‘Let’s build the Lesotho we can all be proud of’
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) has come a long way since its establishment in 1967. Tasked with promoting Lesotho...
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TB: Lesotho in a state of emergency
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Lesotho will tomorrow belatedly commemorate World Tuberculosis Day in Nazareth amid a disturbingly high incidence of the disease. Globally, the...
Big day for Lesotho and SA
. . . as Phase Two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is finally launched today By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Today is a...
‘Mob justice must never be an option’
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Officer Commanding Maseru District, Senior Superintendent Mofokeng Kolo has warned communities against taking the law into their...
‘Moshoeshoe’s Day still misunderstood by many’
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Legend has it that while still in his mid-teens, Lepoqo Letlama Mokhachane (later to be known as King Moshoeshoe 1),...
‘We are all vulnerable to disability’
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU-Lesotho is still far from understanding and taking disability issues seriously and this has left the more than 75 000 Basotho living...
Midwives ‘must take charge of their profession’
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU- The Independent Midwives Association of Lesotho (IMAL) has expressed concern that women continue to die during pregnancy and soon after delivery....
Daring to re-engineer the health system
The Ministry of Health is set to implement new innovations to turn around the sector By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — It is almost 14 years after...
Bank governor rolls up her sleeves
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) governor, Dr Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, says the implementation of broad-based strategies aimed at developing the...
Revamp of the education system mooted
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Minister of Education and Training, ‘Makabelo Mosothoane, says good facilities, well-trained teachers and strong management systems are essential to...
Stock-theft remains challenge for police
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Running battles between the police and livestock-thieves are a regular occurrence in the country’s mountainous districts — a situation which...
Plans afoot to create 50 000 jobs
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Minister of Development Planning, Dr Moeketsi Majoro, has revealed his department’s roadmap aimed at propelling Lesotho to new levels...
The vehicle for better service delivery
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — The Local Government Service Director General ’Matiisetso Libetso says every ministry should pay attention to, and learn from, the ongoing...
I will not serve more than two terms as Prime Minister’
It’s exactly 510 days since the inauguration of Lesotho’s first-ever coalition government when Lesotho Times (LT) editorial executives caught up with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane...
Cry the beloved youths
By Tsitsi Matope MASERU — Priority should be given to programmes that build the capacity of young people to become the drivers of economic development...