How the mighty have fallen
By Scrutator
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CRUTATOR is inviting all Basotho in the trucking business to bid for a lucrative tender.
Someone somewhere in Maseru West is about to move from his house of 14 years.
Bidders must prove that they have the capacity to provide a lorry with two very long trailers and enough money for fuel to Qacha’s Nek.
They must also note that the customer might require an extra truck for his goats, horses and camels.
A small bus is also required for the customer’s shepherds.
The customer and his wife are not covered by this tender: they have to find their way back home.
They will go back the way they came: perhaps in a chicken bus.
So there you have it enterprising Basotho, a business opportunity more profitable than chesa namas and car washes has come.
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nless something dramatic, scandalous, silly or illegal happens in the next few days Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili will drop the “Prime Minister” title from his name to become just another villager like many of us.
Scrutator says this with caution because she is very much aware that nothing in this country is as cheap as a politician.
Some of these unprincipled politicians might be induced, persuaded or coerced.
Still that prospect should not stop innovative people from bidding for the tender to carry Mosisili’s things to Qacha’s Nek.
Scrutator looks forward to the day when Mosisili will know how it feels to push a half-empty shopping trolley in a shop and salivate at the good things that you so badly need but cannot afford.
He should know how it feels to have a long shopping list and a thin wallet.
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f Mosisili does indeed leave office he will have no one but himself to blame. He would have been hoist by his own petard.
He set a bomb that detonated in his hands before he could launch it.
The truth is that he wouldn’t be in this fix that has forced him to go down on bended knees to beg political nonentities for seats if he had not formed the DC in the first place.
How the mighty have fallen with a thud? Boom!
His bloated ego has burst.
What remains is a humbled man who is about to experience how it feels to negotiate from a position of weakness.
The small people in the political arena have suddenly become the kingmakers to whom the mighty Mosisili has to bow if he wants a five-year extension to his stay at the State House.
It is as clear as Mahaletere’s beard that the LCD, the party Mosisili deserted in February, could now help seal his fate.
You don’t need Dr Pontšo’s spectacles to see that the DC has boxed itself into a corner.
The DC will have to dance better than ‘M’e Lepono to get out of this quandary.
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ecause Mosisili burnt bridges after crossing them he cannot go back to negotiate with the LCD.
He has to resort to desperate measures of offering candies to unprincipled and desperate MPs.
If Shakespeare was alive today he would have said “the pomposity of Mosisili paradoxically doomed him”.
Even if he manages to persuade the smaller parties to fuel his car back to the State House the next five years will be terrible for his government.
The smaller parties should demand hefty prices for their seats.
They can start by demanding the ministries of home affairs, finance and defence.
That tender ministry of public works won’t be bad either.
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ut even after saying all this Scrutator would like to put it on record that she is not thrilled by the prospect of a new government.
We are told that the All Basotho Convention (ABC) has a coalition deal with the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and the Basotho National Party (BNP). Phew!
It’s a mishmash of the old, the garrulous, the excitable and the misdirected.
The result is a toxic mix potent enough to make a government machinery cease.
Our prime minister might be a 70-something man who will soon need a walking stick.
Don’t get me wrong, the man still has some energy in him.
The question is whether he still has the energy to carry himself as well as run a country with such huge problems.
But his age is the least of Scrutator’s worries.
His propensity to surround himself with empty-heads is what scares me the most.
Then you have the LCD, a party with a shocking tendency to forget its voters as soon as it gets into power.
It only reengineers and reinvents itself when it has been booted out of government.
The last time it was in power unemployment reached 45 percent and poverty set up base in this country.
This is the same party that forgot that Basotho need passports to cross a border and when things came to a head its deputy leader said he was naive.
Scrutator still has not figured out what the BNP will bring to the new government apart from dreams of a past that we have been trying to forget in a rush.
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uiz time.
Which profession is likely to benefit the most from this election?
A. Teaching
B. Plumbing
C. Engineering
If you don’t know the answer then you better ask the following teachers: Lesao Lehohla, Ralechate ‘Mokose and Mamphono Khaketla.
And who said “yours truly will win a majority in this election?”
For an answer go around and look for a guy with a big “48” on his forehead.
