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WHO: Government should strengthen law enforcement on use of tobacco

By Pulane Lichaba

MASERU- The Ministry of Health held discussions to align the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) with the Tobacco Control Bill (2015) of Lesotho.

Speaking on behalf of the Prin-cipal Secretary of Health Dr. ‘Nya-ne Letsie, stated that tobacco is the only product if used as prescribed by the manufacturer causes death, diseases and disability. “Without comprehensive tobacco prevention and control policies, it is estimated that smoking prevalence in the Af-rican region will increase by nearly 39% by 2030 from 15.8% in 2010 to 21.9% presently,” said Dr. Letsie.

She indicated that the cause of action against the use of tobac-co is because tobacco is estimated to kill approximately one of every two users. “No other risk carries such a high mortality rate and costs more than half a trillion dollars in economic damages annually. As the use of tobacco has declined in high-income countries, the tobacco industry has increasingly turned to low- and middle-income countries, particularly Africa,” she noted.

Dr. Letsie also highlighted that the WHO Global Report (2012) on mortality attributable to tobacco revealed that tobacco was respon-sible for all Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs); heart disease accounted for 156 deaths in every 100,000 while cancer and trachea attribute to 4%.

She concluded that tobacco should be integrated in the school curriculum to responsibly inform, educate, and communicate to the

PM commemorates building of National Museum and Art GalleryBy Majirata Latela

MASERU- Prime Minister Dr. Pa-kalitha Mosisili commemorated the occasion of the sod-turning cere-mony to build the National Muse-um and Arts Gallery, which will take two years to complete.

Speaking at the ceremony yes-terday, Dr. Mosisili substantiated that the day is a historical one as the building is a step towards preserv-ing Basotho’s historical products that are currently scattered across various places in the country.

“The whole world knows that we are a historical country built in peace after the black cloud of the Lifaqane War. We are also a nation built out of diplomacy, not war or disagreements; that is why we were able to keep our historical products for the young generation,” said Dr Mosisili.

He pointed out that it has been in many years since the realisation that there is need for a place to pre-serve Basotho’s historical products and some of the heritage remains in homes, with village chiefs, in schools, and churches. Other his-torical artefacts are kept overseas at missionaries and historians and investigators are in possession of some of the pieces.

“It has been a long time since we wished to have this building and

Prime Minister Dr. Pakalitha Mosisili with some Ministers during a sod turning ceremony on Monday

the painful thing about it is that we always have to visit Lesotho to learn about the roots of the Basotho na-tion which tends to be very costly and undermines our image as a na-tion,” he said.

He further indicated that the absence of the Museum and Art Gallery has been a challenge for His Majesty’s government for many years and that it was high time to hold discussions with international countries including South Africa, France, Netherlands and Britain to return some of Lesotho’s historical products to the museum.

“I was told that Lesotho heritage is part of the world heritage and the whole world has embarked on a mission to collect its heritage to show the importance of such prod-ucts and they are working very hard to be recognized by the historical places they have”.

“In building this national Mu-seum and Art Gallery, Lesotho will align itself with the theme of the world that the nations should know and be proud of their heritage,” he said.

Dr. Mosisili further illustrated that the nation has to benefit from the historical products as Lesotho is

now experiencing high unemploy-ment among the youth who have completed higher education hence the building of the gallery will help decrease unemployment in the tourism sector.

He stated that the place would keep historical products in a dig-ital exhibition. “It will also teach schoolchildren, individuals and tourists about the historical back-ground of Lesotho. Furthermore,

the museum will become a place of research and exhibition.”

He concluded by congratulating the Minister of Tourism, Environ-ment and Culture, Likeleli Tam-pane, on the great work that she has done which will be marked in Leso-tho’s history, the coalition govern-ment, and the contractors who have received the tender to complete the project.

public on the addictive nature of tobacco and the dangers of tobacco use.

Meanwhile, Mookho Moqhali, the Legal Officer in the Ministry of Health explained that the Leso-tho Tobacco Bill is an initiative by the government to domesticate the WHO FCTC. “Lesotho ratified the convention in 2005 and only ob-tained cabinet approval in 2014. The bill is aimed at controlling the manufacturing, distribution and sale of tobacco products in the country,” she said.

Moqhali maintained that the bill serves to promote education and advocacy of the health hazards of tobacco use.

She also added that the bill in-cludes a Tobacco Control Board that will advise the Minister on the national policy, law and formula-tion of regulations on tobacco con-trol, and the WHO FCTC.

Dr. Ouma Ahmed, Regional Ad-visor -Tobacco Control at WHO Re-gional Office for Africa emphasized that the scientific evidence has un-equivocally established that use of and exposure to tobacco causes dis-eases, disability, and death.

“Statistics indicate that 48.7% of the male population in Lesotho smoke tobacco which makes Leso-tho the second highest in Africa af-ter Nigeria in tobacco consumption. Lesotho should have law enforce-ment in regard to tobacco smoking as it is also a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of death in the world,” he noted.

Dr. Ahmed also enlightened that tobacco does not only affect the human body but also the envi-ronment. “Deforestation is really

a problem in all the tobacco grow-ing countries as it is caused by the clearing of land for cultivation and also using wood for curing it. It is also very hazardous for pregnant women as its chemicals affect their pregnancy leading to miscarriages,” he said.

He further indicated that the WHO FCTC was implemented be-cause of the tobacco epidemic and the negative effects especially on poorer countries. Countries should have very strong law enforcement in controlling the consumption of tobacco.

“Countries should raise tobacco prices and taxes and also ensure that indoor workplaces and all oth-er public places are 100% smoke-free without exception,” explained Dr. Ahmed.

He continued, “Packaging and labeling of tobacco products should require that pictorial health warn-ings cover at least 50% of display areas of all tobacco products pack-ages.”

Dr. Ahmed further indicated that governments should com-pletely ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship at in-ternational levels as well as ban the sale of tobacco products to minors and by minors. He also encouraged countries to strengthen and create systems to motivate quitting and ensure access to cessation services.

Lesotho is currently in the pre-liminary stages of the legislative process of the Tobacco Control Bill. The Ministry of health is yet to seek clearance by the Attorney General to adopt the Tobacco Control Bill of 2015.


Basotho equipped on business opportunities to serve touristsBy ‘Mantšali Phakoana

HA KOME- The Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) jointly with Action Lesotho orga-nized an Innovation, Entrepre-neurship, and Artisanal three-week training for 24 Basotho from Mal-imong, Ha Baroana, Ha Kome and Thaba-Bosiu.

The trainees were awarded with the certificates for their participa-tion.

Speaking on behalf of the LT-DC’s Chief Executive Officer at the closing ceremony, Investment Promotion Manager, Tšepang Ha-tase urged the trainees to apply the skills they gained from the training to change their lives as well as those of the communities around them.

He outlined that the LTDC’s mandate is to identify places that could attract tourists across the country and capacitate Basotho so that they begin to identify business-es integral to the tourism sector.

One of the trainers, Kefuoe Ma-tooane from Action Lesotho re-vealed that there was a need to ed-ucate Basotho, especially residing in areas of tourist attractions, on business aspects including starting a business, the operations of a busi-ness and customer care.

“This serves as an opportunity for them to learn to identify what could attract tourists in their areas so that they take advantage of sell-ing their products to tourists,” he said.

Matooane further indicated that he is as proud as a trainer is since they were committed and willing to know more about doing busi-ness. However, he insisted that the trainees should know that the jour-ney to succeeding in business is not an easy one but encouraged them to persevere until they succeed. “Know that discipline will always be an important constituent on a suc-

cessful road to your business, if you are not disciplined as an entrepre-neur, then your business will fail,” Matooane noted.

On behalf of the trainees, ‘Mapoloko Mahlatsi from Pulane Ha Rachale in Ha Kome vowed to make changes in their respective areas. “We feel proud for the skills we received from the trainers. One could see from it that they are well qualified in running businesses,” she noted.

“We will be starting as soon as we reach home to produce products for our businesses. We are going to be our own employers from here on without expecting to be hired;

we are starting to have different thoughts on how to improve al-ready.”

“We know our successes cannot come immediately as we expect but we are going to start until we be-come big entrepreneurs,” she con-cluded.

In an exclusive interview with Informative, Thabo Ntsoele, a youth from Malimong, stated that he was in possession of crafting and drawing skills but did not know how to apply them.

“Before I attended this work-shop, I was not empowered on how drawing skills could benefit me. I thought it would be a talent that

cannot lead me anywhere, but after this training, I identified where my future lies.

“I have learned that tourists also like written history; therefore, I am going to start to draw the cave at Malimong and the ‘Bakhopa’ mountain, which I have historical background on,” he explained.

Ntsoele said he felt honored to be part of the training, which he discovered during the public gath-ering organized by the LTDC earlier saying he was lucky to attend one of the public gatherings for the first time, and as “we were told by LTDC officers about this workshop, I be-came interested.”

One of the participants receiving a Certificate of Attendance


Communities express concern over water scarcityBy ‘Mantšali Phakoana

MASERU- Communities who at-tended the National Community Parliament Forum organised by the Development for Peace Educa-tion (DPE) expressed their concern to the Minister of Water Affairs, Ralechate ’Mokose over lack of wa-ter in their various areas.Representing the Community Par-liamentarians, Thabo Letuka point-ed out that most councils in the country were experiencing a water crisis and have a shortage of toilets. He indicated that they were living in areas without taps; as a result, they face a high risk of using un-clean water because of the type of existing wells. “As the water and sanitation poli-cy states, no citizen will walk a dis-tance longer than the equivalent of the length of a football playground to fetch water. We are pleading with the Honourable Minister to pay at-tention to this challenge faced by women and girls living in rural ar-eas in this country, when they need to fetch water from far-away areas,” he said.He further referred to the statement made by His Majesty King Letsie III in his speech from the throne in the Ninth Parliament of Lesotho, declaring his dedication towards ensuring that every Mosotho has access to water.Moreover, he asked the Minister to fulfil one of the commitments made by the seven coalition partners to ensure that they would provide wa-ter to the areas where there is scar-city of water.

Meanwhile, ’Manyefolo Lepolesa from the Butha-Buthe district ex-plained that despite the fact that ’Muela is situated in their area, they are still faced with the ordeal of wa-ter scarcity.“’Muela is one of the dams which is situated in our area, but that has not brought change to our lives es-pecially regarding water. We are concerned that water from the same dam just passes by our villages and goes to places such as Maseru,” she complained. She concluded by stressing that most of the villages in the district were facing a considerable water crisis.In response to the complaints, ’Mokose emphasised that he could not ignore the fact that he was elect-ed by the community to represent them at the National Assembly of Lesotho, and that he had witnessed the water crisis in the country. “I know I have been sent by your communities with your votes, to address your challenges and needs, and I cannot ignore the fact that the country is currently experiencing a water crisis.”The Minister outlined that this challenge is caused by climate change and that he is aware that it is even contributing to the drying up of some rivers and dams. He then indicated that it is their wish, both as the government and opposition members in Parliament, to see to it that the community’s concerns become history.He explained: “We know develop-ment is one of our mandates from you as communities, whether we

are the government or the opposi-tion in Parliament, each have their own mandate. We know that your needs are uniform and we wish to fulfil our promises to you, though we are restricted by the government budget since we share it among our respective Ministries.”The Minister also mentioned that it is impossible to reach all areas when making improvements in the country, though they will endeav-our to do so.He again noted that officers in his Ministry have and will continue to examine all the districts to evaluate the state of need in different villag-es so that the most affected areas are prioritised.“I have assigned officers in my Min-istry to examine water challenges in all the districts, we know this might be a huge challenge but we are look-ing for the most affected villages,” said the Minister. At the same time, the Minister made the promise that in the next budget, 2016/2017 those challenges

would be addressed. According to the 2014/2015 budget, 90 water supply systems and 8,000 ventilated pit latrines would have been constructed in the rural areas, serving a total of 58,000 people. Therefore, 6,070 households would have been connected to potable wa-ter and 200 sewer line connections would have been constructed in the urban areas. The proposed 2014/15 allocation for the water and sanitation sec-tor is M1, 344.8 million of which M157.0 million was allocated to wa-tershed management.It also stated that as part of the improvement of the urban water supply, the construction of the Me-tolong Dam would be completed by September 2015. At least, this has happened. Around 30 Community Councils and 10 District Councils were rep-resented at the gathering. In atten-dance were also representatives of different communities and their re-spective community councillors.

CHE launches institutional audit frameworkBy Tefo Khunonyane

MASERU- The Council on High-er Education (CHE) launched the Institutional Audit Framework for Higher Education Institutions in Lesotho and a programme for its implementation on Wednesday, last week.

The aim of the workshop was to protect the consumers of higher ed-ucation in Lesotho.

Delivering her opening remarks, the Minister of Education, Dr. Ma-hali Phamotse pointed out that the mandate of CHE is to ensure that Basotho citizens who are uneducat-ed and less exposed to outside in-fluences, and who have struggled so hard to make ends meet in order to send their children to an institution of higher learning receive good val-ue for their efforts.

She further indicated that the audit framework is focused on as-suring the quality of the operations of the entire institution, including

issues pertaining to governance and the management of the financ-es and programme design. She also mentioned that if truly embraced and implemented by all higher edu-cation institutions, the Institutional Audit Framework promises to be the tool to address the many gover-nance and administrative challeng-es that are currently faced by many higher education institutions.

She went on to state that it is im-perative for each higher education institution to carefully look at itself and see how it measures up against each of the standards contained in the Audit Framework and to start making the necessary adjustments in its policies, systems, structures and operations.

“I have noted that higher edu-cation institutions in Lesotho, es-pecially those in the public sector, continue to face tremendous chal-lenges pertaining to infrastructure, staffing and teaching facilities. However, we are all witnesses that

(khomo ha li kae, batho re bangata) and this may warrant stricter inter-ventions in exploring alternative sources of income by the business community in Lesotho, profession-al bodies, civil society formations, tertiary institutions themselves and

government, in order to address these challenges,” stated Dr. Pha-motse.

