Greed and cowardice
By Scrutator
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F ever there was any doubt that Lesotho’s politicians are a greedy lot then the Proportional Representation lists parties submitted for the May 26 election provides irrefutable evidence.
After reading the lists on the Independent Electoral Commission’s slapdash website Scrutator could only shudder at the brazen gluttony of our politicians.
It is not the greed but its blatant extent that got Scrutator’s head spinning.
On top of the Democratic Congress list sits Pakalitha Mosisili who is also a first-past-the-post candidate for Tsoelike Constituency in Qacha.
You can’t miss it because the name Pa-ka-li-tha Mo-si-si-li has a way of sticking out like a sore thumb wherever it is.
If you scroll down to the All Basotho Convention’s list you will find Thomas Thabane’s name right at the top of the pile.
Vincent Malebo is also the PR candidate for the Marematlou Freedom Party.
It’s the same case with the Lesotho Congress for Democracy’s list which begins with the name Mothetjoa Metsing.
Hear, hear: In some parties the leader, his wife and relatives are all on the PR list.
To call this anything else but greed would be a scandal of a colossal proportion.
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t is just that — unbridled greed. You see, all the political leaders on the PR lists are also constituency candidates.
In other words, they are actually contesting twice in one election.
By adding their names to the lists and also contesting in the constituencies they have gained an unjust advantage over other candidates who have chosen or have been forced by their lack of political muscle to be on either the PR list or to contest in the constituency.
But the party leaders’ actions are more callous than that.
There are many rank and file members of their parties who desperately wanted to be MPs but could not get a chance as constituency candidates because their leaders wanted those constituencies.
Those same people also failed to make it to the PR lists because the leaders also wanted to be on the list.
So there you have it: political party leaders want it both ways.
If they cannot make it to parliament through the straight ballot they will sneak in through the backdoor marked “PR”.
They want to use both the front and back doors simply because they are leaders.
Anyone who wants a double chance when others have no chance at all is greedy.
It will be understandable if this greed was triggered by genuine hunger but it’s not.
Most of the leaders were in the previous parliament but they want a second, third or even fourth bite of the cherry.
They want power and they want it all. By including their names on the PR lists the leaders have shown that they want to remain in parliament by hook or crook.
There is now a strong likelihood that the country’s next prime minister might be a person who failed to win a popular vote and came into parliament through the window.
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ut beyond just showing them as a greedy lot their inclusion on the lists also exposes their timidity.
For Mosisili this lack of confidence is even more apparent and embarrassing.
He has led this country for the past 15 years and has been an MP for almost 20 years but he is still not sure if he will win in his constituency.
The cowardice of it all is galling.
Tsoelike is his home area: his roots, relatives and goats are there.
He is the son who made it to the top of the country’s government.
Yet he remains unsure if his people will vote for him.
By putting his name on the PR list Mosisili is unwittingly acknowledging that he knows that his folks in Tsoelike might just give him a boot on May 26.
Now here is the million maloti question: If Mosisili doesn’t fancy his chances in a place where even lizards know his surname by heart then why does he keep saying “yours truly will win the May 26 election?”
Has he become so desperate that he is prepared to fight political minors for a compensatory seat?
Phew!
And why does such a prominent politician allow himself to sink to such murky depths?
Me thinks this is all about power and its ability to blind those that would have tasted it.
What I have just said about Mosisili applies to Thabane, Malebo, Metsing and every other political leader whose name is on that PR (Pathetic Rejects) list.
Any political leader whose name is on the Pathetic Rejects list is a coward.
Yeh, I said it! Cowards!
The stiff competition in this election has forced them to put their tails between their legs and resort to unfair means to remain in parliament.
Mosisili and his fellow political leaders are drinking the milk when others are still holding their papa.
Scrutator fears the same trend of politicians wanting it all will be imported into the next government.
If these politicians monopolise something as scarce as parliamentary seats then what happens when they are in the land of plenty called government?
We already know that given a chance some politicians can give government jobs to their entire villages.