Ache!
scrutator29@gmail.com
Comment by semenekane on 31 May 2012:
Chehe! Scru litaba tsa hao! Khiliki! “the pomposity of Mosisili paradoxically doomed him”
Ha u ts’aba u ts’abe Mahaletere
Ache!
Comment by Oa-Masupha on 31 May 2012:
Ache! “Ha u tsaba, u tsabe motho”. Elprofesori Size 10 can be an ‘exciting’ leader of “His Majesty’s Royal Opposition”; Just imagine that voice shouting “madam Speaker” from the back-benchers …!
The BNP, apart from the 5 PR seats, has nothing else to offer the nation – they need a complete overhaul! Its leader, who came third in his home constituency, was voted for by only 22%, 1486 people to be exact – I think that some people have more friends and family than that! How can we have a ‘persona’ of this calibre in Government; who does he really represent? 5%? Molimo o thuse Lesotho le Basotho!!
Comment by 3rd Eye on 31 May 2012:
The tragedy of Macbeth = The tragedy of Mosisili. A tragic hero is someone who experiences a downfall as a result of his deeds. Now we have ours! Good case study for our Literature students.
Comment by Liboy on 31 May 2012:
Scru u buwa feela hoba u hiretsoe joalo ke mankoesta, ha ele hantl Tona kholo ebile morui le pele u kaya etsa class 1, le chelete ya esebedtsng e ka holisa wena le litloholo le litloholoana tsa hau. Ya trolley e sa tlaleng ke ya hau hoba u khola pocket money ya setloholoana sa Tona kholo. Ke ne ke maketse ha sebine seseng ha se u bitsa ka mabitso pineng tsa hae ke fumana lebaka. Jelous ppl nevr gt inspirtn frm other ppl.
Comment by Oa Leribe on 31 May 2012:
Tsooa sa khooa editor he!
Comment by sputla on 31 May 2012:
bo-scrutator ba bua without thinking about what they are not saying. ehlile Liboy jelous people never get inspiration from other people.
Comment by lephola on 31 May 2012:
ao Srcu letsatsi la hore MCCD e be mofutsana ha le sa tla fihla!! ke toro le takatso feela e sebelitse chelete authi ya Tsoelike!
Comment by 3rd Eye on 31 May 2012:
The man is on his way down. Rich or poor, he must leave & become an ordinary citizen who is commanded by his village chief. Haeno kobo liphororo!
Comment by mojela on 31 May 2012:
banna utloa li air heads tsena tsa ma dc, motho wa teng hana letho, fela o proud ka hore mccd ke morui, u ruile ka eng hoba yona chelete yachabana se lapang see
Comment by Cats on 31 May 2012:
Scrutator ba joetse batho ba nang le chelete ba tsoana le Ntate Mandela ha ba lule hofihla batho ba aba joetsa hore ba tlohe moo
Comment by Oa Lihlaba on 31 May 2012:
Scru your unobjectivity is becoming boring! Look again at the results and you will see:
1. The leader won his constituency by over 90%.
2. Over half of all voters chose D.C.
As for me, I had defected from the true leader of the people and joined one of these popularist leaders. my D.C. brethren showed me the error of my ways and voted the leader in! Damn Scru! You either clean up your act or go back home! we have had it with your B*%$S$#@.Thabane oa o patala monna?
Comment by Setabane on 31 May 2012:
Helelele luuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnaaaa Ba joete Scru li tsaba nete hampe Litabane tsena tsa ma DC. Ya foofa toala thlolo ya mathata ke eo.
Comment by Jojo on 31 May 2012:
@Oa Lihlaba
Unobjectivity? How many times do you have to be reminded this is a column and not a news article. Nxa.
“I had defected from the true leader of the people and joined one of these popularist leaders. my D.C. brethren showed me the error of my ways and voted the leader in!”
You are the chameleon here. You defected and then came back.
Cant you see that Mosisili has no majority.
“The leader won his constituency by over 90%.
2. Over half of all voters chose D.C.”
So why does he not form a government if those numbers of your are so important. Batho!
Comment by Lineo on 31 May 2012:
Oa Lihlaba you say “We have had it with your B*%$S$#@.” Who is “We”?