Dr. Phamotse emphasized that the government would work hard-er to ensure that public institutions are well resourced and able to de-liver high quality education. There-fore, her ministry will be presenting a funding model for higher educa-tion public institutions to Cabinet for approval.

Addressing participants about quality education at the workshop, Professor Mokaeane Polaki indi-cated that the quality of education provided is the responsibility of each higher learning institution, and that audits should enhance the performance of the institution and promote accountability, transpar-ency and responsibility.

He went on to show that a high-er learning institution must be gov-erned by a council established in line with the Higher Education Act of 2004.

Dr.Phamotse emphasized that the government

would work harder to ensure

that public institutions are well resourced

and able to deliver high quality education.

Participants at the National Community Parliament


Release your gift in time

Successis an

attitude

Ted Msipa

It thrills my spirit to know that everyone of the seven billion hu-man beings on this planet earth is a gift to one another. You and l are gifts to humanity. We are a package which needs to be unpacked so as to be a ministry point to those inhab-itants of the universe who will get the priviledge to interact with us.

I am forever grateful that your mother did not abort you, but al-lowed you a safe passage so that you may show us what you are made of. There has never been a person like you on the face of this planet and there will be never another one like you. I want you to realise that you matter and should not be tak-en for granted. That said however, the greatest tragedy that has ever happened to you is that you have listened to the marketplace voices of confusion and as a result swept away from your purpose. The mar-

ketplace has a lot of graduates who never went to school. It has lots of professors who never taught a sin-gle student. It has the best soccer coaches who can coach the World 11, but sadly they did not even make it with a primary school organisa-tion.

This is why I dare you to show up and become what you were born to

be. You were born to be a gift to us all. When you stand up and begin to function, even nature feels that you are in your element. When you do what you were born to do, God gets the glory and humanity gets the blessing. I need you to think of your life as a part of the entire package of life. If you were born to be a farm-er, start farming and the nation will have plenty food. If you were born to be a cleaner, do not worry about managing, it is not your calling. The key to a fulfilled life is to realise that every human being has an assign-ment. God created you to fill a void on planet earth. It is therefore im-portant to give it your all, so that all praises may go to Him.

I wish you could catch this open secret, you are not only a human being, but you are a solution. You are a present to all of us; therefore your presence radiates an aura of

joy and love to all of us. Find your niche and work on it. Work it until you are on top of the cherries. Peo-ple will always remember the num-ber one not the number two, there-fore thrive for excellence. Do not go to the graveyard. You manifest your presence and giftings to the human race. You are more than a number, a statistic or a gender; you are a force, an authority and an influencer.

Stand up and be counted. The ball is in your court as you seek to rewrite history. It has been done be-fore. You can do it again. Like Mo-hau, my good friend says, success is a choice. You too have a choice to succeed. Success is certainly an at-titude; let us meet at the top.

Ted Msipa is a Success Coach, Leadership strategist and Motivational Speaker.

MONEYTALK

Mohau P. Mosoeunyane

The characteristics of wealthy AfricansIn 2013, the Republic of South

Africa’s fourth richest philanthro-pist; Patrice Motsepe, told students “Money is very, very important but having it doesn’t mean you’ll be happy. So always pursue what makes you happy.”

I honestly do not know which part of that statement resonates with you. Read it again. Many peo-ple are going to underline “but hav-ing it doesn’t mean you’ll be happy” as if being without it does make them happy. Whether money does or does not make people happy is a discussion for another day. For today, I would like to emphasize, “Money is very, very important”.

I have studied Africa’s top rich-est people and concluded that this is what they have in common:

1. They do business with the government (Tenders): We can take the classic example of the Ethiopi-an billionaire, Sheikh Mohammed Al Amoudi, who made his fortune in Saudi Arabia when he won a con-tract to construct a national under-ground oil storage complex worth

$30 billion in 1998. Think of the richest people in Lesotho. Don’t they do business with the govern-ment?

2. They follow their passion: A Malian rocket scientist who has a solid record of accomplishment at NASA in the United States, found-ed the Pathfinder Foundation and a laboratory in Bamako for the devel-opment of solar energy. Bill Gates recruited him to chair Microsoft Africa from retirement. Dr. Cheick Diarra Modibo became rich by pur-

suing his passion.The first African woman to win

the Nobel Peace prize in 2004, Wangari Maathi, is Kenyan. In his book, Africa is open for Business, Victor Kgomoeswana, described her as a social entrepreneur for she earned her money by being coura-geous enough to stand against any-thing she found to be in the wrong. She founded the Green Belt Move-ment, which protected Africa’s nat-ural Biodiversity. That is passion at its finest.

3. They are workaholics and extremely ambitious: Aliko Dan-gote is said to be Africa’s richest man. The Nigerian was indeed “born into money”. However, he is described better as a workaholic and frightfully ambitious. He is the type of individual that grabs every opportunity he encounters. His company is the largest cement pro-ducer in Africa. The sugar business is the second largest in the world.

Attesting to this, during my ra-dio show, The Boardroom - with

Mohau P. Mosoeunyane, marathon gold medallist, Teboho Sello af-firmed that all successful business owners work extremely hard and love what they do.

4. They are politically con-nected: Soccer fanatics are aware of TP Mazembe FC. It’s a Democrat-ic Republic of Congo soccer giant owned by a multi-millionaire poli-tician named Moise Katumbi Chap-we, who has been the governor of the Katanga Province.

Isabel Dos Santos is possibly Africa’s richest woman and the daughter of the Angolan Head of State.

Based on the information above, if you want to realize wealth in Af-rica, you need to be an ambitiously hard working individual, who is ex-tremely passionate about business and have strong political connec-tions that will make it easy for you to do business with the government. The richest people in Lesotho fit in this category. Success is a choice!!!

Adultery: a major source of deaths

AS I SEE ITAdultery has become a major

source of conflict in families and results in a high divorce rate, sep-

arations, sour relations in the fam-ily and Sexually Transmitted Infec-tions (STIs). Some of these diseases are incurable and end up killing people. Adultery also adversely af-fects the financial matters of a fam-ily because money intended for the family’s development supports ex-ternal affairs.

There are many divorce cases in the courts of law because of adul-tery. Young couples always bicker on minor things such as false alle-gations of adultery. Furthermore, partners who tamper with their partners’ phones to inspect phone logs and messages worsen the situ-

ation. Some of the young men and women have died on mere suspi-cion of committing adultery, while indeed there was no such thing. Men are killing one another on sus-picion that other men are conduct-ing adulterous affairs with their wives.

Lesotho presently ranks number two in terms of HIV infection in the world and health professionals say that one of the main drivers of STIs is adultery. They therefore urge people to refrain from having mul-tiple sexual partners to avoid being infected with HIV.

I am indeed concerned about these merciless and brutal killings

that occur in families due to adul-terous acts and therefore appeal to the Government of Lesotho for as-sistance in addressing the matter. Public gatherings ought to be held in an effort to disseminate infor-mation pertaining to adultery and its consequences of unnecessary divorces and killings. Solutions should then be formulated in order to combat the challenge at hand.

I am also appealing to the gov-ernment to invite the church lead-ers, Chiefs and all other community leaders to speak with one voice in the fight against these crimes per-petrated by Basotho.

Tefo Khunonyane

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Roads Directorate hosts stakeholders’workshopBy Tefo Khunonyane

MASERU- The Roads Directorate hosted a stakeholders’ workshop last week with the aim of discussing the role of each stakeholder in curbing the escalating encroachment of the road reserve.

Delivering her opening remarks at the occasion, the Director General of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, ’Maselomo Pama pointed out that the workshop marked the beginning of long-term collabora-tion between all stakeholder agen-cies integral to the protection of the country’s major public asset, the road reserve.

She further indicated that the Roads Directorate was established as a corporate body by the Roads Direc-torate Act of 2010 and is responsible to the Board of Directors. She stated that the Road Directorate was estab-lished with the chief motivation to improve service delivery and insti-tute productive management of the road network. This in turn ensures that existing roads and access routes are comprehensively maintained, re-

habilitated when required, upgraded and extended in an efficient manner to meet the needs of the country’s economy.

Pama further informed the stakeholders that the Directorate was responsible for the construc-tion, upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance of primary, secondary, tertiary and other roads as well as bridges on the Lesotho road network as well as foot bridges. She went on to indicate that the Roads Director-ate was formed by the merger and restructuring of the former Roads Branch (RB) and former Depart-ment of Rural Roads (DRR).

She also mentioned that the stra-tegic goals of the Roads Directorate are, the contribution to economic growth by creating an enabling envi-ronment for investment and private sector participation, to improve ac-cess to the export market; to devel-op and maintain road infrastructure and services that will support the development of economic sectors (trade, industry, tourism, agricul-ture and mining) and social sectors (health, social welfare, education

and the legal sector).Speaking at the same occasion,

the Manager of the Road Network Planning, Khasapane Kikine stated that the Ministry of Public Works and Transport was about to embark on a road construction project in Maseru.

The stakeholders invited to the

Overview of some of Lesotho's roads

event included the Ministries of Tourism and Local Government and Chieftainship Affairs, the Mas-eru City Council (MCC), the Land Administration Authority (LAA), the Maseru District Council, the Semonkong Urban Council as well as Principal Chiefs and Police.

Tšepong Hospital conducts Disaster Management TriageBy Thandie Mthimkhulu

MASERU- Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Tšepong) conducted a Disaster Management Triage so as to introduce a protocol to manage potential disasters in the country.

130 students from the National Health Training Institute (NHTC) portrayed affected victims during a fire at their premises. They were all rescued from the scene of the inci-dent, and transported by ambulanc-es to Tšepong hospital, where they were admitted.

During the course of the exercise, 20 “victims” did not survive and were transmitted to the mortuary. On the other hand, the rest of the “patients” were treated according to the severity of their injuries; they were escorted to radiological, hema-tological departments, various the-atres, surgical, medical and pediatric units where they were individually assisted.

One of the rescuers, Kehiso Seko-ati, said that they did all within their power to rescue the victims as fast and safe as they could after being called and rushed to the scene of the incident. He observed that they were concentrating much more on the ones who were crying without real-izing that sometimes during real or-deals, victims with the worst injuries are often unable to call for attention.

Bataung Khati, the officer in charge of the fire brigade, from the Lesotho Defense Force’s (LDF) air wing, indicated that they had man-aged to do their work but communi-cation between them and the para-medic team presented a challenge. This is for the reason that, they en-

Medical workers attend to a participant in critical condition

One of the participants is admitted by health workers

countered confusion regarding the categorization of patients. According to the severity of their injuries; the worst injured patients needed to be attended to instantaneously so that they would be the first to be trans-ported by means of ambulance while the less affected waited for assis-tance.

Dr. Lesley Bhebhe, Head of the Emergency Unit, pointed out that the exercise had been excellent, and was considered successful by all stake-holders indispensable, especially the students who acted like real patients. For the next time, the response team would have to be better prepared as the lack of communication between the fire brigade and paramedic team was evidenced by relatives who were not contacted until one of the pa-tients collapsed.

He continued to note that the other challenge was the fact that patients had to wait for a long time before being attended to. This was especially the case for the ones who did not have severe physical injuries. Therefore, doctors delayed to treat patients who could have been saved as they prioritized the severely in-jured individuals.

He added that they would have to do more excises similar to the pres-ent one, so as to prepare better for a real incident. He concluded that many mistakes occurred as a result of distraction.

One of the participants from the NHTC, Makoae Mosothoane, indi-cated that he is very fortunate to be part of the excise as he learned a lot and gained relevant expertise for his course as his role in a disaster in the future would be magnified as a result of his line of work.

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Nedbank supports SMMEsBy Pulane Lichaba

MASERU- In a joint venture with the Raizcorp Company, leading fi-nancial service provider Nedbank Lesotho, hosted a workshop ‘Sim-plyBiz Shift Questions’ for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) aimed at assisting them with business skills.

In an interview with Teboho Mhlanga, Head of Retail and Dis-tribution at Nedbank, he indicat-ed that they are trying to support SMMEs not only through the tra-ditional way of offering loans or transactional solutions but through business knowledge skills and busi-ness initiatives.

“We have noticed a gap that some of the entrepreneurs have brilliant ideas but encounter chal-lenges that hinder them from tak-ing those ideas to the next level. As a result, they end up giving up on them, so we decided to take our relationship further through this workshop to add value,” he noted. “This workshop is the second initia-tive of its nature we are hosting and there are more to come. We want to be closer to SMMEs than ever,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of Raizcorp, Allon Raiz high-lighted that the workshop serves to equip entrepreneurs with skills on how to think differently. “Study shows that 99.9% of businesses that

shut down every year do so will-ingly. So, entrepreneurs who learn skills on how to approach crisis in business will develop a positive at-titude and they will start handling business matters with a different perspective,” he noted.

Raiz encouraged entrepreneurs to change their mindset when it comes to business. “Shift your thinking, it’s one of the key char-acteristics of an entrepreneur, have the ability to think creatively and find solutions to problems using

the resources that can be mustered under any set of circumstances,” he stated.

“When most people are con-fronted with a problem that they can’t solve, their response is often, ‘there is no answer’ an entrepreneur in the same situation would say, “There must be something wrong with the question! This change in perspective is what allows entre-preneurs to find the creative solu-tions that lie behind their success. The shift in thinking allows them

to connect the dots in a different order, letting them see unexpected paths to success,” Raiz said.

“There is a lot of truth in the old saying, “You can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that creat-ed it in the first place, you have to unlock your creativity and figure out how to move your business for-ward,” he noted.

Raiz added that entrepreneurs make the mistake of not defining the word “action” properly; they use it as a cliché. “Practical actions need to happen fast; the pain of be-ing poor is worse than the pain of doing the work,” he said.

Therefore, he said, focus should be a priority in business. “People with multiple businesses often do not succeed.”

He also encouraged entrepre-neurs to change their relationship with rejection, as it is part of the business process.

