Editorial

AS we reported last month, a local garment factory dismissed almost its entire workforce of 1 200 for allegedly holding an illegal…

FIVE days from now we will celebrate Christmas and a week later we will be entering 2010.  The Sunday Express team would like to…

HARDLY a day passes without someone being stabbed or shot dead in Lesotho. In this edition alone, we report about a jilted man…

THOSE that put all their eggs in one basket must not cry when they lose them all at once. But if Finance Minister Timothy…

THERE is no prize for guessing who has been dominating the news in the past weeks. And it appears the National Manpower…

THE rains have been pounding in the last few weeks, signalling the onset of the summer farming season. All things being equal, it…

A BILL which seeks to make education at primary level free and compulsory is before parliament. If enacted, the Education Bill…

A STRIKE over allowances at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) last week left a student dead and over a dozen others…

ELSEWHERE in this paper we carry a story about 250 Lebakeng villagers who received food and cash grants provided by the government…

WE have always taken pride in flaunting Lesotho’s literacy rate, estimated at 85 percent, as one of the highest in Africa. The…