Happy New Year to you all fellow Basotho. I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year break. Let’s hope that Moruo brings us its promised prosperity in…
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Ntate Sam did the right thing to want to speak to as wide a cross section of society as possible upon assuming office. As per his inauguration speech, he has…
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Once again, kudos to Ntate Sam for keeping his word and appointing a lean cabinet of 15 ministers and for merging all those other superfluous portfolios. Once again, this…
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Unless you have the brain of a mouse, you should be on cloud nine right now. You should feel proud to be a Mosotho. At least we now have…
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Anyone who has associated with Ntate Mathibeli Mokhothu in one way or another will attest that he is a very good man. Immensely handsome, suave, erudite to an extent…
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You really have to be an eternal optimist to believe that the All Basotho Convention (ABC) – the party of Motsoahae Thomas Thabane – shall ever rise from the ashes…
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Dear Right Honourable Prime Minister, Ntate Sam Let me be very honest with you. Up until the morning of 6 October 2007, my resolve was to cast my ballot for…
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T he day we have been clamouring for is finally upon us. Tomorrow we all throng polling stations to make a decision that binds us until 2027. That is…
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So Moeketsi Majoro has decided to harvest his final lucrative travel per diems by attending just about every funeral happening around the world. There wouldn’t have been anything wrong…
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Dear Ntate Nkaku Kabi Even a human being with the heart of a corgi – or even one who has no heart at all – cannot fail to be…
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Dear Ntate Teboho Mojapela Hope I find you well. The campaign period towards political elections is normally dubbed the silly season. This because it is generally accepted as the…
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Ahoi fellow Vasotho. I am back from my sojourn in Kenya or the land of Maasai after monitoring the elections there. I spent a good five weeks there during which…
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My heart is very sore. I have no option but to bring forward the date of my resumption of work. This to mourn my friend, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin and…
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My fellow Basotho, it’s has been a rough year. Allow me to go and rest. I am truly tired. It has been a very rough but also exhilarating year. Exhilarating…
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Of all the things we can be accused of, no one can point a finger at us, Basotho, for lacking in political humour. Lesotho’s politicians are never a big yawn.…
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If anyone needs any evidence that our police commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, is now a permanent resident of cloud cuckoo land, look no further than his self-congratulatory press conference over a…
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Enough is enough. This Majestic Kingdom cannot continue being held hostage to the endless infighting and skullduggery of ABC politicians at the expense of development and progress. It’s high time…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…