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ABC youths take on ANC over jobs

MASERU — The president of the main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) youth league says Basotho students studying in South Africa should be allowed to get internships there. Libe Moremoholo said the ABC youth league had engaged their counterparts at the African National Congress (ANC) to push for the change. Moremoholo said the youth league was not happy with South African companies for failing to grant internships to Basotho students studying in that country. “Many Basotho students spend a bigger part of their lives studying in South African universities and colleges. They also spend large chunks of money while doing it. “However, when they finish studying South African companies do not give them internships. Instead, they are forced to come back to Lesotho where most companies’ requirements do not suit their qualifications,” Moremoholo said. He said the youth league was concerned with the plight of Basotho students studying at South African universities and colleges. Moremoholo said the party believed that the ANC youth league had the muscle to effect favourable changes for Basotho students. “Basotho students studying in South Africa are faced with so many challenges which Lesotho is seemingly unwilling to tackle. “We believe the ANC youth league can help us to effectively deal with these problems,” Moremoholo said. Moremoholo said there was no point in sending students to South Africa for a better education if they do not reap any benefits from the neighbouring country. “If Lesotho sponsors students to study and live in South Africa, why can’t they have their internships there? What is the point of spending money in that country?” Moremoholo said. Moremoholo further said that the ABC youth league would be working with youth organisations and student representative committees in colleges and universities to sort out problems caused by the National Development Manpower. “The NDMS always delays in paying students their allowances. This frustrates SRCs (Students Representative Councils). “The ABC youth committee has already requested a meeting with Manpower to discuss the matter and find solutions,” Moremoholo said. He said controversial ANC youth league president will be visiting Lesotho soon but refused to divulge the exact dates. He however hinted that the league was planning to invite the ANC youth leaders to the ABC’s third anniversary celebrations in October. Despite the cloud of controversy surrounding Malema, especially where his public conduct is concerned, Moremoholo described him as a dynamic and professional character. “Malema is a good person and a reflection of what youths should be. He is also focused on the ideology of the ANC and its youth league,” Moremoholo said. He said the ABC youth league wanted to strengthen relations with the ANC youth league ahead of local government and national elections. “We need to mobilise support from youth leagues locally and encourage them to vote along ABC in order to unseat the LCD,” Moremoholo said.

Stolen clothes land factory workers in court

MASERU — Ten LGI Sales factory workers yesterday appeared in the magistrates’ court to answer theft charges brought against them by their employer. The workers, seven men and three women, allegedly stole clothes from the LGI Sales factory in May this year. The prosecution alleges that they stole clothes worth M372 000 from the LGI factory which is based in the Maseru industrial area. Yesterday the accused started presenting their defence with one of them, Paballo Soola, denying having stolen from the firm. “I did not steal anything from the firm. Even if I had the intention to steal I could not have managed because of the tight security at the firm,” Soola said. She told the court that she was not aware that something had been stolen from the factory until May 2 when the police together with the owner of the firm, Mairoon Adams, arrived at her home at night. She said there was also a group of Indians who accompanied the police and the factory owner. “Upon arrival they searched my house and took all my clothes away. They said they were looking for the stolen clothes from the firm. “I had clothes which I bought from other shops as well as those that I bought from the firm,” Soola said. “The security guards conduct a search on each and every worker. There is no way one can get out of the firm with any stolen items,” she said. One of the accused, Thapelo Khoeli, told the court that he resigned from his job after he was asked by the prosecutor, Boloka Tshabalala, to testify against his co-workers. He said he refused. “I resigned from work after the prosecutor Ntate Tshabalala asked me to testify against other accused persons. “I told him that I could not implicate anybody in the alleged theft when I did not see anybody stealing. “I then realised that I would not work comfortably at the firm. I had to quit the job,” Khoeli said. He told the court that he did not steal from the firm because the security guards conducted body searches on every worker. “They would even want to see our underwear to confirm that we have not stolen from the factory. However prosecutor Tshabalala said Khoeli resigned from work after he stole from the firm. “I put it to you that you resigned from work because you knew that you had stolen from the firm,” Tshabalala said. But Khoeli forcefully said: “No I resigned because you forced me to testify against others.” The case continues.

