Ministers to declare assets
MASERU — The Thomas Thabane-led coalition government has ordered senior civil servants to declare their assets.
This is part of efforts to root out rampant corruption in the government.
The Lesotho Times has been informed that forms have been given to MPs, principal secretaries and directors to declare their wealth.
The Information Director in Prime Minister Thabane’s office, ’Malisebo ’Mokela, told the Lesotho Times on Monday that the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) and the Ministry of Public Service are working together to ensure that ministers comply with the law.
However, this paper is reliably informed that the process is yet to start due to technical problems.
DCEO spokesperson Litelu Ramokhoro yesterday said the anti-corruption body had only met with officials from the public service ministry to agree on how they will do the job.
“I cannot say we have started but we met to discuss how to remove some technical problems we encountered in the past,” Ramokhoro said.
He however declined to explain in detail the technical problems they faced in the past.
The Public Service Regulations of 2008 says officers should, within 30 days of their appointment, declare shares and other financial interests in private or public companies and other corporate entities recognised by law.
They are also supposed to have declared their directorships or partnerships, remunerative work outside the public service, consultancies and retainerships, sponsorships, gifts, ownership and other interests in land and property whether inside or outside Lesotho.
“An officer who fails to disclose an interest in terms of this regulation or wilfully provides incorrect or misleading information commits a misconduct, and if found guilty is liable to disciplinary action or a criminal charge or both,” reads part of the regulations.
The DCEO Act was amended in 2006 to include the clause that compels senior government officials to declare their assets.
Ramokhoro said the implementation of the law was delayed because the DCEO lacked capacity.
The DCEO did not have enough manpower to enforce the law, he said.
Ministers and other senior public officials who took an oath of office last month are supposed to have declared their assets and interests within 30 days of their appointment.
These officials include MPs, Principal Secretaries, holders of statutory positions and directors.
Today is the 34th day after the appointment of substantial ministers but none of them has made any declaration.
Macaefa Billy, the Lesotho Workers Party leader, yesterday said he would remind Thabane of the promises they made concerning the declaration of assets when they were still together in the ABC.
Billy said now that the ABC is in power it should ensure that the promise is kept.
“Our stance as Lesotho Workers Party is that public officials, including ministers and MPs, should by law declare their assets and financials and other interests before taking oath of office,” Billy said.
“There should be a specialised commission with enough expertise to investigate assets and interests of people who are running for public office.”
Billy said even when an official leaves office they should declare how much they have accumulated during their tenure.
“That way we will be able to keep corruption at bay,” he said.
“If we do not establish a commission to investigate the outgoing officials we will not help the current government to check itself against corruption.”
Billy said knowing the officials’ wealth at entry and exit will enable this country to effectively fight corruption by those at the top.
The Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC)leader, Kelebone Maope, said the government should make sure that there is a specific law requiring MPs, ministers and other top officials to declare their assets and interests.
“We will wholly support that move,” Maope said.
He said currently there is no specific law requiring public officers to declare their assets.
He said an MP could bring a Bill in parliament through a Private Member’s Bill provision but such moves failed in the past.
Also neither of the MPs has declared their assets.
Parliament Standing Orders and the amended anti-corruption law that established the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) require MPs to declare their assets.
The suggestion that public officials should declare their assets was first pushed by the Popular Front for Democracy (PFD) leader Lekhetho Rakuoane in parliament in 2006 but the ruling majority, then the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) MPs, outvoted him.
Rakuoane is now the deputy Speaker of parliament.
In 2009 the then main opposition party, All Basotho Convention (ABC), pushed, without success, for a law compelling MPs and other public office holders to declare their assets before taking office.
The ABC wanted parliament to compel all legislators and senior government officials to declare their assets before they come into office.
The declaration would include all investments, fixed and non-fixed assets.
They wanted the MPs and senior government officials to declare the source of any wealth that they accrued before taking office.
They also wanted the MPs to explain the source of the wealth that they would have accrued during their tenure in parliament.
Billy, who was also the ABC secretary general at that time, said MPs promised to start the “real push within the next two weeks”.
“If you look at some MPs and government officials you will notice that the wealth that they have accumulated has no relation to their salaries. This clearly shows that something is not right,” Billy said then.
“Forcing everyone who wants to hold public office to declare their assets will reduce corruption.”