At the same occasion, the Mar-keting Director at the Ministry of Small Business Development, Co-operatives and Marketing, Lekhooe Makhate, stated that the Ministry is prepared to join hands with com-mercial banks to assist SMMEs. “We want SMMEs to have broad perspectives, see things from differ-ent angles, and have diverse ways of finding solutions to any crisis they may encounter in their business,” he concluded.

Petroleum Fund: fuel prices adjustedBy Pulane Lichaba

MASERU- The Petroleum Fund Secretariat announced the decrease of petroleum products last Friday which is said to have been necessi-tated by the decrease of oil prices in the international markets.

‘MamotoloThoahlane, Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Fund Secretariat explained that the decrease is a result of decreases of crude oil prices in international markets which has resulted in these products experiencing unit slate over-recoveries.

As a result, Thoahlane stated that local fuel prices were adjusted across the board. The pump price of petrol was decreased by 30 lisente per litre, while diesel decreased by 25 lisente for both grades of diesel (50 and 500 parts per mil-lion- ppm). The wholesale price of illuminating paraffin will also be decreased by 15 lisente per litre.

Thoahlane further indicated that fuel prices are now uniform throughout the country, that is, prices for zone 2 (Mphaki), 3 (Tha-ba-Tseka) and 4 (Mokhotlong) are the same as zone 1 (Lowlands including Quthing up to Mount Moorosi and Qacha’s Nek) as op-posed to former times when fuel prices in the highlands were expen-sive.

She therefore, urged all retail-ers to charge proper prices as it is illegal to charge prices that are dif-ferent from the gazetted ones. She further added that there have been tendencies in the past by some re-tailers of charging prices that are above those set. “This should not happen, and any retailer who will be found in contravention of this, shall be prosecuted accordingly,” she stated.

Chief Executive Officer of Raizcorp, Allon Raiz

The Petroleum Fund releases fuel price adjustments


Federation sensitizes communities on HIV and AIDS

By Tefo Khunonyane

MASERU- The Secretary General

of the Federation of Young Wom-en and Girls in Developed Lesotho (FYWGDL), ‘Malichaba Tšiu re-

vealed that the mission of her or-ganization is primarily to educate communities about HIV and other opportunistic infectious diseases.

Tšiu said they are also con-cerned about protection of women and girls against all harmful prac-tices, to instill democracy and hu-man rights values and to advocate for the participation of women in politics.

She said it is also their mandate to engage youth in environmental issues and climate change, to capac-itate youth in conflict management, to promote nutrition through the integration of home based care and to offer counseling and life skills through community based training.

Tšiu further pointed out that her organization is embarking on a 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. She indicated that the international theme for 2015 is “From peace in the home to peace in the world: Let’s make edu-cation safe for all”.

The local theme for this year is Khotso lefatšeng e qala ka lapeng: Ha re anetseng thuto e sireletse-hileng ho bohle.

The year 2015 marks the 24th year of the 16 Days of Activism

Against Gender Violence Campaign which was initiated in 1991 and co-ordinated by the Center for Wom-en’s Global Leadership.

“This 16 days campaign is de-manding that we advance the right to education and challenge vio-lence, discrimination, and equity in education at the intersection of gender, race, or ethnicity and reli-gion,” explained Tšiu.

She further stated that educa-tion is a public good and a funda-mental human right recognized in Article 26 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in various regional and internation-al human rights conventions and treaties to which Lesotho is aligned with. She again indicated that the right to education is subject to po-litical, economic, and social shifts and upheavals, leaving certain groups (especially women, girls, and people with disabilities) partic-ularly vulnerable and marginalized.

She went on to emphasize that children’s rights and well-being should remain at the centre of the post 2015 agenda. She pointed out that investment in children is a fun-damental means to eradicate pov-erty, boost shared prosperity, and enhance inter-generational equity.

Ministry evaluates the one-stop shop pilotBy Pulane Lichaba

MASERU- The Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship Af-fairs, Dr. Pontšo ‘Matumelo Sekatle has adopted a strategy for the de-centralization of services through the one-stop shop.

“I would like to express my grat-itude to all the Ministries, the Pri-vate Sector and NGOs for their will-ingness to partner with us to assist in decentralizing services in very remote areas. Many communities are not able to access services due to the landscape of our country but this project will solve all that,” Dr. Sekatle noted.

The Minister continued that “the coalition agreement promises to re-duce the plight and poverty of the villagers, and also the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) one and two pledge to alleviate hunger and poverty and decentralizing ser-vices will be handy in assisting to meet those expectations”.

Dr. Sekatle concluded by urging other Ministries to decentralize ser-vices to Local Councils and District Councils in form of staff and trans-port.

Subsequent to that, Matiisetso Libetso, the Director General of Lo-cal Government Services specified that the one-stop shop commenced between June and July 2014. “The Ministry came into conjunction with a German company by the name of Gesellschaft Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and under-took an assessment of the one-stop shop and the service day,” she said.

She enlightened that the one-stop shop works together with the

service day. “Service day is where-by we meet as different Ministries, the private sector and organizations and go to different villages within a district and offer services. This project helps Basotho to decrease their travel cost in search of ser-vices,” she noted.

Libetso added that the project was piloted in four councils being Tenesolo K01 (Thaba-Tseka), Qib-ing E07 (Mafeteng) , Makhoarane A08 and Qiloane A01 (Maseru).

She indicated that service days should be held more frequently and also encouraged District Council Secretaries (DCS) to assume a criti-cal coordination function at district level in their respective districts.

The Chief Local Government Officer, ‘Mamosiuoa Masenyetse, stated that the one-stop shop and the service day could contribute to the economy of villages as entre-preneurs are congregated to display their products at such gatherings.

“The main objective of the one-stop shop is to enhance the decen-tralization of services and also al-low an opportunity for Basotho to participate in affairs that concern them. It is the mission of the gov-ernment to make sure that the ser-vices offered by its Ministries are of good quality and that they are eas-ily accessible to the communities,” Masenyetse said.

She indicated that their aim is to have a service directory that will confirm and explain existing ser-vices within a council.

Meanwhile, Nšiuoa Selai, Com-munity Council Secretary of Qibing E07, highlighted some of the chal-lenges they encountered in their

councils. “We discovered that it is difficult for people to access health services as we have only one clin-ic in the council and some villages are very far from it, hence, we think the one-stop shop will really have a positive impact in our communi-ties,” she said.

Meanwhile, Zeno Pack from GIZ stated that their company will provide a Service Provider Directo-ry. “It’s like a telephone book con-taining all service providers which

are accessed by people living within a certain council. It includes con-tact details, service offered, office hours and we will also provide ser-vice provider maps that will indi-cate the type of service found in a certain council,” he said.

The one-stop shop is a single office, where several services are available offering communities the convenience of having multi-ple needs met at a single location. The one-stop shop will be a part of community council offices and will comprise different services to offer to citizens.

SADC delegation in Lesotho to assess security situationBy ’Majirata Latela

MASERU- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) through the Organ for Politics, De-fence and Security, has sent five delegates to Lesotho. The delega-tion will assess security affairs in the country prior to the release of the report by the SADC Commis-sion of Inquiry which was estab-lished to investigate circumstances leading to the death of the former Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Maaparankoe Mahao.

This was said by the Press Secre-tary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Motumi Ralejoe in an interview with the paper last week.

Motumi explained that the del-egation was assembled by Presi-dent Filipe Nyusi, the President of Mozambique in his capacity as the Chairman of the Organ for Politics, Defence and Security with the in-tention of assessing various aspects of security in the country.

He stated that the delegates conducted talks with the Minister

of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Tlohang Sekhamane.

Motumi further revealed that the delegation would later will they not have met by the time we go to print?? meet with the Minister of Police, Minister of Defence and National Security, the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL), the Leso-tho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) and the Par-liamentary Committee on National Security.

He indicated that the visit was not associated with the report per-taining to the commission’s investi-gations of Mahao’s appointment as the Commander of the LDF and his subsequent death. “Therefore, the delegation is expected to monitor matters of security in the country.” He concluded that the delegation would leave Lesotho tomorrow.

The Organ for Politics, Defence and Security (Organ) was launched in June 1996, as a formal institution of SADC with the mandate to sup-port the achievement and mainte-nance of security and the rule of law in the SADC region.

Secretary General of the FYWGDL, ‘Malichaba Tšiu


NHTC holds 16th graduation ceremony

By Katleho Mohanoe

MASERU – The National Health Training College (NHTC) held the 16th graduation ceremony on Fri-day at NHTC premises where there was unconcealed exhilaration and enthusiastic applause as 257 grad-uates were awarded certificates and diplomas as health practitioners.

Speaking on behalf of the grad-uates during the ceremony, Limpho Mathai recounted their journey as students saying there were times of extreme stress, occasions that snatched them out of their comfort zones, moments of panic, and other extremely challenging experiences.

“Well, we have all survived each of these moments and are now be-ing rewarded by the recognition of our achievements and with amaz-

ing opportunities that are before us,” Mathai affirmed.

She expressed gratitude to God for being with them during the course of their academic journey.

Delivering his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Pro-fessor Nqosa Mahao pointed out that the day marked a milestone for the NHTC in its effort to pro-vide professional education and the training of health professionals aimed at offering optimal health services.

“Today is a day to recognize and celebrate the achievement of these newly trained health professionals set to become the main actors to take centre stage in the Ministry of Health’s efforts to provide an effi-cient and compassionate healthcare

system for Lesotho,” Professor Ma-hao asserted.

The Vice-Chancellor continued to indicate that the graduates have a great task ahead as they will have the lives of many in their hands. He said they would have a grave impact on the outcome of critical issues such as life expectancy, family plan-ning, and treatment of diseases, in-fant mortality rate and many more.

He pointed out that it is his sin-cere hope that their choice to pursue programmes in the health sector is inspired by a desire to make a pos-itive contribution to the well-being of society. He said the successful completion of their studies is in it-self a commitment to serve.

Professor Mahao stated that Lesotho will realize the important milestone of fifty years of indepen-dence in a few months time, but the health index of the people has worsened since 1966, compounded by increasing poverty among pover-ty-stricken individuals.

“You are the ones to shape the rhetoric that will tell the story of healthcare in Lesotho through the reports you will write, and propos-als you will develop and inform pol-icymakers. You will articulate the challenges encountered and pro-pose solutions to overcome those challenges,” Professor Mahao as-sured the graduates.

He concluded that NUL pro-grammes provide an opportuni-ty for graduates to upgrade their qualifications in programmes such as Bachelor of Science in General Nursing and Midwifery, Bachelor of Nursing Science, Bachelor of Phar-macy (Honours) and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health.

Addressing the gathering, the

Director General of the NHTC, Dr. Shahida Tarr pointed out that she has faith that the graduates as am-bassadors of the NHTC will go on to shape and manage the contem-porary knowledge-intensive age in which we live.

“The three years of your stay at NHTC were not only for intellectual formation but also for professional and human formation. You were formed so that you can become competent, hardworking and ready to face the challenges you will meet in your future life,” asserted the Di-rector General.

She indicated that patients do not put their trust in machines or devices but in the graduates’ ability to care for them especially because they will also be wearing white uni-forms viewed as the professional at-tire of those who save lives.

Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Health, Liteboho Kompi stated that over the period of their learning atw NHTC, the graduates acquired knowledge, skills and their atti-tudes molded them to become bet-ter care providers, “but unless those are translated into action, they will be of no value.”

“The provision of quality health-care by trained professionals is a job that requires conscious people, who know that they are not in the profession only because they need a job or money but also to realize that they must serve humanity and be selfless and dedicated to saving lives as a key driver in their profes-sion,” the Deputy Minister indicat-ed.

She informed that the NHTC launched a new MBChB pro-gramme under the Lesotho School of Medicine (LSoM).

NHTC graduates are awarded certificates and diplomas

Mabona appears in court on fraud chargesBy Tefo Khunonyane

MASERU- Letsatsi Mabona, Di-rector of Jamale Holdings (PTY) LTD briefly appeared before Mag-istrate Peter Murenzi in the Mag-istrate Court on Wednesday last week.

Letsatsi Mabona and Jamale Holdings are accused of fraud as contemplated by section 68 (1) of the Penal Code Act, No. 6 of 2012.

The accused are currently out on bail of M10, 000.00 and the case has been remanded to December 7, 2015.

The accused have been instruct-ed to pay M750, 000.00 as surety. Advocate Sefako Seema appeared for the crown, while Advocate

Mahloko Mahloko appeared for the accused.

The accused are charged with three counts. As explained by the charge sheet, on the first count, the accused are charged with false representation. It is alleged that be-tween 2011 and 2012 near or at the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) in Maseru, the accused unlawfully made a false representation that Christopher Beans, a specialist in debt collec-tion, was part of and or an employ-ee of Jamale Holdings.

The representation was put for-ward at the time of tendering for the “Collection of Debts from NMDS Sponsees” tender; a fact that the ac-cused persons knew fully well was

not true and had a duty to reveal. The alleged claim was conducted with the intention that the NMDS should act upon the representation to its detriment, thereby causing the NMDS to so act.

The second count contends that the said accused are guilty of the crime of forgery as contemplated by section 70 (1) (2) (a) of the Penal Code Act No. 6 of 2012. As stipu-lated, between 2011 and 2012, at or near the NMDS in Maseru, the said accused unlawfully and intentional-ly presented a document alleging to be what it was not, namely a letter. The letter purported to have been signed by Christopher Bean for the tendering of the collection of debts for NMDS sponsees.

At the same time, count three

states that between 2011 and 2012, at or near the NMDS in Maseru, the said accused made a false represen-tation at the time of tendering for the collection of debts from NMDS sponsees tender. The accused as-serted that the tax clearance certif-icate submitted as part of the ten-der documents on behalf of Jamale Holdings was genuine and properly issued by the Lesotho Revenue Au-thority (LRA), with the intention that the NMDS should act upon the representation to its detriment, thereby causing the NMDS person-nel so to act.

This was a fact that the accused knew fully was not true or had a duty to reveal. Thus the accused are guilty of fraud.

