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FOR the past three weeks we have watched in horror as the country teetered on the brink of political mayhem. The country was virtually on knife-edge. We saw how opposition political…
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LESOTHO is on the verge of yet another political upheaval.  This time the mêlée is over disputed proportional representation seats. On Monday we could yet again show the world how…
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Below are comments posted on the Lesotho Times website in reaction to a call last week by the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) to stage an indefinite stay-away.   I do not…
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OPPOSITION parties last week said they will call for an indefinite mass job stay-away starting August 3 to press the government to address the contentious issue of proportional…
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SIR Ketumile Masire, the envoy appointed by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to mediate Lesotho’s dispute over the allocation of parliamentary seats, has abruptly…
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LAST week 53 African heads of state and government met in Sirte, Libya, for the 13th summit of the African Union (AU). Among the issues they deliberated upon was the setting up of a…
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THE Lesotho Times will officially mark its first anniversary at a local hotel in Maseru tomorrow night. The belated ceremony, which will also serve as our official launch, is meant to…
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WE want to congratulate South Africa for hosting a near flawless Confederations Cup tournament over the past fortnight. Our neighbours have done us proud as a continent. For the past…
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JACOB Zuma last weekend called for a political solution to the current three-month crisis in Madagascar. The South African president said there should be an “inclusive political…
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IN last week’s edition of the Lesotho Times we carried a harrowing story about a woman who gave birth in a toilet at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Maseru. The woman alleged that she…
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AT least 84 illegal gold miners died a fortnight ago at Harmony Gold Mine in the Free State in South Africa. The illegal miners, who included 26 Lesotho nationals, are believed to have…
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IT is exactly 10 days before the Fifa Confederations Cup bursts into life in neighbouring South Africa. Eight nations – hosts South Africa, Spain, Brazil, Egypt, the United States,…
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INVESTIGATIONS by the Lesotho Times have revealed depressing details about the deteriorating standards at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, the country’s biggest and only referral health…
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FORMER All Basotho Convention (ABC) women’s league boss, Mookho  Mathibeli, last week became the latest high profile opposition official to dump the embattled party. Mathibeli, who was…
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LAST week National University of Lesotho (NUL) Vice-Chancellor Professor Adelani Ogunrinade came under renewed pressure to step down. Ogunrinade, who has been fire-fighting over the…
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MASERU – Journalists from Lesotho celebrated World Press Freedom Day on May 5 in Leribe district. It is a day celebrated around the world on May 3 by media practitioners to highlight…
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THE editor of the other weekly, Public Eye, has not been gracious enough to print my response to an article that appeared in their newspaper containing untruths about me and an…
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I HAVE read an article          in your newspaper, Lesotho Times, of May 7 – 13, 2009.  I wish to refer to an article titled “NUL pressed to suspend VC” where I have noted some…
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FINANCE Minister Timothy Thahane was reported last February promising to remain focused to achieve sustainable economic growth and protect the vulnerable. The budget speech presented to…
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THE long-awaited South African elections have come and gone. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) registered an emphatic victory during the polls held two weeks ago. This…
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WE wish to strongly condemn last week’s barbaric assassination attempt on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. It was a despicable and senseless attempt to destabilise the country which…
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A LOCAL weekly two weeks ago carried a story quoting the leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party, Thomas Thabane, threatening local journalists who failed to…
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THE lead story we carried two weeks ago exposed serious problems in the government’s school feeding programme. The scheme, started with noble intentions of feeding primary school…
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We would accept it if the failure to comply with government regulations was to due to genuine ignorance of what needed to be done. We however think this failure to comply is deliberate.…
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TUESDAY’S dramatic events in parliament have deeper implications for democracy in Lesotho. As reported in our lead story All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator, Nkhets’e Monyalotsa,…
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MOKHOTLONG – The body of a three-year-old boy was found dumped in Mokhotlong River last week. The police in Mokhotlong say they are investigating a case of murder following the…
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MASERU –    A 24-year-old Maseru man was this week sentenced to 10 years in jail after he was convicted of rape. Serope Mabusetsa Lekaka was charged with contravening the Sexual…
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QUTHING – A 63-year-old woman, ‘Matholang Khiba, appeared in court last week to answer charges of violating the Sexual Offences Act of 2003. Khiba, from Ts'oeneng in Masetise in…
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MASERU – Charles Jenkins, the outgoing commissioner-general of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA), could assume the same title in Swaziland where he attended a job interview a…
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MASERU - He is a taxman. A bad golfer. A saxophone player. An avid reader. A rock climber. A crossword fanatic. A fisher. He loves Africa. That pretty much sums up how the outgoing…
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