Knives out for ‘Mokose
MASERU — The knives are out for Democratic Congress (DC) secretary general Ralechate ’Mokose with senior party officials accusing the former minister of contributing to the party’s dismal performance in Leribe constituencies in the May general election, the Lesotho Times heard this week.
Sources within the DC told this paper that they want ’Mokose relieved of his position after he allegedly imposed candidates during the party’s primary elections leading to the party being thrashed during the last election.
They said ’Mokose’s conduct in the run-up to the election will be the main subject when the Leribe constituency committees meet on July 28 for a post-mortem of the election.
The meeting will come just a day before DC leader Pakalitha Mosisili addresses a rally in Leribe to thank his supporters for voting for the party in the last election.
But sources say the other purpose of the rally is for Mosisili to investigate how the DC lost many constituencies in Leribe district and for ’Mokose to be given the boot if it is established that he indeed “played a part in the DC losing especially the Leribe constituencies”.
According to these sources, ’Mokose is blamed for sowing confusion in the DC by attempting to impose candidates in several constituencies including Tsikoane, Mphosong, Maputsoe, Matlakeng as well as Qalo in the Butha-Buthe and Mohale’s Hoek districts.
The DC went on to win only two of Leribe’s 13 constituencies namely Mphosong and Malibamatšo.
’Mokose allegedly imposed ’Makhaketla Leipa in the Qalo constituency which was won by Thabang Kholumo, the deputy leader of the Popular Front for Democracy (PFD).
In Tsikoane, ’Mokose allegedly tried to impose ’Maphoka Motoboli, the former labour minister but failed with Dr Thabiso Molapo eventually standing in for the party.
Molapo however lost the Tsikoane constituency to the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)’s Khotso Matla, the current Forestry Minister.
’Mokose also lost his Kolonyama constituency, which he had represented in the national assembly for two parliamentary terms, to the LCD’s Lebesa Maloi, the current Labour and Employment Minister.
In the Mohale’s Hoek constituency which was won by the DC, ’Mokose allegedly imposed Retšelisitsoe Masenyetse.
The DC also lost Pela-Tšeou, Leribe, Hlotse, Mahobong, Thaba-Phatšoa, Likhetlane and Peka constituencies.
“The DC’s Leribe constituency committees will on July 28 grill Ntate ’Mokose about allegations of misconduct during the primary elections and his tendency to impose people in constituencies against the will of voters,” said one of the sources.
“They will ask him to explain why the DC lost the 11 constituencies and the negative influence his conduct might have had, thus denying the DC victory at the polls.”
Another source added that the Leribe constituency committees felt let down by ’Mokose and that if it was established beyond reasonable doubt that he contributed to the DC’s loss in the district “they will call for his departure”.
“The committees intend proposing that Ntate ’Mokose be fired as the party’s interim secretary general because our elective conference will only be in January,” the source said.
Another source who was part of the DC’s closed meeting on Saturday for the Thaba-Bosiu, Maama and Koro-Koro constituencies said it was not unusual for constituency committees “to call to order senior party officials”.
The source, who was part of Saturday’s closed meeting, revealed that former MP ’Malebaka Bulane was also taken to task for alleged misconduct.
“People opened up about their grievances and the negative impact her conduct had on the party. People need to be called to order. It is necessary that Ntate ’Mokose is put before the Leribe constituency committees to defend himself and justify the decisions he made,” the source said.
“It’s called constructive criticism. He should take it like a man and own up to his mistakes. It will also serve as a warning for him and those who come after him to tread carefully and not repeat similar mistakes.”
The source added that the DC lost the Leribe constituencies not because it was a weak party but because of “the calibre of leadership we have”.
When contacted for comment on Tuesday, ’Mokose denied imposing candidates at constituencies and told this paper that he was not swayed because “these are mere allegations meant to spoil my name”.
“I’m sure people who are saying all these things are disgruntled losers who are looking for someone to blame. I’m not the one who decides who should and shouldn’t contest elections. They are merely looking for a scapegoat,” ‘Mokose said.
“I’m not scared by these accusations because it’s obvious they were concocted by people who are angry. I’ve also lost the Kolonyama constituency but do you see me blaming anyone?”
’Mokose said he had during the primary elections entered only but one constituency where there were conflicts which on three occasions interfered with the electoral process.
“The only constituency I went to is Matlakeng and that was only because the election process had been interfered with thrice,” a defiant ’Mokose said.
’Mokose added that only sub-branch, branch and constituency committees were responsible for choosing potential election candidates and that “I only deal with things at headquarters level”.
“It therefore does not make sense how I could have possibly tampered with the election process. Like I’ve said already, this is just an attempt to spoil my name,” ’Mokose said.
“It simply doesn’t make sense, unless if course someone was saying that I’d approached people to order them who to vote for, which I wouldn’t do.”
Comment by semenekane on 12 July 2012:
Ba u potela ntate ‘Mokose. You all had a collective responsibility to either win or loose some of the constituencies in this previous general elections. What any other alternative could ‘Mokose had? Since he lost his own Kolonyama constituency?
Don’t blame ‘Mokose alone, a whole DC executive members are all bad losers including ntate Mosisili. O khanna terene e tsoileng seporong.
Ha e shoe DC ena, e sitisa Bro Tom ho busa hantle.
Comment by sekilaa on 12 July 2012:
li thata litaba tsa lesotho, i thought it was not true that mr leqe nd mr mokose r not in good terms?
Comment by Senior Lecturer on 12 July 2012:
The beginning of the fall of DC.
Comment by Bota oa seoli on 12 July 2012:
Taba tsena lia re soabisa rona rele ma dc.nthoena ea rona etla qhalana la tsebang?ebe ke hobaneng re hlotsoe ke likhetho mafteng maseru berea leribe buthabuthe? Baetapele barona baitsipe
Comment by U bo Koate! on 12 July 2012:
Molimo ua ba senola.
Comment by puleng on 12 July 2012:
It doesn’t change a thing to blame ‘Mokose or do a bitter postmortem. Thing is loosing when you least expected is sad. I think DC members including their leader need thorough counselling. They still haven’t accepted defeat, till then, they risk loosing the few that surprisingly still believe in them! It’s time that Lesotho reached new heights with the coalition government, some will weep as the country moves ahead, because they thought they were the only ones meant to lead Lesotho!
