…Sadc route futile without tribunal KANANELO BOLOETSE In 2010, after several court judgements against the Zimbabwean government, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit of heads of states and governments held in Namibia decided that a review of the role, functions and terms of reference of one of its key institutions –
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Spotlight on foreign-owned manufacturers’ tax holiday
KANANELO BOLOETSE MASERU – While most Basotho-owned companies are struggling to comply with near-crippling tax obligations, some foreign-owned manufacturing firms seem to have it easy. Foreign-owned manufacturing companies, in particular textile factories, are benefiting from a raft of tax relief measures which leave them ultimately contributing a trivial proportion – around five
Fractures weaken Lesotho’s ruling party
LEKHETHO NTSUKUNYANE Tom Thabane was jeered by assembled supporters of his own party last week, in what political analysts see as a sign that his days as the Lesotho’s Prime Minister may be numbered. The rowdiness that marked the All Basotho Convention (ABC) navel-gazing “sabbatical conference” in the far southern district of


