Heads must roll
ELSEWHERE in this issue, we carry a massive story of how the government of Lesotho bungled an M855 million deal that it signed with a German solar company, Frazer Solar.
The Gauteng High Court has already ruled in Frazer Solar’s favour in a default judgment. The office of the sheriff of the High Court has now garnished water royalties which were due to be paid to Lesotho.
There are genuine fears that Lesotho’s assets outside the country could also be seized.
Yet with such a monumental scandal on its doors, the government of Lesotho has tried to put up a brave face, telling the media last week that all was well and that no assets would be seized.
What beer has done to our country
IF you ululate for a moron misbehaving at a funeral you should not be shocked when he molests the corpse. There was a time when the government was farting on us. We would hold our noses and curse but console ourselves that at least they were doing it at a distance and we will kick them out via the ballot.
But soon the government was emboldened by our silent disgust.
They closed the window, locked the doors and gassed us with some thunderous farts that nearly suffocated us.
Yet still we hoped they would come back to their senses and retrieve their manners from their armpits.
Government was caught napping
Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has become adept at rolling from crisis to crisis with one temporary extension after another. He learned these bad habits from his leader, former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. There is a phrase for these terrible habits that everyone will agree with.
When you “kick the can down the road,” you are not just solving the immediate problem, you actually guaranteeing the arrival of a new problem. You kick the can down the road, you will get to the can again. There is no question that Majoro is kicking the can down the road.
MASERU - Whichever way you look at it, Frazer Solar is the ultimate winner in this disaster over a botched contract.Because of the government’s bungling, the
Lesotho’s assets seized
MASERU – LESOTHO’s international assets are being seized to pay off an M855 million claim by a German company accusing the government of breaching a contract.
The contract with Frazer Solar was signed by former minister Temeki Tšolo in September 2018 when he was a Minister in Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s office. Frazer was to supply Lesotho with solar water heaters, solar lanterns and LEC lights.
Tšolo has however denied signing the contract and says he suspects his signature was forged.
The government has said it’s investigating what happened.
But while the government is battling to get a handle on the issues, Frazer Solar is moving fast to impound Lesotho’s assets.