Comment by Matamong on 31 May 2012:
Chee! e sebelitsse boy ea ka tsoelike, hau bone haa ana le Hotele China koaa hore e hlile ke morui. Haa tsamae hee a khutlele Roma kapa tsoelike. La molihela hee ponts’o ka hore a le thehele lekhotla la lona hobane le le batho ba sa sebetseng ka molao joale hona joale le hokae. Ke eo o sekame hee hoa lona ke hore le tsamae le eena hobane le uele BUUUUUUUUUU.
Comment by Papi on 31 May 2012:
Oa lihlaba do not mislead people; are you so used to lying to yourself that yuor lies in the end sound like the truth to your ears, and you want others to believe them. DC only got 39.6% of the votes. I agree with Jojo that you are a chameleon; you thought DC was goin’ to win, and that as Mahaletere has been unashamedly been saying that “le tlo leqetsa”, le tla be se le qalile ho leqetsa. you are doomed. opportunist
Comment by lebohang on 31 May 2012:
khelek! this a true eye opener to basotho. a new government might not change much but we know for sure something will change ant that is what we need
Comment by LEKHOARA on 31 May 2012:
Uena bareng o Scrutator, ke maketse ha ose o bua tjena, e kae prediction ele ea hao hore Mosisili is going to win the May 26 election?
Sea luma seeta sa Pakalitha ho leba Qacha…..
Comment by Ratabane Sebono Moea Ramainoane on 31 May 2012:
Seems each Thursday you are excelling in spatting verbal diarrhoea.
Comment by Thapelo on 31 May 2012:
This coalition, if it does take off, should put to an end a long era of divisive politics in his country. Never again do we want reference to people as Lenasi, Lecongress, Le what-what! we are one and serve one nation. that should be the principle that guides us, not some cheap politics of rushing for party membership just to get a tender you don’t even deserve.
Comment by Thapelo on 31 May 2012:
This coalition, if it does take off, should put to an end a long era of divisive politics in this country. Never again do we want reference to people as Lenasi, Lecongress, Le what-what! we are one and serve one nation. That should be the principle that guides us, not some cheap politics of rushing for party membership just to get a tender you don’t even deserve.
Comment by Leraba on 31 May 2012:
Tau ea thaba ke morui? o bonka kae borui boo, ke litaemane kapa ke li tender kapa ke likhafa tsa Basotho.che hake makale hobane moruti Lekhoaba oiketse boea batho a ntsa bolela hore ‘Mathato ona le M85 million ABSA Durban.HALITSOE
Comment by Me on 31 May 2012:
@ Oa Lihlaba o bua leshano le se nang le motsoako. DC e khethiloe ke batho ba 218,366, batho ba khethileng ba 551,726. Haeba u entse standard 7 u tla bona hore DC ha ea khethoa ke batho ba fetang 50%.
Comment by sushi king on 31 May 2012:
“Hau ka sekama re ka oela..” singing
Comment by Monna_Mosotho on 31 May 2012:
hahahahahahahha!!!!!!
Comment by Ratabane Sebono Moea Ramainoane on 31 May 2012:
Oa Masupha, Trust me, the BNP is going to surprise a lot of detractors. Watch the space…..
Comment by Monna_Mosotho on 31 May 2012:
Stru!! mona o ipitselitse ts’oene kamora thaba, thola feela u tlo utloe licomments tsa AirHeads tsa maDC a ha li o hlapaola!!
Comment by Tsoelike on 31 May 2012:
Scrutator ea ingolla hlama hee!!! Not a DC fan but I dont believe media shud right ds kind of thns, Monga Sealemoea sa Moafrica fm o sa tsoa nelehetsoa a mabeli a mo lekaneng maobane facebook a ntsa ngola bolekoe bo ka reng bona
Comment by Ratabane Sebono Moea Ramainoane on 31 May 2012:
Ha ele lona ba ikemeng ka mokhehle hore a loanela tokoloho hoa echa hoa tima. Hana ho monate ha ele lona ma DC le sebetsa le manasi? Ha lesale ‘moho LCD koa lene lesa sebetse le NIP? Na lea tseba na ke mang emong oa bathei ba BNP le NIP? Lena le lenyora la litulo ho fihlela boemong ba ho sebelisa emotional black mail? Hantle la batla ho iketsa likokotane tsa khorameli tje ke eng? Kapa le lutse kotikoti la liboko leo etlare ha le phahama ebe rea bona rele sechaba hore lene le lutse sebolu holimo? Suthelang babang, mo le sentseng lesa sentse ho lekane.
