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Who Gets to Call It “News”? The Fight for Real Journalism in Lesotho
Nicole Tau Every journalist eventually has to accept a basic truth: people enter this field for vastly different reasons. Some are driven by a noble duty to inform, while others are motivated by influence, sensation, or profit. That is simply human nature. But what...
Who Gets to Speak for the Mosotho? The Parliament We Have, and the Parliament We Need
Nicole Tau There are only three young Members of Parliament in Lesotho’s National Assembly. None of them is a woman. That statistic sat uneasily with me during a five-day workshop designed precisely to get journalists thinking more deeply about youth participation,...
PARTLY FALSE: Lesotho’s Constitution and Trade Laws Prohibit Private Land Sales to Foreigners and Reserve Small Business Sectors for Citizens
While foreign nationals can invest in certain sectors, Lesotho's Constitution prohibits private ownership of land by anyone, and the country's trade laws reserve numerous small-business sectors exclusively for Basotho citizens. Nicole Tau A Facebook post published in...
From Kigali to Maseru: Rewriting the ‘Invisible Rules’ of Gender, Media, and Power in Lesotho
Nicole Tau Acting National Director, MISA-Lesotho The most powerful barriers are often the ones we cannot see. They don't appear in legislation or constitutions. They live in the questions we ask, the headlines we write, the jokes we laugh at and the expectations we...
MISA Lesotho Statement On the 2026/27 National Budget: A missed opportunity for media development
MISA Lesotho notes the 2026/2027 National Budget Speech and its articulation of government priorities in infrastructure, agriculture, youth employment, digital transformation, and public sector reforms. While these areas are critical for national development, the...