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New package for nurses is first step

The new retention package for nurses that was unveiled by Health Minister Dr Pinki Manamolela yesterday marks an exciting phase for the health sector in Lesotho. The package should serve as a key incentive to nurses who have often complained of poor salaries. Under the programme nurses working in 46 health centres will get a [...]

16 May 2013 | 21 comments

Declare your assets

When the coalition government led by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane assumed power after last May’s election one of the people’s expectations was that it would expend more energy in tackling rampant corruption. Finally, there was hope that the kleptomaniacs in government would be dragged, screaming and kicking, from their lofty perch. We were not surprised [...]

9 May 2013 | 16 comments

Go after these crooks

News that about R30 million in bribes were  paid to individuals who masterminded the brazenly corrupt and illegal identity cards (ID) and e-passports contract to an Israeli company, Nikuv, without a competitive bidding process is hardly surprising. Why would public servants, who swore to uphold the public good, sacrifice any pretence to professional decency and [...]

1 May 2013 | 17 comments

Name-calling won’t take us anywhere

Former premier and Democratic Congress (DC) leader Pakalitha Mosisili gave a robust defence of his deputy and confidante Monyane Moleleki at a weekend rally in Kolonyama last weekend as captured in one of our stories in this issue. That was to be expected. In fact it is within his rights that Mosisili can speak so [...]

25 Apr 2013 | 26 comments

Man’s indefinite sentence unfair

In this edition we carry the story of Tamati Mosebo, a rapist and robber who was given an indefinite sentence after he was found to be a habitual offender. He entered prison in 1991 and 22 years later he remains locked up. Mosebo now thinks he has paid his dues and must be freed to [...]

18 Apr 2013 | 23 comments

Get to the bottom of ID tender deal

The raid by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) on the homes of two senior officials over their role in the controversial awarding of the ID tender to an Israeli company does not come as a surprise to us. The anti-corruption unit has been sniffing around Ministry of Finance principal secretary Mosito Khethisa [...]

11 Apr 2013 | 8 comments

Time to deal with crisis in judiciary

COURT of Appeal President, Justice Michael Ramodibedi, says he is worried by the low number of cases enrolled for the April session of the apex court. Justice Ramodibedi says the Court of Appeal has received only 19 cases from the High Court for this session. He attributes this to the low number of judgments delivered [...]

4 Apr 2013 | 11 comments

Resolve worker unrest

The ongoing worker unrest at Maseru Sun Cabanas and Lesotho Sun hotels is a reflection of the tough times that workers are going through. The workers went on a five-day strike last week to press for a salary review. The strike shut down Maseru Sun Cabanas with very limited services being offered at Lesotho Sun. [...]

28 Mar 2013 | 3 comments

Walk the talk

Sometime last year the government announced that although it was unhappy with Avis Fleet Service’s performance it was going to extend its contract by another year. This was despite that a consultant had strongly advised that the contract should not be renewed after discovering a number of irregularities in its implementation. At that time we [...]

20 Mar 2013 | 10 comments

Judges’ legacy at stake

CHIEF Justice Mahapela Lehohla will leave the judiciary in a mess when he retires in August. The evidence of the appalling state of the judiciary is abundant. Yet it will be unfair to judge his legacy on the basis of his 11-year stint as the chief justice alone. Before Justice Lehohla became chief justice, he [...]

13 Mar 2013 | 0 comments
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