Comment by Rethabile on 31 May 2012:
Hahahahaha you’re such a hater!!! Ke mang a nang le 48 on his forehead?
Comment by lethulaliako on 31 May 2012:
Liboy. ? Otto von Bismarck is the first chancellor of German, Liboy: u leshano;
Liboy, Hitler started 2nd WW, liboy: u leshano,
Liboy, Mandela was incarcerated for 27 years, Liboy: u leshano, Liboy, Mccd lost the elections, Liboy: u leshano, DC got more than half of the vote, Liboy; Mccd got only less than 40, Liboy: u leshano, Liboy: what’s the basis ea manganga a hau, Liboy cuz am a DC (ke le Congress)
Comment by neo matiea on 31 May 2012:
@ 3rd Eye
i lyk wt u jz said.”Now we have ours! Good case study for our Literature students”……..yeah,w hv bin wrttn about Oedipus…..n ads…..NOW WE HV OUR OWN! thnx
Comment by oa tebetebeng on 31 May 2012:
ke hore limaumau tse lithabetse ho pepesaka borui ba mosisili bona ba lapile, o bonka kae mosisili borui hona le batho ba kholang ho mofeta feela ba sa rua, haeba o ruile o qenehetseng a kao ja chelete eo ea hae le litloholo tsa hae a tlohela ho iketsa motlae oa basotho, bona le balateli ba hae ha batsebe le ho bala, bo Oa lihlaba motho oa teng kea bona le 50 percent ha a tsebe ho e calculata kapa haa bona lipalopalo hantle, ehlile ka hore boholo ba sechaba hasea mokhetha, me sechaba ke poho, mosisili haa joine opposition and work his up if he is a true leader, kapa o itukisetsa ho pana poho ee eo esale a bolelisaka e bohla?
Comment by Khitsane on 31 May 2012:
I just remind people similarities between the Dr Leabua Jonothan’s BNP and Dr Bethuel Mosisili’s LCD and DC both parties loathe oppposition. They do not adhere to the rule of law. Use of force. Corruption nepotism, bribery and favouritism.
There is no way DC could be a five year goverment without corruption, if you bribe someone to turn against thier party by means of money, power is corruption. In the civbilised world by now DC would have conceded defeat and preparing itself to be an effective opposition.
They would have gone back and look themselves in the mirror and see what is wrong no they are not like with Jonothan’s BNP, when defeat came other than planning to be an effective, constructive opposition they are plotting political thuggery. The writing is clear to any seasoned and honest politician that it will be an uphillbattle to win support unless it is won by dishonest and illigal means.
Comment by Nnete on 31 May 2012:
Leraba ha u re Mathato o na le 85 Million, u seka ba lebala Ntate Malie eo ngoana hae a nang le li billion tsa Lesotho tseo ntate oa hae a li patileng ho eena ha a tla tloha pusong.
Pioneer Mall e hahuoe kang? The Swan eona? Ma LCD, DC, ABC, BNP baa ts’oana kaofela.Bohle ha ba le pusong ba tlo senya feela.
Hona joale Tom o lula malaeneng, o thabetse ho ea state house, Le tla utloa within 6 months a lutse……….
Comment by Mokalimot'so on 31 May 2012:
Is not yet late for him to appeal from LCD, but with my own eyes i see a hero to zero.
Comment by NARE EA POHO on 31 May 2012:
SCRUTATOR BOLELLA BANA HORE BORUI HASE LETHO HERE ON EARTH. BUKA EA LIBUKA E-EA BOLELA HORE TSE TSOHLE LEFATSENG KE LEFELA LA MAFELA. SEBELETSANG MOEA BASOTHO 2 GT OURSELVES PHOMOLO LEHOLIMONG. POLOTIKI HASE LETHO BT A GAME.
Comment by Observant on 31 May 2012:
@Nnete and Leraba, please don’t build arguments around ridiculous claims. They only serve to make you sound ridiculous.
Leraba, Me Mathato haeba o ne a ena le 85 million ABSA, e ne e tla be e tsoa kae? E fihlile joang moo? South African Reserve Bank e sebelletsa ho loantsa money laundering ka mokhoa o matla. U nahana ‘Me ‘Mathato o na le eng e mo lumellang ho etsa litlolo tsa molao South Africa? Le motsoall’a bona Kenny Kunene o ne a keke ea ba etsetsa transfer e kalo because transactions over R1 million get scrutinised by the authorities.