Only the fear of a backlash from animal rights organisations is stopping them from giving government jobs to cats, goats and cows from their villages.
Scrutator knows so many government departments that are dominated by people from the same village.
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n an entirely different note, Scrutator was told by an excited mate that Kenny Kunene was at a dingy bar in Maseru recently.
Because she didn’t know what the brouhaha was all about she asked her mate some questions. Who is Kunene?
Did he invent the condom, the phone, the internet, the transistor, electricity or the pill?
Is he the guy who gave us penicillin or performed the first heart transplant or the wizard who came up with E=mc2?
Does he employ thousands?
Did he fight apartheid?
Does he have a hit song?
Were the tab and the iphone his ideas? Did he write Animal farm or Great Expectations?
Was he the first guy on the moon?
Were Google and Facebook his ideas?
Was he King Moshoeshoe’s friend?
When my mate answered “NO” to all those questions I just said: “Holy crap, so what’s Kunene’s claim to fame? Idon’t know him from a snake.”
Ache!
Comment by Shaz on 10 May 2012:
Shoddy piece Scru. Are you running out of ideas?
Comment by U bo Koate! on 10 May 2012:
I think there is something wrong here, its either IEC and other stakeholders charged with the responsibility of providing voter education have not done their assignment well. Is the PR model well understood by our leaders, I doubt. Why is yours trully uncertain that people from Qacha will put him in parliament again? I withdrew my vote for him now, he is such a coward. I can not talk about these other leaders, I think he has to set a pace for them. What a fluke, now that he wants to be in parliament dark or blue. I now understand the “Lekhoara” concept. Ntate eo o se a kopa ho tsoepeleloa ho kena ka Paramenteng!
Comment by U bo Koate! on 10 May 2012:
I think there is something wrong here, its either IEC and other stakeholders like TRC, CCL and the Media as a whole charged with the responsibility of providing Civic and Voter education have not done their assignment well. Is the PR model well understood by our leaders, I doubt. Why is yours trully uncertain that people from Qacha’s Nek will put him in parliament again? Why is he so desperate like this?I withdrew my vote for him now, he is such a coward. I can not talk about these other leaders, I think he has to set a pace for them. What a fluke, now that he wants to be in parliament dark or blue. I now understand the “Lekhoara” concept. Ntate eo o se a kopa ho tsoepeleloa ho kena ka Paramenteng! Ke hona a hlokomelang hore likhetho ha li na lefa.
Comment by nthabeleng on 10 May 2012:
ke ile ka tseba hore le tla bua ka mccd empa all the leaders li entse the same thing, tsa lona lia patoa tse mpe tsa rona lia pepesoa, sebe ke ha se entsoe ke mccd feela, ha se etsoa ke thabane kapa other leaders sea halalela.che ha le tsebe ntho eo le e batlang ke le joetse.haeba mccd o kopa ho tsoepeleloa that also goes for metsing,thabane,maseribane etc why is it a big deal ho Mofokeng eo oa rona.hahahahahaha sea lla sa pakalitha seeta banna ba matha mpetleke.re tlo le pheha ka pitsa and le tlo tsoa ka moo le butsuoe phere, le lona le tla be le cho hore che ba re pheile nkane e tsoile ea lihlooho tse thata.
Comment by Mose-ho-Seaka on 10 May 2012:
Ele hore Scrutator o motho ea bitter kapa o mona? You should know trully hore Kunene ke motho ea tummeng Africa Boroa mono anang le chelete ea lipampiri. To talk this ugly staff hore na o entseng listing ena ea hao is total crap.
Comment by Kido on 10 May 2012:
Mose-ho-Seaka potso ea Scrutator ke hore na Kunene o tumme ka eng? Haeba ke ka chelete o e nka kae?
Comment by LEKHOARA on 10 May 2012:
Scrutaor oee! this has nothing to do with cowardice, e bitsoa plan B or contigency plan. Motho e mong le emong ha a ea competitioneng o lebeletse win or lose, if he wins batho ba kamora hae listing ea proportional ba tla kena ka paramenteng, we want our leaders to be in parliament because we want them to be prime ministers should we win the election [motho cannot be a prime minister a hlotsoe ke likhetho/not being a member of parliament].