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Kholumo o bula Sekolo sa Mathomo Ka Palesa Mosola

SEMONKONG- Motlatsi oa Letona la Thuto le Koetliso Mohlomphehi Thabang Kholumo ka Laboraro bekeng e fetileng o butse ka molao sekolo sa Mathomo sa Litsoenya.

Mofumahali ‘Mamotheo Mosala, Mookameli oa sekolo o boletse hore sekolo sa habo se thehiloe ka sele-mo sa 2002 moo sechaba sa motse oa Ha Lesiea se ileng sa hlokomela hore bana ba motse oo ba tlokots-ing ea ho ea sekolong kaha li le hole le motse. A tsoelapele hore ka nako eo palo ea bana e ne e le mashome a mabeli a metso e mehlano le tichere e le ‘ngoe eo eona e neng e lefshoa ke sechaba sa motse oo.

“Ka selemo sa 2008 barutoana ba bile mashome a tšeletseng a metso e meraro ‘me ka nako eo ho ne ho sena matlo a ho rutela ,” a rialo Mofuma-hali Mosala.

Ha a tsoela pele Mofumahali Mosala o boletse hore ka lebaka la tlhokahalo ea liphapusi tsa ho rutela sechaba sa motse se ile sa fana ka masenke e le hore ho tle ho hauoe mok’huk’hu e le ho ekeletsa phapusi eo e le ‘ngoe.

Mofumahali Mosala o tsoe-tse pele ho hlakisa hore o leboha mokhatlo oa Dorcas Aid oo le ona o ileng oa tlatsetsa ka ho lefa tichere e ‘ngoe le ho fana ka liphausi tse peli le litulo sebakeng sa hore bana ba lule. “Ka 2009 barutoana ba bile lekho-lo le mashome a mararo a motso o mong (131) ‘me ka selemo sa 2010 sekolo se ile sa qala ho ngolisa se-hlopha sa bosupa, ” a rialo.

Ha a fera litaba tsa hae, Mofuma-hali Mosala o boletse hore esale se-kolo sa habo se ipabola ka ho sebetsa hantle sehlopheng sa bosupa kaha ke bana ba babeli feela ba sitiloeng ho feta sehlopha seo. A boela a supa hore sekolo se boetse se ikakhetse ka matla litabeng tsa lipapali moo se bo-nahalang se sebetsa hantle litabeng

tsa lipapali tsa bochaba kaha esale se hlaha boemong ba pele lipapal-ing tseo tsa bochaba tse tšoareloang Morija.

Mofumahali Mosala o boetse a supa hore leha ho bonahala batsoali ba rata thuto ea bana ba bona hakaa-lo , ho ntse ho ena le bao ba ntseng ba ntša bana sekolong ka lebaka la ho lisa liphoofolo kapa ho isa bana sekolong sa moetlo (lebollong). A supa hore tsena li se ke tsa ama thu-to ea bana kaha li lokela hore li etsoe ka nako ea phomolo ea likolo.

“Leha ele mona sekolo se buloa ka molao qholotso tsona li teng tseo sekolo se tobaneng le tsona,” a rialo Mofumahali Mosala.

“E le ho matlafatsa thuto ea bana, bana ba lokela ho sebelisa marang -rang empa ka lebaka la tlhokahalo ea motlakase ke bothata bo boholo.”

Mofumahali Mapaseka Phamo-tse eo e leng setho sa komiti ea tsa-maiso ea sekolo o boletse hore o leboha batsoali ba bana ba ileng ba bontša lerato ho bana ba bona kaha ba ile ba fana ka tšehetso hore e be sekolo seo se boemong bona boo se leng ho bona hajoale.

A tsoela pele ho khothalesa ma-tichere a sekolo seo ho ruta bana e le hore liphetho tsa sehlopha sa bosu-pa li bonahale li le ntle le ho feta.

Ha a fera litaba tsa hae, Mofuma-hali Phamotse o tsoetse pele ho supa hore ba kopa motlakase sekolong e le hore bana ba tle ba tsebe tšebeliso ea marang-rang.

Mokhethoa oa Lebatooa la Ma-letsunyane #47 Mohlomphehi Diho-lo Kotiti ebile ele Motlatsi oa Letona la Puso ea Libaka, Borena le Lita-ba tsa Paramente, o boletse hore o leboha Lekala la Thuto le Koetliso kaho ananela kopo ea sechaba sa Lebatooa la habo ka hore ba fumane sekolo. A supa hape hore qholotso ea tlhokahalo ea likolo ke taba e kholo kahar’e ho Lebatooa kaha sebaka sa Semonkong se le hare ho loti. A boe-

la toboketsa hore kaha sechaba se bontšitse lerato la thuto ea bana, se lokela ho bona hore sebaka se joalo se ea bolokeha molemong oa bana ba tlang ho kena sekolo seo lilemong tse tlang.

Motlatsi oa Letona la Thuto le Koetliso Mohlomphehi Thabang Kholumo o boletse hore o leboha sechaba sa motes oo le matichere kaha ba bonahetse ba ananetse mo-lao oa Lekala la habo oa selemo sa 2010 o tlamellang bana hore ba kene sekolo ntle le litefiso tsa letho hape ba boetse ba fumana lithusa -thuto sekolong. Mohlomphehi Kholumo a boela a supa hore batsoali ba bana ba fokoletse lekala la habo mosebetsi ka ho bona hore sekolo se ba teng ka-har’e ho motse oa habo bona.

“Batsoali ba lokela ho emisa taba ea hore bana ba alose liphoo-

folo , hoba tlamella ka manyalo ba sa fokola lilemong kapa hoba isa sekolong sa thabeng (lebollong) ka nako ea lithuto tsa bana,” ho boletse Mohlomphehi Kholumo.

O boletse hore o lebohela ma-tichere a sekolo seo kaha ba bona-hetse ba tsotella thuto ea bana ho sa natse maemo a sebaka.

Mohlomphehi Kholumo o bole-tse hore selemong se tlang Lekala la habo le tlo reka lijo-thollo tse lengo-ang ke Basotho, ‘me ka hona o ile a khothaletsa sechaba sa moo ho lema poone , mabele, tlhahiso ea lebese le mahe e le hore likolo tsa tikoloho ea Semonkong li tle li fumane lijo ho tsoa ho lihoai tsa sebaka seo.

Likolo tse ka maluting a Lesotho ka kakaretso li tobane le tlhokahalo ea lisebelisoa likolong ekasitana le khaello ea matichere.

Ke thusitse sechaba sa Liteneng ka metsi: MokhethoaKa Palesa Mosola

LERIBE- Mokhethoa oa Puso ea Libaka Lekhotleng la Mathomo la Hlotse Urban Council Mohlomphehi Sekhonyana Kori o boletse hore o thusitse sechaba sa motse oa Liteneng Lekhotleng la Mathomo la Lisemeng 2 America ka metsi.

Puisanong le Lentsoe la Sechaba Mohlomphehi Kori o boletse hore motse oa Liteneng ke oa khale oo sechaba sa teng se hlokileng metsi ka nako e telele. A tsoela pele ho supa hore ka chelete ea hae o tsebile ho

aha seliba se tšireletsehileng ‘moho le ho hokela pompo sebakeng sa mo-tse oo o nang le malapa a mashome a tšeletseng ho ea ho a supileng.

“Ke entse mosebetsi ona ntle le thuso ea bafani,”a rialo Mohlomphe-hi Kori.

Ha a fera litaba tsa hae, Mohlomphehi Kori o boletse hore ha feela Lekala la Puso ea Libaka, Borena le Litaba tsa Paramente le ka la abela Makhotla a Puso ea Li-baka chelete kapele, Bakhethoa ba ka tseba ho etsa lintlafatso metseng sebakeng sa sechaba. A re chelete

eo e lokela ho behoa polokelong ea Bakhethoa ba Puso ea Libaka hang ha e fihla e le hore mosebetsi o tle o etsoe kapele.

Mofumahali Manese Moshesha eo e leng mohai oa motseng oo, o boletse hore o leboha Mokhethoa oa bona oa Puso ea Libaka kaha ke nako e telele ba hloka metsi. A tsoela pele hore ao ba neng ba a sebelisa ke ea neng a etsoa selibeng seo le sona se neng se sa tšireletseha sebakeng sa maphelo a sechaba.

A toboketsa hape ka ho supa hore le sekhahla sa mafu a neng a bakoa

ke metsi ao se tla fokotseha haholo ho bona kaha masea a motse oo, a ne a khathatsoa ke letšollo le lekho-po.

Morena oa sebaka, Morena Lehloma Putsoa o itse o lebohela sechaba sa habo ka metsi ao se a fu-maneng. A boela a supa hore pejana metsi a neng a fumaneha selibeng, sechaba se ne se lokela ho a tsohella e sa le hoseng kaha metsi a sona a ne a fokola.

“Le haele mona re fumane metsi, ke takatso ea ka ho bona ntlo e ‘ngoe le e ‘ngoe ena le ntloana ea boithuso, ” a rialo Morena Putsoa.

Mohlomphehi Thabang Kholumo o amohela sekolo sa Litsoenya

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Letsatsi la basebeletsi ba sechaba le’a ketekoaKa Katleho Mohanoe

MASERU – Makala a ’muso oa Lesotho le mafapha a ikemetseng a bosebetsi le bosebeletsi ba sechaba a ile a eba khokanyana phiri lebaleng le leholo la Setsoto Maseru ho keteka letsatsi la basebeletsi ba sechaba ka Labone bekeng e fetileng.

Ele karolo ea ho ntlafatsa le ho natifisa keteko ena ho ile ho’a fanoa ka limpho ho bahloli ba ileng ba ip-abola lipapaling tse fapakaneng tse ileng tsa tšoaroa ka matsatsi a boitl-hopho mabapi le mokete ona; har’a tse ling e ne ele morabaraba, papali ea bolo ea maoto le thenese. Makala le basebetsi ba ipabotseng mosebets-ing oa bona le bona ba ile ba fumana likhau.

Ha a simolla polelo ea hae moketeng ona oa setletle, Tona-Kho-lo ea Lesotho Dr. Pakalitha Mosisili o ile a re o lakatsa ho hetla morao selemong sa 1994 ha linaha tsa kopa-no ea Afrika (AU) li ne li tšoere ’moka oa Matona a bosebeletsi ba sechaba naheng ea Morocco.

“Sepheo sa ’moka oo e ne ele ho tšohla, har’a tse ling, litaba tsa bose-beletsi ba sechaba ka kotloloho, ha-holo-holo mekhoa ea bointlafatso. Ke moo ho ileng ho’a lumellanoa hore ho ke ho be le letsatsi la basebeletsi ba sechaba, moo ba tlotloang ka sea-bo sa bona ntlafatsong ea maphelo a sechaba le naha ka kakaretso,” ke Mohlomphehi Tona-Kholo eo.

Ha a tsoela pele, Dr. Mosisili o bontšitse hore kopano ea leo letsat-

si, e susumetsoa ke tumellano eo ea mohla monene. A supa hore ke hona ’mokeng oo moo ho neng ho hloauoe letsatsi la la 23 Phuptjane ele lona leo linaha tsohle li tlang ho keteka ka lona.

A totobatsa hore Lesotho ha e ea ba mokhelo litabeng tsena, le hoja le ile la qala ho keteka morao ka 2005. A re ha lilemo li ntse li loeana, ’muso o ile oa hlokomela hore letsatsi lena mona Lesotho ha le ketekoe hantle ka lebaka la serame le bokhutšoanyane ba letsatsi mariha.

A bontša hore ke moo ba ileng ba lumellana ho tlisa letsatsi lena nakong ea hlabula, khoeling ea Mphalane. A re hona ho bolela hore

Tona-Kholo Dr. Pakalitha Mosisili o fana ka likhau

monongoaha ba hlile ba morao, ha ele moo ba keteka ka Pulungoana.

Tona-Kholo ea Lesotho ea tsoe-la pele hore selemo le selemo ho ba le mohoo o khethoang ke AU oo ba ikamahanyang le ’ona ho keteka let-satsi lena la bohlokoa ’me a re mo-hoo oa selemo sena ke: “Boikarabelo ba bosebeletsi ba sechaba ntlafat-song ea basali, mahlale le bonono, le kanetso ea bosebeletsi hloahleng ea Afrika”.

“Empa rona re le naha re ile ra khetha ho e theolela boemong bo arabelang litlhoko tsa sechaba sa Ba-sotho, ’me ra lumellana hore mohoo oa letsatsi lena e be: ‘Ho tlotla bose-beletsi ba sechaba ka makala a ’muso

Kereke ea St Louis e keteka lilemo tse 100

Ka Majirata Latela

MATSIENG- Kereke ea St Louis e fumanehang Seterekeng sa Maseru, Matsieng e tla keteka Jubilee ea lilemo tse 100 e thehiloe.

Puisanong le Moprista ea bolis-eng ba kereke eo, Joseph Paoane o hlalositse hore mokete o tlaba ka la 21 Pulungoana 2015 ‘me o tla qala ka ‘misa ka hora ea borobong hoseng

‘me lipuo le menyakoe li tla latela hang kamora ‘misa oo.

“kereke etla keteka Jubilee ea lile-mo tse 100 ‘me re leboha Molimo le bathehi boohle ba kereke ena ka ha e bile molemo haholo ho rona le ba-Kriste boohle ba rapelang ‘moho le rona,” ho boletse Moprista Paoane.

Haa hlalosa nalane ea kereke ena, Mofumahali ‘Mantolo Moon-yane, setho sa lekhotlana la kereke

o hlalositse hore kereke e thehiloe ka selemo sa 1913 ka khothaletso ea Morena Nathnael Griffiths Lerotholi empa ea buloa ka selemo sa 1915 ke motsoalle oa Morena Griffiths eleng ntate Camile Valat O.M.I ka tlatset-so ea Moprista Lavidant O.M.I.

A hlalosa hore ‘mishone oa St Louis o qalile ele kerekana ea Masa-biella kahar’a Diocese ea Maseru ele kamora hore Moprista oa Masabiella

Kereke ea St Louis

le mafapha a ikemetseng litabeng tsa bonono, boqapi le tšebeliso ea mahlale ntlafatsong ea sechaba le litlhoko tsa sona,’” Dr. Mosisili a li beha joana.