Comment by Young on 12 July 2012:
Ha e shoe!!
Comment by kompi on 12 July 2012:
kea utloa kea tsaba
Comment by ntobe on 12 July 2012:
Tholang ke lesebele, hona ke linyane fela likholo li satla beke etlang tlisang litsebe hantle. DC e eme ka moo thakali e fatelang ka teng khetlong lena.
Comment by Jomaleta on 12 July 2012:
The party lost because they did not want to listern to voices of people not because of Ntate Mokose ,I urge u ntate to stand still and resist people ,Refuse to move away from the party hona le ntho eo ba ebonang ho oena eo molimo ao fileng eona ,please dont move let us move them.
As the members of Dc we need to learn from our mistakes from the time we were at lcd ,mccd must rise up and unite the party ,we cant afford to lose ntate mokose at the critical time as this.
DC never listerned to us especially in mochechane no 1 we told them that pple of makhoakhoeng have lost their confidence ho ntate Maqaleha and they refused to remove Maqaleha and majority of dc members Voted for lcd .
People of Qalo were not listerned to and pfd won that constituency which was the strong hold of DC .
I respect Teboho mokhetoa oa No 2 he went the extra mile in order to win that constituency ,and as long as dc does not listern to pple they will never win other constituencies like no 1 where lcd has put a very powerful young man who understand the needs of pple a man who knows the greatest need of makhoakhoa his name is Apesi he is unmovable ,he loves pple ,he understands pple and he has assured all makhoakhoa hore sekontiri sona se tla kena.
Pela tsoeu we lost also because of our negligence in pela Tsoeu pple thought that MCCD is still a Leader of LCD ,who was suppose to teach pple where are they now ,is it Ntate mokose ? the president of the party was suppose to go there and make a rally but they choose not to go .
Tlooelang Ntate mokose please ,u touch him we will go back home.
Lets listern to pple ,Taba ena ea mahaletere ntate mccd must solve it as a matter of urgency or heads will roll in January at the conference ,batho ba beleng faithful ho ntate mccd ke bo ntate mokose ,ntate enoa oa molimo ha esale a tsamaea le ntate mosisili ho tlo oa 1997 till now ,I even thought hore ke ena motho eo o kabe o mo beile to solve problem ea mahaletere le metsing .
Comment by semenekane on 12 July 2012:
Batho ba nahana mehlolo oa tseba. Lineo Molise o ne a tla hlola likhetho joang a ne a lulellane le ho pholesha manala ka ofising? Mphu o ne a tla hlola joang a ne a lulellane le ho thapisa lifofane?
Joale ho etsoa ntate ‘mokose Nku ea sehlabelo. Khiliki!
Ntate Mokose khutlela ho LCD
Re lebelletse Litima le Lija mollo tsa DC. Litholoana tsa mesebetsi ea Mahaletere. Khiliki! Monna o fosahetse eo.
Ha e shoe DC ena makoete
Comment by Khatibe on 12 July 2012:
There is a succession battle brewing in the background. My greatest criticism of Ntate MCCD has always been his failure to have a succession plan and failure to manage expectations based on such a plan for the stability of the Party. I hope he gets it right this time, or it will lead to the demise of the DC.
Bang bare Ke thokolosi eane e setsing thotong.
Comment by Lefefooane on 12 July 2012:
They are merely using Ralechate Mokose as a scapegoat. If one looks at the performance of LCD in Leribe, it was not going to be easy for any party to win in Leribe solely because people in Leribe hoped they would now have a premier coming from Leribe. That wave even made us lose Hlotse, Maputsoe and Likhetlane. Who would have thought Libe Moremoholo of ABC would lose to Thahane in Likhetlane? No one. But Thahane simly rode on the ‘Leribe prime minister wave’.
Ba potela Mokose because in 2007 elections LCd lost Peka, Maputsoe, Hlotse, Likhetlane to ABC. Was Mokose to blame then. LCD narrowlly won Kolonyama and Bela-Bela by 5 votes. Just 5 votes seperated LCD and ABc in BelaBela, then who was to blame? Ba ea mo potela. Ha ba tlohe mona
Comment by Lefefooane on 12 July 2012:
Potoana lost all of Berea, then who do they blame? They lost all of Maseru urban just like in 2007, then who do they blame? I think there is someone in the Potoana who wants to get Mokose’s blood. If this happens I foresee a situation where Mokose joins us just like he wanted to in 2007. If they succeed I am sure Mokose will go back to LCD, then it will be even more difficult for Potoana to get Kolonyama no 18 back.
Comment by Lefefooane on 12 July 2012:
Experience has shown that if a party breaks from a ruling party and the fbreakaway party fails to become government usually such a party will have squabbles. It is normal that they start blaming each other now that they failed to become government. Le rona ma ABC we had the same problem. Week after week our MPs were being lured to join the then LCD. Ke hopola bo Thabang Nchai oa leneshenale, Mamokho Mathibeli, Motumi Ralejoe, Nkhetse Monyalotsa etc etc etc. Even in South Africa, once COPE failed to be government, we started hearing squabble after squabble. Such breakaways, who have been in government, normally find it difficult to adjust to politics of opposition. Politics of opposition are so difficult because ruling parties normally deny you the state media. The funding dwindles as the Kenny Kunenes would not be willing to fund you. ABC managed because it had a warm relationship with the private media. Ntate Thabane was also able to intelligently mend his relationship with Ramainoane. Amist all odds we managed t retain our stronghold (Maseru urban). Now, size2 is not a media man so it will be difficult for him to go to harvest fm, thaha khube fm etc. Maybe he can go to PC FM on Saturday mornings because the host of that programme is a DC die hard.
Comment by pere on 12 July 2012:
lineo Molise o ne a re mapolesa ke ma standard 3 a ba a re liofisiri li tebeke mapolesa leribe.
Comment by BKC on 12 July 2012:
I will never understand how politicians think. This Mokose was one of my heroes as a learner just a couple of years back. When reading of an Educational philosophy,’Education with production’, I only had a mental picture of Mokose.
