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) are not happy with their salaries and working conditions should be treated with utmost urgency...

Two of the eight men on trial for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili and topple the government in 2009 are now without legal...

YOU know a government is becoming paranoid when it starts muzzling the media in times of crisis. The government showed its paranoia yesterday when it...

THE decision to hire Masupha Sole, the former boss of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) who was convicted for bribery and fraud, is a...

ELSEWHERE in this edition we carry a story that exposes the appalling state of our disaster management services. Last weekend dozens of people were trapped in...

A GOVERNMENT commissioned survey released last week found that most people believe that corruption in Lesotho is more prevalent than it was in 1999 when...

NATIONAL University of Lesotho (NUL) Vice-Chancellor Professor Sharon Siverts’ assessment of what needs to be done at the country’s premier institute of higher learning was...

THIS week’s news that a South African burial society had raised M2.5 billion to bail out MKM should have triggered wild celebrations. It didn’t. Instead,...

Reports by Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant General Thuso Motanyane that the army is facing severe budgetary constraints should come as a real cause...