Public Eye

Private weekly newspaper published in Maseru since the late 1990s, one of Lesotho's longest-running independent titles. Reporting in English on politics, the judiciary, business and development, it is a regular source for coverage of the kingdom's fractious coalition politics, and publiceyenews.com carries its reporting to online and diaspora readers.

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Public Eye at a glance

Country: Lesotho
Region: Southern Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: publiceyenews.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Public Eye

Crosswire groups Public Eye as Centrist for comparisons within Lesotho's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Public Eye sits in Lesotho's press

Public Eye is one of 3 outlets tracked in Lesotho, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Lesotho Times and Sunday Express. By outlets tracked, Lesotho ranks 43rd of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Public Eye outside Lesotho, starting with Southern Africa, are Mmegi (Botswana), Eswatini Observer (Eswatini), The Nation (Malawi) and O País (Mozambique). Opening one of them beside Public Eye is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.