Category : Comment

IN HIS address to officially open the High Court session for this year on Tuesday, Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla to his credit pointed out the...

IT IS said a picture is worth a thousand words. And there she was, mixing cow dung and some soil somewhere in Ha-Teko on the...

THE auditor-general Lucy Liphafa last week released yet another damning report on the state of the country’s finances. The 2007/8 report lists a litany of...

ON February 1 or soon thereafter the National University of Lesotho (NUL) will have a new vice-chancellor. The appointment of the university’s new chief executive...

IN the past, the economy of Lesotho was largely supported by revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu). It also relied heavily on agriculture...

SUDAN may be on the verge of being reborn as two nations — north and south. The north is mostly Arabic and Muslim, the south,...

THE move to set up an independent human rights watchdog to protect the rights of citizens should be seen as the first concrete step by...

FOR fatally shooting a Mohale’s Hoek man eight years ago, a police officer was this week slapped with a five-year prison term or alternatively a...

THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) and Limkokwing University were shut down again last week. The three-year-old Limkokwing saw its worst student protests with nine...

SEVEN people, including two security guards, were this week shot during student protests at Limkokwing University campus in Maseru. The students were protesting against last...

LECTURERS at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) embarked on yet another strike on Monday. The latest strike action is a clear signal that all...

IN November 2007, the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) shut down MKM for operating a banking business without a licence. The central bank said MKM...

AS reported in one of our stories in this issue the government is moving swiftly to shut down all illegal schools operating in Lesotho. The...

TWO parties in the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe would love to win the next election — whenever it might be held. Arthur Mutambara’s formation...

A PROPOSAL by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s law committee to amend Lesotho’s electoral rules could prove a key turning point in halting post-election conflicts...

LESOTHO this year slumped to position 130 out of 183 countries in the “ease of doing business” survey carried out by the World Bank. Last...

THE cracks in the Lesotho opposition ranks widened this week over strategies on how to confront the government regarding the proportional representation (PR) seats issue....

ON Sunday, the managing director of Sun Bakery, formerly known as Astoria Bakery, was kidnapped from his home by unknown gunmen. A few hours later...

LAST month Lesotho joined the rest of the world in celebrating the African woman and her achievements. We look back and rejoice that we had...

THE noises emanating from the Lesotho Teachers Trade Union threatening to stage nation-wide protests suggest all is not well within the civil service. The union...

ELSEWHERE in this paper we carry a harrowing story of a 65-year-old former police officer who alleges that he was beaten by police officers in...

THE world over, universities are supposed to be a melting pot of ideas. They are incubators for ground-breaking research and innovation. It is at universities...

IN this edition we carry a story about the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Bill (2010) that the government of Lesotho has proposed. The law is meant...

THE dramatic collapse of the alliance between the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party and the Lesotho Workers Party (LWP) is the most vivid illustration that...

LESOTHO’S splintered labour movement is in turmoil once again — this time over how much factory workers should earn per month. But the dispute is...

THE proposal by a High Court judge for the government to push for a political solution to the MKM scandal could mark a significant turning...

THE MKM saga has rumbled on for a long time with no solution in sight for the 400 000 plus mostly impoverished citizens who were...

BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader Metsing Lekhanya outmuscled his political opponents last weekend to retain control of his beleaguered political party. We wish to extend...

LAST week the leader of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) party called on Lesotho’s political parties to boycott the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)....

FOR two weeks now South Africa has denied entry into the country to thousands of Basotho who are using temporary travel documents. Those who have...