Scrutator

W hat exactly is happening with Lehlohonolo Scott? For those still stuck in medieval times and don’t follow  Facebook or Twitter, Scott is that scumbag who…
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THEY say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the trouble is ugliness lies there for all to see. It’s kind of “in your face” for anyone who dares look at the unsightly object or…
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 T his is a fact not acknowledged by many Basotho, but Scrutator is a very good Samaritan. Ever since the launch of this column, I have been dolling out free…
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Scrutator believes a society must be able to introspect and even laugh at itself for it to correct its vices and move forward. It is not surprising therefore that Scrutator is a big…
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It cannot be easy when a man’s world crumbles around him like what has happened to the former Energy, Metorology and Water Affairs Minister this week. Being fired from the lofty…
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It was quite refreshing for Scrutator to sit through such a stimulating event and hear Lesotho’s honest business people ring some home truths about our entrepreneurial failures. In…
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SCRUTATOR thinks the list of traffic offences needs a makeover or an addendum. Whether you are walking or driving along Kinsgway, either way, you won’t miss the irritating honking…
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SCRUTATOR thinks present humanity in our epoch qualifies in that television series as one of the world’s dumbest bunch of the earth’s inhabitants. It’s all very well for everyone,…
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Scrutator yearns for the days during her childhood when drivers were still looked up to as professionals. Back then, in back-of-beyond Qacha, it was that time when drivers inspired…
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Scrutator thinks we are a nation of extremes. We have distinguished ourselves as the nation that brought people like Ska Moteane into this world. We are the same Mother Lesotho that…
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S omeone should be sleeping on the job at Lesotho Television. I am not talking about news bulletins which have improved, somewhat, with the advent of the…
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Don’t rush to be thankful until the cattle herded by a fool are safely back in the kraal. That’s a pregnant, witty and precise adage from a country north of…
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S crutator has had it to the back teeth with the childishness of politicians in this country. When it comes to pettiness our politicians just can’t help themselves. It’s as if…
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S OME years ago a Mosotho woman was lynched by a group of Basotho women in a shop owned by a South African company. The people’s reaction was as tragic as the incident. People…
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A LTHOUGH its residents think it’s the best thing after sliced bread, Maseru is just a numbingly boring town masquerading as a city. The residents have reason to be excited about…
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E ITHER the Prime Minister and Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili is a good actor, out of touch with reality or just an honest man. Otherwise how else can we…
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I T was such a sad sight to watch Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla grovelling at the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) conference over the weekend. You could see by his…
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T HIS is the year of the peasant in Lesotho. Once again the peasants, so long forgotten, will have their time on May 26. They are being called, once again, to decide who will…
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S ello Machakela, the All Basotho Convention MP, is gone. He was felled by bullets whose source we may never know. Scrutator is saddened. We know man was born to die but no man…
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S O here we go again. The season of half-truths and outright lies is upon us. Phew! The stench of the horrible lies that office seekers utter is not what bothers Scrutator.…
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S crutator didn’t know Christians in Lesotho, divided as they are, could form such a united front until the newly formed Democratic Congress (DC) tried to use the cross as its…
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I T IS not surprising that the birth of the Democratic Congress (DC) and its ascendance to power has dominated the news this week. That is only natural. What Scrutator finds…
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S CRUTATOR has never had any doubts that this Seventh Parliament whose end is nigh is teeming with rent-seeking, overrated blabbermouths and mere passengers whose core business…
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I F you drive into the village of Morija you will find an old building with the words “Erotic Salon” or something along those lines scribbled on it. How someone came to name…
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O NCE again our dimwitted opposition has been outthought, outmaneuvered and outshone by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), a party with a big body and a small brain. When…
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S CRUTATOR is yet to understand how the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) founders decided that their party’s symbol should be an eagle. She however understands the ambition…
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I T is now as clear as a goat’s behind that when it comes to our senior national football team we are perpetual failures. On Sunday Likuena crashed out of the 2013 Africa Cup…
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Apart from wining there is nothing we do better as Basotho than mourning. We moan about everything: from our own government to the governments of other countries. Foreign Affairs…
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A prostitute is a man or woman who engages in a sexual activity for payment. In other countries like Germany and The Netherlands prostitution is a taxable vocation. Scrutator is not…
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Scrutator did not know whether to cry or laugh when she heard that a local journalist was thoroughly beaten by a group of police officers after he tried to play hero. Nkoale Tšoana, a…
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