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Driving economic growth Maseru-EVEN at a young age, Relebohile Sefako has always been fascinated with the concept of making money. His father, who went on early retirement as a police officer, ran a grocery store in Ha-Thetsane in the 1980s. And so at very close range, he would see how his father would buy goods in large quantities and sell for a profit. It was a decent family business that ensured they enjoyed an average life in the city. But beyond maintaining the family, the venture planted a seed in young Sefako – to run his own businesses later in life.

AT the time of writing this editorial last night, it appeared as if the coalition government led by Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro would survive after all.This

Tributes pour in for Cardinal Khoarai MASERU-CARDINAL Sebastian Koto Khoarai, 91, the first Mosotho to attain the position, died last Saturday in Mazenod after serving the Catholic Church for 65 years. The church has not revealed the cause of death except saying he was sick and had to be admitted to a hospital for a while. Reverend Francis Makhetha of the Mofumahali oa Maloti, Ketane, in the Mohale’s Hoek diocese, worked closely with the cardinal. He described Cardinal Khoarai as a man of God who “was a strong bishop who started the Mohale’s Hoek diocese”. Reverend Makhetha says the C...

BNP leadership contest gets ugly BNP leadership contest gets ugly Share ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE race for the Basotho National Party (BNP) leadership is increasingly turning ugly. This after three of the six contestants last week went on national radio to accuse the party’s current national executive committee (NEC) of corruption. The three are Professor Lehlohonolo Mosotho, ‘Mota Nkuoatsana and ‘Mamotsepe Motseoa. They have since been slapped with letters demanding that they retract their statements and apologise for their conduct “which is likely to bring the party into disr...

Mary Twala Mhlongo (1939-2020) in “This Is Not a Burial. It’s a Resurrection.” (IMDb) I’m Black and African. But I have never seen mud and dung being mixed together to replaster a mud hut’s floor or been present for a sheep shearing ceremony until I watched Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s, “This Is Not a Burial. It’s a Resurrection.” This first narrative feature film shot in Lesotho by a Mosotho director is also the small landlocked country’s first submission to the Oscars in the category of Best International Feature Film. Sprawling and culturally lush, the film juxtaposes exi...