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AT the time of writing last night, the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) was leading in results that had been announced for last weekend’s local government elections. What stands out though was the massive voter apathy that saw Basotho largely shunning the elections. Under normal circumstances, local government elections should trigger massive local interest as the …

Lesotho’s opposition parties appear to be beating war drums as they seek to oust Prime Minister Sam Matekane when parliament re-opens in two weeks’ time. Last week, the opposition parties threatened to sue the Prime Minister if he does not re-open parliament. They argue that Matekane was delaying the re-opening of parliament to forestall an …

THERE was a tragically familiar story during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)’s hearings last week. Individuals who rented their vehicles to the government told the committee that most of them had not been paid in more than 10 months. Yet the government expects them to continue servicing their vehicles and pay their debts with banks. …

Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli appears to have caught a habit of talking tough but doing little to stop the scourge of crime that has gripped Lesotho for much of his tenure. He was at it again last week when he told a Justice Sector Coordination Forum that the famo music gangs, blamed for much of …

ELSEWHERE in this issue we carry a story of the industrial scale looting of public funds that happened during the Covid-19 pandemic. There was no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic was a national emergency. It posed an existential threat to Basotho. Yet even under such a dark cloud, some crooked fellows among us, with no …

THE opposition this week was reported to be sharpening its knives as it plots to oust Prime Minister Sam Matekane from power. Sensing blood, given the shambolic state of his own Revolution for Prosperity (RFP), the opposition is now going for the kill. The RFP is going through turbulence that saw three key MPs suspended …

ZIMBABWEANS trooped to the polls yesterday in elections and most people in the southern Africa region had hoped that would finally put an end to over two decades of a bruising political stalemate. But any hopes that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the body tasked with running elections, would run credible elections were soon dashed …

TWO MPs from the ruling Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) were arrested briefly this week after their drivers allegedly violated some traffic offense. The duo, Thuso Makhalanyane and Lejone Puseletso, say they are not happy with the manner in which the police handled the matter.

There was a time when Lesotho football was the butt of jokes in southern Africa. Not anymore. Thanks to the stunning performance by our national team at the COSAFA tournament held in Durban, South Africa, last month.

IT has been slightly over a year since Kopano Makutoane, a 27-year-old student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), was gunned down by the Roma police during protests that turned rowdy. Makutoane was shot and killed on June 16 last year, a significant date in student politics in southern Africa. A year after his …