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Web comments were in bad taste
IN our Lesotho Times issue of October 4, 2012, we published a story headlined ‘Fresh contempt of court charge for army”. The article was based on court papers that had been filed by a soldier of the rank of private who was locked in a dispute with the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) over the issue [...]
22 Feb 2013 | 10 commentsMatter of fact
IN OUR last issue of the Lesotho Times we published a letter written by one Molepe alleging that prominent lawyer Haae Phoofolo had served time in prison after he was convicted of theft and fraud while serving as deputy governor of the Central Bank of Lesotho. This is not correct. Mr Phoofolo was convicted and [...]
11 Jan 2012 | 0 commentsCabinet not aware of diplomat’s criminal case
In our issue published on December 29, 2011, we carried a story headlined: PS says Cabinet gave nod to diplomat’s appointment. We reported that Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Tebello Metsing said the Cabinet had recommended Makhabane Leluma for a diplomatic posting despite the fact he had a criminal case pending against him in court. The [...]
5 Jan 2012 | 10 commentsMedia must stop demeaning women
APART from my mother, the biggest influence in my life came from a woman – my high school teacher in Harare in the late 1990s, ’M’e M C Machumi. She was not just my teacher but was also like a mother to me. More than two decades after leaving high school I still have wonderful [...]
18 Mar 2011 | 35 commentsThe paganism in our Christianity
IT IS said a picture is worth a thousand words. And there she was, mixing cow dung and some soil somewhere in Ha-Teko on the outskirts of Maseru. ‘Makatiso Tsehlana said she wanted to give a fresh look to her house by coating the floors of her two huts in preparation for Christmas. The picture [...]
3 Feb 2011 | 0 commentsThe paganism in our Christianity
IT IS said a picture is worth a thousand words. And there she was, mixing cow dung and some soil somewhere in Ha-Teko on the outskirts of Maseru. ‘Makatiso Tsehlana said she wanted to give a fresh look to her house by coating the floors of her two huts in preparation for Christmas. The picture [...]
22 Dec 2010 | 0 commentsAnother African despot clings to power
THAT disease, which afflicts most of Africa’s leaders, is once again on display in the resource-rich West African country of Ivory Coast. President Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to go away after he lost to opposition leader Alassane Ouattara in last week’s run-off elections. The election commission chief, Youssouf Bakayoko, announced last Thursday that Ouattara had [...]
9 Dec 2010 | 1 commentIndeed no-one knows the day or hour
IT IS not too often when journalists in Lesotho write about religion. Religion is a beat that is often ignored. We tend to write about religion when something dramatic and controversial happens. As in last week’s shocking report carried in the Sunday Express. Ten students from Sacred Heart High School and Holy Family High School [...]
1 Dec 2010 | 0 commentsShooting striking students uncalled for
IT was June 4, 1989. About 100 000 students massed together at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. They had been there for weeks. Their demands were simple — greater political reforms for Chinese citizens. But this demand had unnerved the authorities in Beijing. After weeks of a tense stand-off the authorities panicked and unleashed tanks on [...]
25 Nov 2010 | 0 commentsSchools must shape up or ship out
I HAVE a soft spot for school teachers. As one who was in the “trenches” at one point, I know their daily struggles. I know their pains. When teachers moan about their “hardships”, they can rest assured that they have a listening ear. I quit teaching in disgust some years ago because of the poor [...]
17 Nov 2010 | 0 comments
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