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HOW much longer will this country continue to suffer due to politicians and public officials who put their own selfish, parochial interests above the nation? We ask this question in…
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Ours is a country where there is rarely any good news to report concerning the government and its related entities. Usually the stories are about the misappropriation or…
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THE sudden death of High Court judge, Thamsanqa Nomngcongo, last Thursday could not have come at a worse time for Lesotho’s ailing judiciary. The learned judge took his…
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By Peete Molapo The Covid-19 pandemic has all the trappings of a black swan event. It has upended everything. Despite some positive interventions in the form of new vaccines, there…
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THE process of recruiting new High Court judges remains mired in opacity and unhelpful secrecy. It continues to raise more questions than answers. Like the analysts who…
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LIKE the rest of the nation, we have been keenly following the exchanges between the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and the Democratic Congress (DC) over the National Peace and Unity…
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THE government must urgently fix the country’s prisons and bring them up to the acceptable standards for human habitation. For a long time, our prisons have attracted…
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WE are glad that the government has finally decided to investigate the troubling issue of police brutality. This was revealed last week by Deputy Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu…
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SOMEWHERE in the Bible, we read of the fool who said in his heart that there is no God. Here in the streets of Maseru- in its pubs, malls and homes- we have fools who say…
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MOVEMENT for Economic Change (MEC) legislator Thabo Ramatla couldn’t have put it better when he asked if police ever investigate crimes against ordinary people if they cannot…
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Justice was finally done yesterday when former first lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane was remanded in custody ahead of her trial for the June 2017 murder of Lipolelo Thabane. As a disclaimer…
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ON two occasions outgoing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has ridden to power on the back of popular discontent against incumbent governments. On both occasions he has failed to last the…
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OUR people rightly feel cursed after almost 55 years of independence. They have been routinely misgoverned. The country is routinely mismanaged.  Our leaders just cannot seem to do a…
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IT is time the heads of security agencies moved from condemning and apologising for acts of brutality against citizens by their subordinates to taking concrete action against their…
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THIS week marked the start of a nationwide lockdown ordered by the government to curb the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic which has infected more than 800 000 people worldwide…
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WE can only applaud the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s national executive committee (NEC) and the party’s legislators for setting aside their differences and holding a peaceful…
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BASOTHO must be worried. Extremely worried by the government’s lackadaisical approach in dealing with the deadly Corona virus which has infected tens of thousands of people and killed…
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IT cannot be business as usual for the government and everyone in the medical cannabis industry following last week’s announcement that Malawi has joined the ever-growing list of…
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NOW that the national executive committee (NEC) of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has nominated its chairperson, Samuel Rapapa, to succeed outgoing  Prime Minister Thomas…
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PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane must be applauded for his decision to step down. Whether his sudden departure, after he had initially vowed to cling to power till the late 2020s, is…
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It has been said that promises by politicians are as brittle as lovers’ oaths. This is certainly true of the current ruling coalition which appears to have forgotten its promise to…
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OURS cannot be a soulless nation where human life has no value and people are brutally massacred at the drop of a penny. We have said this before and we will continue repeating this…
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When magistrates, who are the custodians of justice in any given country, decide to sue their own government, then things have gone horribly wrong. In fact, it’s a scenario that we have…
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EXASPERATED investors’ threats to dump the country over safety concerns should not be taken lightly. The government and in particular, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service should re-think…
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IT is really sad that at a time when Basotho and this country’s well-meaning development partners should have been celebrating the second anniversary and achievements of the…
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IT is almost two years since the advent of the All Basotho Convention-led four party coalition and it seems the two-year syndrome of governments collapsing in their second year in…
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THE budget presentation came and went this week and while many particularly, civil servants will feel hard done by the failure to award them salary increments, most Basotho will agree…
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THE ongoing chaos in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) makes for sad reading especially at this time when the party and the government should be focusing all their energies on ensuring…
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THE Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s decision not to extend the tour of duty of its Standby Force is understandable. However, it should also be a cause of worry to all…
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MOST of us are on cloud nine as we continue to celebrate the milestone of our country’s 52nd anniversary of independence. However, we feel that such momentous occasions would be better…
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