The past few weeks have exposed a disturbing trend in Lesotho’s public service: the meddling of politicians in the appointment of civil servants.
This problem starts right at the top, with the position of government secretary and principal secretaries. It goes down to junior officers and two ministries in, particular...
Many of the major towns of Lesotho like Maseru, Maputsoe, Hlotse and Mafeteng are showing signs of becoming havens of myriad social vices that one can think of . . . crime, drugs, gangsterism, prostitution, human trafficking; you name it.
These towns are also grappling with acute unemployment that has...
We recently published a story detailing the catastrophic impact of looting on Lesotho’s efforts to combat Covid-19. This has also been a subject of wide coverage in the country’s media.
We will not let the matter go just yet. Let’s take a global perspective to the matter. A report of...
The provision of basic social infrastructure, such as schools, clinics, and latrines, is a crucial function of government in developing countries.
According to experts, these politically popular, locally targeted, and highly visible projects are also exactly the type of public goods that politicians seek to deliver in theories of pork...
The message in almost all nations that were decimated by the global Covid-19 pandemic has been: ‘Coronavirus is far from over. Let’s get ready for the second wave’.
Some countries are still dealing with large epidemics, but even those currently controlling the virus fear ‘the second wave’.
In the UK, health...