A tsoela pele ho bontša hore taba ea bohlokoa ke hore bohle ba lule ba hopola hore ba sebeletsa sechaba sa Basotho, ’me ke boikarabelo ba bona ho araba litlhoko tsa sechaba sena ka mesebetsi ea bona ka ho fapakana.

A supa hore ba lokela ho hopola hore bosebeletsi bo ipabola ha bo etsoa ka tlhompho, nako, botšepehi le mafolo-folo. A re bosebeletsi bo monyebe bo nyotobetsa maikutlo, ’me bo fana ka seriti se sebe tsamai-song ea puso ka kakaretso.

“Ke lumela hore ketekelo tsa mo-futa ona li fana ka monyetla oa ho tla okha matla bocha le ho aha moea oa bonngoe,” a rialo.

A re ’muso ona oa letšoele le beta poho o tla fetola leoa ele hore litaba tsa khiro li ipapise le boiphihlelo le mangolo a motho. A re ho tla ba le litsela kapa mekhoa e hlakileng ea ho hlahloba boipabolo ba bahlanka tšebetsong, ho ba nyolla maemong.

Ha a liella likhala, Mohlomphehi Tona-Kholo a totobatsa hore ka mer-alo e teng hajoale, le lefereho leo ba seng ba ntse ba le etsa metsoalleng ea Lesotho, ba tla atleha ho nyolla seabo sa mafapha a ikemetseng ka-hong ea mesebetsi ka tsela e khotso-fatsang. A thatiseletsa ka ho re ’muso o lumela ka tiho hore mafapha a ike-metseng a bohlokoa.

oa nako eo J.P. Pennerath O.M.I a bone tlhokahalo ea ho atolosa tše-beletso ea kereke ka ho theha ‘mis-hone Matsieng.

“Ka nako ena le eena Morena Griffith one a se a sokolohetse Kere-keng e Khatholike ‘me sena sa matla-fatsa bohlokoa ba ho theha ‘mishone motse- moholo Matsieng,” ho rialo Mofumahali Moonyane.

A hlalosa hore lebaka le leng la ho theha ‘mishone oa St Louis e bile la hore morena o ne a batle a e ea le noka ‘me a phonyoha ka mohlolo nokeng eo ea Motlejoang e pakeng tsa Mahloenyeng le Mauteng ha a ea Masabielleng a palame kariki.

“Kamorao ho moo, kereke e Kha-tholike e ile ea hola haholo ‘me ea fihlela literekeng tse ngata, le karolo e kholo ea sechaba ea nka qeto ea ho sokolohela kerekeng e Khatholike,” ho boletse Mofumahali Moonyane.

A boela a thathiseletsa ka ho bontša hore ke hona kerekeng eo moo Morena Bereng Seeiso (Mo-shoeshoe II) le Mofumahali ‘Mamo-hato Bereng Seeiso ba ileng ba fuoa kamohelo ea Eukariste ‘me Mofuma-hali ‘Mamohato e ile ea eba setho se matla haholo sa kereke ka likopano tse peli e leng ea Anna le ea Cecelia.

“Khosana Mohato Seeiso (Letsie III) le eena o ile a amoheloa hona ‘mishoneng oo ‘me le kamohelo ea pele le tiiso o ile a li etsetsa hona ker-ekeng eo,” a rialo.

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‘Komello e bolaea likhomo’ Ka Palesa Mosola

MASERU- Mokhethoa oa Puso ea Libaka Lekhotleng la Mathomo la Semonkong Urban Council Mohlomphehi Khoali Khotola o boletse hore komello ena eteng e bonahala e tšoentse lihoai haholo kaha liphoofolo li bonahala li e shoa ka bongata.

Puisanong le Lentsoe la Secha-ba Mohlomphehi Khotola o boletse hore likhomo li bonahala li e shoa haholo kaha tse tlalehiloeng ofising ea habo ke tse leshome esale ho tlo-ha maqalong a khoeli ena (Pulungo-ana).

A tsoela pele ho supa hore liphoo-folo tse phahameng (likhomo, lipere le lipokola) li bonahala li e shoa ka palo e phahameng kaha li sebelisa leleme sebakeng sa ho fula joale ke bothata hore lije hantle ka lebaka la tlhokahalo ea joang fatše.

A supa hore beng ba mehlape ba lokela ho bokella joang le litlhaka haholo e le hore ka nako ea komel-lo liphoofolo li tsebe ho ja ntle le ho sokola letho.

“Hona ke kopo ea rona re le

Bakhethoa ba Puso ea Libaka hore Marena a bule lihlaba e le hore liphoofolo li tsebe ho fula empa le ha e ke ke ea eba sechaba kaofela ka lebaka la tlala e teng hajoale mala-peng se ka isang liphoofolo,” a rialo Mohlomphehi Khotola.

Ha a tsoela pele, Mohlomphehi Khotola o boletse hore le komello e bonahala e tšoentse sechaba, mafa-pha a ‘muso ho kenyeletsa le Lekala la Temo le Kanetso ea lijo’moho le lefapha la likoluoa ba lokela ho lula ba ikatetse ka lithuso tsohle e le hore ka nako ea koluoa sechaba se tsebe ho fumana thuso.

Ha a fera litaba tsa hae, Mohlomphehi Khotola o boletse hore leha e le mona liphoofolo tse telele li bonahala li e shoa ka bon-gata, lihoai tsa farelane le seiboko li bonahala li tsoile le botleng kaha thekiso ea boea e bile ntle selemong sena. A boela a khothaletsa lihoai ho arolelana malebela le litsebo e le hore lihoai tse ling li tle li iphumane li tsoile le botleng ka nako ea thekiso ea boea.

Haa buoa lebitsong la lihoai tseo likhomo tsa bona li shoeleng, Mon-

ghali Motloang Mothetsi o boletse hore ba tšoenyehile haholo ke likho-mo tsa bona tse shoang ka lebaka la komello. A boela a supa hore ha se-hoai se ruoa liphoofolo ha se feela ho ja empa le ho etsa e meng ea meseb-etsi ea lelapa ekaba ho lema kapa ho etsa mesebetsi e meng joaloka ho pata bafu.

A fera ka ho etsa kopo ho Marena hore ba ba lumelle ka ho isa liphoo-folo lihlabeng e le hore li tle li fu-

mane mokhoa oa hore li je kaha moo li fulang joang bo felile.

Komello e amme naha ea Lesotho ka kakaretso ‘me libakeng tse ling, metsi a sokoleha haholo a sebeli-soang malapeng le hore liphoofolo li noe.

Le nako ea temo e se e fihlile empa ha ho moo temo e seng e qalile ka lebaka la komello eo ho ea ka Le-fapha la bolepi, e tlang hoba teng ho fihlela ka Tlhakubele, 2016.

Bo-ramakoloi ba ngala Letona

Ka ‘Mantšali Phakoana

MASERU-Beng ba makoloi a baeti ba ile ba siea Letona la Mesebetsi ea Sechaba le Lipalangoang, Mohlomphehi Tšoeu Mokeretla shalaleng phuthehong eo a neng a ba bitselitse eona ka Laboraro bekeng e fetileng ka sepheo sa ho buisana le bona ka likateng tsa lengolo la litletlebo (petition) leo ba neng ba mo ngolletse lona.

Bo-ramakoloi ba ile ba lebisa litletlebo tsa bona ka lengolo ho Letona la Lipalangoang, Letona la Sepolesa Mohlomphehi Monyane Moleleki le ho Letona la Lichelete Mohlomphehi ‘Mamphono Khaketla ka la Bobeli la la 3 Khoeling ena, ‘me ba entse kopo ea hore mangolo ao a

arabeloe ka nako e sa feteng matsatsi a supileng.

Haa bua phuthehong eo ea Le-tona le Bo-ramakoloi, Monghali Khalane Mathe o ile a supa hore ba keke ba nka karolo phuthehong eo ha feela baphatlalatsi ba litaba ba le teng.

O tekile litaba tsa hae tjena: “Mohlomphehi Letona, ke mpa ke etsa potso joaloka ha ke romiloe ke bo mphato’a ka, re maketse haho-lo ha re hlokomela hore re bitsitsoe mona le bo-ralitaba, ka hoo potso ea rona ke hore na re tlile moo re tlo buoa ka tletlebo ea rona eo re e tekileng kapele ho uena na.

Haeba re tlile ho tla fuoa karabo ea tletlebo eo, sena ha se sebaka se nepahetseng sa hore o ka arabela

litletlebo tsa rona, ka hoo re keke ra nka karolo litabeng tsena.”

Monghali Mathe o ile a supa hore ho bile le metsotso ea liphutheho moo lehlakore la ‘muso ka Lekala la Lipalangoang le Bo-ramakoi a lu-mellaneng ka hore baphatlalatsi ba litaba e keke ea eba karolo ea lipuisa-no tsa bona ntle le ha mahlakore ao a bona ho hlokahala hore a be teng.

Mongahali Mathe o ile a re ba ea hlokomela hore phutheho eo e ne e se ea bona ka hoo a supa hore ba’a tšepa Mohlomphehi Letona o tla boela a ba bitsa nakong eo a hlokang hore a tlo araba litletlebo tsa bona ka botebo.

Kamor’a hore bo-ramakoloi ba kope ho tsoela kantle ho ipuoa ha nakoana, Monghali Mathe o ferile litaba tsa hae joana: “Mohlomphehi Letona, re kopa o re joetse qeto ea moshoelella hore na o tsoela pele ka lipuisano tsa rona kapa che!”

Lingangisanong tse bileng teng lehlakoreng la Lekala le bo-rama-koloi, Mohlomphehi Mokeretla o ile a supa hore sepheo sa kopano eo a e bitsitseng e ne e le hore a lule a shebane mahlong le bo-ramakoloi ‘me ho tšohloe likateng tsa lengolo la bona la litletlebo empa leha e se ka botebo ba lona.

A boela a re o ne a hlompha nako eo ba mo fileng eona e leng ea mat-satsi a supileng.

“Ha le ne le beha litaba tsa lona lengolong, le bontšitse le lebeletse karabo ka nako e sa feteng matsatsi a supileng, ka hoo re ne re utloisi-sa hore re tlameha ho le hlomphela taba eo, ka hore re le bitse ‘me re ke re tlo bua letho.

Re ne re sa tlo kena ka kotloloho tokomaneng e amang Lekala le lona, empa re batla hoba le lipuisano le lona. Le ile la etsa mokoloko eaba le

tlisa lengolo la lona la litletlebo, ‘me ka ha bophatlalatsi bo ne bo le teng, ho’a hlokahala hore e bo boele bo be lipaki letsatsing lena ha ke arabela litaba tseo,”a itsalo Mohlomphehi Mokeretla.

O ile a tsoela pele ho bontša hore Lekala le ne le batla hore ba hlo-komele hore ba nketse litaba hlo-hong ‘me a bolella bo-ramakoloi hore o hlompha maikutlo a bona, ka hona haeba ha ba lakatse hore baphatlatsi ba litaba e be karolo ea phutheho eo, o tla ba kopa hore le bona ba se ise litaba tseo bophatlalatsing kamor’a hore ba buoe.

Motlatsi oa Letona la lipalango-ang, Mohlomphehi Mokhele Molet-sane o ile a eketsa ka hore ba bile le liphutheho tse isang borarong le bo-ramakoloi bosieong ba baphat-lalatsi, ka hona a supa hore sebopeho sa liphutheho tseo se ne se fapane.

“Re ‘nile ra eba le liphutheho le lona ho se baphatlalatsi ba teng empa letsatsi lena sena seo re se ent-seng se latela mokoloko oo lona le o entseng, le bontšitse sechaba sohle hore le lla ka eng, ka hona sebopeho sa phutheho ena e lokela e be e bule-hileng ka tsela e tšoanang.

“Ha ho ea ka hoa eba le tumellano lipakeng tsa mafapha a na a mabe-li ka ha bo-ramakoloi ba ile ba tsoa monyako ba sa natse ho utloa polelo ea letho ho tsoa ho Letona,” ho bole-tse Mohlomphehi Moletsane.

Tse ling tsa litletlobo tsa bo-ra-makoloi ke hore Letona la Lipalan-goang le liehisa tšebetso ea toko-mane e tlang ho sebetsa lipakeng tsa Lekala le bona (bo-ramakoloi).

Ba boetse ba lla ka likoloi tsa Af-rika Boroa tse hiriloeng ho sebeletsa ‘muso oa Lesotho le tšoaro eo lefa-pha la mesebetsi e khethehileng la Sepolesa (Special Operation Unit) le sebetsang le baqhobi le bathusi ba baqhubi ka teng, ka ha ba re ba ba hlekefetsa ka ho ba o’tla le ho ba tšo-ara ka mabaka a sa hlakang.

Letona la Lipalangoang, Mohlomphehi Ts'oeu Mokeretla le Motlatsi oa hae

Mohlomphehi Khoali Khotola Mokhethoa oa Puso ea Libaka Semonkong Urban Council

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Lekala la Bophelo le isa litšebeletso ho baqhobiKa Thandie Mthimkhulu

BEREA- Lekala la Bophelo ka tlatsetso ea Lekala la Mesebetsi e Meholo lefapheng la sephethe-phethe le isitse litšebeletso tsa bophelo ho baqhobi ba makoloi hore ba hlahlobele mafu a sa tšoaetsaneng, haholo ba shebile lefu la tsoekere le la phallo ea mali.

Mooki Mofumahali Khotso-falang Lepheana ho tsoa Lekaleng la Bophelo ka lefapheng la taolo ea mafu, a bua ka mafu a sa tšoaet-saneng, o bontšitse hore baqhobi ke batho ba hlokang nako haholo ea ho ea litsing tsa bophelo, ka hoo, ba ba isetsa litšebeletso tsa bophe-lo e bile e le ho hlekela ketekelo ea letsatsi la lefu la tsoekere le keteke-loang ka la 14 Pulungoana selemo le selemo.

