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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 generally guarded in their speech. They don’t talk; they act, sometimes ruthlessly. But the fact that Lt...

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 chaos between the two countries. Students who attend school in Ladybrand could not cross into South Afr...

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 Sunday Express on Friday that the deceased was shot while in his car soon after arrival from the gy...

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 ownership of the land. While the battle continues for the enactment of laws to fully empower women and give ...

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 found that lockdown restrictions had worsened violations of women’s customary land rights in the ...