Tabeng ea Kunene teng kea le uena, Kunene is an illitrate with money, so SA’s white owned media e mo file media coverage to reinforce the propaganda that black people are stupid [there are so many blacks who are doing commendable activities but are not given media coverage].
Comment by pit on 10 May 2012:
i found it so amusing that he put his address for khekhethane as State House,Maseru West,sies how petty does one become,cant he put Roma or Tsoelike as his address ,State house is sttate property as the name states,its no ones permanent place of abode or permanent residential address which u can paste anywhere u feel like.
Comment by livoski on 10 May 2012:
Surely, you must know by now; re busoa ke likoata-koata-koata!
Comment by livoski on 10 May 2012:
Sies! Ntho tsena ke menyollo ea nnte! A despicable stinking bunch of leeches!
Comment by Mokoti on 10 May 2012:
we should not be political biased when we come to this issue. Bo-ralipoliki ke lintja kaofela,batho bana ba tlile khoebong mona,but still we know who to favor with respect to individual pleases.
@scru,why should you always complain about matters that neither affect you nor me?akere kunyenye ke sebupuoa sa ha-leseisane koa!!!!no body can just attain fame without existence of recognition,bad or good we all know that!!!
u tla bua na u tsekang le kunyenye haeba ehlile u mosali wena sekuruteita!!!!
Comment by Lefefooane on 10 May 2012:
He has led this country for the past 15 years and has been an MP for almost 20 years but he is still not sure if he will win in his constituency.
Comment by Soulja tronix on 10 May 2012:
hantle mo2 o tlameha ho tuma ha fla a entse n2 tseo o buang ka tsona Scru.that’s lame
Comment by lineo on 10 May 2012:
@mokoti, scrutator has a right to complain about anything in this country. In this case she is complaining about greed, something we all know is common in this country. Who are u mokoti to stop scru from complaining about anything. Stop trying to censor people. You are not an opinion headmaster. Everyone has a right to speak their mind. Even you mokoti. So cool down and let scru say what she wants. Nxa!
Comment by Selomo on 10 May 2012:
If you are a serious political party, and you intend to become the next government, you include your leader as the first in the PR list so that even if elections were to fail in the home constituency (say one of the candidates dies before election date), you will be sure that he is in parliament on your popular party vote and lead government soon after elections. If your party leader is contesting an election in a tricky constituency, where he may not win, you put him first in the party least so that your “best candidate” will be in parliament whether or not he wins his constituency. The party leader is also the prominent face of the party, whom the public indirectly votes for when they cast their vote for the party; he should therefore be the one who gets into parliament first for that purpose. There is no shame in that.
The whole idea of any one to get into politics and elections is to be elected into parliament to espouse the views and aspirations of your supporters. So, yes political parties and their leaders are into politics because they want to be elected. That they get paid when they are MPs is a price that we the public are prepared to pay to keep them there. So, yes Scrutator all these leaders that you have identified want to go to Parliament. It’s called politics, not greed! There reason why you and I are not politicians are that we don’t seek to put our popularity to the public test and be paid for it. Even back home in Zimbabwe they would do that if they were given a chance!
Comment by tota on 10 May 2012:
He banna scru is a Zimbabwean ? ……
Comment by Maru-mats'o on 11 May 2012:
@ Selomo
You were naive to think that Scrutator is a local. Since when did Basotho become so profound and objective in their analysis? Her incisive and sharp-witted mind and rich vocabulary all prove that s/he is a non-local. In general, Basotho are shallow and narrow-minded mainly because we are a ‘speaking nation, and not a reading nation’. Even on this forum the type of language used and ideas bandied about, speak volumes about the kind of people we are. A divided nation, deep hatred, jealousy, rumour-mongering, insults, name-dropping and slander of the classical kind are the hallmarks of who we are as a nation, especially those with some level of education. Our people in the rural villages are decent and courteous, and not wayward like most of us who are the anti-thesis of who we are as a people.
