…We witnessed some of the most mind-boggling incidents and events this week. Perhaps the one that stole the show was a press conference where some opposition lawmakers announced their plans to stage a follow-up demonstration aimed at putting pressure on government to bail out the troubled MKM. Their reason is that after the August 11, [...]

As has become the norm, Lesotho will once again rely on imports to feed its population, meaning this country’s battle to ensure food security remains one of its biggest challenges. According to a National Statistical System of Lesotho report, our farmers cannot meet the country’s projected food requirements, with maize production – the country’s staple [...]

…A fierce battle between The Law Society of Lesotho and The Lawyer’s Voice appears headed for a dirty ending with the feuding parties making startling allegations against each other this week. And the subject of the bitter standoff is as surprising as it is suspicious. This altercation, which has now spilled into the public domain, [...]

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 [...]

According to official statistics, Lesotho – at 23.2 percent – has the third highest HIV prevalence rate in the world, sharing these embarrassing records with regional neighbours Swaziland and Botswana, who are in first and second place, respectively. Some analysts even suppose these statistics to be quite generous, believing AIDS to be far more serious [...]

What does a man do when a snake enters his house? Does he go out into the forest to hunt for another snake and kill it? No. He kills the snake in his house. The country, (or the capital Maseru, to be precise) has, in recent weeks, been abuzz with South African president Jacob Zuma’s [...]