In fact, so many of us that joined the teaching force after him greatly aspired to be like him-running a school with a highly productive farm where students shined by their academic execellence!
The moment Mokose was given a poitical post to take his experiment from Leribe High School everything turned the other way round-we kept looking up to him with great expectations of his re-awkening but lost hope in the process.
The politics of power are indeed cancerous!
Comment by Bota oa seoli on 12 July 2012:
Eseng mokose atlohe dc hokampa hoa tloha lona rona hare batle bongata botlo re ferekanya re kampa ra sala le banyane fela re pholile dc mona
Comment by leponesa on 12 July 2012:
Why did Dc lose the thaba Bosiu constituency? why did it lose Koro Koro Constituency? Its because Mahaltere has failed, empa kaha ke thatohatsi o tla lula a qhala potoana ho fihlela. Lineo eena haa Blaingoe ke eng ha a hlotsoe ke ho winner Lebatooa ana le Likoloi tsa ‘muso le matemorary a lipaseng le a borokhong a kentse maponesa a Leribe ka bolotsana. A entse lipasa ka bolotsana 4 Leribe and other constituencies.
Hobaneng le tloheletse Motumi ho emela Lithabaneng, Katlehoho ha Maama le ‘Mamphono ha Mabote even Litjobo koro koro. Haeba lea utloa kesa buoa ka Mahaltere feela mona eseng ‘mokose
if you still use favoritism letlo failure hape ka 2017.
Comment by Khatibe on 12 July 2012:
Rumours are factionalism still persist in DC, but this time is between the Li-pajero (the Sekatle’s) and Li-jamollo (Mahaltere). ‘Mokose is rumoured to be a “Pajero” , so it has prompted Mahaltere to start with his famous mudslinging. May the best faction win, cos we know Ntate MCCD the greatest leader according to those with low standards, will do nothing to curb the surfacing cracks in his party. A party with 1 united front is much stronger than a party riddled with uncertainty and factionalism.
Comment by Rapoli on 12 July 2012:
ntate ‘Mokose pele ba u leleka kaha kea bona bangoli ba hlahang Leribe ha ba thabeloe khutlela hae (lcd) kapa u thehe le uena.
Comment by Petso ka Thialala on 12 July 2012:
Jomaleta sounds like an opposition member noeleng lipilisi ka nako ebile a jele hantle! thumps up for a vividly sound analysis! nna haeso ke Qalo No 4 and ke mohaisane oa Makhaketla Leipa a hlotsoeng ke likhetho. She was never gonna win, even if DC had put MCCD in that constituency! why? Bcoz people are now clever! u give them services, u win elections! Makhaketla once claimed that he will never do anything for people ba metse eno e mo potileng bcoz ha ba morate; yet she occupied a seat in Parliament! how dare she could say that! Mokose did not say that! Mr Kholumo went to people and knew what people wanted! they gave him votes! unfortunately my LCD did not move on time and put in a less knowledgeable candidate!
nna kea ema for LCD in 2017 and i’m telling u that constituency is going back to LCD! ntate Kholumo the game is on!
Comment by koena on 12 July 2012:
Buang nnete,joalo kaha lere nnete ke thebe bt nna kere ho lona leshano ke thebe.ma DC a Qalo ane acho are haatlo khetha,joale lene le lebeletseng? a fihla hee Thabang Kholumo.haleso qale ho loana balakaletsi,ke hona likholo lisatla.how can u put Qachasnek n Machache in de same field,we all know hore dey r rivals.khuoeee….
Comment by Leseba on 12 July 2012:
Helang! Ba ne ba re Tom o maonatso ha batho ba likhathatso ba intsa ho ABC, Ba re na kobo e taboha marantha e le ncha joale ke bona ba khaola pitsa maoto e so qete le khoeli eapele. Khueeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Roberto on 12 July 2012:
Rather than blaming ‘Mokose I believe Metsing (who is from Leribe District) was too strong in the area, and LCD won 4 out of 6.
Comment by Roberto on 12 July 2012:
sorry. I mean 9 out of 13
Comment by Leraba on 12 July 2012:
Molimo o ntsatsoela pele hore arabela khahlano le potoana e litsila. Pontsó Sekatle ke hona atlo khama Mahaletere ka boetapele boo a bosebelelitseng ka nako e telele.Nete ea hlaba,,,Sechaba sa ea lla.
Comment by Jomaleta on 12 July 2012:
I am sick and tired of DC and I can assure you that Iam Heading back to lcd as i never resigned ,Ke tla sebeletsa lcd ka botsepei lebatoheng la no1 mechachane nkampa kaba khekhetane ka 2017 away with mahaletere ,I urge pple of makhoekhoeng to consider rejoining lcd,eseng ka ntate Mokose ea ileng are batlela lischolarship koana leribe high ho le thata batsoali lichelete lile siko ebe ba moetsa nku ea sehlabelo,norway.
Monna lesotho le Khatibe we are coming Back home ,lcd is our home.
Comment by koena on 12 July 2012:
Tholang le shebelle,ua eutloa mepoto ee emoetapele oa potoana antsa epota libokeng moo haare coalition eeme khetho ea sechaba pele,as if bona habaakhethoa ke sechaba,esale linyane,ke hona mahaletere atlo mosebelisa n otla sala leena bale babeli feela,Ponts’o,M’okose lebabang batla bafuralla.
Comment by Oa Lihlaba on 12 July 2012:
Mosotho oa khale o ne a re “Li jana maro ntja tsa setsomi”. Ha ho le thata phiri le selomong ea theoha. Litla morao tsa leano la phurallano. U can only reap what u sow, where is collective responsibility here?
Comment by koena on 12 July 2012:
Mme Victoria Nqheku,khutlela hae,mathata a hohle makhotleng a lipolotoki feela moona moo oileng ke mokhohlaneng,mme,i miss u kahara kobotata n i know untso erata.de way u congradulated me ka malimong le lithabaneng said it all.i know u love ABC n ull always will.retla uamohela.ua utloa banna bo Jomaleta ba khutlela mahabo bona,pls,pls,pls,come back home
Comment by Petso ka Thialala on 12 July 2012:
Jomaleta khutla! nna ke sebelitse ho lekane Thialala ke khutlela Qalo no 4! 2017 kea ema and hotlaba monate !
