How the DCEO Is Undermining Lesotho’s Knowledge Economy

Before the courts decide guilt or innocence, a more basic failure demands attention. The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences appears not to understand what a university research and innovation hub is, how it functions, or why it exists. That ignorance matters. Because when an anti-corruption agency applies blunt instruments to institutions it does not comprehend, it does not merely risk miscarriages of justice. It risks sabotaging the country’s ability to produce knowledge, retain scarce expertise, and convert research into…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...