…as PR seats dispute drags on BY BILLY NTAOTE MASERU – Two of the country’s major opposition political parties have slammed the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) for its report on the impasse over the parliamentary seat allocations under the Mixed-Member Proportional electoral system, presented to last week’s Southern African Development Community summit held in [...]

BY MIKIA KALATI MASERU – The Lesotho Volleyball League programme resumes tomorrow after a two-month winter layoff. LVA spokesperson Clifford Molefe told Public Eyeon Tuesday, August 24 teamswould be back in action at the Lesotho Correctional Service Grounds- just two weeks after the conclusion of the first-ever winter volleyball tournament, which ended on August 9. [...]

…BY LEKHETHO NTSUKUNYANE MASERU – Fifty former Institute of Extra Mural Studies (IEMS) students who are now four weeks into a Bachelor of Education programme at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) need to pay M5,000 in tuition fees by end of business today or risk being kicked out of the institution. The students have [...]

Maseru – Lesotho Congress for Democracy Youth League president Mosala Mojakisane and treasurer Kekeletso Molia retained their positions during the youth league’s executive committee elections held during a conference here on the weekend. The youth league has however appointed the new members of the executive committee including vice-president ‘Matlotliso Lebajoa, who is also a Member [...]

…further deployments along the Lesotho border BY LEON ENGELBRECHT JOHANNESBURG – The South African National Defence Force would, by early 2015, have 15 companies of about 180 soldiers each deployed along the nation’s land border with Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique and Lesotho. The military is also set to deploy a squadron of field engineers to maintain [...]

Yes, indeed! The supermodel Naomi Campbell of multiple celebrities was some time ago scheduled to appear in the legendary war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor giving evidence. As the plot panned out, DogsDinner wondered what could have prompted the sister – an avarice for more limelight? A penchant for ingratitude? You see, [...]

Each day we get furious diatribes from the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), harshly critical of their political opponents. But many ethical questions relating to conflicts of interests by their government ministers for unsavoury bids and tenders are either high or in, neither low nor out: many sincere Basotho do not know what is [...]

Nchafatso Sello Many an African country would sacrifice “mothers” to be South Africa’s neighbours, a continental economic giant. Estimated 28, 000 people cross borders between us daily. We ought to be optimistic about economic spinoffs from President Zuma’s visit. It might be early, but allow my pessimism. It was more of diplomatic PR out of [...]

It was here that I started this column some ten years ago, and deliberately named it after the NUL Transformation Forum of the time, following that by taking annual stock of progress the same way that I did with the National Vision 2020 for the first few years. I have since stopped the annual audits [...]

…as authorities admit fighting losing battle against businesses sellingexpired and rotten foodstuffs BY TSITSI MATOPE MASERU – A losing battle. That is what stakeholders are calling their fight against supermarkets and butcheries selling rotten meat and expired foodstuffs to unsuspecting customers. The longstanding practice – which continues to exasperate the authorities – is said to [...]