Having said that, I don’t think it’s fair to disclose Scrutator’s nationality if she chooses to remain anonymous. We all assume pseudonyms on this forum because we protect our identity. Disclosing her identity might kill the debate since this might prejudice us in our debate and analysis.
Comment by Jojo on 11 May 2012:
@Maru-matso
I like her column. I aint seen anything like them in local papers. Its different and interesting.
I dont care if she is from Zim, lesotho, SA, Botswana or The Gambia or whereever.
Keep it up sister Scru.
Comment by Kay on 11 May 2012:
That is why voting in dis country will be a waste of my time…
Comment by Mokoti on 11 May 2012:
@lineo, wena joale u tamollotsoe keng on my comment,a’ko bue taba tsa hao u tlohele mokoti.le wena NXA!!!khelek.lets not misuse lestimes site on expressing better hearts.speak your mind al speak mine in conjunction with Scru’s post.stop it!!!!
Comment by Lobengula on 12 May 2012:
Well said Maru-Mats’o. If you check websites of papers from Zambia; Zimbabwe; Nigeria and Ghana; the level of debate is of a highest standard. You are also right about the rural folk in Lesotho of which I am a product of. With no formal education, the rural khotlas are full of men and women of massive intellect; debates and discussions of a highest level. Our educated folk will spew a lot of insults on electronic media platforms instead of coming up with ideas and suggestions of a nation building character. Scru is also right about Kenny Kunene. He is an ex covict who made the right connections in the corrupt South African society and made money out of it. It is not a sin for a man to make money; but the way Kenny deals with his fame and money gives a bad light on Africans who have made it. Motsepe, Ramaphosa and Tokyo are a good example of how a man must behave; with dignity and respect. There was one Mandla Mthembu aka Kanyi Mbau ex who acted the same way as Kenny. He is now roaming the streets of Johannesburg with no shelter begging people for cigarettes. Definitely, Kenny is not a role model material.
Comment by Popo on 15 May 2012:
I have always not been convinced that the Electoral Model currently used in the country serves the national purpose except merely to reward 40 people who would otherwise not see themselves in Parliament (come hay or shine). Remember this is the brain child of Tom Thabane, Deborah Raditapole and Bereng Sekhonyana. It is a legal channel that gets “political no hopers” to our purse and promotes nepotism and greed as Scrutator points out. It is a heinous insult to hear Tom Thabane, Thesele Maseribane, Lekhetho Rakuoane and Moeketse Malebo plead ” Please elect my party to government because we will. ..” when one looks at the caliber of their candidates (both for parliamentary constituencies and P R lists). What is furtehr intriguing is that some of these chaps have been in parliament for more than 18 years, yet they are still not sure they shall be re reelected – hence they are No 1s on their parties P R Lists. Mosisili and Metsing are no exceptions on this sad position as well. Imagine Tom being the Prime Minister and Molobeldi Soulo the Minister of Finance, Thesele being the Prime Minister and Sako being the Minister of Health. It is now evident that politics is the legalized way to personal enrichment in this country. Going through the constitutions of 12 out of 15 parties contesting elections, they are similar in policies and ideology. Whey then have so many parties ? Giving the reason why he jumped ship and formed D C Mosisili made it very clear that there is no ideological, philosophical and policy difference between B C P, L C D, L P C and D C”. They are only different in so far as they follow the politics of cult or personal differences/ preferences. D C was formed because Moleleki and Ponts’o both see themselves as heir apparent, while the majority in the L C D felt “the people” should be afforded their right to elect their own leader. As Basotho people get better understanding of politics and start to depart from the petty politics of hatred (B C P / B N P) we shall be much mature come the year 2017. Hopefully many parties will also have closed shop. It is encouraging to note I E C have done a commendable job by cutting the parties from 24 to 15 today, and one wishes only 3 parties should exist in the country.
