Scrutator

We are – as a nation – sitting in our last chance saloon. If we bungle the current reforms process, then we are doomed forever. So, I will remain on my theme of last week. We…
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Anyone with a fifth of a brain would have to agree with me that our debauched electoral system is partly to blame for our perennial economic and political woes. Our Mixed…
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I nearly chuckled my lungs out at a story in this publication about the possible deregistration of 10 political parties for various infractions. Some of the biggest infractions by these…
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There you have it.  Machesetsa Mofomobe is at it again. He thinks North Korea can bankroll his moribund Basotho National Party (BNP)?  He also things North Korea can replace…
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You have to give it up to Ntate Phoofolo. He is a very decent man. A prolific, erudite, eloquent and sagacious lawyer. Very humble, serene, unflustered and always courteous.…
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What do you do when you encounter a complete ignoramus and a completely brainless moron masquerading as a deputy foreign affairs minister? What do you do when you encounter a charlatan…
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Who exactly does the crooked Yan Xie — aka John — think he is? And why do Basotho continue letting him get away with murder. Xie is a bad apple who gives all Chinese nationals…
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Dearest Ntate Majoro I sincerely hope I find you well. I also hope you have settled down well in State House. I no longer see you these days at our favourite watering spring at…
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HI mama Masefaro As a woman, there is no doubt you are well endowed in terms of physical attributes. You may not be extraordinarily beautiful. But you are certainly…
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NEVER in my life had I ever thought I would live to see this moment. A moment in which our two political behemoths would realise the need to come together and work for the good of…
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Greetings to you all fellow Basotho and any others from wherever who are locked down with us.  How is your house imprisonment? How is life without football, without excursions to Bar…
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I honestly don’t know where to start. Things are unravelling so fast in his Majesty’s Majestic Kingdom. Looks like the coronavirus shall be with us for a while; Ntate Thesele…
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YOU have to give it to Ntate Motsoahae. The old codger is a shrewd political operator.  He knows his political stuff and how to outfox opponents. All along, Ntate Motsoahae has duped…
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Scrutator is angry. Really angry. I sold four sheep, two goats and six chicken to the person who was given a contract to cater for His Majesty’s 56th birthday. I also sold 10 chickens,…
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STRANGE things routinely occur in this majestic kingdom of His Majesty. Two recent incidents have particularly caught Scrutator’s eye. Two army officers, who were supposed to be very…
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I am informed by my Editor that Ntate Mothetjoa Metsing has taken serious umbrage with my comments about him last week. For those among us who have just returned from the mountains,…
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Generally, most businessmen are like chameleons. They change their skins regularly. They blow with the wind in any direction it goes as long as it leads them to their moolah. If the ABC…
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AFRICA is mourning the passing-on of its grand old grandpa of politics, one Robert Gabriel Mugabe.  Mugabe died in Singapore at the ripe old age of 112, one of the oldest…
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Dear Ntate Molibeli I greet you in the name of love, peace and harmony. I also hope I find you well and in good shape. As the head of an institution that is supposed to protect us,…
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I JOIN the nation in wishing His Majesty King Letsie 111 a very happy and prosperous 56th birthday, albeit slightly belatedly. Most of you stampeded in buying newspaper space to convey…
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UNLESS you are a permanent resident of the recently discovered Planet Nandos, and pay the occasional visit to see us here on mother earth and thus completely out of touch with reality.…
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THERE are many reasons why judges and magistrates are the most important public officers in any nation. I would shudder to argue that a judge is more important than a Prime Minister or…
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Every now and then, a Mosotho emerges who makes me proud of my Basotho heritage.  Two Basotho have made me immensely proud over the past week.   Attorney General Ntate Haae Phoofolo is…
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Dear Maesaiah Let me state from the onset that I want you to succeed as a First Lady. I want you to be a great First Lady.  I want you to build an admirable legacy. Basotho must…
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Can someone out there ask Ntate Thesele ‘Maseribane to stop looking for one Mothetjoa Metsing and concentrate on his core business of running the Ministry of Communications and the…
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Bontate Mojalefa Letsoela and Matele Matobakele Accept my sincere congratulations over your well-deserved and merited appointments to the command of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)…
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Accept my belated Happy New Year greetings to all Basotho. I wish this nation a successful 2018 and a restoration of political sanity into our blighted (if not God forsaken Kingdom).…
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What a year it has been. A very adventurous one perhaps. Jolly good for some.  Extremely tragic for others. Consider Ntate Mosisili for instance? Who would have known that by the close…
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This will probably not go down well with our numerous “lawyers”. Remember other than car wash entrepreneurs  and cabbage vendors, the legal profession employs most people…
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FINALLY -- the scoundrels, the scumbags, the filth -- are in.  One can go further and borrow from Rodrigo Duterte, the garrulous president of the Philippines and call them sons of…
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