Mofumahali Lepheana a supa hore lefu la tsoekere le la phallo ea mali, ke a mang a mafu a kotsi haholo ka ha a bile a na le tlatset-so ho tse ling tsa lisosa tsa likotsi tsa ‘mebileng. “Lefu la tsoekere le fokotsa pono ea motho, e be ha a sa fumane litlhare ka lebaka la ho se tsebe boemo ba hae, mokhanni ea joalo a ka ba ka likotsi ‘me taba ena ea ama maphelo a batho ba banga-ta,’’ a rialo.

O bontšitse hape hore ba ntse ba tlo tsoela pele ho isa litšebelet-so tsa bophelo sechabeng, haholo basebetsi ka ha ba sa fumane nako ea ho ea litsing tsa bophelo joaloka basebetsi ba lifemeng le baitšokoli kaha ba theohela matsatsi a beke o’hle e be ha bana nako e lekaneng ea hoea litsing.

A re ba tlo beha litsi tsa boph-elo tse tsamaeang moo baqhobi le basebetsi ba ka fumanehang ka bongata e le hore ka nako ea lijo tsa motšeare, ba nne ba hlahlobele

mafu molemong oa bophelo bo bot-le ba Basotho.

Mofumahali Lepheana o itse lena e ne ele lekhetlo la pele Leka-la la habo le kopana le lefapha la sephethe-phethe ka morero oa ho isa litšebeletso tsa bophelo sech-abeng sa baqhobi ba makoloi ka kotloloho, ‘me a re sena se se tla bonahala se e tsahala hangata kaha ba hlokometse hore ba hloka nako kaha ba lula ba le mesebetsing bo-holo ba nako.

Monghali Morena Masilo, e

mong oa ba fumaneng litšebeletso tsa bophelo bo bottle, o supile hore u thabile haholo ho fumana monyet-la oa ho hlahlobela mafu ana a sa tšoaetsaneng ka ha e le moqhobi oa ntoro-ntoro ‘me a sa fumane nako ea ho ea litsing tsa bophelo.

Ha a tsoela pele, o itse o na le lilemo tse tharo a labalabela ho hlahlobela lefu la tsoekere, empa a sa fumane monyetla ‘me a re o se a tla fa mohiri oa hae sephetho ho tsoa ho ngaka.

A re oa tšepa hore joale o tla mo lokolla hore a ee setsing sa bophe-lo ho fumana litlhare molemong oa bophelo ba hae bo botle.

Monghali Masilo o boetse a supa hore o thabile haholo kaha a fumane le tlhabollo, haholo bakeng sa lefu lena la tsoekere, ‘me a tšepi-sa hore o se a tla thusa le ba bang hoba hlahlella ka malebela le hoba khothaletsa ho hlahloba ka ha o se a tseba hore bakuli ba lefu lena ba lokela hoja hantle le ho noa metsi haholo hore bophelo ba bona bo bolokehe.

“Ke litaba tseo ke neng ke sa li tsebe ke bile ke sa li tsotelle ka ha le hajoale ho se ho bile ho otlile hora ea leshome le motso o mong ke so je letho le hona ho noa metsi ka leb-aka la ho tsohella mosebetsing le ho hloka tsebo,” ho boletse Monghali

Baithuti ba LUCT ba nehelana ka limpho

Mofumahali Khotsofalang Lepheane o fana ka lits'ebeletso ho Monghali Morena Masilo

Ka Palesa Mosola

MASERU- Baithuti ba mokhahle-lo oa bobeli sekolong sa lithuto tsa Mahlale Limkokwing (LUCT) ba lefapheng la litlhopisetso tsa me-kete (Events Management) ba file bana ba Sekolo sa Mathomo sa Mo-shoeshoe II limpho ka Labone bek-eng e fetileng.

Puisanong le Lentsoe la Sechaba Mofumahatsana Sebolelo Moiloa e mong oa baithuti o boletse hore ka lebaka la lefapha la thuto eo ba e etsang sekolong, ba lokela ho etsa letho sebakeng sa lihlahlobo tsa bona e le hore e tle ebe bopaki ba hore ba utloisisa thuto ea bona. A tsoela pele hore ke lekhetlo la pele lefapha la habo le fana ka thepa.

“Re hlokometse hore meketja-na e etsoang kahar’e ho naha ke ea ho fa bana ba tlokotsing lintho tse kenyeletsang lijo,liaparo le tse ling empa ntle le ho fana ka thuto ea bo-leng sebakeng sa hore bana ba tsebe ka phetoho ea maphelo a bona,” a rialo Mofumahatsana Moiloa.

Mofumahatsana Moiloa o ile a supa hore bona ba ile ba khahloa ke ho fa sekolo lisebelisoa tsa ha ba ile matsatsing (li-pards) sebakeng sa baroetsana e le hore ba tle ba fumane thuso ha ba ile matsatsing haholo ka nako ea sekolo.

“Ha re ea fana ka limpho feela empa re boetse ra fana ka thuto ho bana haholo bashanyana e le hore ba tsebe ho fana ka tšehetso ho likhaitseli tsa bona eseng hoba ho-bosa ha bothata bo le teng ho ngo-

ana oa moroetsana,” a rialo Mofu-mahatsana Moiloa.

O boetse a supa hore hona le batsoali ba bang ka lebaka la litloae-lo tsa Basotho ba sitoang ho lula le bana ba bona hoba ruta ka litaba tsa phetoho ‘meleng ea bona ‘me ka lebaka leo bana ba iphumana ba oetse lerabeng la lintho tse kotsi ka lebaka la ho hloka litsebo.

Ha a fera litaba tsa hae, Mofu-mahatsana Moiloa o boletse hore batsoali ba lokela ho buoa le bana ntle le tšabo ea letho . A boela a tha-tiseletsa litaba tsa hae ka ho supa hore taba ea ho buoa le bana ke taba ea bohlokoa kaha bana ba ka

tseba ho hlokomela lintho tse ka si-lafatsang maphelo a bona. A boela a supa hore ha se sekolong seo feela ba tlang ho fana ka thuso empa ke takatso ea bona e le baithuti ho thu-sa batho ba tlokotsing ka kakaretso.

Mookameli oa sekolo seo baithuti ba sona ba filoeng limpho, Mofumahali ‘Matankiso Masita o boletse hore o leboha baithuti ba LUCT ka hoba le mohopolo oa ho fa baithuti ba sekolo seo li-pards. A tsoela pele ho hore hangata baithuti ba baroetsana ba thulana le matha-ta ha ba ile matsatsing ka lebaka la tlhokaholo ea lisebelisuoa tseo.

A re joaloka motsoali o ee a kene

lipakeng ka ho thusa bana ba baro-etsana empa ka nako e ‘ngoe e ba bothata ha li le sieo ka mekotlaneng ea matichere.

“ke etsa boipiletso ho bo-rak-hoebo ba teng metseng ho thusa likolo e le mokhoa o motle oa ho khutlisetsa sechabeng,” a rilao Mo-fumahali Masita.

O boetse a supa hore baroet-sana ba boetse ba ba le lihlong ka lebaka la bana ba bashanyana ba ba tšehang ha ba hlahetsoe ke tsietsi ea ho hlaheloa ke bothata ba le se-kolong.

A boela a supa hore o leboha thuto eo bana ba e filoeng kaha e tla tlisa bonngoe maphelo a bona.

Baithuti ba LUCT ba etsang Litlhopisetso tsa Mekete (Events Management)

17 November - 23 November. 2015

DAMARIO releases new single titled “O PINA EA KA”After his release of ‘Khalase E Ncha’ that hit the airwaves both in Lesotho and South Africa and became the household song of celebrating love, Damario has hit us again with another beautiful track. He surprised us this past Saturday when his fresh new single ‘O pina ea ka’ started hitting the radio stations. Indeed, it took him time and Basotho have been waiting eagerly for his new release.

Informative Newspaper: Why did it take you this long to release this song?

Damario: My timeframe for working on my music projects is actually two years due to my other commitments of my company which demands my attention, I don’t do music only as mentioned that my company is a multi media baby still growing up, and the fact that a man of the family has family based tasks to deliver, so I balance those three every day. As far as the new single is concerned, I had to take my time to come up with a fresh new style dif-ferent from my previous albums and I had to experiment with different melodies and styles that will elevate my music.

Informative Newspaper: What genre is this song? What flavor should we expect?

Damario: The genre is actual-ly AFRO HOUSE with a fusion of Sesotho and East Africa sound. It quickly reminds one of the kwasa kwasa music yet sticking on to Ses-otho language. The expectations are very high this time around as much as I am still in studio now working on the album, so expect a variety of Relationship-based AFRICAN love songs sang in a manner which will get everyone asking this question “Is this song from Lesotho?”….it is love all the way Papa. This new coming album will be like a book full of love

tips and idioms to live by everyday when you are happy or sad.

Informative Newspaper: Your songs are known to have a message. What is this one all about?

Damario: Thanks for that. The message is simply about appreciat-ing a relationship between two part-ners in LOVE and telling the world how you love your Woman/Man re-gardless of everything good or bad that happens in relationships, so you start saying “O PINA EAKA” in a way to truly confess your love for one an-other. To be in a sturdy relationship needs a lot of commitment and love gestures towards each other.

Informative Newspaper: What do you expect to be the reception of ‘O pina ea ka’?

Damario: I produce music that celebrates LOVE for everyone who understands the meaning of living in a relationship, so I have already re-ceived a huge following of the song from Basotho appreciating the song in just a day of release this past Sat-urday, so I am positive people will increase their votes on the track, it’s a dance song which gets everyone to get up and dance.

Informative Newspaper: Where do we get the song?

Damario: the song was released for radio stations last week and as a single which is intended to circle around the media houses first, we are working on bringing it to the people by selling the CD’s which shall then be available for buying this Friday. It is this new single and a bonus track called “Tsatsi la ka”.

Informative Newspaper: As you did ‘Khalase E Ncha’, should we expect the full al-bum anytime soon?

Damario: I am actually working on releasing singles this Year of 2015

and then b y 2016 my al-bum should be ready for release, re-member I d o n ’ t p r o -duce a song in one day and release it tomorrow, I work tirelessly on my songs as I strive for qual-ity and growth….I should

progress and break the stereotypes that

make our mu-

sicians to fall back on the same style of music they do.

Informa-tive News-p a p e r : After this release, do you see it creating competition with oth-er local musicians in Lesotho?

Damario: I am actually my own competition when it comes to music, I don’t compete with any local mu-sician to point out as I do music for the Lord and I don’t think it’s worth competing when the Lord needs me to use this lovely Gift for HIM. I will however appreciate AWARDS and PRIZES for my music as it’s the way this music industry functions, but as for using my gift to focusing main-

ly on competition, I don’t consider it as my pur-

pose.I n f o r m a t i v e

Newspaper: We heard you are also

nominated in the Ultimate Music

Awards under category of

Best Inter-national Al-

bum to be h e l d

o n

5 t h D e -

c e m -ber?

Damario: I got nicely surprised that Basotho nominated me for the Ultimate awards in the Best Inter-national Category Album due to the exposure my album has had outside Lesotho. I will therefore greatly ap-preciate if Basotho can vote for me at www.uma.co.ls under the Nominees – International Category. Otherwise the sms voting for me is by sending code BIA05 to 31018. I further look forward to giving an exciting perfor-mance during the awards!

DAMARIO

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Clap and tap choirs on fireBy Keletso Nyareli

Balopolloa Ba Morena Gospel Choir hosted an enchanting clap and tap South African group, Universal Khatisma last week Saturday at the AME hall, Maseru.

Based in South Africa’s North West Province, Universal Khatisma was formed in 1993. The group has released eight studio albums and four DVDs with hit records such as, Mosali wa Lota, Moya and Igama to date.

Universal Khatisma exposed a different type of sound to the fans. The group sang and played trum-pets, something that was new to the clap and tap group Ballopolloa Ba Morena.

According to the leader of Uni-versal Khatisma, Bishop Qaba, the choir has already traveled to Swazi-land and Botswana performing and Lesotho presented another oppor-tunity to travel. It was the first time for the group to visit the Mountain Kingdom.

“We had planned ahead to give our all to Basotho and we are hap-py and excited that Basotho and the fans of clap and tap music appre-ciated our efforts on stage, it was nerve-wrecking I must admit,” said Qaba.

In an interview with the Ballo-polloa Ba Morena Founder, Revered Ben Mosala, he indicated that he was impressed and that he did not know what to expect. Mosala added that

Balopolloa Ba Morena before a mind-blowing performance

during the show he witnessed many souls being healed and for him it was the purpose of the art of clap and tap.

According to Mosala the clap and tap fiesta was the beginning of great things to come. Mosala revealed that Ballopolloa Ba Morena is yet to host another South African group on No-vember 28 and 29, 2015.

“Vusi and the Mighty Singers from Soweto in South Africa will also grace us with their presence on No-vember 28 and 29,” he said.

He stated that Mathews who works at Soweto Television with the Ezomoya Program has chosen Balopolloa ba Morena to partake in the next event themed “Reclaim-ing the legacy of clap and tap” to be hosted on 14th November, 2015. The trip will include Likeleli Tampane, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Inno-vation. He revealed that Balopolloa ba Morena were lucky enough to have been chosen as the only group outside of South Africa to be able to share the stage with the legends.

According to Mosala Ballopol-loa ba Morena are the ambassadors of clap and tap music in Lesotho. They will have a chance to share the stage with other South African clap and tap groups such as Jerusalema e Ncha and Barorisi ba Morena at the festival to be held in Soweto.

Other featured local groups in-cluded Naleli ea Bophelo and Ba-rutoana ba Morena who gave a mind-blowing performance.

Universal Khatisma group enjoying the concert

VM Club supports orphanage homesBy Keletso Nyareli

VW Club, in collaboration with Dj Mekonko will host a fun walk on December 6, this year.