The ABC had plans to rope in other parties like Basotho Congress Party (BCP), Basotho National Party (BNP), Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) and the erstwhile Alliance of Congress Parties (ACP).
Rakuoane suggested then that scattered pieces of laws could be used to effect the declaration of assets.
“There is also another law published in the Government Gazette which clearly states that MPs and top government officials must declare their assets,” Rakuoane said.
“Also an act of Parliament which established the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) was amended to accommodate a clause that compels MPs to declare their assets.”
Rakuoane said there was an urgent need to enforce the laws to deal with corruption in the public sector.
“These laws are just white elephants doing nothing for us,” Rakuoane said.
Comment by Ua 6Pondo. on 19 July 2012:
That should not be so difficult! All that is needed are Policies,Rules and regulations to enforce this with declarations signed every 6 months or every other year.
The Policies should be read on engagement with signed confirmations that contents have been read and understood and that one agrees to comply as required. That signature should be enough to secure a conviction should there be any transgressions.
Dceo mathata a eona ke a fe ho na moo? Ho maintainer data base ea information eo? Akere motho ha saena contract a ka ba sa bala le li policy a saena as it is done in all other companies and the record should be scanned through and kept safely where records of importance are kept?
Competence, competence….E be sale re beha mathata kapele le moo ho sa hlokahaleng!
Comment by semenekane on 19 July 2012:
Thumps up to declaration of assets by MPs. Mahaletere should be fully investigated about the allegations that he is far wealthier than the country.
We want to know a truth about Mahaletere
Comment by ketisi on 19 July 2012:
the declaration of both fixed and non-fixed assets should also apply to schools’ principals so that the fees parents pay will be able to maintain schools’ financial affairs, NOT principals’ personal interests. The minister of education, before hiking school fees, must carry out an investigatve audit of schools finances. this will give a clear picture of how much should the fees be increased, if not so, increased fees will only meet principals’ personal financial interests.
‘m’e go and visit schools to see the conditions of scinence labs and computer labs, Just go and see how the schools looked like before the fees were reduced,it’s a disaster.
Comment by Bota oa seoli on 19 July 2012:
Culd you pliz go to schools.bobolu bo likolong mona boetsoang ke liprincipal and secretaries.rekopa bo nyebokolloe
Comment by selotho on 19 July 2012:
litaba tse khothatsang kannete. ha ho seke hoa felloa mafapheng a ‘muso feela, le li-privateng mona bobolu bo bongata, joalo ka libankeng.
Comment by Manane on 19 July 2012:
@Semenekane,
Mora monna ha e hate ka maro. Halti le eena ke motho bo!
Comment by Lekaota on 19 July 2012:
Ke kopa taba ena ese felle Basebetsing ba ‘muso feela. Hona le batho baa bangata hampe baa sebelisoang bobolung ebe benghali ba ipata kamora bona. Batho bana ke barui. O ka ipotsa hore motho ene ele Truper sepoleseng feela hona tjena ke Ralimilione.Joang??
Bobolu bona boo etsahetseng mona Lesotho ‘na ke ne nka khothaletsa hore bohle ba nang le maruo baa phatlalatse ba hlahlojoe.
Comment by Moithuti on 19 July 2012:
We should walk the talk in order to sustain Goog Governance……
Comment by 'Nete Feela on 19 July 2012:
The difference between our beloved country and other countries especially those in developed worlds is that Lesotho or Basotho talk alot and do little, whereas others talk less and do more.
Actions talk louder than words, we need to see more of wanted actions than talks. I suggest we compel the government to establish a Commission whose work would be to evaluate the performance of all Statutory bodies against their mandates.
There alot of things that happen in this country whereby officials feel and consider themselves making us favours while in actual fact they are discharging their responsibilities. I think there must be a programme where people would be educated about their rights so that we can take appropriate actions as ordinary people against government officials who fail to serve the people and discharge their responsibilities.
Comment by Lefefooane on 19 July 2012:
@Manane, I would also share your sentiments. The law should be focused on a particular individual. Rather all the MPs even my fellow ABC MPs should come forthwith and voluntarily declare their wealth and sources of income. Ntate Mahaltere should also come forward and declare whatever wealth he is alleged to have amassed in his twenty year tenure as a government minister. All the principal secretaries should declare their salaries, wealth and assets. We should know how much the PS are worth and how they got that wealth. It would be interesting to know the wealth of minister Timothy Thahane, MP Monyane Moleleki, MP Pakalitha Mosisili, PS Khethisa, among others.
I keep enjoying the blow by blow events in this Letsema government. Now the DCEO should be allowed to do its job without interference.
Comment by Qacha on 19 July 2012:
Some have got Business Partners, for example, Mccd has got numerous partners such as MATEK AND NTHA , therefore it is going to be difficult to know the real wealth 4 these people. As 4 our edu. I still maintain my argument that fees should be abolished or should not exceed 500. Let us follow what SA and stop troubling jobless by forcing them to pay the massive school fees. Let us make our learners to go to schools from 7 to 2 pm and avoid feeding them. It is happening in SA and schools are prngressing. AWAY WITH SCHOOL FEES AWAY.
Comment by Silky on 19 July 2012:
Hothoe bahlomphehi ba mehleng ba ne ba deposita lichelete li accounteng tsa bana ba bona khauteng koana! re tla disclosa re be re khathale! ntoa boholo ho hoe e moseja!
Comment by Qhosh on 19 July 2012:
All right my Ho.Prime minister, let them declare their assets ntate motho re tsebe ho mmotsa hore na ena o nka kae Lesotho le lapa tjena!
Comment by senatla on 19 July 2012:
eish
Comment by Ua 6Pondo. on 19 July 2012:
@Silky….Hono ke Money Laundering. It can be addressed no matter how far the funds are transferred. Again it goes back to the DCEO, and the newly established Financial Intelligence Unit housed at the Central Bank. I still believe hore some people have to start becoming doers rather than be seen to be persistently hiding their incompetence ka the blame game. Ha ba na li structure tsa ho addresser problem tse related to the causes they are meant to deal with hobaneng? All the time ha re na this and that….even with simple cases.
Comment by kaka on 19 July 2012:
walk the talk ntate thabane we sick of laying mp`s
Comment by putsoa on 19 July 2012:
halti she banna!
Comment by three ranta on 19 July 2012:
Sekolo sa litaemane se OK ke sa mang, ka sepheo se feng?etlake ebe se tlo polesha litaemane tsa hakere kea bona hakere hake bone.
Comment by semenekane on 19 July 2012:
@ Manane
Maletere is the most corrupt idiot in this country. Re ntse re batla ho tseba ka bobolu ba Litaemane tsa Let’s'eng tse neng li etsoa exchange with cheap diamonds ke Mahaletere
Our country economic growth is now stagnant because of Mahaletere’s significant contributions to various rampat corruption
I also dislike his style sa ho bua in the public media hore eena oa leqetsa. What hell is tt?. Eena motho eo, a ka etella sechaba pele joang?
Ha a tlohe mona
Sis!
Comment by three ranta on 19 July 2012:
Mahaleterenyana enoa kea bona o kentse molingoana oa potoana.o tla fuputsoa neng mmoho le size2 hobane ke lia thoteng li bapile
Comment by BKC on 19 July 2012:
Mandatory declaration of assests by MPs, Cabinet members and all other Persons holding statutory positions is a good move and practice.
But as we move towards implemetation of this good initiative we need to be cognisant of some other underlying facts to enable it to become a success.
First, most of our leaders today either have benefitted directly or has a stench of corruption sorrounding them. Notwithstanding, each knows more about one another. Which presents a breeding ground for this move to bring two scenarios:
1. You scratch my back I scratch your! You hide my sins I hideyour!
2. You expose my sins, I expose your!
The end process becomes a situation where the mighty ‘fat cats’ agree to get together to fry the ‘small frie’!
Another dirty scenario is where this law is turned into a powerful tool in the game of power-where those that are less likely to ascend the seats off power wants to use it to barr the potential incumbents from ascending to power through terribel ‘mud slinging’.
The case in point to show where this law has been abused lies closer to us in RSA.
In RSA this ‘mud slinging’ has become a game that has come to defeats its’ end and purpose. It has rather been more an acceptable normal game between political figures.
We can see this from Mbheki to Zuma. From Zuma to Malema, to Bheki Cele and many others-as Bheki Cele became the latest victim he chose to suffer in silence a disgruntled Man waiting to expose perpetrators to his down fall!
So, how we make this law to be more of a detterent other than a game of power between politicians!
Comment by maneta on 19 July 2012:
ho bona ntate.
Comment by JJ Matebesi on 19 July 2012:
Now, that’s a great move if done in good faith. Re khathetse ke bapolotiki ba leqetsang lichelete tse sieo tsa sechaba ba nkang ho kena ofising tsa bosebeletsi ba sechaba ele alternative to playing the lottery, haholo joang ha menyetla ea ho se otle jackpot e fokola. Shapaaa coalition shapaaaaaaa!
Comment by Mokompi on 19 July 2012:
Ha li ba je!
Comment by Pontoki on 19 July 2012:
Good move
Comment by kolo on 19 July 2012:
tats a good idea,but te people who are going to the job should be the first to declare becuz our fear is tat we heard people such as MONARE working at DCEO receiving bribe of M100,000.00.
we have to be very carefully when recruiting people for such kind of job.
Comment by Lefefooane on 19 July 2012:
I can’t wait to hear how much the honourable member of parliament from Machache is worth. It should be the most mouth watering declaration of them all. Next one would like to hear how much size 2 made from those infinite number of international trips. Surely size 2′s declaration should also be mouth watering. Next one would not wait to hear how much the honourable member of Liketlatlane Tmothy Thahane is worth. Next probably one would like to know how much Mosito Khethisa is worth. Also of interest should be the PS of home affairs and former minister. Surely one would not wait to hear honourable member of Lebakeng has a fleet of trucks doing business in Zambia or DRC. Fascinating stuff isn’t it. Lastly one would want to know how much Thibeli is worth.
Most important of all should be how the public office bearers have manage to amass such wealth. Otherwise it will be a futile exercise if they only declare without having to explain as to how much such accumulation of wealth was financed. Interesting stuff eh!!!
Comment by Thabo on 19 July 2012:
Assets declare should included those high rank officers and their spouses, kids and parents. He/she may buy/share something under names of closet family members. For example, If a son/daughter of high officer driving a fancy car or an expensive club member card but with a salary of only one thousand?!!
Comment by Oangojane on 19 July 2012:
Good move but there is no law at the moment,through the facilitation of law professional institutes of corporate governance and auditors ,but the coalition must agreè to it thru the assistance of experts ,ho bona lekhoakhoa!empa o hlokomele hore joale ba bangata batla o fetohela!
Comment by semenekane on 20 July 2012:
Mookameli oa DCEO o fumane mosebetsi oo ka mokhoa oa teboho ka corruption eo a ileng e etsa ka likhetho nakong eo a ntseng a sebetsa IEC.
DCEO ha e hloekise ntlo ea eona pele. Leshoele Thoahlane le Thibeli ba corrupt haba tsamae
Hape bohle ba nkileng likoloi tsa li M4000\2000 ha ba tlamelloe ho li khutlisa li tlo rekisetsoa Basotho.
Akere Prime Minister o ile a khutlisa ea hae? Ha li khutle kaofela Bahlomphehi
Comment by kompi on 20 July 2012:
I think this is the futile exercise.
Comment by NOT GUILTY on 20 July 2012:
@semenekane-Oa makatsa PM a e khotlisetsa kae???????/hakere ke ela RSA o e rekisitse?////
Comment by 'MaBotle on 20 July 2012:
@Kompi, we have to start somewhere. Please don’t paint the sky so grey by saying it’s futile exercise to eradicate corruption. I trust this government to do just what it is planning; and if we have nothing to hide, let’s support them.
Comment by Leraba on 20 July 2012:
Hahotatoe bofuma bo fele,e ntle ntho.LRA le eona e etse mosebetsi oa eona hore na NTHAN le MATEKA do they disclose all their income they get from thier investments.
Comment by Leraba on 20 July 2012:
Mutlanyana oa thaba le Leqe litaemne litletse libotlolo tsa li canfruit. eno oa lebakeng litruck tseno ke tsa Local govt limaeneng oa Matek.
Comment by Sera sa motho ke tlala on 20 July 2012:
Ahaaaaa! setlamo-leqetsa sena se se ntse se ts’oana hantle le puso e fetileng hobane motho u utloa batho bana ba ts’oeroe ke hlooho ha ba tlameha ho iketsetsa molao o tlilo sebetsana le bona. Ke bane bo mahaltere le bo blockfarming ba ile ba meneka haba tlameha ho iketsetsa molao oa ho phatlalatsa lithepa tsa bona, hobane ba ne ba tseba hore ba habile ho etsa bobolu bo ts’abehang bono. Joale le tsona liparty tsee tse keneng pusong ka mohau ba hana ho iketsetsa molao kapa ho etsahalang eng na moo? Ke kholoa hore ABC, LWP, LPC le BNP ba ne ba bua haholo pusong e fetileng hore ho fetisoe molao oa phatlalatso ea thepa. Joale ha ele moo liparty tsee li le pusong, ebe bothata ke bofe ba hore ebe le ile la potlakela ho hlomathisa melao batho ba MOLIMO?
Bulang paramente le be le potlakele ho fetisa molao oo oa phatlalatso ea thepa kapele. Re khathetse ke bobolu ba boralipolotiki ba nang le access national treasury hobane ba ithuisa ka lichelete tsa sechaba. Tlohelang ho ts’oaroa ke mala hleng banna, fetisang molao oo hobane joale kajeno ke lona ba tsokang sephali. Le thatafaletsoe tjee hobane ho bua ha ho ts’oane le ho etsa? Le thatafaletsoe hobane joale monoana o tseba ho supa ‘me ona ha o tsebe ho its’upa? Hona ho tlang joang hore ebe DCEO ha e na li-resource tsa ts’ebetso eo? Hee, Basotho ba selehe ele kannete bophelong!!!
Comment by Sera sa motho ke tlala on 20 July 2012:
@Semenekane
Hana o ile a e khutlisetsa kae koloi tonakholo? Ebe u nahana hore re bana na uena semenekane? Hana e ne e tla khutlela kae koloi eo ha cabinet eo ea nako eo e kenyeletsang eena tonakholo e ne e lumellane hantle hore ba ithekisetse likoloi tsa ‘muso ka M4000? Joale haa batla livote eaba u se a iketsa eka oa e khutlisa, ‘me ba habo ba e hana ka hore ba lumellane kaofela ele matona a kenyeletsang le eena hore ba iphe likoloi tsa ‘muso. Joale ebe le nahana hore le ka re roka mahloan’a naketsana? Le eena ha a phatlalatsa maruo a hae, a kenyeletse le mercedez eo ea ‘muso hobane ke leruo le fumanoeng ka corruption. Leha ele mona a qeteletse a e rekisitse koana South Africa Bloem, a hle a e bonts’e le eona, a sekaba e siea hohang. Ba bolele le lichelete tsane tseo ba neng ba iphe tsona ha manashenale a ba cheselitse matlo ka 1998. Mafutsana oona haa fuoa lichelete keng fela le bona mansi aa a ba cheselitse matlo hona ka 1998 eo?
Hee batho ba bolile ba khetheloang ho sunngoa papa ka hanong bana. Ke hore ke ee ke mamele bana ba nahanang hore ba tseba ho bua haholo ka bobolu ba ba bang empa bona ba siea bobolu ba bona ba lipuso tse fetileng joaloka BNP, Masole, le li-congress kaofela tse maqhetsoana. Lesotho mona puso e ‘ngoe le e ‘ngoe e bolile. Ha hona puso le e ‘ngoe e kileng ea ntlafatsa Lesotho ho tloha khale ka 1965 haba qala ho ipusa. Ke mametse ‘Maseribane maobane ha a ntsa bolelisaka kamoo BNP e entseng lintlafatso pusong ea eona. Ebe ke lintlafatso life tse entsoeng ke BNP pusong ea eona? Kapa ke lintlafatso tsa ho shapa le ho bolaea batho? Aku tloheleng ho bua haholo, tsoelangpele ka puso re bone hore na ehlile le tlilo tlisa liphetoho Lesotho mona. Haeba BNP E BUSITSENG 20 years ene e entse lintlafatso, Lesotho le kabe le le letle le na le infrastructure joaloka linaha tse ling. Maseru ekabe e se mpe hakana ka meaho e mebe e ka reng ea litakana. Tlohela ho bua too much for nothing!!!
Comment by Sera sa motho ke tlala on 20 July 2012:
Fela ke utloa ke ipotsa hore na ebe molao ona o tla hle o sebetse, haholo hobane ba bang bao eleng matona hona joale ba ruile ka bobolu. Hana ke mang ea ka ratang ho ikisa selakhapane lefats’eng moo? Re tlake re shebelle re bone haeba ba tla hle ba phatlalatse maruo ana a bona, haholo hobane ba tsebelana limpe ba le tjena. Ba sa tla ts’oana le bane ba ‘muso oa Zuma ‘moho le eena Zuma ba tsebelanang limpe joaloka basali ba sethepung!!!
Comment by Lefefooane on 20 July 2012:
@Leraba, sure enough. LRA must do its job or better still explain if Matekane & Nthane declared and complied with our tax laws. I have a feeling that Matekane’s aeroplanes did not go through proper tax procedures. I stand to be convinced.
Comment by semenekane on 21 July 2012:
@ Sera sa Motho ke Tlala
‘Na ke tseba ha Tona kholo a ne a khutlisetse koloi Imperial fleet service. Joale haeba Imperial e e rekisitse RSA, ke lehoetla la maobane ho ‘na.
Comment by puleng on 22 July 2012:
Declaration of assets has been on the hold for too long, now it’s time for change! With this in practice, certainly our economy can be saved. There is a direct correlation between corruption & poverty. In Africa, Lesotho included, people with political power have a tendency of amassing themselves with wealth at the expense of poor voters. It would only be fair that even past ministers declare their wealth. We can’t afford a high unemployment rate while a selected few get super rich through the public purse!
Comment by Leraba on 23 July 2012:
@Sera sa motho ke tlala
Haeba hao tsebe hore na muso oa BNP o entse lintlafatso lifeng? ka hara naha e ea Lesotho tse sentsoeng tlasa pusu ea Mutla oa thaba.u tlameha o lengoana oa lesea.
Comment by Sera sa motho ke tlala on 23 July 2012:
@Semenekane
Imperial e ile ea e hana koloi ba bonts’a hore ke litumellano tse entsoeng ke benghali hore ba rekisetsoe likoloi ka M4000. Koloi e ile ea qetella e khutletse ho mong’a eona ea e rekiselitsoeng, ‘me eena a e rekisa koana RSA.
Comment by Sera sa motho ke tlala on 23 July 2012:
@Leraba
Ke ts’epa hore ngoana lesea ke uena ea pakang tsa sa li tsebeng. Ehlile kea pheta kere ha ho lintlafatso tsa letho tse entsoeng ke BNP. BNP ntlafatsonyana eo e e entseng pusong ea eona ke ho etsa ‘mila oa sekontiri ho tloha Tele ho ea tsoa Mechechane feela ka lilemo tse 20 tsa puso ea bona. Ho feta mona ke meaho ea Lesotho bank le Central bank fela e ka sutjoang. Ha ho na infrastructure e nepahetseng joaloka linaheng tse ling eo BNP e ileng ea e etsa hohang pusong ea eona. Ho ella mafelong a 1985, ba ile ba bitsa ma-Korea ho tla ba ahela stadium seo itseng ha ho qetoa ho fatoa ho lokisetsoa ho ahoa, eaba puso eo ea hae masole a e liha.
Ho feta mona mosebetsi oa hae o moholo e ne ele ho matha linaheng tsa makhooa koana a ilo kopa lijo joalokaha ba ne ba phallela Lesotho ka rice e thatahali tjena le liphoofo tse ts’ehla tse neng li isoa likolong ‘moho le lijo tse ling. Che mohlomong ke tsona lintlafatso tseo u buang ka tsona tseo, liphallelo kaha Basotho le hotse le phelisoa ka liphallelo, le qetella le utloa eka ho nepahetse hore le khaketsoe ke balichaba joalokaha ho ntse ho etsahala le kajeno lipusong tsa barutehi.
Comment by Leraba on 23 July 2012:
@Sera sa motho ke tlala
Mccd o re motho o mohule ka qola ea kobo o motse hore na ke ‘mao thoe?
