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 is Africa. One example is its youthful population: The median age on the continent is nineteen. By 2050, one in four people in the world will be in Africa and […]
Herbert Moyo ALTHOUGH Lesotho has amended its draconian mobile phone subscriber regulations to remove clauses which allowed members of the security agencies access to subscribers’ information without a court order, there is still a huge threat to subscribers’ rights and freedoms including freedoms of expression and rights to privacy. This is because while the army, […]
By Advocate Mothepa Ndumo The brilliant Mosotho Historian, Dr. Sean Maliehe, writes in his book chapter, Money and markets for and against the people: The rise and fall of Basotho’s economic independence, 1830s – 1930s* that King Moshoeshoe I founded this Nation in the year 1824. If our esteemed Founder and globally recognised diplomat, Statesman, pragmatist […]
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. We will control the horizontal, we will control the vertical. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all […]
Good web design has visual weight, is optimized for various devices, and has content that is prioritized for the medium. The most important elements of a web page should have more visual weight to “naturally attract” a visitor’s attention. Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. […]
Good web design has visual weight, is optimized for various devices, and has content that is prioritized for the medium. The most important elements of a web page should have more visual weight to “naturally attract” a visitor’s attention. Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. […]
Good web design has visual weight, is optimized for various devices, and has content that is prioritized for the medium. The most important elements of a web page should have more visual weight to “naturally attract” a visitor’s attention. Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. […]
Good web design has visual weight, is optimized for various devices, and has content that is prioritized for the medium. The most important elements of a web page should have more visual weight to “naturally attract” a visitor’s attention. Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. […]
By Peete Molapo The Covid-19 pandemic has all the trappings of a black swan event. It has upended everything. Despite some positive interventions in the form of new vaccines, there is still no sign the pandemic will soon go away. Wave after wave of highly contagious new variants are now becoming a norm. Lesotho is […]
Staff Writers PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro took office on 20 May 2020 with a professed agenda of restoring good governance and the rule of law, fighting crime, containing Coronavirus (Covid-19), ending poverty as well as reviving the comatose economy. Ahead of the Majoro administration’s 100-day milestone tomorrow, analysts say much more needs to be done […]
Anurita Bains and Richard Banda We know COVID-19 is a global health emergency. But the pandemic has also caused the largest disruption of schooling in history, where hundreds-of-millions children, especially the poorest, stand to lose the learning opportunities that could transform their lives. In Lesotho, children have been out of school since March this year. […]
By Mamello Morrison 5 August 2020 Dear Dr Majoro Let me take this opportunity to address this humble letter to you on this fifth day of an important month in the struggle to accord respect to women and recognise their worth as human beings, created in the image of God, and as leaders in their […]
JUNE 25 this year marked exactly five years since the assassination of Lt General Maaparankoe Mahao by men who had sworn to protect His Majesty’s nation but instead turned their allegiance into criminality. In the five years since this heinous incident occurred in broad daylight at Ha-Lekete, Mokema, we have gathered a lot more insight […]
Leonard Nyambuya PROCRASTINATION and the assumption that one has a lot of time ahead of them can delay one from enjoying the benefits that come with investing. Regardless of one’s age, it is never too late or too early to begin investing money, but starting early will always be better. However, the earlier one […]
Mahao Mahao and Gillian Attwood As the world’s wealthiest and poorest nations alike rallied their resources in open combat against the Coronavirus, Lesotho has been conspicuously silent in its retort. There has been more lip service by the Lesotho Government than real delivery of promises to help businesses stay afloat and get food aid to […]
Mills Soko and Mzukisi Qobo CHINA has prided itself on being Africa’s true friend, and has always boasted that, unlike Western countries, it has never colonised the continent. Yet the mistreatment of Africans by the Chinese has debunked this cloak. A protest letter prepared by the African Group of Ambassadors in Beijing has cast a […]