Robbery victim in shock

MASERU — Thakane Matsoai says she is still traumatised two weeks after armed robbers threatened to shoot her during a robbery at her sand distributing company in Maseru. One of the robbers drew a pistol and ordered Matsoai to give him some money. She complied and handed over M6 200 to one of the robbers. The two robbers then fled. The police later gave chase and arrested one of the robbers. He is still in police custody. His accomplice was not so lucky and decided to end it all by shooting himself in the head to escape arrest as the police net closed in. In an interview with the Lesotho Times this week, Matsoai said the robbery had left her extremely traumatised. “I thought I was going to die. He pointed the gun straight at me. I looked into the barrel and was convinced it was over,” Matsoai said. She however said she was not sorry at all that the robber later committed suicide. “I feel no sympathy for the criminal who committed suicide. He mercilessly pointed a gun at me. Maybe if I had not given them money they could have killed me,” she said. Matsoai is a cashier at Mechaling Transport and Plant Hire in Maseru. “The younger one drew out a gun and pointed it at me. The eldest accomplice ordered me to give them money. “I drew out M6 200 from the drawer and handed it over to him,” Matsoai said. She said the robbers were not happy with the money and demanded more. “He wanted more and told me so. But I told him that what I gave him was all I had. “He did not seem content by the look in his eyes,” Matsoai said. She said trouble started when the two men walked into the company’s premises posing as customers. “They came into the office and enquired about the prices of both types of sand — fine and rough. I told them the price was the same, M480 for a load,” Matsoai said. She said her sixth sense told her that something was wrong although she could not point out what it was. “I did not feel comfortable even as I was talking to them. Just looking at them sent shivers down my spine,” she said. She said immediately after that brief conversation, one of the robbers pulled a gun and pointed it at her. “I was paralysed with fear,” Matsoai said. She said she prayed that the robbers would just walk away after she had given them the money. “The whole scene played itself out at the speed of lightning. But it seemed like forever because I was just so shaken,” said Matsoai. Matsoai said the robbers ordered her to close her eyes before they fled. “They ordered me to “sleep” before they left. I was sitting on a chair, at this desk. “I closed my eyes, covered my eyes with my hands and faced down. I looked up for a brief second and they told me that they had ordered me to “sleep”. I did as I was told,” Matsoai said. She said after the robbers left the company premises she rushed out and called out for help. “My colleagues who were outside immediately gave chase and the suspects fled in the direction of Koalabata where the police caught up with them,” said Matsoai. Senior Inspector Sebele, who heads Mabote police station, said the suspect was currently being held at Maseru Central Prison awaiting trial. The suspect, who has been identified as Lehlohonolo Namame, 25, has already appeared in the Maseru magistrates’ court facing armed robbery charges. “He has already appeared in the Maseru magistrates’ court and is set to re-appear in court on 6 October. His late accomplice was also from Sehlabeng (in Berea),” Sebele said.

Villager found dead near cliff in Mokhotlong

MOKHOTLONG — A 27-year-old man was on Saturday found dead near a cliff in Ntsiking in Mokhotlong. Rethabile Motokoa’s body was found naked below the cliff by villagers who alerted the police. The police suspect that he could have fallen from the cliff but they are not ruling out foul play as investigations into the matter are still underway. Senior Superintendent Molahlehi Letsoepa who is the Mokhotlong district commander confirmed the case. “The deceased was found naked with his fractured head, brain and blood spilled near his lifeless body,” Letsoepa said. According to the investigator’s report his clothes were found folded a distance away from the body. “His neighbours said that they had last seen him on Thursday at a local bar drinking with his friends.” Letsoepa said the police were not quite sure whether to suspect foul play or not. He said there were still other possible explanations that they have to explore before they make any conclusion. “There are many possibilities. It could be either that he fell from the cliff or he was pushed.” He however said preliminary indications are that Motokoa could have fallen from the cliff “probably because he was drunk’. “We suspect that he was drinking because we found a beer bottle near him and his neighbours also told us that he had been drinking.” “The body was found 50 metres from the pathway and his clothes were found 30 metres from the pathway. A bottle of beer was found near his body.” One villager who spoke to the Lesotho Times on condition of anonymity said that he last saw the deceased on Thursday while accompanying his wife to the taxi rank. “Rethabile had told me that he is taking his wife to the bus stop because she was going to Butha-Buthe to do some shopping.” Letsoepa said the police were worried about deaths resulting from people falling off cliffs. “From winter this is the third person who was found in a terrain like this one. The two were women who were also found to be under the influence of alcohol.” He said people must drink moderately to avoid such accidents. He said that they have established 10 football teams around Mokhotlong to involve the communities in prevention of crime programmes and to show them that there are other recreational activities that they can do apart from beer drinking. “Our initiatives have been well received by the villagers who are very co-operative in making sure that the teams survive,” he said. Meanwhile, a joint operation of the police from Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe and Mokhotlong this week nabbed two men for illegal possession of firearms. The operation codenamed Letsema (collective action) was launched on Tuesday night and it is made up of 41 officers from the districts, according to Letsoepa. A 31-year-old man was arrested after he was found in illegal possession of two 9mm pistols that had seven and six rounds respectively. Another 45-year-old man was also found in possession of a Pump Action rifle. Letsoepa said the arrests were made in Liseleng and the suspects would appear in court soon. During the same operation yesterday, the police impounded 12 cattle and 18 sheep at Ha-Ntsasa and Ha-Malelu cattle posts. He said the police did not make any arrests because the suspects fled as soon as they saw the police coming. “The purpose of the operation is to reduce crime related to guns, drugs and stock theft. We want to create a culture of zero tolerance to crime in the district.”

