A view of the Polihali Village gates shows a blue pond on the left, and just outside the fence, an area below the road used by Masakong villagers for open defecation. Residents cross the tarred road daily from their village on the right to reach this site, entering through a
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The boatmen of Lesotho: a lifeline for villagers
Motlalepula Lethala makes a living by ferrying people in a small aluminium boat across the Senqu River in Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho. Screenshot from video: Ashraf Hendricks Sechaba Mokhethi Every day at about 6am, Motlalepula Lethala pushes his small aluminium boat onto the Senqu River in Qacha’s Nek. Lethala has ferried people across one
Scott Hospital watched in silence as medical waste dumper lied to villagers
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Five community council members face 28 corruption charges
Sechaba Mokhethi Five Qiloane Community Council members are charged with 28 counts of corruption. Prosecution alleges the council’s quintet collected M98,250 in unauthorised “special fees” from land applicants. Each accused was released on M5,000 bail; trial date to be set on 3 March. Five members of the Qiloane Community Council appeared before the Maseru
25 years ago their land was taken from them. They still haven’t been compensated
The community of Ha Rapokolana was moved for the Mohale Dam which supplies water to South Africa. Chief Rapokolana Theko (on the right) says the authorities have broken their promises to the villagers. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi The community of Ha Rapokolana in Lesotho is still waiting for compensation for land
Lesotho’s failed multi-million rand high-altitude sports centre
The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho. The athlete’s village at the Rapokolana High Altitude Sports Training Centre is currently occupied by road workers. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi. Sechaba Mokhethi Built in 2005 to
Why Basotho cross the border illegally to SA
With passports delayed for weeks and sometimes months, many Basotho migrants say they are forced to cross rivers into South Africa. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi The Department of Home Affairs office has been overwhelmed with snaking queues as thousands returned home to renew their documents over the festive season. Because many of
Parliament blocks debate on explosive hospital report
A Public Accounts Committee report recommends that a lease at Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital in Maseru should be terminated because of procurement irregularities. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi Parliament blocked the tabling of a Public Accounts Committee report on procurement irregularities in the awarding of a contract to operate a private wing
Communications regulator finds Vodacom guilty of unfair market practices
Lesotho’s communications regulator has found Vodacom Lesotho guilty of unfair market practices. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi The Lesotho Communications Authority has ruled that Vodacom breached consumer-protection laws by imposing airtime restrictions without warning customers. It has ordered a full reversal, after 138 subscribers reported unexplained changes to their airtime use. The Consumers Protection
