Parly throws lifeline to former MPs
Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Parliament has passed a motion to help former MPs supposedly living in destitution to earn some income by providing “special expert...
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Granny beaten up over witchcraft
‘Mantoetse Maama and Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — She is 64, frail and diabetic. And she has been accused of being a witch. Her neighbours turned...
Lefa lucky to be off the hook
IMAGINE what would have happened if Lady Luck hadn’t laid eggs at Bambatha Tsita especially after the people running domestic football did it yet...
Overhaul buying system
LESOTHO’S coffers have been perforated by shameless civil servants trusted to run government procurement departments. These corrupt officers have been allegedly stuffing their bank accounts...
Taxpayers owe ex-MPs nothing
PARLIAMENT passed a very interesting motion last week. ABC MP Motumi Ralejoe thinks the government should start paying the bills of all former politicians who...
One man for himself, comrades
Dear Cabinet and Congress members COMRADES, I bring you sad news this week. There will be no bail-out for that Ponzi scheme called MKM. I...
Elections: can IEC pass independence test?
ELECTORAL management bodies are increasingly under pressure to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that they are truly independent of the control of the incumbent government. The...
Money does not grow on mountains
Noisemaker ICI – Dubious investment scheme Last week, when we at Newsmakers & Noisemakers wrote in this column about how some people seem to be...
‘Cut public sector spending’
Mpeshe Selebalo MASERU — The World Bank’s vice president for Africa, Obiageli Ezekwesili, on Friday said Lesotho must focus on reducing public sector expenditure while...
Drugs company revived
Mpeshe Selebalo MASERU — The Lesotho Pharmaceutical Corporation (LPC) which stopped operations in 2007 is set to resume full-scale production early next year under new...