Comment by chehe on 12 July 2012:
Ebe DC ne se sa patale ngaka? Ne le hopotse ho busa bo mang ho fihlela ba tloaela? Ne ke cho hore MCCD o impressa machaba hore eke o nehelana peacefully ka puso, ha se nthoa ho tela eno, sheba pherekanyo e kahar’a DC a re ba hlotse likhetho, HA E SHOE!
Comment by Mamokhobo on 12 July 2012:
amazing how Lesotho Times so passionately writes people’s names on its unreseached stories without even giving the said individuals to say their side. on ‘Mokose’s story regarding imposing some candidates, for some, its actually on the contrary to your publication. it would do no harm if you can have the same passion to research your stories better.
Semaka
Comment by Khatibe on 12 July 2012:
Jomaleta – You have always been welcome, mona ho LCD ke hae. One thing you need to be careful is that although some of you have good intensions and believe in the cause, you are swimming with the sharks. People who are there for their personal gains, ambitions and enrichment.
Comment by Lobengula on 12 July 2012:
I am not a supporter of this POTOANA circus but batho ba heso ba Malibamatso No6 made a right choice electing Ntate Francis Hloaele as an MP. Ntate Francis as MD of LEC worked hard to bring electricity to this constituency and I am sure with his presence in the legisleture, he will strive more for other services to our beloved Malibamatso.His age and being new in politics might work in his advantage as we have had Ntate Motanyane for a long time as an MP but he was nowhere to be seen and Malibamatso was neglected under his watch. It is now for Ntate Hloaele to work with the people of Malibamatso to bring change and services; first I would suggest he advices that the coalition establish a passport and traffic office in HA LEJONE and one in KATSE DAM. The LEJONE office will serve the people of MPHOROSANE, MAMOHAU, KHAUTA, KAO, FOKA MOSOTHO, LEJONE,NKISI, KHAUTA. The KATSE office will serve the people of SESHOTE, THEKO, KATSE, BOKONG, KHOHLONTSO and sarrounding areas. Ke eo taba!
Comment by Jomaleta on 12 July 2012:
Re ea khutla !!!!!! LCD is our Home ,we have outdone ourself for this dc yet our efforts are not appreciated ,remember How I used to stand for these Ntsu sons before 26 may ,most of pple never love my opinions in this paper ..writting and reading lestimes straight from swizerland .
Comment by Lejantja on 12 July 2012:
Welcome home Jomaleta!! LCD is here to stay & I wanna assure you that it will form the government on its own on 2017. Kaofela rene re rata Tau ea Thaba empa a lumeloa ho ruhuoa ke mahaletere. He motho a mobe eno o e bolaile congress ha utloa a ntsa thetsoa hothoe Ntsu is his biological father. Khuoee Mahaletere le ba u potileng, bo Lineo, Litjobo, Motumi & many other idiots.
Ntate ‘Mokose le uena reka u amohela ka liatla tse peli in this sailing ship. Ya fofa nonyana!!!
Comment by Young on 12 July 2012:
@Jomaleta! Now that’s true understanding of politics. A political party is not a football team. When they no longer represent what you believe in, leave them. Kudos and enough respect.
Comment by Young on 12 July 2012:
@Jomaleta…feela hee mokhotsi if you are going to name-drop your whereabouts, spell the place properly…it’s Switzerland. I’m not attacking you. I’m just saying…writing and reading Lestimes from Lesotho.
Comment by Oa Mpharane on 12 July 2012:
Khang e ts’oana le thokolosi ha e ke be sale! Deal with issues dont leave, thts the principle ha u baleha litaba litla u sala morao.
Comment by Limeme on 12 July 2012:
Jomaleta!
Ka 2017 ke hloka ho bona o eme lebatoeng lefe kapa lefe, monna o hlakile! Ke bona banna ba basotho bao re ba hlokang ka hare ho naha ena ea Lesotho e seng meleko ena. Ntate ‘Mokose akere o ile oa thola nakong eo Metsing a qabanang le Moleleki, eaba ha le kopanye bana baa, uena le Tau-ea-thaba. Ba o nepile heee, habola leshele-shele, haeba hao tsebe ntho eo ho thoeng ke le-congress o tla e tseba hona joale. Khutlela lapeng Ntate. Ho bona LCD.
Comment by Concerned on 12 July 2012:
Nothing that stands against God will prevail…This is the beginning of the downfall of Great Babylon, The Great Harlot, The Great Developed Criminals (DC) and who ever drank from it will perish with it
LET THE WILL OF GOD BE DONE THROUGH COALITION GOVERNMENT
Comment by Tjovitjo on 12 July 2012:
“Ho tjee kajeno ka lebaka la bokhopo ba motho emong”, acho joalo Bra Tom lenna ke ntse ke motlatsa.
Ho etsahalang ka DC(aoo! poor thing) ke liketso tsa Jehova ebile hao motho eaka lithibelang. Moo Molimo a etelletse litaba pele”The truth always becomes as clear as day light, eventually”.
This is the begining of the END ka DC(Ag shame, no DSTV!)
Comment by Monna Khotla on 12 July 2012:
lea pota, ho felileng ke LCD. Ha le tsebe setlo le haela. MALIE O THEHA PARTY EA HAE EA LIKIPA TSE TALA!!! NEEEEEEETEEEE!!!!!!
Comment by Kokota on 12 July 2012:
Who cares? Let potoana die a natural death
Comment by selotho on 12 July 2012:
lejantja ueso u utloa eka ho ntse ho lokile ha mokha o le mong oa lipolitiki o busa lesotho moo, leha thato ea hao eba e ka phetahala ka 2017?
jomaleta mosotho o re “thube ha e na tsatsa”. monyesemane eena o re “a rolling stone gathers no moss”. Curriculum Vitae ea hao lipolitiking e se ntse e silafala ueso hoba mohiri oa hao, e leng sechaba, ha a bone bohlokoa ba ho u hahela li benefit femeng ena ea lipolitiki hoba hosane re ka utloa o s’o le femeng e ‘ngoe.
Comment by Young on 12 July 2012:
Ke utloile last week Mccd a re ba tlo hlokisa coalation botsitso. Joale ke bona eka leha sechaba seka qala trust fund eaba re patala ma-potoana ho hlokisa coalation botsitso, ba ka nka chelete, ba tseka hore na ba e arola joang, ba qabana ka bo bona, chelete e be nyamele Coalation e ntse ena le botsitso ho sena ts’itiso ea letho. Ka bokhutsoanyane, DC is formed of highly incompetent leaders and highly mislead followers.
Comment by Koankoara on 12 July 2012:
Ea khaoha maoto potoana eka ke hona re tla e beseletsa mashala tjena!
Comment by pit on 12 July 2012:
helele luuune!!!! li pajero li tuka malakabe…..khuueee!!!!!
Comment by Mentu on 12 July 2012:
Aooo kene ke choo … Thokolosi eo ba iketselitseng eona joale ba batla ho e etsa ea batho ba bang, e tla lula e ba setse morao. Ha li jane maro ntja tsa setsumi. Le senya seo (LCD) Ntate Ntsu a le siileng le sona, le iketsetsa sa lona? Le lahla le mebala ea hae, le ne le nahana hore bofubelu bo bolelang – lehlena la mollo. Arohanang le se ke nne la khupisana tjena. Ea Fofa Nonyana!!!!
Comment by pit on 12 July 2012:
I cant wait for the day DC goes for elective congress,people think Mangaung is going to be dirty wait till the DC confrence comes,taba ea lijamollo le li pajero has been there from day one.Ntate Mosisili u etsa phoso ea ho nka mahlakore yet again.Chehe Ntate eeu…..
Comment by Young on 12 July 2012:
Ba ratile valentine’s day ba sa ratane…hahaha.
Comment by Setshoana on 12 July 2012:
Hahahahaha!!! Wa tla wa re thusa ‘Moki!!! Lithoto hangata hwa imposwa!! Empa kaha Leribe ha rea rua litlatla ba bontshitse hore ho lekane. Tltltltltltlt!!!!!
Comment by Thapelo on 12 July 2012:
There it is now; the party that was so sure it was going to form a government. How do you cook new food in an old broken pot? it won’t hold anything. they are beginning to feel the frustration of not being in power and calling the shots with all the benefits that come with being a minister. you always thought this was your country to rule forever. only your family is yours forever. Thank God we voted this bunch of arrogant buffoons out!
Comment by Malapi on 12 July 2012:
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeleeeeeeeeeee luneeeeeeeee!!!!!! le ea chaka joale le siile potoana e ntse cha,maoto a khaoha joale.kapa ke ea le sofe
Comment by moitsokoli on 12 July 2012:
a eshoa e ea raha
Comment by motjetjelekoane on 12 July 2012:
SHAME MAPOTOANA, HAELE NTATE EENA KE MATHATA HA BATLE LE HO AMOHELA TLHOLO KAHA JOALE LI TLO MO CHELA KA MANYOFONYOFO A LI TENDER TSA METSOALLE EA HAE.
Comment by Marxist Scholar on 12 July 2012:
‘Mokose wa tseba hore you have the ABC ideology in you, you should have crossed the floor back in 2006, but wa emisoa ke letsoalo. you had to make the choice again in 2012, you could have stayed with the LCD, but you were thirsty for power.
Mokose, why didnt you join the ABC in 2006? Tom praised as the next Jonathan Leabua of this country he was surprised that you didnt cross the floor in 2006?
Joale bana bona hee batlo u fenetha. bo Mahaltere ha ba tle batho ba mohau joalo ka wena tjena. ba hloka bana ba seleng ba sa lakaletseng lesotho katleho.
But i pity you though. you should have crossed the floor in 2006.
Comment by Jomaleta on 12 July 2012:
@seloto ,Iam not moving to another party ,Iam Going back to my original party LCD thats where Ntsu left Us.In 2017 we will be a full force ready to reign .I used to love mccd with all my heart even where he was wrong I would cover him ,since now they have lipajero and litima mollo ,joale ho loantso ntate mokose ,I cant stay.Mccd must remain a neutral man not siding for moleleki ,no2 he is aware that the community dont like mahaltere ,why is he pushing against the will of pple.
Comment by Tamasini on 12 July 2012:
Ntate mccd hlokomela party ena eseke ea senya cv ea hao .Honane hosane ho tla hlaea liposition tsa bo african union le bo sadc ba tla ba tla ho bona ability ea hau ea ho kopanya batho .
Comment by Ntjabane on 12 July 2012:
BA HLANYA BANA HA ‘MOHO LE REPORTER (BONGIWE ZIHLANGU) ENOA OA BONA, BA LEKA FELA HO FEREKANYA DC LE NTATE ‘MOKOSE. KE MANG EA SA BONENG TREND EA LI-RESULTS TSA LERIBE NA E TSAMAILE JOANG? KE MANG EA SA BONANG HA DC QALONG EA CAMPAIGN EA EONA (‘MOKOSE AMONG THE ENGINEERS) E HAPA BOHOLO BA BATHO ESITA LE BA LERIBE. KE MANG A SA BONANG (KHOELI PELE HO LIKFHETHO) HA RALESHANO (METSING) A QALELLA HO CHENCHA LIKELELLO TSA BATHO BA LERIBE KA LESHANO LA HORE E TLA BA TONA-KHOLO EA BOCHABELA. KE MANG EA KA RESISTANG LESHANO LA ‘MPOLI EE EA MASHANO. answer; KE FELA BA ILENG BA EMA LE DC BA BA BA E KHETHA LEBOKOSENG LA LIKHETHO. NA KE TONA-KHOLO KAJENO KAPA KE PUPPET EA MA-NATIONALE? MA-DC A TSEBA ‘NETE A KE KE A KHELOSOA
Comment by david on 12 July 2012:
hahahaha, ea seka le etsetsa letsatsi he lesotho times balakaletsi.Ha re qale ho bona propaganda and false accusations ka incidentnyana ena. OUR DC the comitees have already resolved this small issues tse senang moelelo, ba soabile balakaletsi.
Comment by small on 12 July 2012:
Hahahahahaaaaa…!u thnk DC etla oa,hee,molokots’oai hao butsoe hoya ka takatso tsa ts’oene.khotla lena la rona ke hona letlo hola hleng.
Comment by sekilaa on 12 July 2012:
so sorry it seems in tht party whoever says no to mr leqe, mccd gets hurt! Hhmm, i 4c da gr8 fall of dis party. Gyz whoever used 2 b a member of kobotata pls pls kea ikokobetsa come back home bro & sis, re tlilo le amohela ka matsoho a mabeli
Comment by Selomo on 12 July 2012:
It is time to break with the past, and forge a new era of open and transparent nomination of leadership, free from suspicions of underhandedness.
There have been dozens of court cases among congress party members, costing millions of Maloti since 1993, where candidature of certain individuals were challenged by other members. Ahead of the 2012 elections there were disputes in the LCD and DC about who is the legitimate candidate for the party, many of them ended in court. In the ABC there have also been similar dispute in 2007 and 2012.
The acting president of the LCD (Lehohla) during its general conference in April 2012 had to break with this tradition and openly canvass his candidature for leadership, to no avail. Would LCD general members have preferred their current deputy leader to, say Tsekoa, if the two gentlemen openly canvassed their candidature to the membership? Remember the two-year denial by both Metsing and Moleleki of their vying for LCD party leadership (which the former ultimately admitted)? Should we not know now, who will be contesting the DC leadership positions ahead of the January 2013 general conference?
This latest spat of suspicion that comrade Lincoln acted underhandedly as the interim DC General Secretary in the nomination of DC candidates ahead of the May 2012 elections, is just an epitome of what has been a cancer in the Congress movement since the 1960s, which has brought the mighty BCP and LCD to their knees, and may have cost the DC the 2012 elections. The out-dated provision in which members are nominated to assume leadership positions secretly, and where people are not allowed to openly declare their interest should be discarded forthwith! It is about time that the DC (and the LCD!) amended their constitutions to allow for people who wish to stand as candidates for leadership positions – at sub-branch, branch, constituency and national level – are allowed to openly canvass their intentions and have their bona fides tested publicly. Allow the legitimate membership of the party to decide by popular vote who will represent them.
This will mean that, like in national and local elections, once people are nominated they are allowed to openly canvass to the franchised membership their strengths, and allow their opponents to challenge them. Yes this will mean that congress comrades will be publicly criticised by their own before they even face their political foes; just like the USA primary nominations! The BNP have kind of started with this approach.
Look, the BCP and LCD have all fallen on their own sword due to internal wrangling; since the internal competition for lucrative leadership and electition candidature positions make or break a party, let them be played out publicly. So, as the DC introspects on their way forward following their loss of government to the coalition, this is one reality they will have to face head-on if they are to avoid a split before the next elections.
All elections for political party leadership should be done openly and perhaps even out-source their running to a neutral agent to avoid bias. This is a serious issue of national importance. Our democracy has this one more level to rise to. I so move!
Comment by mju on 13 July 2012:
whatever you have said, I think you are all very stupid. Ha le lutse le hloliana mehla ee kaofela ka Mokose, h’a qala a ba khahlanong le DC e se e le lengeloi? Your love for him is based on conditions? Hahahahahahah! what a joke?
Comment by mokopa-kopa on 13 July 2012:
hee lithata taba tsa lonaa,lithata taba tsa lesotho li batla ‘nete feela.thats all i can say
Comment by Khatibe on 13 July 2012:
If there is one thing about Lesotho politics that has remained true since the nineties, is that, there is never smoke without fire. Very soon they will pretend that all this was a misunderstanding and that it has been sorted out internally. But under the surface a war will be raging.
There has been one constant in Lesotho congress politics conflicts – Mahaltere.
He wants the top job so badly that anybody considered a threat to his ambitions will fall.
Comment by Walker on 13 July 2012:
Ele hore taba ya thokolosi e tlamelletsoeng thotong ke nnete? ke nahana ntate Mokose ele eona mpodulo eo. how on earth can one man have influence on the out come of election results in 11 Costituencies? hell on earth…dc e ka mohlabaneng
Comment by kakapa on 13 July 2012:
ba u nepile ehlile ke batla ba u tebele ulo khanna literekere kwana uhlo bone hantle hore na makonkorese haholo abo Mosisili a DC a khopo joang.uno phaphile haholo wena mokose otlo o joetsa ntatao mosisili hore hase ha mmao mono.
Comment by Letlametlu on 13 July 2012:
Tamasini has a very good comment. Let us all focus on her comment. it is a very constructive comment toward DC senior members
Comment by motho on 13 July 2012:
Ke hauhela ntate ‘Mokose hobane e ne e le tichere eaka Leribe High School. The man was good! His personality as well is excellent! Ha u tshaba u tshabe polotiki. Haeba ke ntate ‘Mokose ea tje? Leha e ne e le Letona la temo maoba mona ke ne ke maketse. Ha ke hopola hore na re ne re khora joang Leribe High School?
Comment by motho on 13 July 2012:
‘Na ke khothaletsa ntate Mosisili ho tsoa polotiking a ee hae. Litaba tsa Africa (Ho kenyeletsa le Lesotho) li ngata. O busitse kannete ho lekane. Seriti! ntate Pakalitha. Re batla ho u hopola u le tona-kholo e seng mohanyetsi ea hloho e thata!
‘NETE
Comment by Walker on 13 July 2012:
Ntjabane dont allow ur emotions backdrop ur analytical ability! (Just saying)
Comment by Jomaleta on 13 July 2012:
It takes Power to Climp the Mountain but it takes character to stay on top of it.
It takes years to build a good image and intergrity but it can be spoiled within a second.The wise man sees danger from afar but a fool goes and suffer for it.It is better to live in the desert than to be in the political party full of guarrelsome and ill-tempered leaders.
Ntate there is so much u can offer for Basotho ,ntate Thabane can use u like SA is using Thabo Mbeki,u were once a President of SADC u can excellently present us to African Union ,African economic unions etc ,forget about DC it will actually affect your intergrity and image ,come closer to the PM and he will give u a powerful mandate or task to respresent us globally.Ntate u are bigger than political parties ,u are nolonger at that stage.U did not acquire such an experience to deal with party issues .
Comment by Jomaleta on 13 July 2012:
It takes Power to Climp the Mountain but it takes character to stay on top of it.
It takes years to build a good image and intergrity but it can be spoiled within a second.The wise man sees danger from afar but a fool goes and suffer for it.It is better to live in the desert than to be in the political party full of guarrelsome and ill-tempered leaders.
Ntate mccd there is so much u can offer for Basotho ,ntate Thabane can use u like SA is using Thabo Mbeki,u were once a President of SADC u can excellently present us to African Union ,African economic unions etc ,forget about DC it will actually affect your intergrity and image ,come closer to the PM and he will give u a powerful mandate or task to respresent us globally.Ntate u are bigger than political parties ,u are nolonger at that stage.U did not acquire such an experience to deal with party issues
Comment by OA BEREA on 13 July 2012:
Paramente ha e buloe ntate Malie le ‘m’e Ntsinyi ba tsebe ho theha ea bona ntho.
Comment by KOTOPE on 13 July 2012:
The simple answer to why the DC only won in the mountains is that, they rigid and lied to voters mostly the masses of illetrate support base in the mountains that the goverment social responsiblity to take care of the elderly, the destitutes, orphans and those affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic are actually favours rendered in return for their of the DC. There was nothing that Ma-Block (Mr. Mokose) could do to win the enlightened masses in the foothills and lowlands who are knowledgeable and are aware of their rights as Citizens.
Stupid utterances lashed by their leader lately and his stance to pick and do as he wishes by pointing to Moleqetsi as the Party Leader, are but just some of examples of how much he undermines his opportunitic Party supporters who are looking at him for survival at the expense of the Nation.
How pathetic is THE DYING DC!!!
Comment by pit on 13 July 2012:
@Khatibe
i would like to add One more person on your list of people out to destroy Lesotho congress politics -OA TAUNG, I mentioned before the LCD elective congress there is one person who doesn’t have anyone else interest at heart including that of our country,nta tsa hae lia moja joale o luka khotso.The end of the country is nearing and Ntate enoa oa Taung is single handedly doing it……
Comment by KOTOPE on 13 July 2012:
‘Na ebe bo NTJABANE ha se ba tlo ts’oaroa ke stroke banna, monnanyana eo oa POTO o utloile bohloko hakaakang!!!hore na le ka etsa mehlolo efe le efe ena eona ke nako ea MOLIMO. ke neng le ikhaba ma-DC ka leruo la naha ee joalokaha eka le e tsoaletsoe le le bang.
Thapelo ea ka ke hore empe e be ke matsatsi a eona a ho qetela ana!!!
Comment by @Khafung on 13 July 2012:
“Le moo ba eang ba ntse ba tla loana hobane joale ke bo ramenyetla”
Comment by Khatibe on 13 July 2012:
@ Pit I have always agreed to disagree with you on your perception of oa Taung “I stand to be corrected”. No one has ever really convinced me beyond reasonable doubt that ke moluka khotso joalo ka Mahaltere.
Even now people keep on saying ena le ntsinyi ba tlo theha ea bona party, just to deviate attention from the obvious divisions in the DC. Anyway everybody is entitled to their own opinion, although I would have liked to see things through your eyes so that I can understand the evil you seem to see.
My case with Ntate Mahaltere is he seemed to be in the middle of every major fight that led to a split in the congress movement. For instance, once upon a time it was Maope vs Mahaltere, Mahaltere vs Thabane, Mahaltere Vs Oa Taung, Mahaltere vs Metsing at some point he was rumoured to be vs his now good friend ntate MCCd and now Mahaltere vs the Sekatle’s and also Ralechate. This guy seem to be an agent of destruction especially of the congress movement. My opinion.
Comment by Lilala on 13 July 2012:
Lona ba ntseng ba nyoefetsa ka hore chelete ena e nyollotsoeng e ngata tsebang hore naha ea Lesotho hore e fihlele maemo a lokileng a thuto e lokela ho sebelisa chelete le hore thuto e nepahetseng e turu ha e ts’oane le ea mahala.
Comment by pit on 13 July 2012:
@Khatibe i fully agree with you regarding Mahaltere and i believe he was the main man behind most of what has happened up to now,but oa Taung has always been not far behind him in fact it was to my great surprise and shock when from being close ally’s they became the worst of enemies.I believe however they know one another game and tend to use those around them for their own personal gain,but lets wait and see how this pans out .I hope this time around it is simply just rumours but i have never trusted the two.regardless this can only mean the death of DC and that i fully support as DC was formed simply to satisfy the whims of an individual..
Comment by Tamasini on 13 July 2012:
Problem e temg and ntate pakalitha need to unite or else party e ea -oa.why are they denying that there is a problem.
Comment by King on 13 July 2012:
The article may have susbstance, but it’s heading may kindle violence! No need to say “KNIVES OUT” for Mokose….
Comment by Kobotata la Mosalemane on 13 July 2012:
Khele!!!!!! Le tsekisa Mokose ha le hlotsoe ke Likhetho. Eena o khetha ka one vote joale Toala ha e le toalatsa le nts’etsa bohloko ho Mokose. Tsamaeang le bue le Mapotoana a sieee litsietsi tseno tsa lona ba tle ka Mmusong oa Kobo, hoba potoana ha e sena mollo oa toala e bata haholo. Ntate Mosisili ke hopola eka joale ke nako ea ho tsamaea sontaha se seng le se seng ho ea libokeng Mohaleshoek ho ea fihla Mokhotlong, eseng u lebe Mabote le Qeme ha habo Kobo!!!!
Comment by Qacha on 15 July 2012:
Are u aware the name Moleleki originates from MOLELE. Molele +Ki = Moleleki
Comment by Kakaripa ea Kariki on 15 July 2012:
Ha u ka pheha hlooho ea le congress ‘moho le lejoe la moralla, lejoe leka butsoa pele ho hlooho ea le congress. Mccd o maonatso ha kakang, o ptjatla pitsa e khoeli li ‘ne! Mccd thiba lia ka molekeng oa ts’imo.
