Category : Comment

LAST week we reported that there had been calls from some quarters on the government to withdraw its financial support to the National University of...

 IN this edition we carry a harrowing story about the plight of orphans in Lesotho. Much has been written about the predicament of orphans but...

  LAST week Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili hinted at retirement, saying he had little time as head of government and the ruling Lesotho Congress for...

THE Communist Party of Lesotho, a long-forgotten political force in the country, is after all alive and kicking. A former senator and secretary-general of the...

MAKHARI Tsietsi, a 22-year-old student at Lerotholi Polytechnic, was allegedly murdered in the school campus last Tuesday. The tragic circumstances of his death raise serious...

LAST week we carried a disturbing story about six men who are suing Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane for torture. The six allege in court papers...

SOUTH Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was today expected to head north to help feuding members of Zimbabwe’s coalition government resolve their differences. At the time...

TALKS between the government and opposition on the disputed proportional representation (PR) seats finally roared into life yesterday. The talks are being facilitated by the...

LAST week the government unveiled a new media policy to regulate the broadcasting, print and publishing sectors. The draft media policy represents a major step...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

IT is exactly 10 days before the Fifa Confederations Cup bursts into life in neighbouring South Africa. Eight nations – hosts South Africa, Spain, Brazil,...

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...

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,...

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...

MASERU – Journalists from Lesotho celebrated World Press Freedom Day on May 5 in Leribe district. It is a day celebrated around the world on...

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...

I HAVE read an article          in your newspaper, Lesotho Times, of May 7 – 13, 2009.  I wish to refer to an article titled “NUL...

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...

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...

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...