-Lesotho flour mills
-Lesotho airways
-Lesotho pharmacutical co
-Lesotho bank
-Agric bank
-Selakhapane
-Loti brick
-Lesotho building finance and many more
Comment by Sera sa motho ke tlala on 23 July 2012:
@Leraba, e, tsena tseo u li boletseng li ne li tlameha ho ba teng hobane naha e ne e hloka hore hobe joalo. Leha eba naha e le very poor, u keke oa phela banka, poso, leloala, le setsi sa meriana li le sieo naheng efe kapa efe. O ne a tlamehile hore a bone hore li ba teng. Tse ling tse ngata ke life lintlafatso? Teropo ea Maseru ele motse-moholo eona e ntlafalitsoe kae hobane esale ele mpe tjee ho tloha khale? Ha ke bua ka lintlafatso, ke bua ka ho aha infrastructure e ntle e boemong bo amoelehang. Ha ke etsa mohlala ka RSA leha li sa lekane le Lesotho ka moruo, Bloemfontein le Bethlehem ke literopo tseo maburu a li ahileng hantle, ke literopo tse ntlafetseng tse nang le infrastructure e hlokahalang bophelong ba batho. Ke entse mohlala ka literopo tse kholo Free state hobane ke sa batle ho bua ka Joburg kaha eona e hole haholo ka development u ka lahleha. Ha ho na ‘muso le o mong Lesotho mona o sebeletsang hore Maseru feela bonyane e ke e beoe hore ebe boemong ba li-city tsa lefats’e. Maseru e mpe ha e boemong bo amoelehang hohang ba li-city. Meaho e ruanyang kahara teropo ea Maseru e mebe ha e khahlehe. Ke meaho ea ‘muso e runyang kahara teropo ea Maseru e metle joaloka bo Health, poso le li-complex tse tharo tse pela Queen 11. Che le meaho ea libanka e betere. Kannete meaho e meng eona e mebe hore ebe e ahiloe Kingsway mona. Mebila ha e boemong bo botle bakeng sa hoba kahara teropo. Leabua o ile a hloloa ho planna teropo ea Maseru joalokaha ele eena ea qaling ho busa Lesotho kamora manyesemane. O ile a itsoellapele ka plan e mpe ea manyesemane, a sitoa hore Maseru e raloe bocha ka tsela e nepahetseng kaha Basotho ba rata ho etsetsoa lintho tsohle ke makhooa.
Maseru ke lepeqe fela hona tjena, la meaho e bokantsoeng ‘nqa ele ‘ngoe hose mebila e lekaneng, ho bile hose le li-parking ka tsela e nepahetseng. Ha ho esobe le ‘muso o ntlafatsang Lesotho ka tsela e nepahetseng hohang ho fihlela hajoale, kaha puso ea BNP e qalileng ho busa Lesotho kamora manyesemane e ile ea hloloa ho rala teropo ea Maseru bocha hore e shebahale hantle. Ba ile ba matha litseleng tse fosahetseng tsa meralo ea manyesemane.
Comment by Kopung NJ on 23 July 2012:
Ha hobe joalo Basotho ba batle ke nako joale ea hore ‘muso o mocha o bont’se boikarabello le ho t;sotella litabatabelo tsa rona Basotho le bao balulang ka har’a naha ea LESOTHO. Ka hoetsa joalo hotla thusa makala le makalana a ikarabellang tabeng tsa tsaiso le t’sebiliso ea lichelete hore a khone ho latella tsela le mokhoa oo lichelete li sebelisoang ka ona.Ka kopo taba ena ha eseks nkuoa hanyane ke bao ba lokelang ho etsa joalo hoba kaho etsa joalo hotla fana ka t’sepo sechabeng hore efela hona lemoo re eang teng.
Basotho ka kopo hleng ha re bont’seng ho khathalla leho t’sotella katleho ea naha ea habo rona ele hore moloko otlang otle o khole litholoana tsa mosebetsi o matla oo reo enteng ka katleho.
Comment by Setshoana on 24 July 2012:
Kheleeee!!! Ekare Lesotho le tla tswelapele jwale! Re kgathetse ke the big gap between the rich and the poor!
