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 in real terms since 2008. By any...
Category - Opinion
Lesotho Times
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 King Letsie III to revoke her...
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 used to reflect on where exactly...
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 the opposition to do everything in...
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 expatriate judges such as Justice...
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 leaders and Lesotho’s development...
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 staggering M450 million through the...
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 leaders are engulfed by corruption...
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 Lesotho can move forward in the...
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 in our beautiful but troubled...