Uena Nnete, ha u phele Lesotho? Ha u tsebe ka feme eo Basotho ba bangata ba tsetetseng ho eona ho haha Pioneer Mall? For your information, the company is called Moruo Developments. Besides that, u nahana chelete e baloang ka li billion Malie le ngoana eo oa hae ba ke be ba sa hlahe Forbes Magazine le bo Patrice Motsepe ha ho buoa ka baruihali ba batso. Haeba u phela Maseru, na u kile oa bona koloinyana eo Ntate Malie a tsamaeang ka eona.
Please, itseleng likelello hleng bathong ba Molimo! Kapa batho ba batlang ho le sebelisa hampe ba se ba balehile ka tsoana? You have both allowed your hatred for individuals to cloud your judgement and in my humble opinion that is a pathetic state of affairs for you, not for them.
Comment by Rasta on 31 May 2012:
Liboy molato oa ho baba! The reality is that whether or not size 2′s pockets are lined with gold, if he goes back to Qacha, he will no longer be earning but just spending and it will be his money not the freebies he received as PM. Scru wouldn’t be earning pocket money if it was not for the likes of your beloved MCCD whose focus for the past donkey years was to rape the country until the poor thing could not move!!!
Comment by observer on 31 May 2012:
Observant, u deserve a Bells. Most people commenting on these forums base their arguments on hearsay or opinions (which they are entitled to) & conveniently choose to ignore bare facts.
I have also heard that nonsensical rumor that Malie owns Pioneer Mall. There is also another hogwash that His Majesty owns Maseru Mall just because it was reported that the investment came about upon His Majesty’s invitation.
Every time there is an announcement about a multi million project the 1st thing you here from peoples lips is ‘mccd is goin to chow that money’ even though the project has nothing to do with mccd or the state example being these malls
Comment by Lucy on 1 June 2012:
Interesting how people suddenly think floor crossing is wrong? The holy ABC and its leader like many in the 7th Parliament are a product of floor crossing and betrayal of the people who put them in Parliament in the first place. How come it is suddenly a product of money exchanging hands. Ooele basotho ha re ke re beng le ‘nete. Hao! Floor crossing is a democratic right of MPs, and so have most parties been formed through this practice. If there is a party we should all sympathise with, its the BCP where all of these people broke away from: Mokhehle, Maope, Thabane, Ts’ehlana, Maphalla, Mosisili – na ke tla ba qeta kaofela? Itloaetseng ho bua ‘nete basotho, Khele!
Comment by Search on 1 June 2012:
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Comment by mohlalefi on 1 June 2012:
TABA Tsena ha li sa ja ‘Mako li se li ja Kotsana Ka likhakeng.
SEEISO o Kae? Morena oa Matsieng.Kea le hopotsa:(Ntoa ea Seqiti.)
Ere; Mapeperu le makoala hlahelang,
Le tl’o bona ha Lihase li loana!
Comment by Halahala on 1 June 2012:
@me 218,366/551,726*100%=39.58%,tsamaea olo kopa change ho Tichere ea hao ea Mathematics haeba ore its above 50%.
Comment by MA LIBOY on 1 June 2012:
LI BOY U BUOA KA LI TROLLY TSA MONNA E MONG OENA U ROBALA U NOELE METSI?U O ETSELITSENG MCCD EEO OA HAU A TLATSANG LI TROLLY TSA HAE UENA U POTA LESOTHO KA ENVELOPE E TS’ETSENG “I HEREBY APPLY”?TSOHA ABUTI.TSOHA.RE HLOKA CHANGE.
Comment by Likhohlopo on 1 June 2012:
”Scrutator still has not figured out what the BNP will bring to the new government apart from dreams of a past that we have been trying to forget in a rush”.
BNP will just bring conflicts, war and disaster in this country as they had done during wild BNP regime. Its scary and disgusting that Metsing gave this horrible political party a chance to step in on power after almost 26 years of rejection. Why couldn’t he asked himself about BNP being rejected by basotho for so long? Basotho have got some valid reasons. If this coalition faction would be successful and take a rule, Metsing will regret it one day in his life!!!
