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Despite patriarchal norms, Basotho women strike gold in farming Pascalinah Kabi 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. Whil...

Mpilo Boutique shuts doors MASERU-MPILO Boutique, one of Lesotho’s most high-end hotels, has shut down for good after failing to recover from the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The hotel initially shut its doors in May last year when the country went into lockdown as the pandemic was just beginning to wreak havoc. At that time the management said it hoped the lockdown was temporary and they would soon be back in business. That hope however evaporated as the country continued in lockdown and the borders remained closed. The management this week decided to cut its losses and clo...

Indian Filmmaker’s Heartbreaking Story of his Sister’s Agony Scoops International Movie Award Indian Filmmaker’s Heartbreaking Story of his Sister’s Agony Scoops International Movie Award Comments Off on Indian Filmmaker’s Heartbreaking Story of his Sister’s Agony Scoops International Movie Award MUMBAI, India — A few years ago, a mother of a two-year-old was beaten up and thrown out of the house by her alcoholic husband in the middle of the night at a nondescript village near Melur in Madurai, a city in southern Indian state Tamil Nadu. That night, the woman walked about 13 kil...

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 region. In Lesotho, this had been done through the scaling down of court operations had denied women access to whenever t...

India's 'Pebbles' wins top prize at International Film Festival Rotterdam PTI Updated Feb 8, 2021, 12:07 pm IST On the festival's website, the jury described 'Pebbles' as a lesson in pure cinema  The Tamil language film follows an alcoholic abusive husband who, after his long-suffering wife runs off, sets out with his young son to find her and bring her back. Pebbles team (Image credit : Twitter/@PsVinothraj) Mumbai: Indian drama "Pebbles", directed by filmmaker Vinothraj PS, has won the top honour, the Tiger Award for best film, at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR...