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When it comes to investing the earlier the better
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…
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Malealea community unites against Covid-19
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…
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Victimisation of Africans in China threatens Afro-Sino relations
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…
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Govt should fight graft
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…
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Isolation
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Thabane needs to urgently tackle problems in judiciary
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…
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Thoughts on the current discourses on reconciliation and unity
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…
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Saving the goose that lays the golden egg
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…
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If it’s not xenophobia, then what is it?
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…
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Rights not about numbers: UN
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)…
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Report GBV cases: Namibia’s AG
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…
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President Xi’s visit to boost China-Italy ties under BRI: Italian PM
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…
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Press Conference By H.E. Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China at the 13th National People’s Congress…
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…
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The ABC must put its house in order
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…
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Southern Africa’s problem of elite impunity
FORMER South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad’s support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in southern…
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How Lesotho could abandon its army and put the money to better use
Geoffrey Thomas Harris
Lesotho allocated USD$52.6 million (Maloti 698 million) to its military in 2017 – or 3.9 percent of government expenditure. This is a figure that has doubled…
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In defence of Chief Justice Mahase
Thulo Hoeane
I WAS in Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase’s court last week in a matter in which the suspended Chief Justice Nthomeng Majara has petitioned the High Court to order…
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Time for moral regeneration
MOST of us are on cloud nine as we continue to celebrate the milestone of our country’s 52nd anniversary of independence. However, we feel that such momentous occasions would be better…
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An open letter to SADC
Thulo Hoeane
I SELDOM write open letters but over the last month or so I have been deeply disturbed by what is going on around the reforms debate and the apparent determination of…
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Judges are answerable to the government
Thulo Hoeane
IN THE good old days when the judiciary in this country was above reproach, there were judges like Justice Peter Mofokeng, Justice Baptista Molai and a host of other…
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Time waits for no man
WE only know of one instance where the biblical Joshua successfully petitioned God to make the sun stand still and not set until he had defeated his enemies.
Could it be that our…
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When corruption becomes a way of life
Thulo Hoeane
TO the everlasting and eternal shame of the seven party coalition of Pakalitha Mosisili this country - the Auditor General has revealed in a damning report –lost a…
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Political hygiene – a need for Lesotho
Moletsane Makhabane
Lesotho’s development is stalling if one compares it with other African countries, it rather paradoxical to understand the reasons behind the whole issue. Our…
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Calling for a GNU and derailing reforms
Thulo Hoeane
I LISTENED with shock to an interview over a local station during which the leader of the Popular Front for Democracy (PFD), Lekhetho Rakuoane, argued that the only way…
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Kudos to the premier
PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s address at his weekend All Basotho Convention (ABC) party rally in Mafeteng must be welcomed by all patriotic Basotho who want stability and development…
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Justice for Mahao, No to TRC
Thulo Hoeane
THREE years down the line the death of Maaparankoe Mahao the slain former Lieutenant – General of the Lesotho Defence Force still instils in me a cocktail of emotions.…
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ABC must deal with the elephant in the room
HISTORY is littered with so many examples of once iconic political movements or parties that eventually imploded into complete ignominy. Take for instance the example of once gigantic…
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We cannot go on like this
ONE lesson we have learnt from the resolutions of this week’s Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika Summit is that the regional body’s patience is wearing thin as…
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Violence and Harassment in the workplace
Maletsie Letsie (Labour Inspector- Industrial Relations Section)
Violence and harassment in the workplace is abuse of power and it affects men, women, and children. It happens in all…
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