Comment by Me on 1 June 2012:
@ Halahala, tsamaea u ilo bala ntho eo ke e ngotseng hape u tsebe ho utloa hore na ke itseng.
Comment by Likhohlopo on 1 June 2012:
@Nnete, ke utloa u koalehile hore monna kapa mosali tooe! Na u phela Maseru moo kapa u lula maloting koa? Ke mang ea reng Pioneer mall kea Malie? Na u motho ea balang li-magazine tsa Lesotho bo Pinnacle le tse ling? Kapa u emellane le ho bala magazine tsa RSA bo Drum, YOU le tse ling tse senang thuso tse sa ngolang litaba tsa bohlokoa hohang? Che haeba u emellane le ho bala magazine tsa South Africa feela, ehlile u keke oa tseba litaba tsa Lesotho hohang, ke ka hona u tla lula u iphoqa ka hore Pioneer mall kea ntate Malie.
Mall oo ke oa makhooa a mararo le mosotho a le mong bao e neng ele beng ba Lesotho Steel Company. Empa mosotho eo hase ntate Malie. Hoa hae ke site feela mono. Kapa le eona Lesotho steel ha u e tsebe? Ho bohlokoa hore u tsebe litaba tsa Lesotho ho feta tsa South frica hobane li molemo ho uena ho feta tsa South Africa tse ke keng tsa u tsoela molemo hobane ha u phele South Africa, esita le Lesotho hase karolo ea RSA.
Comment by 'Nete Feela on 1 June 2012:
‘Nete ke hore litaba ha li hloke ho buoa ka maikutlo.
I can deduce it from most of your comments that we are still a bitter nation at heart, and I wonder why! No man can give what he does not have. In my opinion politics is more a game than war. Basotho we cannot allow ourselves to be divided by politics come-on guys! The Bible says: “Love your neighbour as you love yourself”.
We should learn to let the past stay in the past and together fight to make Lesotho a peaceful and better country for all Basotho. King Moshoeshoe I taught us not to say ho Moroa; üena Moroa tooe! Whether you support or fan ABC, BNP, DC, LCD or any political party what binds us together is the legacy of love and peace that King Moshoeshoe I left us. We should learn to fight and defeat problems and not people, fighting each other does not help us conquer our probles – not at all, and from what I have learnt our problems are:
– hatred
– jealousy
– individualism
Let’soele le beta poho; ntja-peli ha e hloloe ke sebata; matsoho a hlatsoana; noka e tlatsoa ke linokana; lefu la noha ke ho tsamaea e le ‘ngoe; mara ha a sena lihloela a oela; sechaba ke poho.
At the end of the day you will realize that we are all related one way or the other and as such in need of each other. DC supporters, ha se mara ha se ho feela ba heso…this should be a moment, time and opportunity for you to show Basotho why DC was formed in the first place; 2017 is not that much far and please do not loose focus. When God closes one door it is because He wanted to open another one.
ABC, BNP and LCD, etc, supporters time has come and this is the moment! Kindly teach Basotho the true meaning of togetherness and good governance principles; you have fought hard for this opportunity and you deserve the platform. In your plans to enhance the lives of Basotho, try to understand and appreciate that Basotho means everybody including ABC, BNP, DC, LCD, BCP member, the list goes on and on…
Molimo a boloke Lesotho le Basotho!
Comment by Noko on 2 June 2012:
@observant…for ur information, Forbes Magazine e buoa ka batho ba nang le chelete Stock exchange…..ke ntho ena chelete ea Motsepe e kahara li company tse kang Sundowns e sa balelloeng leruong la hae….Tsa mo bala likoranta o ithute…..Borui ha bo methoe ka boholo kapa majabajaba a likoloi, ke ntho ena koloi eleng liability eseng asset…..O le ntsitse chibobo Malie ka koloi ea mmanqethe le bile le mmala meno ka eona….Tsooa but…REserve Bank e botse mang ka chelete ea bosholu..? lona lesholu…?
ke hona joale he Tim a tlilo bolela hore na o sothuoe letsoho ho tekenela tumello ea tse kae ho tsela molatsoana li-million….