Comment by Makunyepe on 16 May 2012:
U mo laile ka ho mo phoqa maid eeno uena Scrunator, basotho ba phoqehileng ba rata hampe hore hloliea ka ma-South Africa ana a tummeng ka bokatana, a sa eang le kae ka thuto. Kenny Kunene hase ntho’eo motho ea phelang hantle ka hloohong a ka ratang ho hloliea batho ka eena lechuchutha leno.
Scrunator haele banna bana ba lipolotiki tse cheap tsa Lesotho, likelloaneng tsa bona tse fofotsang ba nahana hore ba bohlale ho feta basotho bana ba 1,8 million naheng ena, kapa ba nahana hore ba tsoetsoe ka tsela e betere ho feta basotho bohle naheng ena. Ba leshano le nkhang, ba lutse ba itlatlarietsa ka mashano ana a bona Lesotho TV, ba kang moetapele oa LPC a ba nne a buoe litaba tse classang basotho ba hona metseng koana moo a batloang ho khethoa teng, hore u tle u bone hore banna ba lipolotiki haba tlala.
Banna bana bao u ba listileng kaofela ba liparty tsena tsa baikhabi, hare makale hore ebe ba ingolisitse ho constituency le ho PR. Ehlile re ne re se ntse re lebeletse hore borameharo bano ba tla etsa liketso tseno tse soto hobane ke baji ebile ke basotli ba sechaba sa Lesotho. Ba tlamehile ho se its’epe hobane ba feitse kaofela hoa bona lipusong tsa bona, ba incompetent, ke ka hona Lesotho le ntseng le futsaneha hoea hare tsamiasong ea bona.
Le hore ebe banna bana ba iketela likhetho le basali ba bona le li-relative tsa bona, hare makale hobane ke manyala a ntseng a etsahala hona joale, moo re busoang ke tonakholo le bana ba hae le li-relative tsa hae. Bana ba PM le bakhoenyana le lingoetsi kaofela ke li-ambassadors abroad, ke li-PS, DPS, Directors, ba mesebetsing e meholo kaofela ha bona ka 1st degree feela, ba bile ba sena le experience ea mosebetsi. Hana ke basotho ba bakae ba sebetsang ‘musong ba nang le Masters degree fela ba ntse ba le grade F moo ba kholang M5000, bao ba sa promotoeng hohang, bophelo ba bona bo eme nqa ele ‘ngoe? Ntate enoa o promota bana ba hae feela ‘musong, ha bana ba batho ba bang bona ba lutse ka mangolo ba sa promotoe hohang hobane bo ntata bona hase maparamente.
Batho ba ile mahala likolong, ba okametsoe ke Thato ka PA degree feela. Ke ka hona ntata’e a batlang ho busa Lesotho ho fihlela a shoa hobane o batla ho ts’ireletsa li-interest tsa bana bana ba hae bao a ba entseng li-PS le li-Ambassador kaofela. Lesotho ke naha ea bomalimabe. MCCD o ntse a tsamaea mehlaleng e mebe ea Leabua Jonathane hantle ka nepotism, moo ba ipoleletseng fela hore ba tla sebetsa le bana ba bona feela ‘moho le li-relative tsa bona feela!!! Banna bana ba lipolotiki tse bolileng tsa Lesotho baa ts’oana kaofela, ba khopo ba meea e lits’ila. Hoa bona ke ho sebelisa mafutsana hore a ba sunye papa ka hanong, ebe kamorao ba ba tella. Morero o moholo oa bona ke ho batla ho bona basotho ba futsanehile haholo, ebe baa thaba, ba bua lipuo tse mpe tse tellang basotho joalokaha ba tsamaea bare basali ba lifeme ke bo ‘malitjale. A lipuo tse nyonyehang tsa boralipolotiki ba malimabe ba baikhabi. Ha hona le ralipolotiki le ea mong eo ke mo ratang, ke lisatane kaofela tsa meea ea basotho!!!