The fun walk is said to commence at the DLM Complex via Setsoto sta-dium and Lakeside leading back to the DLM complex serving as the fi-nal destination. DJ Mekonko stated

Event Organiser, Refiloe Mohloai

that the fun walk would begin at sev-en in the morning.

Refiloe Mohlai, an organizer of the event stipulated that the fun walk will be followed by an after party that will be hosted at 4Fordy. The event will feature an impressive lineup of South African and majori-ty of local Djs including Dj Mekonko and Mareff. However, he pointed out

that the South African Djs are yet to be confirmed. He explained that the party will be a way of refreshing and relaxing where people will have a chance to mingle and may be create new friendships.

“The after party has no limits, ev-erybody will be allowed to party all night long,” he said, adding that the after party’s strict entrance will be

available to those with tickets. Mohlai explained that the main

purpose of the fun walk is to raise funds that they intend to give back to an orphanage home. He said his club realized that the festive season pres-ents a credible opportunity to give back to an orphanage as a Christmas present.

“This will not be the first time we give back to orphanage homes,” said Mohloai, further stating that the pre-vious beneficiaries of the funds gen-erated by the walk were an orphan-age in Morija and one in Mafeteng.

Mohloai stated that VW primar-ily donates essential items such as food and clothes.

“So the funds generated by the fun walk will go towards the pur-chasing of food and clothes to be donated to an orphanage. The orga-nizers hold this event close to their hearts as they feel it is important to ensure that the children in homes feel loved during this time of year,” he explained.

Mohloai went on to state that the fun walk will not only be about giving back but also be about pro-moting a healthy lifestyle.

He pointed out that most people avoid walking long distances and generally prefer to travel by car. “We want people to take part as this fun walk also encourages exercising for good health,” stated Mohloai.

People who will be participating in the walk will be taken care of by paramedics in instances of emergen-cy.

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Seutloadi and Lineo Thaanyane Foundation gives back to communityBy Staff Reporter

The Seutloadi and Lineo Thaanyane Foundation hosted fun-filled Sports Day at Liphakoeng Primary School in Roma to bring hope to the youth and community struggling with poverty and un-employment. The event began on November 13, 2015 at Liphakoeng Primary School in Mahlanyeng Vil-lage, Roma.

The host, Liphakoeng Primary School became champions of the Seutloadi and Lineo Charity Sports Tournament after defeating Maliele Primary School 2-0 in the final soc-cer match and also beat Maliele Pri-mary School 9-1 during the netball match.

Popa Primary School suffered a 3-1 loss to Liphakoeng while St. Michael lost 1-0 to Maliele Primary School on extra time. Throughout the netball tournament, Liphako-eng humiliated Popa 20-1, while St. Michael’s Primary School smashed Maliele 2-1 in the primary stage.

Saturday’s event began with a Fun Walk from Lehoatateng Mah-lanyeng to Liphakoeng Primary School. It was also glorified by a mountain bike race of 47 kilome-ters when eight cyclists known as the Roma Bicycle Riders competed heatedly against each other. The winner, Thabo Ntlhoki completed the race in 55 minutes followed by Bambatha Lelakane in the second

place and Makalo Ntlhoki in the third position.

The Foundation donated M2, 000.00 to the Lerato Children Caring Centre to buy toys for chil-dren and also presented them with a DVD system. All four soccer and netball teams were presented with new sports gear for their respective teams. Furthermore, 250 students were provided with school shoes and boxes of sanitary towels, 100 blankets were given to senior cit-izens from the village, 81 families received grocery hampers and 120 girls and 81 boys were supplied with cosmetics bags.

Seutloadi Thaanyane, men-tioned that a lot of young girls are losing a lot of school days due to the lack of sanitary towels.

A coworker of Seutloadi Thaanyane, Leon Fillis quoted words from the Bible which say, “Blessed is the hand that gives” as he addressed the audience includ-ing some students who were also part of the crowd.

He pointed out that at one stage they were young like the students and they listened to their parents’ guidance and realized that educa-tion is the key to a successful life. He urged the students to focus on

their studies and advise themselves so that they will even be better off than he is in the future.

“You do not need to have every-thing to give; you just need to share the little that you have. Irrespective of what you are today, you can be great in future. I am grateful that you have been here today. We are here for the children,” Fillis con-cluded.

Lebohang Thaanyane, who also grew up in the same village and completed his Primary school 19 years ago translated in Sesotho as Leon Fillis addressed the audience.

Meanwhile, Morake Masho-bane, on behalf of the four schools expressed his appreciation to the Foundation for what it has done for their schools, their students, and their community at large.

In an interview with Seutloa-di, the Founder and Owner of the Foundation, he pointed out that he wants to bring hope to the hopeless through the Foundation. He said one of his dreams is to see all the students going to school wearing shoes, adding that he enjoys help-ing the needy.

He thanked everyone who made the event a success, his wife co-own-er of Foundation, ABI family who supported the event, his family, and all sponsors.

“I would like to express my grat-itude to God for everything he has done for me. I am indebted to all who ensured that the charity affair was a success,” asserted Seutloadi.

Kick4Life F.C. celebrates 10 years of social change

By Pulane Lichaba

MASERU- Kick4Life F.C., an award-winning charity and social enterprise founded by Steve Flem-ing and his brother Pete Fleming celebrated its ten years anniversary in Lesotho.

The Country Director for Kick-4Life F.C., Rhett Power highlighted Kick4Life’s existence emerged from the simple aspiration to use football to change lives.

“Kick4Life Football Club is a unique football club based in Leso-tho. As a charity and social enter-prise, our mission is to change the lives and long-term prospects of vulnerable young people in Leso-tho through a wide range of social development activities focused on health, education, and support to-wards sustainable livelihoods,” he

noted. “Our approach is based on the

belief that football clubs do not al-ways have to run for private profit, and that we can effectively leverage the enormous wealth and influence of the football industry for social development by becoming part of it.

“We believe that this type of model transcends the football in-dustry and the sport for the devel-opment sector, is needed to un-cap the power of sports for social change,” he said.

Power added that since 2005, Kick4Life F.C. has reached over 250, 000 children and young peo-ple through a wide range of activ-ities from health education, HIV testing, literacy programmes, men-toring and support for long term employment.

Subsequent to that, ‘Maleshoane Mokhati, who is in charge of Special Projects at Kick4Life F.C. enlight-ened on the milestones of the foot-ball club since its conception.

“Ten years ago, the Fleming brothers came to Lesotho and un-dertook research about setting up a spot for development programmes. As a result of the welcome they re-ceived in the country and the en-thusiasm of the people of Lesotho regarding the project, Kick4Life was born,” she said.

She continued, “The following year we started conducting HIV/AIDS awareness, voluntary testing, counseling and slowly the idea of kick4Life started to grow. Through-out the ten years, each year Kick-4Life has developed a new initiative that has changed the lives of Baso-tho”.

Mokhati maintained that in 2008, England Coach, Fabio Capel-lo, visited the Kick4Life academy for the Test Your Team event they hosted.

She said Kick4Life was awarded a multitude of awards that include the Beyond Sport Award for Health. “It was also selected by Football for Hope as the 7th Centre host as part of the 20 centers for 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign.”

Furthermore, Mokhati stated that a team of young people from Kick4Life represented Lesotho at Festival 2010 as part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Af-rica.

She went on to mention that

between 2011 and 2012 they start-ed thinking about social enterprise they decided to invest all their prof-its into their programmes.

Mokhati further added that in 2014 they transitioned from Kick-4Life for Hope to Kick4Life Foot-ball Club to become the first club in the world exclusively dedicated to social change.

“We are proud to announce that we have a men’s team in the Leso-tho Premier League and a women’s team in the Women Super League. We also own a development team, so indeed we are changing the lives and long-term prospects of young people in Lesotho,” she concluded.

Meanwhile, Steve Fleming, Co-Founder of Kick4Life F.C. stat-ed that at Kick4Life they offer es-sential life skills, identify talent in individuals and encourage people to use their talent to make a differ-ence. “We are trying to instill confi-dence in young people and believe that they can achieve anything in life. They have to embrace this phi-losophy as an organization particu-larly for their team,” he said.

Kick4Life has offices in Lesotho, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

The two natives of the United Kingdom established Kick4Life F.C. in 2005 as a football club to lever-age enormous wealth and influence of the football industry for social development. The enterprise em-ploys football as a tool for promot-ing health and education awareness in Lesotho.

Country Director for Kick4Life F.C, Rhett Power

Liphakoeng Primary School football team with their trophy

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Tšenolo FM visits Koro-Koro

By Tšeliso Tale

MASERU- Tšenolo FM visited the community of Koro-Koro, Mase-ru on Sunday where its presenters took part in two different sports codes.

The first match was between

Tšenolo FM and the Koro-Koro netball team made up of residents of Koro-Koro. In the match, Koro-Koro humiliated Tšenolo FMs’ net-ball team by 9-0. It was evident that the Koro-Koro youth found the task an easy one.

The second match took place

between Tšenolo FM and the Koro-Koro football team. Tšenolo FM proudly won the match 2-1. This was the first time Tšenolo FM vis-ited the community and engaged in sports activities. The rationale for the occasion was to introduce the radio station to the community.

Fika le Mohala news reporter, Thabo Ntsane made history when he scored the goal of the match. The goal was the first goal for Tšenolo FM and the first goal of the match. Refiloe Litjobo, Member of Parlia-ment (MP) for the Koro-Koro con-stituency became the Man of the Match by playing for 90 minutes without substitution.

Refiloe Litjobo was the only MP who took part in the game. Lefika le Mohala presenter, Teboho Teba, congratulated TST Promotions & Mountain Tours for organizing the games and tour. The Minister of Gender and Youth, Sports and Rec-

reation (MGYSR), the Honourable Mathibeli Mokhothu sponsored Tšenolo FM sports artier.

“It was wonderful to have host-ed Tšenolo FM and the communi-ty of Koro-Koro benefited because Tšenolo FM brought tourists who bought their food. We enjoyed the games and their presents. We are happy now that we know our pre-senters and wish TST Promotions & Mountain Tours can bring the games back again maybe in Au-gust,” said Tseko Takalimane of the Koro-Koro Organizing Committee.

There was also a visit to one of the oldest and historical Bush-men Caves of Koro-Koro. During the tour, Pastor Manare Khanya-pa of the LEC, Chief Polao Maphi-ka Lenkoane of Ha Mphotho and Chief Lineo Lireko of Ha Lihanela partook in a church service. Chief Polao Maphika was the Koro-Koro football team’s first goalkeeper and managed to keep a clean sheet throughout the game.

LSRC to host two Royal eventsBy Tšeliso Tale

MASERU- The Lesotho Sports and Recreation Commission (LSRC) will host and organise two Royal sports events at Mantšonyane, Tha-ba-Tseka for the first time.

The Ministry of Gender and Youth, Sports and Recreation (MGYSR) formerly hosted and or-ganized the events.

This is going to be the third time for the games to be held in Thaba-Tseka. While the MGYSR formerly organized the games, the LSRC requested to organize the event among many others as the right hand of the MGYSR over the years.

The Minister of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation Mathibeli Mokhothu and his Deputy Min-ister, ‘Marefiloe ‘Muso concluded that the events should be delegated to the LSRC like other sports codes. However, due to the short notice of the handover, the LSRC appointed the former Secretary General of the Lesotho National Olympic Commit-tee (LNOC) to organize and host the

event on behalf of the LSRC.The two events are; the Queen

‘Mamohato Half Marathon (21.1KM) race and Prince Lerot-holi Horse Race. The former event will take place from Marakabehi to Mantšonyane on the 21st Novem-ber, 2015 while the latter will take place at Thaba Tseka on the 22nd

November, 2015.The race seeks to honuor the

late Royal Family members, Queen ‘Mamohato and King Moshoeshoe II who both dead in the area in different years. The late King Mo-shoeshoe II passed on following a car accident at Ha Noha, while Queen ‘Mamohato passed on while

attending a church service at Man-tšonyane after a short illness.

The Ministry has set M50 000 aside for the half marathon and M100 000 to organise and host for the two events. Two companies, Boliba Bank and Alliance Insurance have sponsored the race with 400 medals to be presented.

Mofihli Makoele will be work-ing in conjunction with the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) com-prising commissioners and LSRC officers.

‘Mannerea Ramotso represents the MGYSR while the LNOC is yet to provide LOC with an individual who will represent them.

Makoele said, “There will be a beautiful price for the Half Mara-thon from 1st position till position 10th; there shall be the same prizes for both men and women and part of money from Boliba Bank will be added to the first prizes.”

Makoele said there shall also be a 10 KM race which is mainly for children between 14-17 years and 21.1KM for others saying the reg-istration is already underway and everybody can register in their dis-tricts.

27 Basotho complete Olympic courseBy Tšeliso Tale

MASERU- The Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) held a five-day Olympic Administration Course for members of the sporting fraternity in Maseru last week.

Certificates of Attendance were awarded to the 27 trainees.

The training workshop was offi-cially opened by the LNOC General Secretary, Morake Raleaka on Mon-day at the Olympic House, Maseru West in Maseru. The participants came from various government in-

stitutions, sports associations, and media houses.

They completed the course by doing group and individual presen-tations. The participants did not undertake an examination since those seeking to do so have to un-dergo an Olympic Administration Level 1 examination.

The workshop was attended by seven women and eighteen men. The course topics comprised envi-ronment sustainability, communi-cation, the operating environment of sports organizations, the gover-

nance of sports organizations, the role of sports organizations, health and security, working in partner-ship & promoting sponsorship, fi-nancial management and budget and talent identification.

The course was conducted by a number of instructors including ’Mabothobile Shebe, Moshoeshoe Molapo, Tšepo Hlojeng, Khotso Mahloko, Morake Raleaka, Silas Durant, Dr. Mosotho among others.

The closing remarks were of-fered by the Vice Secretary Gener-al, Letsatsi Ntsibolane who said, “These two courses have brought

a lot of change to you. Today, the media knows that football is not the only sport. You are important in the growth of sports in general; you are the watchdogs of the nation. It is in good faith that the Olympic Solidar-ity popped out a lot of money to ed-ucate the nation”.