TSA MO BOTSA PHOOFOLO NA HO JOANG KA MATAMONG TSELI A MO SOTHILE LETSOHO HA E NE ELE MOOKAMELI OA LESOTHO BANK…
MALIE O TSEBA CHELETE HA A SA IPRESA BANA JOALO KA BO MAHALETERE BUTI…SENNERE EA MOSHEMANE…
Comment by linyebe on 3 June 2012:
as always you claim to be correct but u aint yu r a bitter pill manipulative,punky,one-sided lky msr Fms,future cente-naire, human toll lookin for fame.you remian a lady out to pay rent every moon
Comment by Augustina on 3 June 2012:
One was hoping that the hatred that people have for Dr.PB Mosisili, will have been surpased by their jubilation for the people that they like who seem to be succeeding through the coalition, but noo, you still have to talk about Pakalitha even when he is quiete, do you know why? Nneete, deep down in your hearts you know as the world knows,the man has got more votes in the elections than all your leaders. You also know it is embarrassing that your so called prime minister elect performed so badly he needs more than one party to form a coalition.Is it such a pride really to be a prime minister whose party lost to another? Ache Mosisili ha a mpe a kalime Tom bo prime minister a ke a ikutloisise monate oa ho bitsoa the right honorourable, even though he knows as we all know there is nothing right or honourable about how he got the title. Ae, batho babangata ha baa khetha ntate Tom, ha baa khetha ntate Metsing le ntate Maseribane. ba khethile ntate Mosisili. Ke nnete.
Comment by Activist on 3 June 2012:
@Oa Lihlaba leshano ha se ntho ea bohlokoa ho hang. MCCD u khethile ke less than 50% of the people who voted on the 26 MAY 2012. To be more exact it is 40%. That means to say 60% ha e mo batle. U leshano le nkhang le bohle beno ba ma-DC. They talk of minority government, what hell is that in a democratic country like ours? Bahrain they have it but Bahrain is not democratic and is ruled by mornachy which is the case here in Lesotho.
Comment by lineo on 3 June 2012:
@linyebe, you are right that Scru is out to get rent every moon. Everyone is. But tell me linyebe why do you sound like someone whose rent had just been taken. Lol. sometimes when when we are angry we must just shut up or we expose ourselves. Linyebe you have just exposed yourselve. There is a huge loss behind that anger. Seek the rent elsewhere dear. The new government hasnt frozen posts or tender.
Lol. Iam laughing all the way to bed. Lol. Rent? Linyebe.
Comment by nthuse ke bue nete on 4 June 2012:
Judas o ne a keke a ba mong le lona baileng la phuthoa le rekisa makau? where did you raise funds for buiding the mall where is the american Citizen? le uena lenasi u koala MKM le tsekisana meaho le Thebe ea Khale than you blame it all to Ntate Pakalitha?
Comment by Observant on 4 June 2012:
@Noko, a car is asset. Cars are often referred to as a depreciating assets because their value tends to decrease over time. On the other hand, a liability is a debt (sekoloto). Fela che ha ke batle ho qothisana lehlokoa le uena ka ho ruteha kapa ho se rutehe hoa ka.
However, what I must state is that you have totally missed the point. To be explicit, my point was that you should use empirical evidence to make your assessments or judgements of a situation instead of being driven by emotion. The strange thing about emotion is that it often fails to make logical arguments.
My mention of Mr Malie’s car was an illustration of a LACK of conspicuous consumption on his part, which is often associated with high levels of affluence. Even the most frugal of rich people tend to look for certain basic features in their cars such as comfort, safety, reliability and easy serviceability. Don’t you think somebody with billions of rands, even if they weren’t looking to impress anyone, would at least buy a Corolla or similar car?
I agree with you that Forbes often uses Stock Market data to estimate rich people’s wealth. However, the reason we often know about the wealth of many other rich people (including the likes of King Mswati III) is because a reasonable estimation of their wealth can often be made based on their known activities and asset holdings (e.g. shares in private companies, property, bonds and other asset classes). Most rich people don’t keep their wealth in cash because inflation erodes the value of their wealth over time and, as such, tend to invest their money in assets that will grow in value over time and provide a positive return on investment.
If certain individuals have the kind of money that people like to talk about, it would be observable in their consumption and investment behaviour and if the money is even in the tens of millions, it wouldn’t go unnoticed or undetected.
