Civil society unfazed by loss of NRA chairmanship
STAFF REPORTER MASERU - Tension in the old National Assembly chambers was palpable as the National Reforms Authority (NRA) members...
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Teachers’ dilemma: to smack pupils or not to
. . . mixed signals from authorities in education sector MATHATISI SEBUSI MASERU - Corporal punishment has for a long...
Government to the rescue as barren women bear the brunt of prejudice
MATHATISI SEBUSI MASERU - Mampho* was 26 years old when he wed her husband. That was perhaps the last day...
Molise’s case highlights need for older persons bill
MATHATISI SEBUSI MASERU - Parenting is a challenge on its own, let alone to old people with failing health compelled...
World Bank bridges villages to save lives in Leribe
Neo Senoko LERIBE - Close to 10 years ago, the two villages of Ha-Seetsa and Ha-Mpetsane in Fobane, Leribe district...
Basotho farmers struggle for markets
. . . as chain stores prefer SA suppliers ‘MATHATISI SEBUSI MASERU – Smallholder farmers striving to grow their...
Pirate taxis a bane for congested industry
MATHATISI SEBUSI MASERU - After losing his job on the mines in South Africa, Limpho Loke invested his life savings...
Layers of abuse bury law enforcement
MORDEKAI MUSUNDIRE MASERU – ’Mathabo Morojele*, 65, rushes inside her rondavel at the sound of her ringing cellphone. She has...
Berea tops voluntary medical male circumcision
LEROOTHO LETSATSI BEREA – Fifty-eight-year-old Lepekola Mokhahlane of Sebedia, Ha Makhoroana village in Berea is happy man. He was one...
Accident victim left to pick herself up alone
MATHATISI SEBUSI MASERU – At 18, ’Noko Ts’olo was hit by a car and lost her left leg in an...
Bungling keeps Ha Setenane in the dark
. . . contractor leaves electrification mid-stream RELEBOHILE TSOAMOTSE MASERU - Ha Setenane residents have been living without electricity for...
Road works leave Mafeteng residents in the lurch
. . . as promised jobs fail to materialise KANANELO BOLOETSE MAFETENG – Although Prime Minister Thomas Thabane last month...