The participants were repre-sented by Tšeliso Mosehle, who said that they were not part of the course because they are clever but to learn. Mosehle promised to bring change after this course and wished there could be more courses of this nature as well as refresher courses.

Ts'enolo FM Football Team

Mofihli Makoele together with LOC, MGYSR, LSRC and Commissioners

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By Tšeliso Tale

MASERU-It has become a norm for Bantu to defeat Lioli in all their meetings. The tradition occurred once again on Sunday when Ban-tu defeated Lioli 15-14 on a penal-ty shootout after they played to a 1-all in regulation time.

It was evident from the first whistle that Bantu had an over-whelming desire to retain the championship they have won more than any club over the past 25 years. Nonetheless, Bantu is the only club which has won any trophy three consecutive for years.

Bantu began the match by at-tacking Lioli while Lioli parked the bus, but it was not easy for Lioli to stop the determination of Lazola Jokojokwane who scored in every match played against Li-oli. The striker, who scored the first and the third goal a fortnight ago against Lioli in the Vodacom Premier League match, scored the first goal of the match on Sunday.

Unlike the previous matches played between the two clubs, this time Bantu attacked Lioli. Bantu used to sit back and try to catch Lioli on the counter attack. Bantu would sit back and play an offen-sive game in the last 20 minutes of

Bantu’s defeat of Lioli a tradition the second half.

This is the difference between the current technical team com-pared to the 2013/14 technical team. This was the last match for the ‘Boys Two Men’ technical team made up of Caswell Moru and Mosito Matete. This is not the first time the two coaches work together in the same camp. Their efforts did not bear any fruit, perhaps because of the quality of the players they had, but they managed to secure a place for Bantu into the Vodacom Premier League.

Lioli superstar and substitute Tumelo “Makhopo” Khutlang brought life into the game when he scored an equalizer. Bantu tried to come back and find the winning goal but Lioli was all over Ban-tu and failed to convert. The two teams made technical changes but they did not change anything be-cause the match concluded with 1-all. Bantu won on penalties and Lazola also scored both of his pen-alties during the penalty shootout.

Motlatsi ‘Lekope la Bantu’ Mo-fokeng, Bantu Communications and Marketing Manager informed Informative Newspaper that they were prepared to win the tourna-ment on penalties and that they knew that one player of the teams

playing against them would lose concentration. “To score a penalty is not child’s play and with Bantu it was easy with Captain Tlali Maile who led by example and scored two penalties in the final match.”

“Out of all the penalties, only two were missed and for that mat-ter we were denied by the goalkeep-er. How much I wish Lazola Joko-jokwane was a Mosotho citizen and represented Likuena since we do

not have a striker with his qualities in this country so far. I want to con-clude by saying the problem for the Lesotho club has begun,” said Mo-fokeng.

Sunday was once more a sleep-less night as Bantu supporters cele-brated their championship win. The two teams played in the final match with more foreigners who made it more professional and exciting to watch as they competed.

By Tšeliso Tale

MASERU- Sunday ushered in a win by the Mafeteng based club, Bantu ‘A Matšo Matebele’. Bantu retained the Top-4 Independence Cup they have won three consec-utive times and forced the tourna-ment sponsors to purchase a new trophy.

Bantu, whose result has become a tradition that it be completed on a penalty shootout, won the tour-nament. This year, Bantu defeat-ed the defending champions, Lioli ‘Tse Nala’ of Berea with a historical 15-14 penalty shootout, the longest in the history of this cup tourna-ment.

The match was played to a 1-all draw in the regulation time and the two teams had to go straight to the penalty shootout. This was the third match of the tournament to be completed on a penalty shootout. The first match was between Bantu and Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) in the first semifinal on Sat-urday.

Bantu’s match against LCS was played to a 2-all draw in regulation time and Bantu went on to win the

Bantu retains Top-4 championshipmatch 4-3 in the sudden death. On Sunday in the third place final, LCS won on a penalty shootout, when they defeated Matlama 9-8 after they finished the match at 3-all in regulation time.

This means that Bantu was the penalty specialist over the week-end since they have won the entire tournament’s matches with penal-ties and went on to win the 2015 Independence Cup Top-4. A total of sixty-five (65) goals were scored in this tournament, 13 in regulation time while 52 were scored during the penalty shootout and one pen-alty was scored during the regu-lation time in the match between Bantu and LCS by Lieta Lehloka (11).

The tournament has become more interesting and has attracted more spectators. However, on Sat-urday, Basotho did not attend in large numbers for various reasons. Some were at work and others were more interested in the match be-tween Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.

Lazola Jokojokwane was named Man of the Tournament and walked away with M3000. He shared

M3000 with Lieta Lehloka and the young Matlama Striker, Motebang Sera. The Goalkeeper of the Tour-nament was Kholuoe Phasumane, who received M3000 and a man of the match in each match played during the tournament was elected. They were Thabiso Mohapi, Junior Maba, Lehloka Lieta and Hlompho Kalake.

The referee of the tournament was Lebalang Martin Mokete and the assistant of the tournament was Puleng Mahamo, each walking home with M1000. Bantu won the Gold, the Floating Tournament Tro-phy and a cheque worth M110 000.

In second place, Lioli received Sil-ver and a cheque of M60 000 while LCS walked away with Bronze and cheque worth M40 000. Finally, Matlama was offered a consolation prize of M30 000.00

The tournament was sponsored by Metropolitan Lesotho and Le-sotho Standard Bank to the tune of M600 000 per season in the three-year contract of the total of M1, 800 000. During this tournament, the sponsors were very hands on unlike the Lesotho Premier League Man-agement (PMLC). It is unclear why the PLMC is not running the show and leave it in the hands of the sponsors.

Player of the Tournament, Lazola Jokojokwane

Bantu Captain receives champion's trophy

Lazola Jokojokwane's strike is blocked by Basia Makepe

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By Tšeliso Tale

MASERU-It has become a norm for Bantu to defeat Lioli in all their meetings. The tradition occurred once again on Sunday when Ban-tu defeated Lioli 15-14 on a penal-ty shootout after they played to a 1-all in regulation time.

It was evident from the first whistle that Bantu had an over-whelming desire to retain the championship they have won more than any club over the past 25 years. Nonetheless, Bantu is the only club which has won any trophy three consecutive for years.

Bantu began the match by at-tacking Lioli while Lioli parked the bus, but it was not easy for Lioli to stop the determination of Lazola Jokojokwane who scored in every match played against Li-oli. The striker, who scored the first and the third goal a fortnight ago against Lioli in the Vodacom Premier League match, scored the first goal of the match on Sunday.

Unlike the previous matches played between the two clubs, this time Bantu attacked Lioli. Bantu used to sit back and try to catch Lioli on the counter attack. Bantu would sit back and play an offen-sive game in the last 20 minutes of

Bantu’s defeat of Lioli a tradition the second half.

This is the difference between the current technical team com-pared to the 2013/14 technical team. This was the last match for the ‘Boys Two Men’ technical team made up of Caswell Moru and Mosito Matete. This is not the first time the two coaches work together in the same camp. Their efforts did not bear any fruit, perhaps because of the quality of the players they had, but they managed to secure a place for Bantu into the Vodacom Premier League.

Lioli superstar and substitute Tumelo “Makhopo” Khutlang brought life into the game when he scored an equalizer. Bantu tried to come back and find the winning goal but Lioli was all over Ban-tu and failed to convert. The two teams made technical changes but they did not change anything be-cause the match concluded with 1-all. Bantu won on penalties and Lazola also scored both of his pen-alties during the penalty shootout.

Motlatsi ‘Lekope la Bantu’ Mo-fokeng, Bantu Communications and Marketing Manager informed Informative Newspaper that they were prepared to win the tourna-ment on penalties and that they knew that one player of the teams

playing against them would lose concentration. “To score a penalty is not child’s play and with Bantu it was easy with Captain Tlali Maile who led by example and scored two penalties in the final match.”

“Out of all the penalties, only two were missed and for that mat-ter we were denied by the goalkeep-er. How much I wish Lazola Joko-jokwane was a Mosotho citizen and represented Likuena since we do

not have a striker with his qualities in this country so far. I want to con-clude by saying the problem for the Lesotho club has begun,” said Mo-fokeng.

Sunday was once more a sleep-less night as Bantu supporters cele-brated their championship win. The two teams played in the final match with more foreigners who made it more professional and exciting to watch as they competed.

By Tšeliso Tale

MASERU- Sunday ushered in a win by the Mafeteng based club, Bantu ‘A Matšo Matebele’. Bantu retained the Top-4 Independence Cup they have won three consec-utive times and forced the tourna-ment sponsors to purchase a new trophy.

Bantu, whose result has become a tradition that it be completed on a penalty shootout, won the tour-nament. This year, Bantu defeat-ed the defending champions, Lioli ‘Tse Nala’ of Berea with a historical 15-14 penalty shootout, the longest in the history of this cup tourna-ment.

The match was played to a 1-all draw in the regulation time and the two teams had to go straight to the penalty shootout. This was the third match of the tournament to be completed on a penalty shootout. The first match was between Bantu and Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) in the first semifinal on Sat-urday.

Bantu’s match against LCS was played to a 2-all draw in regulation time and Bantu went on to win the

Bantu retains Top-4 championshipmatch 4-3 in the sudden death. On Sunday in the third place final, LCS won on a penalty shootout, when they defeated Matlama 9-8 after they finished the match at 3-all in regulation time.

This means that Bantu was the penalty specialist over the week-end since they have won the entire tournament’s matches with penal-ties and went on to win the 2015 Independence Cup Top-4. A total of sixty-five (65) goals were scored in this tournament, 13 in regulation time while 52 were scored during the penalty shootout and one pen-alty was scored during the regu-lation time in the match between Bantu and LCS by Lieta Lehloka (11).

The tournament has become more interesting and has attracted more spectators. However, on Sat-urday, Basotho did not attend in large numbers for various reasons. Some were at work and others were more interested in the match be-tween Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.

Lazola Jokojokwane was named Man of the Tournament and walked away with M3000. He shared

M3000 with Lieta Lehloka and the young Matlama Striker, Motebang Sera. The Goalkeeper of the Tour-nament was Kholuoe Phasumane, who received M3000 and a man of the match in each match played during the tournament was elected. They were Thabiso Mohapi, Junior Maba, Lehloka Lieta and Hlompho Kalake.

The referee of the tournament was Lebalang Martin Mokete and the assistant of the tournament was Puleng Mahamo, each walking home with M1000. Bantu won the Gold, the Floating Tournament Tro-phy and a cheque worth M110 000.

In second place, Lioli received Sil-ver and a cheque of M60 000 while LCS walked away with Bronze and cheque worth M40 000. Finally, Matlama was offered a consolation prize of M30 000.00

The tournament was sponsored by Metropolitan Lesotho and Le-sotho Standard Bank to the tune of M600 000 per season in the three-year contract of the total of M1, 800 000. During this tournament, the sponsors were very hands on unlike the Lesotho Premier League Man-agement (PMLC). It is unclear why the PLMC is not running the show and leave it in the hands of the sponsors.

Player of the Tournament, Lazola Jokojokwane

Bantu Captain receives champion's trophy

Lazola Jokojokwane's strike is blocked by Basia Makepe

17 November - 23 November. 2015

By Tšeliso Tale

MASERU-Matlama ‘Tse Putsoa’ broke FC Likhopo’s unbeaten record for the 2015/16 Vodacom Premier League on Saturday. The noteworthy match took place at Pitso Ground in Maseru.This was the first time the two oppo-nents faced one another during this season. It was a good recovery for Matlama after losing all the match-es they played during the Indepen-dence Cup, a fortnight ago at Setsoto Stadium.The visitors, FC Likhopo, were the first to break the ice after a terrible mistake made by Matlama’s goal-keeper, Makhetha Thakeli. FC Lik-hopo’s striker, Ramabele used the opportunity and scored the first goal of the match in the 57th minute. This goal was the first and only for FC Likhopo during the confrontation.The host team, Matlama came from behind to win the match. This was challenging as they struggled to find their footing because of the poor surface of the pitch. Since Matlama has been playing their matches at the Prisons Football Ground, there-fore, they did not profit from a home advantage. Matlama’s first goal came from the pressure of Motebang Sera in the 69th minute, after Kefuoe Mahula struck the crossbar from 40 meters and the ball wound up at the back of the net. Substitute Tšepang Maine buried a goal in the 86th minute, a few me-ters from the FC Likhopo goalpost. The match concluded with Matlama wining 2-1. FC Likhopo played with-out Thapelo Tale who still has a case with FC Likhopo before the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) General Secretary, Mokhosi Mohapi.FC Likhopo Coach Shalane Lehohla said, “This is our first loss, and we all know and we will have to work on it before we meet Sandawana next week. My boys showed too much re-spect for Matlama and we planned not to allow them position, which we maintained in the first 25 minutes. But after we scored, my boys decided to sit back and that is when Matla-

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ma came back at us and put us under pressure and got the two goals. I be-lieve at the weekend we will be ready for Sandawana.” Moses Maliehe, Matlama coach said they did not have a good game at the beginning because of the misbehav-ior of the older players putting a lot of pressure on the other players. “They contributed significantly to loss of goals because some players did not play with their full concen-tration, thinking about FC Likhopo’s first goal. I had fifteen players in all on the bench because of three play-ers’ misbehavior on Friday. I had to take them out of the camp. We have gotten rid of this habit of only play-ing after conceding,” said Maliehe.The host team, Matlama made two substitutes and received two cautions through yellow cards; the visitors FC Likhopo made two substitutes and received four cautions. Some of the dissatisfied supporters attempted to attack Makhetha Thakeli blaming him for the goal he conceded. How-ever, other supporters who believe that players make mistakes whilst playing prevented them.During the other match played on Saturday, Mphatlalatsane got their first win when they humiliated Kick-4life 3-0. On Sunday, Bantu defeated also Rovers 1-0 away.

Matlama Kefuoe Mahula fighting for the ball

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