Scrutator

“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to sit and do nothing”. This age old dictum of philosopher Edmund Burke remains as far-sighted as it is prophetic many…
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Followers of this column will know of the two ungodly characters that Scrutator hates and despises the most – one Tlali Kennedy Kamoli – who once purported to be a soldier and commander…
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SOMEONE wrote to me last week asking why I have not yet commented on something called the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SRP) planned for launch in December by one Teboho…
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NTATE Mosisili has this strange habit of disappearing from the political scene and then reappearing again.  The maxim that – now you see him, now you don’t - now you see him, now…
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What does Tlali Kennedy Kamoli think he is doing? Why is he wasting everyone’s time by applying for bail? Does he honestly think that there is any decent judge out there who will…
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SO there we go Kamoli. Did you in your wildest of imaginations ever anticipate that this day would ever come? A day in which you would face justice for all your brutal acts against this…
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AMID all the recent drama and the socio-political vicissitudes in His Majesty’s kingdom, some very important, albeit very hilarious developments, eluded me. When lot of things happen at…
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The world must indeed be coming to an end? If you haven’t been praying, better start heading to the synagogue lest St Peter shuts his gates into his world of eternal pleasure and…
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THIS week, Scrutator was transfixed on events unfolding on the African continent. As was expected, Ugandan strongman Yoweri Museveni managed to get 62 percent of the vote in…
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To Ntate Kamoli (I cannot address you as dear) “All required for evil to triumph is for good men to sit and do nothing” APART from your credentials as a soldier, I am…
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Let me start by congratulating you all for landing your plum cabinet posts. I cannot imagine just how happy you all are at landing these top notch positions that not only enable you…
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Hope you are now firmly ensconced in State House after shafting Cyclone Tom back to his abode in Abia. It must be very nice reclaiming the grandeur of the place you…
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Yes we are hopelessly poor.  Yes, our little Kingdom is an impoverished backwater.  But that does not matter for now as we have proved beyond any doubt that we are a…
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Love him or hate him. You just cannot take away his now entrenched attribute as the ultimate survivor. He is indeed Mr Survivor. For the foreseeable future, we will have to accept…
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There you have it Basotho. You have,  with the narrowest of margins,  buried the Looney Tunes coalition and given birth to a new one. Since it hasn’t started work, Scrutator…
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District: Butha-Buthe Constituency: Butha-Buthe No.5 460 HLOMELA Motebang Francis RCL 22 0.3% 458 KATA Temoho Joseph IND 30 0.4% 459 KOEBU Khang BBDP 16 0.2% 461…
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THE events in this country since last Friday are indeed tragic. Yet another innocent person has lost a life to Commander Tlali Kamoli’s prosaic mindlessness. This time, it is Sub…
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HAVE our political leaders gone nuts? Specifically, has our Marshmallow Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing, gone completely bonkers? For those among us who are uninitiated in…
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THE proverbial aphorism that every man is innocent until proven guilty (by a legitimate court of law) should apply to Retselisitsoe Khetsi as to any other suspected crook. Even though…
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Scrutator had hoped that last week would provide a definitive roadmap of where this country is now headed under our fractious political leadership. But again this was not to be.…
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FOLLOWING all the political developments around our Tom and Jerry coalition government over the last two weeks has left Scrutator with a very sour mouth. The circus in…
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THE head of our army, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, is truly a fine humourist. If he were to change careers, Scrutator would surely recommend him to join the film industry.…
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Lesotho is never short of overzealous party fanatics, so Scrutator has taken it upon herself to keep them in check, otherwise no one else would. Last week it was All Basotho…
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So All Basotho Convention (ABC) party youths decided to “go public” about their indignation with the media for daring to wash party leader Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s dirty linen in…
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That there are no permanent friends in politics sounds like a cliché now. But this week, in an around parliament, it was clear there are no permanent enemies in the trade; there are…
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Acting chief justice Tšeliso Monaphathi hit the proverbial nail on the head when he remonstrated against “pseudo legal practitioners” that have swamped the ranks of the legal…
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THE year 2014 promises to be more and more eventful as days roll by. Addressing All Basotho Conven­tion (ABC) supporters in Thaba- Phechela over the weekend, party leader Prime…
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  W elcome to 2014, optimists are calling it “20-for-me”. Scrutator hopes 2014 will bring good tidings her way. In anticipation of the good things of life,…
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  A s the curtain comes down on an eventful 2013, I have been debating with myself about who the best candidate for the coveted Mampara of the year award should be.…
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S outh Africans are at it again! Surely the late great Madiba deserves better than we saw at his memorial at the FNB stadium on Tuesday. Even though Nelson Mandela…
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