It has been said that promises by politicians are as brittle as lovers’ oaths. This is certainly true of the current ruling coalition which appears to have forgotten its promise to stamp out corruption in the country. It is only two and half years since Prime Minister Thomas Thabane romped to victory in the June […]
Vocibus volutpat reprimique eum cu, his nonumy voluptua lobortis et, eum periculis assueverit reformidans at. Amet sanctus neglegentur at sed, saepe scaevola atomorum mea ex. Mutat nostro an eos. In atqui deleniti dissentias duo, ea mei consul fabellas, id ius vero saperet. Quis exerci ei qui, per ut vocent dignissim reprehendunt, dicat postea eum ut. […]
Poloko Mokhele TWO years after regaining power on the back of promises to implement multi-sector reforms, restore political stability, tackle rampant corruption and unemployment as well as stabilise the economy, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has thus far not lived up to expectations. Analysts say the veteran leader is only just keeping his head above the […]
Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane A SPECTRE is haunting our Mountain Kingdom. It is a spectre of muddled discourses on national reconciliation and unity. But we have been here before. Yet as Marx would write, all great episodes of history happen, as were, twice: the first time as tragedy, and the second time as farce. We have […]
Vocibus volutpat reprimique eum cu, his nonumy voluptua lobortis et, eum periculis assueverit reformidans at. Amet sanctus neglegentur at sed, saepe scaevola atomorum mea ex. Mutat nostro an eos. In atqui deleniti dissentias duo, ea mei consul fabellas, id ius vero saperet. Quis exerci ei qui, per ut vocent dignissim reprehendunt, dicat postea eum ut. […]
EXASPERATED investors’ threats to dump the country over safety concerns should not be taken lightly. The government and in particular, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service should re-think its strategy and do more to protect investors from marauding criminal gangs. As we reported in our last edition, at least 12 000 jobs are on the line […]
Mavuso Msimang AFRICAN National Congress and government responses to recent crises arising from the presence in the country of asylum seekers, genuine and otherwise, raises deeply disturbing questions. This is with regard to whether the party is still committed to its founding philosophy of pan-Africanism and whether its government is willing to fulfil its international […]
By Moses Magadza LILONGWE – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently partnered with the Ministry of Health in Malawi to support the Malawi Prison Service (MPS) conduct cervical cancer screening for all female prisoners throughout the country. In 2017 the Malawi Medical Journal reported that Malawi had the highest age standardized […]
Moses Magadza Windhoek- Renewed calls have been made for victims of gender based violence (GBV) to be empowered to report it and for coordinated action to stop the scourge which Namibia’s Attorney-General, Dr. Albert Kawana, says has reached “embarrassing” proportions in the country. Kawana made the call last week in Windhoek when he delivered a keynote […]
I think Xi’s visit will play a very important role, giving a greater impulse to our relation- Giuseppe Conte, Prime minister, Italy ROME — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Italy would boost the prospects of stronger bilateral cooperation within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) framework, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told Chinese media on Wednesday. “The tradition […]
Wang Yi: Friends from the media, good morning. It’s my great pleasure to host this annual press conference again on the margins of the National People’s Congress Session. As always, let me begin by extending festive greetings to all women, including those in this room. Looking back at the past year, we in China’s diplomatic […]
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. We will control the horizontal, we will control the vertical. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all […]
THE ongoing chaos in the All Basotho Convention (ABC) makes for sad reading especially at this time when the party and the government should be focusing all their energies on ensuring the successful implementation of the multi-sector reforms. It has been said that history repeats itself because we fail to learn from mistakes and repeat […]
Dr Mofubelu’s sexual assault cases highly disturbing
DOCTORS, just like lawyers, judges, among other professionals, hold significant authority within society. We all seek their expertise and their presumed extensive knowledge of medicine to help us overcome ailments and live happy, healthy lives. Upon entering a doctor’s room, we should all experience a sense of relief and optimism that our health concerns will […]