Comment by SETUTLA on 5 June 2012:
Ha ele lona ba ikemeng ka mokhehle hore a loanela tokoloho hoa echa hoa tima. Hana ho monate ha ele lona ma DC le sebetsa le manasi? Ha lesale ‘moho LCD koa lene lesa sebetse le NIP? Na lea tseba na ke mang emong oa bathei ba BNP le NIP? Lena le lenyora la litulo ho fihlela boemong ba ho sebelisa emotional black mail? Hantle la batla ho iketsa likokotane tsa khorameli tje ke eng? Kapa le lutse kotikoti la liboko leo etlare ha le phahama ebe rea bona rele sechaba hore lene le lutse sebolu holimo? Suthelang babang, mo le sentseng lesa sentse ho lekane.(AOOOOO…HANA BARE O MOPROFETA…HMM…EA REKOANG KA LITEKE… How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?
Why do you persist in rebellion?
I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.
my people do not understand. Life is slippery…..
Comment by Aunty P on 5 June 2012:
Ke ipotsa feela hore lemong sena sa 2012 ho na le batho ba ntseng ba lumela ho Mccd!!! Kannete?
Comment by Matamong on 5 June 2012:
Ntho e tenang ea lona lifebe ting tsa macogress ke hore le ile le lumela ho holisoa ka leshano ho boleloa ka moo manasi e seng batho kateng fela hale batla thuso ea bona le a ba tseba. Le ne le batlang ho NIP ea lenasi le ntate Manyeli haeba e hlile le nyonya BNP. Hakere le bone hore hoja ea seke eaba ka NIP lene le se ntse le hlotsoe ke likhetho kobotata e le ts’oere ka marete. Theohang litulong hee ba heso re sa utloile ka mashano ana a lona le muso ona oa linyatsi le botekatse bo tlontlollang. Aku sutheleng ba bang bake ba tlo leqetsa hee kamora 15 years le bue masepa ka moo le ratang hee. Haele uena Motumi ho felile ka uena le Nchai.
Comment by Masingoaneng on 5 June 2012:
Jooe…. a thata mantsoe Matamong
Comment by Masingoaneng on 5 June 2012:
Nnete e bohloko kannete, ke utloa ke ba soabetse
Comment by semenekane on 6 June 2012:
@ Augustina
Hore na batho ba bangata ba khethile ntate Mosisili, hoo hase taba ea bohlokoa kaha a sena bongata bo lekaneng ho theha ‘muso. Bro Tom ha ikopantse le mekha e meng bana le litulo tse lekaneng ho theha ‘muso, that is their democratic right and there is nothing wrong with that.
U se ke oa bua joalo kaha eka Bro Tom o etselitsoe favour ke Pakalitha hore e be Hon Prime Minister, ke ka khetho ea rona re le sechaba hore sena se etsahetse. One man’s rule has fated up ‘me re leboha Molimo ke hona.
Amohela liphethoho khaitseli, ‘muso ona oa kopanelo ke molleloa.
“the pomposity of Mosisili paradoxically doomed him”. Moiketsi ha lleloe.
Ea fofa! Toala! Tlholo ea mathata
Comment by hlobolisane on 6 June 2012:
Nkhono Augustina, Hakere Ntate MCCD le eena o ne a je mmuso lefa? Ntate Tom eena o betere o khethuoe ke batho, pitsa eona ha re tsebe na e ne khethoe ke mang. sheba ka leihlong la hao pele o supa ho la ngoaneno
Comment by clementine on 20 June 2012:
@ SRUTATOR
At least Mccd had a chance of being a “PROMINENT” PERSON.He is called fomer MP not just any viillager. Don’t ever forget that he will be smiling all the way to Qacha with thousands of Maluti pansion proposed in the parliment for his retirement.W’ll he be shoving HALF-empty trolly like you or having SHOPPING list with thin wallet? You are joking SCRU MONNA ENO O KAMME HAMPE HA ANA HO HLOKA EA HO PHOKA MORO THIS WINTER EVEN THE COMING ONE.
TRULY TT ena ts’iu li ile but he promised to carry on. Ke hopola pina ea mosotho chakele e reng “Ke hana ke ikokotlela ke le matala”
Comment by moqekel motlatsi on 30 August 2012:
seeta sea luma batho ba balea mpeketle.