Uncircumsised Leadership
Gabashane Masupha Political & Policy Analyst In the anatomy of a democratic state, institutions are the sinews that hold the body politic together. When those...
Category : Features & Analysis
An Opportunity to Deepen Trade and Investment between the United States and Lesotho
Op-Ed by Ambassador Maria Brewer “The United States is all in on Africa,” President Biden affirmed during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit last December. The future...
King Mohammed VI recognises Berber New Year as official holiday
His Majesty King Mohammed VI has once again demonstrated that the Amazigh people are an important component of Moroccan society. For many years, the...
MPs note: Rapid population growth can become an opportunity or curse
By Moses Magadza KINSHASA, DOMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – African governments have been urged to invest in young people and implement important frameworks on...
SADC MPs call for regional peace and security
By Moses Magadza KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – A symposium held shortly after the official opening of the 52nd Plenary Assembly Session of the...
SADC PF Plenary focuses on regional peace
By Moses Magadza in Democratic Republic of Congo KINSHASA – The 52nd Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum took place here last...
MPs’ workshop focuses on bodily autonomy and integrity (BAI)
By Moses Magadza JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – A recent workshop for Members of Parliament from southern Africa focused on building the understanding of bodily...
Lesotho’s cyber law not well thought-out, potentially violates human rights: Analysts
Herbert Moyo LESOTHO is edging closer towards enacting a draconian cybercrimes law that prescribes hefty fines and lengthy jail terms for various cyber and computer...
Govt, QMMH accused of denying minor life-saving operation
Limpho Sello A HA-LEQELE, Maseru family has accused the government and Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) authorities of denying their six-year-old daughter an opportunity to...
Rape victim can no longer trust men, taxi crews
. . . feels let down by a system that tolerates gender violence Staff Reporter *ROSA Molise sits in a black couch in her lounge...
“We’re normal people who desire sex like everyone else”
. . . disabled persons bemoan struggles in accessing sexual reproductive health services, . . . blame their struggles on the government’s failure to mainstream...
Lesotho children’s education suffers due to forced labour
…children also trafficked, forced into commercial sex work, burglary and theft Herbert Moyo/ Limpho Sello LESOTHO’S children are subjected to the worst forms of child...
“Disability took me out of the classroom, buried my dreams”
Limpho Sello GOVERNMENT officials and other stakeholders have been engaging in a self-congratulatory exercise in the aftermath of the enactment of the long-delayed Persons with...
Govt implementing programmes to promote disabled persons’ rights: Minister Doti
Limpho Sello FOUR months after the enactment of the landmark Persons with Disability Equity Act of 2021, the real work has begun in earnest to...
Despite patriarchal norms, Basotho women strike gold in farming
Pascalinah Kabi WOMEN in Lesotho have always played a major role in food production albeit at a subsistence level. In this patriarchal and gendered society,...
Covid-19 worsens women land rights violations in Lesotho
Pascalinah Kabi LOCKDOWN restrictions aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in Lesotho have had an unintended adverse negative impact of undermining women’s customary land rights,...
Hlokomela Banana restores the dignity of the girl child
Staff Writer HLOKOMELA Banana, a local non-profit organisation, is working to restore the dignity of Basotho girls, some of who miss school for over 50...
Ridiculous and Cruel: MPs’ salary demands slammed
Bereng Mpaki PARLIAMENTARIANS have been hogging the spotlight with their demands for a whopping 100 percent salary increment- a demand analysts say is “ridiculous and...
Sex workers appeal for help
Tsitsi Matope IT is one hell of a life in which only the fittest can survive. Cat-and-mouse games with the police, muggings by the criminal...
New LCS commissioner plots ambitious drive
Keiso Mohloboli NEWLY appointed Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) Commissioner Thabang Azael Mothepu is a young man on a huge mission. He wants to see a...
Call to strengthen awareness on family planning methods
Tsitsi Matope ‘MATEBOHO Mohase could not hide her fear as she expressed concerns over an implant contraceptive she wanted immediately removed at the Lesotho Planned...
Matsipa leads the way in the ‘green gold’ industry
Mohalenyane Phakela WHEN he was forced to drop out of school due to financial challenges, Bokang Matsipa plunged headlong into the underworld of the illicit...
Rural women bear obstetric fistula’s brunt
Pascalinah Kabi SHE could have easily carried the mantle of the beauty of the plateaus of Semonkong, a tiny remote town 115km into the heart...
Pig farmer dares to defy stereotypes
Pascalinah Kabi WHEN Thabang Tlhapi opted for agriculture, and not the more popular woodwork at secondary school, little did he know that he had...
Reusable pads restore girls’ dignity
Pascalinah Kabi LERIBE – The late Whitney Houston, a world-famous musician, once sang about how we all have dreams and how “everyone wants a...
Reusable pads restore girls’ dignity
Pascalinah Kabi LERIBE – The late Whitney Houston, a world-famous musician, once sang about how we all have dreams and how “everyone wants a...
A silver lining to the El Nino drought
Pascalinah Kabi SEVENTEENTH century English poet and civil servant John Milton is credited with coining the phrase “silver lining” which was eventually developed into...
Dignity restored for primary school learners
Pascalinah Kabi BOBETE, THABA-TSEKA – Sixteen-year old ‘Mantsali Selumi can finally afford a smile thanks to the Lesotho Red Cross Society and Wateraid Southern...
‘Water scarcity affects women the most’
Pascalinah Kabi MAFETENG – Polotso Mokhasi is a nursing mother from Ha Ralitabo in Kolo, Mafeteng. Having grown up in the isolated village, she...
‘National gender dialogue imperative’
Pascalinah Kabi GENDER and Youth, Sports and Recreation Deputy Minister ‘Marefuoe Muso says the obstacles women were facing in their socio-economic advancement could only...