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Tough new law for mines
MASERU – The government is set to introduce a tough law what will compel mining companies to do more to help communities in which they operate. Mining Minister Keketso Sello unveiled
Muckraker: Viva Zodwa
IT’S a blatant lie that our government is not efficient. It is just selective on things it wants to expedite. Thanks to the silly debate about Zodwa we now know
Political leadership — a cause of instability?
Continued from last week Military Rule, 1986-1993 As LLA began operations against the government of Chief Jonathan, in the late 1970s, the government transformed the PMU from being a unit
Malentsunyane braai festival organisers nailed it
I have not watched, listened or read news about events in Lesotho for the last three weeks. It’s a funny feeling being in the dark like that. It is like
11 ministers declare assets
MASERU – ONLY 11 out of the 35 cabinet ministers have filed forms at the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) to declare their assets and interests. The forms started
‘We need visionary leadership’
MASERU – Samuel Rapapa was only eight when he witnessed armed soldiers storm their house in Mapoteng, about 70km north of Maseru, and beat up his father in the wake of
A journey from ‘high’
THABA BOSIU – AT nine Thabo smoked his first cigarette and had his first taste of a beer. He didn’t quit until he was 30. By the time he turned 11
DCEO probes book tender
MASERU – THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating suspected corruption in the awarding of a lucrative tender to supply books to government-owned primary schools. The tender,
Chaos in Parliament as bodies are retrieved
MASERU – THERE was chaos in Parliament yesterday after Police Minister ’Mampho Mokhele announced that the bodies of three men who had been thrown into Mohale Dam had been retrieved.
Reforms must be inclusive
THE arrival of the first batch of SADC troops in Lesotho last weekend should herald the beginning of an inclusive process regarding the much awaited reforms. As we have argued