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This story was first published inNew Frame Lesotho is fondly known as the Kingdom in the Sky, as its mountainous terrain elevates it more than 1 000m above sea level. This small enclave of a country, completely landlocked by South Africa, has a population of about two million, making it one of the smallest states in the world. But out of these peaks has emerged a feature film, set in the world of its landscape and written and directed by one of its own. Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s  This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection has made history as the country’s first official submission t...

Film review: This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection This story was first published inNew Frame Lesotho is fondly known as the Kingdom in the Sky, as its mountainous terrain elevates it more than 1 000m above sea level. This small enclave of a country, completely landlocked by South Africa, has a population of about two million, making it one of the smallest states in the world. But out of these peaks has emerged a feature film, set in the world of its landscape and written and directed by one of its own. Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s  This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection has ma...

MASERU-IT would be tempting to dismiss Tšepang Tšita-Mosena, 43, as just another political novice. Admittedly, Tšita-Mosena is indeed a political greenhorn having only been elected into Parliament just three years ago. Cool, collected and dressed to the nines, Tšita-Mosena does not look like your typical politician. She speaks softly during the interview, making it difficult to imagine how she fares during heated debates in a male-dominated parliament where high testosterone levels are often on show. But beyond that soft underbelly is a wily, combative character who has been aggressively ...

Covid-19 storm looms MASERU-LESOTHO could be sleepwalking into a major Covid-19 tsunami as hundreds of Basotho sneak back into the country without screening. In the past few weeks hordes of Basotho have illegally crossed back home from South Africa. The Lesotho and South Africa governments seem unable to stop the influx of people through the porous borders. Lesotho’s situation is however more precarious because it is receiving people from a country already in the throes of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Without screening and testing those sneaking in, Lesotho might be sitting on a ...

ABC, DC fight escalates Share while ABC secretary-general Hlaele demands DC leader Mokhothu be probed.   Pascalinah Kabi BARELY seven months on, the coalition pact between the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and the Democratic Congress (DC) appears to be unravelling. This after the DC accused the ABC of attempting to undermine the former to gain political advantage ahead of the 2022 national elections. As a result, DC secretary general Tšitso Cheba, is breathing fire and has launched a broadside at the ABC. Mr Cheba has been designated by the DC as the “sole authoritative voice” on all par...