Pioneer Mall roof gives in to hailstorm
MASERU — Lesotho’s only up-market shopping centre, Pioneer Mall, was plunged into chaos last Friday when a hailstorm pounded Maseru forcing the roof to cave in.
Business was halted temporarily as water flooded some shops.
The Lesotho Times witnessed staffers battling to sweep water out of their shops.
Workers in one furniture shop said they had to move to another building which is still under construction after their shop was flooded.
The workers said the ceiling in their shop collapsed resulting in water flowing through the roof damaging some of their stock.
“However, we were able to quickly save a great deal of the furniture by taking out some of it,” said one staff member who requested anonymity.
Thato Pekeche, the Pioneer Mall marketing manager acknowledged there was an “incident” at the mall but added the damage and disruption to business was minimal.
Pekeche blamed the flooding on the current renovations and extensions being done at the mall’s new wing.
“We have people walking on the roof-top hammering and doing all sorts of work that strains the building, so it is no great deal that the building leaked as it did,” she said.
Pekeche said they had not received any complaints or claims from their clients “because people are insured here . . . besides there was not much damage done to the facilities”.
Comment by semenekane on 15 November 2012:
Ache! Joale ho entsoe marulelo a li- cardboard ka moo, thepa ea batho e senyehile joale, hare se ke ra phoqoa hle. The only mall in this country khiliki
Comment by Koatake on 15 November 2012:
Ahahahah! Ichu! Mala ntome! Ooele, litaba tsa morao tjena ekare lia khokolotsoa joale, mohlomong lipale lie fela.
Comment by mamoqato on 15 November 2012:
Taba ena ekholo haeba ho oa marulelo kamoso ha se moo building ka boeona e tla collapsa e hobatse batho, li-engeeere na li na le boiphihlelo? This is a red flag!!!!!!!!
Comment by Thabo on 15 November 2012:
He banna, marulelo a ona a sa nela ha batho ntse ba sebetsa ka holimo ke maboxe na?? ha ka tlohele ho pota ehlile mohaho ono o ik’haetsoe noto khale o nela le pele o eketsoa nxa!!
Comment by Bobete on 15 November 2012:
Bottom line is the roof leaked, sub standard work again and Pekeche must not make lame excuses.
Comment by piki on 15 November 2012:
Thato accept Pioneer is shit…honeng dat mall e leaker??I remember e oela ka KFC…dat mall nids some serious work…etlanne e oela batho..I wonder liclients tsa lona halitsoe keng li ee Maseru Mall…Pioneer ke masepa Thato and u don’t respect liclents tsa lona uena maan!!
Comment by chehe on 15 November 2012:
Haele hantle liahi tsa molo oo ha li nke nako ho etsa taba tsa ho tia, hape ekare ha haha bo maithutoane. Na rona bareki re bolokehile tjee?
Comment by Boss Tom on 15 November 2012:
Lousy excuse so does having insurance justify sub-standard work?I really don’t trust those make shift foot bridges between parking lot and mall Mark my words that is an accident waiting to happen.and then when lives or limbs are lost we will hear your lousy spin (damage control).have the balls and guts to call a spade a spade.
Comment by Boss Tom on 15 November 2012:
Lousy excuse so does having insurance justify sub-standard work?I really don’t trust those make shift foot bridges between parking lot and mall Mark my words that is an accident waiting to happen.and then when lives or limbs are lost we will hear your lousy spin (damage control).have the balls and guts to call a spade a spade.Apologise apologise apologise please that’s all.
Comment by lekholokoe on 15 November 2012:
Pekeche your excuse is so cheap that i can buy it with a Zim dollar and get a lot of change, the bottom line is the roof leaked because of cheap construction material used because a roof cannot leak because people are walking on top of it doing whatever their doing without tempering with the roof, you turned yourself into a mockery by talking what you don’t know and making stupid excuses rather than telling the truth. One day the building will colupse and again you Pekeche will make lousy excuses because it looks like making stupid excuses is part of your job description sir
Comment by Nkosazana Zuma on 16 November 2012:
Che oa seka pota le khale Thato Pekeche. Ke mokhoa lona Basotho ha le hloleha ho ikemela ka mabaka a senang kelello. MOLIMO O otlile Lesotho, ha a le hlohonolofatse hohang ka eng kapa eng eo ba e etsang kaha BASOTHO ke mofuta o khopo haholo lefats’eng, mofuta o lipelo li khopo. Ha ho letho le etsahalang hantle Lesotho mona ha le etsoa, Basotho ke sechaba se furaletsoeng ke MORENA MOLIMO habohloko. Bokhopo boo Basotho ba leng bona bo ba tlisetsa bomalimabe fela tjena.
Mohla Basotho ba hlomphang MORENA MOLIMO ke hona MOLIMO a tla ba hlohonolofatsa ka bobe bona boo ba leng bona hohle mona. Mohlomong le Maseru mall ena e ahoang ke Group 5 e ahileng Mimosa le Water front Bloem, e kanna ea nela le eona fela limall tseo e li ahileng mane Bloem li sa nele. Ke bokhopohali bona boo basotho ba leng bona.
Comment by Matšeliso on 16 November 2012:
This is not the first time the roof leaks at Pioneer, the first time it happend there was nobody “walking and doing all sorts of work on it”, so what excuse can you come up with for that “incident”? The roof in the underground parking is also sagging and the extensions are not even completed yet.
I wonder what she will come up with when a slab of roofing falls onto parked cars….Just apologise.
SUCH SUB-STANDARD WORK, SHAMEFUL
Comment by Blah on 17 November 2012:
Thato Pekeche! ! ! What a cheap excuse! Next time Pioneer Mall will collapse. Ache!
Comment by ПАГЕ IV on 18 November 2012:
Taba tse qabolang ebile di hlonamisa.
Ke utlwile ka hlokwana-la-tsela hore moedi pakeng tsa lesotho le foreistata o ka nna wa tloswa mme Lesotho e be karolo ya Aforika Borwa.
Taba tse mnate ruri :-)
Comment by serurubele on 20 November 2012:
i remember last time when it was raining, i saw staff of econet and atlantic mopping their shop. i think the contractor of Pioneer mall didnt do it properly. Hope it wont collapse.
Comment by Smatsi on 21 November 2012:
Ebe joale ha e le moo ho nela tjee o keke oa reoela? hona ha o ka oela batho ho ka etsahalang? Kea utloa kea ts’aba
Comment by Letono on 21 November 2012:
Phapang pakeng tsa Mall le shopping complex ke efe?