Opinion

Revamp Lesotho’s education system

LESOTHO’S education system is in dire need of reform if it is to meet the country’s needs for the 21st century. Education Minister ‘Mamphono Khaketla has made similar calls in the past. The need to review and restructure the education system should go beyond merely replacing the current ineffectual Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) with [...]

18 Aug 2010 | 2 comments

Stop famo violence now

WE have recently witnessed a rise in the number of deaths of famo artists in Lesotho. As a lover of famo music, I have enough reasons to worry about this trend and would want to appeal to players in the famo music industry to stop the killings. Famo artists are split into rival groups that [...]

21 Jul 2010 | 8 comments

Clarify policy on student loans

WE are grateful that the government has reversed its decision and granted loan-bursaries to all categories of deserving students wishing to receive tertiary education. However, it is remains unclear whether this reversal is for this year only. If it is, this is the time for the government and the ministry of finance to tell Basotho [...]

15 Jul 2010 | 5 comments

Build consensus on youth corps

PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday launched the National Volunteer Youth Corps, a new organisation set up to instil a spirit of volunteerism within our youth. The concept of volunteerism is a noble endeavour. Volunteerism seeks to encourage people particularly the youth to spend their time and talents to promote charitable causes without regard for monetary [...]

5 May 2010 | 0 comments

Let’s curb music piracy

IN an article in the April 15 — 21 issue of the Lesotho Times, Ntsebeng Motsoeli shed important light on the subject of music piracy. She relates a series of interviews with various street vendors that confirmed that the illegal sale of music is a very profitable business with little or no risks involved. This [...]

21 Apr 2010 | 0 comments

Sex has become new currency

As I see it . . . By Tlali Mapetla   WE live in a world of advanced technology which means our habits and way of life are subject to our modernity. Even in little conservative Lesotho where sex was never discussed between parent and child, sex is now in our face. The subject of [...]

31 Mar 2010 | 2 comments

Stonewalled by NAC

SILENCE equals death. That is true for most people living with HIV and Aids. But others use power as a strategic weapon for their own survival and to slowly grind down unwanted elements. When we took the initiative to help people living with HIV and Aids (PLWHA) to find meaningful employment through the Positive Professionals [...]

24 Mar 2010 | 0 comments

Bail out troubled firms

By Majara Molupe THE closure of P & T garment factory has aggravated the unemployment crisis in Mafeteng district. Media reports have put the number of people who lost their jobs after the factory closure at 2 400. I think the figure is much higher than that. That figure must certainly exclude the temporary employees [...]

19 Mar 2010 | 1 comment

Time to be original

By Tlali Mapetla I HAVE lived all my life in Lesotho and South Africa. I therefore feel qualified to bare my thoughts about how Basotho think and relate regarding issues of business. South Africa was for years dealt a development blow by the policy of apartheid and is still struggling to build itself as a [...]

11 Mar 2010 | 1 comment

Planting seeds of discontent

By Dr Sempe Sempe A LETTER written by the former minister of trade, Mpho Malie, to the managing director of Standard Lesotho Bank, Roger Snelgar, has left the country in a state of shock. The letter insinuates corruption in the funds allocated for block farming. The letter further blames the bank for what it calls [...]

4 Mar 2010 | 4 comments
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