Comment by Makunyepe on 16 May 2012:
@Nthabeleng, che, ehlile u bua ‘nete uena nthabeleng ehlile MCCD eo oa hau o pheile basotho ka pitseng for the past 15 years of his regime. Basotho ba futsanehile ka ho fetisisa lefats’eng le Afica mona pusong ea hae le LCD kannete. Ehlile banna ba lipolotiki baa ts’oana kaofela, ba khopo ekare lisatanist, haba na mohau hohang le sechaba sa habo bona. Ehlile u nua ‘nete o pheile basotho ka ‘malikotoaneng eo ea lona, kaha bana ba magraduate haba promotoe hohang ‘musong, mesebetsi kea lona bana ba hae feela joalokaha le uena Nthabeleng u le PS MinComm mono empa u eso qete le 10 years u sebetsa ‘musong ka Public Administration eno ea hau ea pass ea NUL.
Ehlile u bua ‘nete ha u re haa a eso sotle basotho ke hona a tlilo ba sotla ho fihlela ba tloaela, hobane o ntsa loanela ho busa Lesotho for more than two decades. Morena MOLIMO O tla arabela basotho ka letsatsi le leng, joalokaha a ile a arabela basotho ka 1986 tlasa puso e khopo ea Leabua. Ntho’e ‘ngoe le e ‘ngoe e na le nako lefats’eng mona. Leabua o na sa nahana hore aka tlohela puso lefats’eng mona. U ithorisa ka manyala nthabeleng hobane ntata a tlatlapa basotho ka lona. Ebe lona le bohlale haholo ho feta bana bohle ba Lesotho moo hoo le bang li-PS le li-Ambassador kaofela? Karabo e tla hlaha next week kea u joetsa. LCD-DC ke lia thoteng li bapile, ha ho phapang hohang. Ho ts’oana le BNP-ABC-LPC-BCP ke lia thoteng li bapile. Li-party tsena li tletse ka baikhabi feela ba nahanang hore ba bohlale ho feta basotho kaofela, ebile ba ipona ba tseba too much ba le tjena. To hell all of you!!!!!
Comment by Rafolatsane on 16 May 2012:
@Mose ho seaka, ehlile Kenny Kunene o tumme hahabo koana RSA, ‘me o tumme ka botekatse le chelete e ngata eo a e fumanang ka bobolu ba li-tender tsa ANC. Ehlile RSA hangata ho tuma likatana tsa li-celeb ho feta batho ba hlaphohetsoeng ba nang le critical ideas. Ba ne ba tunmme bo Brenda Fassie, Mercy Pakela, Thabang Lebese jj. Empa bo Brenda ba shoele ele likatana tsa mafutsana, Mercy keane o qetelletse a lula li-slumseng mane Yeoville, setakaneng sa Joburg. Qetellong a qetella a iphumanetsoe ke leqaqa la lekhooa. Ke motho ea senang kelello joaloka uena eaka khallang Kenny Kunene. Ke sephoqo feela seka reng Kenny Kunene ke role model ea sona.
Batho ba South Africa kaha haba tsebe ho hlalohanya batho ba bohlokoa ho likatana, ntho’e ‘ngoe le e ‘ngoe e hlahang corneng e re e na le chelete eo ba sa tsebeng hore na o e nka kae, baa mo khalla, ba be ba mo tumise, le sephoqo se neng se ja meqomong joaloka bo Brenda, e ile ea tumisoa. ‘me kaha fariki ke fariki, o ile a nna a iphelela bophelo bo ts’oanang le boo a neng a bo phela ha habo mane Langa Cape Town leha ba ne ba se ba mo tumisitse. Kunene enoa e ne ele tsotsi ha habo Odendaalrus koana freistata. Ke ntho’e ka khalloang ke liphoqo fela eno. Haeba Scrunator a kaba mona ka tsotsi e kang Kenny Kunene, kannete ekaba haa tlala. Ehlile Scrunator o bua ‘nete hore na ke eng e bohlokoa bophelong eo Kunene a tummeng ka eona. Motho haa tumisoe ke hoba le chelete bophelong, kaha le lesholu la lichelete le ka nna lare le lona le tumme. Batho ba tumme ke batho ba kang bo Bill Gates oa Microsoft, Chinua Achebe, Thomas Mofolo, ZA Mats’ela, William Shakespear, banna bao eleng lingoli tsa libuka lefats’eng, Bill Gates o re qapetse software lefats’eng, mehlala ena ke bona batho ba tummeng, banna ba nang le bokhabane lefats’eng. Eseng masholu a matekatse. We don’t benefit anything from Kenny but we do benefit from those intellectuals mentioned above. Thats what fame is all about.
