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Napo Masheane tackles GBV in latest play ‘My Vagina was not buried with Him’ By Kedibone Modise Share Napo Masheane shines a spotlight on the surge of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa in “My Vagina Was Not Buried With Him” . The theatre practitioner and poet is chuffed about her thought-provoking stage production, which recently premiered, albeit virtually, at the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) alongside other internationally renowned prod...

Lesotho is expected to start rolling out a massive Covid-19 vaccination programme later this month.The vaccines have been acquired as part of the Covax Facility

CRIME SCENE: A police officer attending to the heist Molepolole Magistrate, Kefilwe Resheng, has dismissed the infamous Kumakwane cash heist case that was registered before her court last year October. The dismissal follows a warning issued by the magistrate at the January mention that she was giving the state until February 26 th to wrap up the heist investigations. Although the state indicated that they had managed to arrest the fourth accused, 29-year-old Zwebangwe Ngoyi Montshiwa of ...

Molibeli sues radio station MASERU-POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is claiming M1.5 million in damages from 357 FM radio station and Police Constable Motlatsi Mofokeng. PC Mofokeng is the spokesman for the Lesotho Police Staff Association (Leposa) which has been embroiled in a fierce fight with Commissioner Molibeli over the running of the police. In court papers filed on February 12, Commissioner Molibeli says on or about January 13 during a phone-in programme at 357 called “Semphu Se Nk...

Tributes pour in for Molefe MASERU-MPALIPALI Molefe, the All Basotho Convention (ABC) MP who died last week after a long illness, will be laid to rest at his home in Sebelekoane in ’Maliepetsane constituency tomorrow. He was 69. Molefe will be remembered as a specialist in the diamond industry. He was also a key player in the construction sector. His friends who spoke at his memorial service in Maseru on Tuesday said Molefe was a jovial character who had a wicked sense of humour. He was also ...

Stability key to economic growth ARMY commander Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela last Thursday issued a chilling warning of what he said was a plot by rogue soldiers to topple the government of Lesotho. Although the warning was couched in oblique language, it was enough to send alarm bells ringing to anyone familiar with the troubled political history of this country. It was also quite clear that something terrible could be brewing in the background. We know that army commanders are genera...

Chaos at borders MASERU-THERE was chaos at the Maseru border gate yesterday after some Basotho wanted to cross into South Africa. South Africa opened its land borders between Lesotho on Monday. The six border posts that have now been reopened are Maseru, Ficksburg, Van Rooyen’s Gate, Sani Pass, Qacha’s Nek and Caledonspoort. However, Lesotho has still not opened up its borders following the imposition of a strict lockdown in January to stem the spread of Covid-19. This has now triggered cha...

Boxing robbed again Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Boxing Association (LeBA) has been dealt yet another blow after former national team coach Chaka Mekoa who was shot dead at his home Ha-Tšosane in Maseru on Tuesday evening. The Tšosane Boxing Club coach becomes the second boxing official to die this year after former boxing referees’ judge and for LDF boxer, Thabang Makhakhe’s death last month. Makhakhe died after a short illness. The LeBA public relations officer Rethabile Ntiea told the ...

Women in Lesotho have always played a major role in food production albeit at a subsistence level. In this patriarchal and gendered society, it is inculcated into every female- from toddlers as young as five years to great grandmothers- that theirs is to till the land and put food on the table for their families. Despite their prowess in farming, most women hardly venture into commercial farming, thanks to the patriarchal system and its attendant customary law precepts which deny women ownershi...

Covid-19 worsens women land rights violations Covid-19 worsens women land rights violations Pascalinah Kabi LOCKDOWN restrictions aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in Lesotho have had an unintended adverse negative impact of undermining women’s customary land rights, a regional human rights body has found. The organisation, Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA), said its research on the impact of Covid-19 on women’s customary land rights and livelihoods in southern Africa...