Comment by ABCLCDBNP on 25 July 2012:
FROM: LEFEFOOANE,SEMENEKANE,LERABA AND COALITION @ ALL-HA KE THETSOE KOLOI EA 4000 EA KHUTLISOA E KAE??????? THESELE A REKOA KA CHELETE E TLETSENG MOKOTLA EA BONOA KE MANG THESELE A LE KA TLUNG A RAPELA-SELOMETSI BAHOLO LE BA BABANG BA BOLAILOE KE MANG?? MOSISILI A EE TORONKONG HOBANE A UTSOITSE HO FETA BO MANG??SOMEONE SOLVE THE PUZZLE 4 ME PLEASE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS!!!!!! Don’t Judge Me
Don’t you hate being judged? Ugh, I hate it. In fact, I go to great lengths to avoid it, but still I feel like others are always focusing on my flaws. You know, judgment is a soul toxin, maybe one of the worst. I might compare it to drinking lead; it just sits there in your soul like a weight, poisoning everything. But today, Jesus is giving you the remedy to avoid being judged, one you might not have heard. In fact, if you’re like me, you might have been doing just the opposite, unknowingly heaping more and more judgment in your life. But today we can start to reverse that. So first, I need you to answer a question for me…
Answer This
If you were facing a trial and had the option of being either in the defendant’s shoes (the one being judged) or the prosecutor’s shoes (the one doing the judging), which would you choose? If you were me, you would choose the prosecutor’s chair, because that is the one safe from judgment, right? WRONG. Jesus said it’s actually the opposite. And I want you to read a story with me to prove it.
“The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of everyone and asked Jesus, ‘Teacher, we caught this woman in the act of adultery. In his teachings, Moses ordered us to stone women like this to death. What do You say?’ They asked this to test Him. They wanted to find a reason to bring charges against Him. Jesus bent down and used His finger to write on the ground. When they persisted in asking Him questions, He straightened up and said, “The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone at her.” Then He bent down again and continued writing on the ground. One by one, beginning with the older men, the scribes and Pharisees left. Jesus was left alone with the woman. Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Where did they go? Has anyone condemned you?” The woman answered, “No one, Sir.” Jesus said, “I don’t condemn you either. Go! From now on don’t sin.” (John 8:3-11)
Let It Sink In
Imagine that you’re her. Think of your worst sin, the thing you most desperately want to keep from other people. I know I have mine. Now imagine that all the authorities in your life have brought you to face your punishment before God and everyone else. How do you feel? Probably like me, terrified! But then instead, Jesus gets down off of the Judge’s chair, walks over to your accusers, and says, “Well, which one of you are perfect? You can be the one to cast the judgment.” And then one by one, they drop their charges. Then He walks over to you, and He says—and this is actually what He is saying to you now—”I don’t condemn you either. Go and be free of your sin.”
Judge Not, and You Will Not Be Judged
You see, out of all the people in the story with Jesus, only one received His forgiveness—the one facing judgment, not casting it. As long as you are in the judgment seat, Jesus says you are actually going to receive it the most! “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1-2 It’s like you are trying to dig your way out of a ditch, but with every pile of dirt you shovel out, one more is piled in. That’s what happens when you judge others. In fact, Jesus goes on to say that the bad you see in others are actually your own flaws: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:3-5 It’s like you were sitting in your house, noticing everyone’s flaws out the window, but what you don’t realize is that you’re not looking at a window, but a mirror. And every judgment you cast on “others” is actually one you’re casting on yourself.
The Remedy
So what’s the remedy? The antidote to judgment is actually mercy. That’s what Jesus showed with the adulterous woman. Actually I shouldn’t call her that; I should more rightly call her the forgiven woman. Because when she was at her lowest, Jesus showed her mercy, and it gave her forgiveness. The Bible says, “Mercy triumphs over judgment.” James 2:13 In a fighting match, mercy is stronger than judgment. So if you are feeling clogged up with judgment-for yourself and for others-God wants you to take a mercy pill. He wants you to first accept the mercy He is offering you, and then start to give it to others. He wants you to put yourself in the position of the adulterous woman and not in the position of her judges. Because as you give mercy, you will receive it in return.
Take a Mercy Pill
Take God’s mercy pill today…and start to take it everyday. Every time you start to judge someone, just pause and take a dose of God’s mercy instead. Think of how many of your flaws Jesus has forgiven. Let it flow through your soul and touch others in return. For example, today I was at the grocery store, and started to judge the woman in front of me. But then I started to think instead of all the good things about her, and I started to feel mercy for myself too! It’s the same for you: you can start to live a life of mercy for yourself and others. If you want to receive God’s mercy and start to give it to others in return, just tell Him in the Comments. He will give you what you ask! Let’s start to get rid of the soul toxin of judgment! Help us God!
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