Comment by Rafolatsane on 16 May 2012:
@Lekhoara
I agree with you, the so-called Kunene is so proud to be on media regularly, saying things without thinking. Monna eno ke linyonts’a tse ts’abehang hara banna ba batho ba bats’o South Africa. Ehlile maburu in RSA a ntse a tsoelapele ho etsa batho ba bats’o ba sa tlalang liphoqo-phoqo ebe ba khutla ba ba ts’eha ebile ba ngola litori tse mpehali ka bona. Joale ba illiterate joaloka bo Kunene tjena ho sebelisoa bona as puppets.
Comment by Rafolatsane on 16 May 2012:
@Selomo
Maybe you are one of the MPs. I agree with Scrunator, it is greed and cowardice to want to compete on both sides of the elections. You cannot see it because you are one of the rotten potatoes in a bag. Who is ready and prepared to pay his/her tax to keep all these greedy men in this country’s parliament? How dare you insult basotho nation. Most of us are not even interested in these next week’s elections because they are only led by the most wicked men in the world. Basotho live in abject poverty and they have ignored that fact. They don’t do any development for this country and Lesotho is the most poor country in the world as it is undeveloped after almost 46 years of its indepenedence. Shame on you greedy Lesotho politicians!
Comment by 'Minathoko on 16 May 2012:
@Lobengula, u bua ‘nete website ea Lesotho e ea tlontlolla, ka destructive comments tse etsoang ke barutehi ba Lesotho. Nkile ka bala comments tsa Botswana, Ghana le Namibia, kannete lichaba tsa linaha tseo lia itlhompha ruri. Basotho ke bona feela sechaba se tellang haholo mona Southern Africa region, ke ka hona eleng sechaba se tellehang hara lichaba tsena tse ling.
Scrunator ehlile sekhooa sa hae se setle, oa utloahala hore o hlaha Zimbabwe naheng eo makhooa a ileng a e aha haholo le thutong. They do have quality education in that country. Ehlile ha hona mosotho ea ka bang le vocab eo Scru a nang le eona sekhooeng naheng ena, haholo haba hloloa le ho ngola puo ea bona ea sesotho hantle ka nepahalo. Ebe puo ea balichaba eona ba ka e etsang? Litlhapa leha basotho ba le motlotlo ka tsona, websiteng mona teng lia tlontlolla haholo hobane li bonts’a sechaba se sebe ka ho fetisisa, sechaba se senang tlhompho hohang!!!
Comment by ditapole on 16 May 2012:
Scru u make my day evry time i read ur column, u are a writer, fighter. u say aloud wat mst fear 2 say. u have taken lso times 2 greatr hieghts. SISTA U GOT BIG BALLS! KEEP BAKING SM OF THESE GREAT STUFF, U THE BOMB! “…his roots,relatives and goats are there”. LOL! nna iv come 2 stick it in2 my head tht lso hs NEVER n wl NEVER EVR hv [politicians]. we are governed by power hungry and greedy old men who wnt d whole cake 2 mselves. ths wl never change bcos WE(the ppl) shield nd protect this thieves who only come 2 our villages come election time. we sing till our voicess go hoarse nd empty our already empty pockets 2 booze @ ralies, as 4 d dust tht gather in our mouths as we sing party songs as we head bck 2 our impoverished thibella. mx! well c m again in 5 yrs.
Comment by get info on 25 May 2012:
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