Comment by Jomaleta Twin Brother on 16 July 2012:
I am sick and tired of pple fighting for political survival instead of finding what they can do to build this nation .I am sick and tired of hatred politics whereby I will hate pple because they dont agree with my opinion(me),Basotho lets change our mind set in politics ,Bontate ba baholo mona Hae ba hater Bacha ha ba oppousa thats not politics but political madness even if young pple dont agree with us we must correct them with love not seeking to destroy them ,in the future they can be the only ones who have the solution to the problems of this nation,if we kill them we kill the future of this country,liparting kaofela please ha re feeng batho babacha chance ea liposition ,bontate khale le lutse lipositioneng give us chance so that there can be a change. some leaders had been occupying positions since 1992 Bo-ntate re feeng chance ,we have ideas thats need to be implemented.
Comment by mohlalefi on 16 July 2012:
Lumelang Bohle, Ka ofele,
Motho- le motho o tsoaletsoe; Le ‘Na Ke tsoaletsoe Basotho.Buoa Ke mametse!!
KHOTSO!PULA!NALA.
Comment by Julia on 16 July 2012:
They told ypu a long time ago that you should go back to your former job your political carear is over!
Comment by lihloa lekhoara on 16 July 2012:
Ho tlo shoa makipikipi ano ,metsi le parafine manasi le macongress,ho na ke pale e tsoellang,mehlolo sefela sa maroma,ebe metsing utloa ho le joang ka hara manasi?
Comment by Moithuti on 16 July 2012:
Sena ke sona selemo seo Pakalitha a tla e buoa nnete… le itse le hlotse likhetho joale le tsekisa Mmokose eng hee? Hona ke ho tloha neng likhetho li hloloa ka litereke?
Comment by sbu on 16 July 2012:
mokose o tlisite pherekanyo hobane o tlisitse bonyatsi ka hara party ka mona. hona joale there was no nid ea hore Tsikoane e be e hlotsoe. Tekatsi lena la hae leo bareng ke mamotoboli ha Thabiso a mohlotse o campainela LCD joalo ka ha eka o tlo thola chelete mokose le ena o laheile o hlotsoe ke likhetho
Comment by Letlametlu on 17 July 2012:
Thank you Motho for yr comment…ruri I learn mo’ from yr comments my brothas and sistas:
‘Na ke khothaletsa ntate Mosisili ho tsoa polotiking a ee hae. Litaba tsa Africa (Ho kenyeletsa le Lesotho) li ngata. O busitse kannete ho lekane. Seriti! ntate Pakalitha. Re batla ho u hopola u le tona-kholo e seng mohanyetsi ea hloho e thata!
Comment by Letlametlu on 17 July 2012:
In the meantime he (MCCD) is doing nothing but preachin’and implementing fragmentation or division in political arena while his counterpart Thomas is preachin’ and doing unity to the nation.
Comment by Maru-mats'o on 18 July 2012:
@ Letlametlu
It’s strange that people think that we all suffer from political amnesia (short-term memory). As far as upholding democratic principles is concerned, comparing Mosisili with Tom is like comparing day and night. Mosisili has never incited people to violence. He has always played by the established rules of the political game, always adhering to democratic principles. Tom, with his larger-than-life, egotistical attitude was subversive from day 1 after the 2007 elections, never gracious. Remember the sit-in in parliament led by Tom and other political leaders until they were taken out by the police? Remember the incessant stayaways he called that ruined Lesotho’s fragile economy, and eroded the investor confidence? Remember that he wrote to MCA (Millennium Challenge Account) urging them to stop funding Lesotho because he alleged that the country was undemocratic? To their credit, the Americans saw through the ruse and rejected their request, stating that as far as the criteria they used was concerned, which included good governance, Lesotho qualified. Remember that Tom wrote to SADC complaining about the alleged manipulation in the allocation of PR seats, of which he (ABC+LWP) was the beneficiary? This dragged on until the SADC-appointed mediator, former President Masire pulled out of this role, and literally until the last elections? Remember that he promised to sort out the MKM saga, pledging that he would bail out the company to repay the investors, yet it was clear to the right-thinking people that this was unrealistic? Remember that Tom said, if appointed the PM, he would fire the NUL VC, which would be nothing but flouting the standard procedures of employment contract. In an institution like NUL, which has lurched from one crisis to another, political leaders need to be sober when talking. So, on the basis of the reasons advanced above, I totally disagree with you that Mosisili is preaching and implementing fragmentation, while Tom is “preachin’ and doing unity to the nation”. Yes, some children may be deceived, but not older people. Wish you all the best though. Diversity of views expressed in a dignified manner is what makes democracy vibrant!
Comment by Setshoana on 18 July 2012:
Eish!!! You have got good memory Maru-Matsho wa tseba!! But kannete ha re sa hloka tau ya thaba!! Rona ba bang re hlaha mahlo ho so ntso busa Tau ya thaba ka hona ha re bone letho le letle!!! Ke hopola hanyane pusong ya ntate Leabua moo ho neng ho sena khutsana, ke bolela bohle re ne re ja. HA EYE TAUUUUU!!!
Comment by Joseph on 19 July 2012:
baa monepa kokose o sebopeho se bohloko ekare hase monna.haba khutlele hae khotleng la baholo. MCCD kabo 2002 mona, bo 2007 one are ” hanka tsoa Kahare ho LCD letle le nhlobohe.”
one a ikana are haa batle ha LCD eka senyehela matsohong a hae, joale ho joang kajeno? o lumeletse leqe ho molahlisa kano eo ae entseng ho mofu mothei oa LCD hobane fela ho shebiloe ho leqetsa. ke sono ka bona!
Comment by Nnuku on 19 July 2012:
@ Jumaleta khutlela hae, @ Petso ka Thialala ho bona …. ke ratile puo ea ntate Malie ha are ka ha bane bare ba bolanya lekhotla joale bahlotsoe ba tla bua hona le hoana hore re se hloleng re tsepana, feela come 2017 ho tlo sebetsoa!
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