This chapter discusses Lesotho’s political economy while assessing the country’s prospects as one of Africa’s emerging fragile states. It focuses mainly on Lesotho’s present and future...
I always try to use this column to communicate one underlying message “our misfortunes in this country are self-induced. And because these are self-inflicted, the power...
Ali Abdullah Saleh seized power in Yemen in 1978, when he was only 36 years old. He lost it in 2012, when the ‘Arab spring’ was...
Writer’s block…dah, dah, dah, dah, an artist stares at the blank white sheet of paper in front of their eyes and can jot nothing because the...
Continued from last week In the fighting that followed, approximately 40 LDF soldiers died resisting SANDF troops who attacked Katse Dam and Makoanyane barracks. Focussed on...
The role of sports in promoting national cohesion and development should never be downplayed. People can be involved in sports activities for their personal or professional...
The headline in the Daily Maverick went “amaBhungane & Scorpio # GuptaLeaks: How family hijacked (and then lost) a Lesotho diamond mine”. I thought to myself,...
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...
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...
Comrade Chris Hani warned against this sort of behaviour, ‘Comrade’ Maimane is very vocal these days about it, that is, the tendency for African politically elected...