Opinion

December 1 is World AIDS Day.  This is a day to reflect on how far we have come in the global response to HIV/AIDS and to look toward the healthier…

In 1987, 30 years ago, we had the holiday of our lives in Zimbabwe. The country was doing so well with good exports, successful agricultural crops, booming tourism and impressive…

AZAD ESSA In the central lobby of the Banjul International Airport, a painting of Yahya Jammeh, the former president of The Gambia, adorns the ceiling. Jammeh, in his characteristic white,…

ELSEWHERE in this edition, we carry a report by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) about the missing arms of war from the armouries of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF),…

It’s Significance to China and the World (Dr. Sun Xianghua) FROM the 18th to 24th October, the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its 19th National Congress in Beijing. This…

Aubrey Hruby Emigration and extremism. When the rest of the world looks at Africa, it’s these big “E’s” that dominate the picture. And it’s no surprise: ask policymakers in the…

By: Mofuoa Mofuoa LESOTHO is characterised as the highest country in the world. Many people call it a Kingdom in the sky or Roof of Africa. Stretches of rugged mountains,…

WE have many reasons to rejoice over the news that Lesotho has achieved gains in the war against the deadly tuberculosis (TB) disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Global TB…

Eddie Cross FIVE centuries ago a little-known Monk in a German Monastery nailed a short statement onto the door of a local Church. His name was Martin Luther and the…

Monaheng Joseph Mahlatsi IN contemporary Lesotho, we hear more about the issue of holding a National Dialogue at schools, colleges, and radio stations. We also read about it in newspapers…

The evolving security crisis in Lesotho reflects a deeply-rooted conflict requiring a robust mix of political, civilian, security and intelligence interventions. In the recent months, the new coalition government has…

Lekhetho Ntsukunyane WHILE I respect the position of the family of Tefo Hashatsi to prevent coverage of the funeral of their beloved son by local media on Saturday, I wish…

  OVER the years in Lesotho, we have witnessed ordinary citizens and soldiers being murdered with impunity by those who had the power of guns. The situation took a turn…

Funerals in the context of poverty  Tankiso S. Phori LET me begin this article by saying I always wanted to challenge some of our cultural practices that are no longer…

LESOTHO has made progress in its efforts towards ending the AIDS epidemic as reflected in the preliminary results of the Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA). The results announced by the…

Tina Rosenberg A COUPLE of years ago, European researchers began studying more than a thousand couples, gay and straight, in which one member had been infected with HIV and the other…

 Tsitsi Matope “Wherever there is conflict, women must be part of the solution.” This statement was said by the then Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and…

Mafa Sejanamane AS I travel around the world and in interact on social media, the constant question I tend to be asked is why do incidents like the killing of…

  Monaheng Joseph Mahlatsi IT is worth noting that there has been an attempt by the Lesotho government through the Ministry of Education and Training to introduce a new curriculum…

Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane SO the third coalition government has “finally” been signed some two-and-a-half months since the Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s investiture! This is half the time the just-deposed Khokanyan’a…

  Teboho Dan Molopi INTERNATIONAL practices in small enterprise development (SED) show that small business growth could be boosted by partnering with big companies and government departments for outsourcing and…

  Monaheng Joseph Mahlatsi LESOTHO is about to embark on security, constitutional, media and public service reforms. The need for those reforms is clear evidence that there is a serious…

  Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane THE main opposition views on our country’s future continue to baffle many a good citizen. The former prime minister, Pakalitha Mosisili’s Democratic Congress (DC) and its…

Why Yan Xie has to go! You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.― James Madison, The Federalist…

Editorial OUR body politic is characterised by perennial squabbles over so many issues but one thing that is sure to unite Basotho across the partisan divide is the decision by…

  IN November 2015, the then seven-party government led by Pakalitha Mosisili paid M32 million to a local financial institution which 118 members of the Eighth Parliament owed when their…

  Dr Fako Likoti FOLLOWING the just ended 37 Summit of SADC from 19th to 20th August 2017, speculation is rife that, there will be a military intervention in Lesotho,…

  Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane OUR air is thick with a vibrant furore around the now (unofficially) widely publicized cabinet decision to disburse M43.5 million to a commercial bank in settlement…

  HEADS much wiser than our own have wondered at the propensity of human beings to fear so many things including goblins and supernatural creatures whose existence has never been…

  IT took more than 15 months of dodging and ducking by the police to hide what had happened to their colleague, Police Constable (PC) Mokalekale Khetheng who had disappeared…