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‘Women remain silent until it’s too late’
Tsitsi Matope
Lithabaneng residents were left in a state of shock after the bloody, lifeless body of a 36-year-old woman was found in her bedroom on Monday this week.
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‘I am concerned about reports of corruption in my ministry’
Tsitsi Matope
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is one of government’s key departments which deal with the country’s major development projects, among them the…
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‘We should all politically grow up and be sensible’
Tsitsi Matope
Lesotho’s female Members of Parliament (MPs) have often been accused of failing to contribute to critical debate in the august house, which could lead to the…
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‘Yet another period of food insecurity looms’
Tsitsi Matope
The Lesotho Bureau of Statistics (LBS) has projected poor harvests this year for the country’s three major cereals, namely maize, sorghum and wheat.
The Lesotho Times…
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‘I’m looking forward to more happiness with His Majesty’
Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso reflects on her marriage, being 38, society at large and her transition to the Royal Queen she is today.
Tsitsi Matope
QUEEN ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso,…
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Baphuthi demand ‘due recognition’
Tsitsi Matope
The descendants of King Moorosi — the formidable leader of the Baphuthi people who passed away in 1879 at Mount Moorosi in Quthing District — believe they are a…
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‘Water operations don’t come cheap’
By Tsitsi Matope
MASERU — Lesotho is a “water country” and its citizens should benefit free supplies — this is the argument by some pressure-groups and individuals, who have a…
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Met department sends chilling warning
By Tsitsi Matope
MASERU — The Lesotho Meteorological Services has projected an “abnormally cold” winter this year, which is also expected to be unusually long and rainy.
The Lesotho…
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Why companies need to re-register
By Tsitsi Matope
MASERU — The Companies Registry, which falls under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing, is in the process of updating its records while also…
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‘We need God now more than ever before’
By Tsitsi Matope
MASERU — Today is Holy Thursday — an important day in the Christian faith, when Jesus had his last supper with his disciples.
In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a…
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‘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 as an attractive…
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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…
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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 big day for Lesotho and South Africa as the…
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‘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 own…
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‘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), had already mastered the intricate art…
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‘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 with disability feeling…
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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.
Lesotho…
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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 the 189 countries that are members of…
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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 country’s…
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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…
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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 continues to…
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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 of socio-economic…
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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 decentralisation…
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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 last…
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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 in Lesotho, the Acting Director…
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