Muckraker was surprised to hear that last Friday had been declared a holiday. “Why?” she asked. “We are having local government elections,” they said. That answer left Muckraker laughing for the entire weekend. In between those laughs Muckraker had the time to check what a councillor does.
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We just have to do this. Find some cheap wine and fill a glass. It matters not whether it is cellar cask, 4th Street or those other terrible things sold per gallon in boxes. It’s the spirit that matters. Now, raise your glass to the Public Accounts Committee. They have achieved something spectacular.
Muckraker could just frown Majoro General Ramanka Mokaloba told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that Basotho soldiers deployed in Mozambique are starving and feel neglected. Mokaloba moaned about the lack of nutritious rations. This was old news but the politicians pretended to be shocked as if this was a major revelation. ‘Mamarame Matela, that irritable …
Major General Mokaloba was in his element as he narrated the plight of soldiers in Mozambique to the Public Accounts Committee (better known as Politicians Acting Concerned). After telling the PAC about the hunger ravaging the soldiers, the Major General said our troops were fighting insurgents using “ancestors” of vehicles. He said some of the …
If you steal a goat the whole village will hunt and kill you. Mob justice is primitive and crude but still a form of justice. But if you steal millions from their government Basotho will only punish you with just frowns. Ba sosobanya lifahleho feela. They will pretend to be disgusted but you know that …
Muckraker had always wondered why many soldiers and police officers became fat during the Covid-19 pandemic. The answer was revealed last week by the Disaster Management Authority (DMA)’s procurement manager, Lilare Qhobela, who worked at the National Emergency Command Centre. You can also call it the National Emergency Corruption Centre.
Maseru is a boring little town masquerading as a city. It’s the same old story: Drink, gossip, sleep, drink, gossip and sleep. Some hanky-panky here and there. And that’s it. Nothing more, unless you call watching goats mating an adventure. Or you call drinking beer along the highway while sitting on a broken camp chair …
Do you know the story of a tortoise on a tree? If you see a tortoise on a tree you know there is no way it could have got up there on its own. Surely someone put it there. Muckraker was reminded of that tortoise-on-a-tree story as she watched Bikerboy in the dock at the …
Spare a prayer for Uncle Sam as he walks on the glowing coals that is Lesotho’s politics. Call your prophets, fake and real, because the demons of Lesotho’s politics are at the gates. Bring both fire and water because these are not Mickey Mouse demons. Leave the pigs out of this one, I beg. We …
Uncle Sam and his leadership should not be surprised that the opposition is now grabbing them by the collar. They played into the government’s hands by making hasty and emotional decisions. The suspension of the three MPs has now triggered a backlash that might topple the government. The opposition is smelling blood and getting ready …
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