Comment & Analysis

Comment and Analysis section

Debate continues to intensify on government’s mulled amnesty law which seeks to allow perpetrators of politically motivated criminal acts, walk scot free, while their victims are left to lick their wounds. It talks to crimes committed since the dawn of the first coalition government of 2012. And with each...

Strike right…

By Kabelo Mollo Our government rightly comes in for a lot of flak. It is true that they are found wanting in all too many areas of service delivery. Our government regularly misses the mark, and the effects are dire. I don’t think the governments response to COVID-19 has been great...

The mating game

By Mohau Khupa Gents, you have probably dated these women or at least not yet. Ladies, you are probably one of these kinds. It is a fact women are as diverse as they come hence they all come in different packages - it’s no secret. I will therefore delve into...

Media Tales…

By Kabelo Mollo Somebody on twitter said “our government treats creatives like people with hobbies.” And he was right; then somebody took it further and said “everybodywho is not a creative treats creatives like people with hobbies”. It was the most accurate take I have seen on a matter on that...
The government of Lesotho this week came under mounting fire following the gazetting of regulations giving it powers to access and monitor our mobile phone communications.  The law, for all practical purposes, is a direct attack on people’s civil liberties. These are guarantees and freedoms that liberal governments commit not...