Category : Comment

THE problems in Lesotho’s agriculture sector have been well documented. Players in the agriculture sector acknowledge that the sector has been in perpetual decline for...

IN two days’ time Basotho will once again trudge to the polls in three constituency by-elections that could serve as a litmus test for our...

THERE was an uneasy calm at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital this week after nurses grudgingly trudged back to their work stations after a week of...

PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday launched the National Volunteer Youth Corps, a new organisation set up to instil a spirit of volunteerism within our youth....

 PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday launched the National Volunteer Youth Corps, a new organisation set up to instil a spirit of volunteerism within our youth....

THIS newspaper has on numerous times raised concerns over the state of our judiciary system. We have not hesitated to pinpoint areas we felt needed...

TWO days from today, the Lesotho Times will quietly celebrate its second anniversary. And what an exciting time it has been for all of us...

THE following is a statement by the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) responding to statements made members of parliament and political youth leagues calling on the...

THE decision by the Premier League to ban the executive committee of Lioli Football Club for the next four years did not come as a...

IT is now almost two weeks after our sister paper the Sunday Express exposed the scandals involving the issuance of passports and other travel documents...

THE leader of the opposition Basotho National Party (BNP), Justin Metsing Lekhanya, last weekend survived by the skin of his teeth a major putsch led...

THE ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy party last Wednesday ignored opposition protests in parliament and passed the controversial Land Bill 2009. The law, which seeks...

OUR sister paper, the Sunday Express, this week carried a shocking story about the mess at our premier learning institution, the National University of Lesotho...

IN this issue we carry a story about 100 block farmers who have failed to repay their government-guaranteed loans to a local commercial bank. The...

THE spectre of violence returned to haunt local football yet again last Sunday in a Vodacom Premier League match between Roma Rovers and Matlama Football...

THE leaders of Lesotho’s 20 main political parties yesterday agreed to postpone local government elections which were scheduled for next month. The signing of the...

AS expected the Law Society of Lesotho boycotted the official opening of the High Court on Monday in a move that vividly illustrated that that...

LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant General Thuso Motanyane last week told a commission set up to probe last April’s attacks on the prime minister...

IN HIS speech to the Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho last weekend, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili hit the proverbial nail on the head by identifying...

THE African Nations Cup explodes into life on Sunday in Angola promising a football festival to a country still recovering from the ravages of war....

This is the second Christmas since the first issue of this paper hit the streets and we could not be more thankful for having reached...

LAST Thursday marked the end of Lesotho’s best known high-profile corruption trial. Two senior government officials accused of taking bribes from a German firm in...

LESOTHO on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Aids Day. Lesotho has the world’s third highest HIV prevalence rate, according to...

YESTERDAY marked an historic day since Lesotho’s independence in 1966 as the country’s first world-class shopping mall opened its doors for business. Hearty congratulations to...

AT least 150 illegal immigrants from Lesotho were deported from South Africa last week in what the authorities said was the biggest group of deportees...

FOR a couple of weeks now we have watched our political leaders insult and tear each other apart. The opposition says it is not happy...

HISTORICALLY factory workers have had it tough since the days of the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Factory work has always been associated with long hours,...

THE president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Michael Ramodibedi, was spot on last Friday when he lashed out at the slow pace of the...

A REPORT released last Friday by international relief agency, ActionAid, painted a grim picture about the state of agriculture in Lesotho. The 91-page report titled,...

THE issue of land has always been an emotive one since Biblical times. Predictably, the Land Bill (2009) which is before parliament has elicited a...