Village orphans lose hope

MASERU — In Moruthane village there is a little hut that is falling apart. The roof looks like it’s about to curve in. The walls have huge cracks. The yard looks neglected. Until you knock on a broken wooden door it’s nearly impossible to imagine that such a hovel can be somebody’s home. Yet when you knock a sweet 16-year-old girl opens the squeaking door. Her name is Liemo and she lives with her two siblings. Liemo looks tired and frail but poverty has hardened her. She says she has not had a proper meal in months. The last time she had some tasty food was three months ago when she was living in Mazenod where she was working as a maid. She looks after her 12-year-old sister and a little brother who is nine. She walks bare footed and her once yellow full dress has lost colour and is worn out. Her parents died a few years ago leaving poor Liemo to fend for the family of three. Since then her life has been one long nightmare. Getting food to feed her siblings has been a struggle. She says she spends most of the days sleeping in the hut while her siblings visit friends in the village. “I sleep most of the day while I send them to play with their friends hoping neighbours will give them something to eat,” she says shyly. Like many guardians in the village Liemo has been hoping that the government will make good of its promise to provide quarterly grants to orphans especially those in the highly vulnerable group. Presenting his annual budget in February this year, Finance Minister Timothy Thahane said the government was working on a programme to assist households that had vulnerable orphans with grants. Thahane said the government would provide M360 quarterly to the households. Yet six months down the line the money has not come and the plight of orphans like Liemo has worsened. She says she does not believe that they will get any help from the government. “Neighbours have been telling us that the government will give us some money but up to now we have not received any money. “I think they have said that just to make us feel better. They keep on saying that when they come to give us some food. I don’t believe it anymore.” Many in Moruthane are desperate. The number of orphans is increasing rapidly. Villagers say the Aids pandemic has ravaged families leaving many of them without parents. Child-headed families have become the norm, villagers say. ‘Mamotloka Lelimo, 78, has been at the receiving end of the scourge. Her son and daughter-in-law died years ago, leaving their five children orphaned. Lelimo, being the children’s grandmother, had to keep and fend for the five children. It has not been an easy task. She has battled to feed the children. Lelimo says since the death of her son 10 years ago and daughter-in-law five years ago her life has been miserable. She says she has watched helplessly as her grandchildren go to bed hungry on numerous occasions. The monthly M300 grant she receives from government every month is just too little, Lelimo says. Helping hands have been very few. “We are overwhelmed by the increasing number of helpless and orphaned children in our village. Almost every weekend we bury a parent,” Lelimo says. “Orphaned children are very vulnerable in our village. I struggle to look after my orphaned grand children. I can just imagine how tough it is for those who do not have immediate relatives. “Unfortunately for the orphaned children there has never been any help coming from any one. They are hungry and poor,” she says. “Orphans are vulnerable. Most of them end up exchanging sex for food. They end up getting infected with HIV.” She talks from experience. Last year she discovered that her eldest grandchild was pregnant. She suspects some man might have preyed on her vulnerability. “She fell pregnant and miscarried just a few months before she was due for dilivery. “She got very sick afterwards. She has not yet recovered fully.” “It is so painful when sometimes they go to bed on an empty stomach. I feel guilty even though I know there is nothing I can do. I wish their parents were still alive. “I wonder how they are going to cope when I am dead when they are already struggling in my presence.” She had hoped life would be better when the government announced earlier this year that it was going to give quarterly grants to orphans. But all the hope vanished after her attempts to register the children for the proposed aid programme were rejected. “I did everything I could to get them registered for the grants but I have failed.” Lelimo’s grandchildren are not the only struggling double orphaned children in Moruthoane. At least one in every five families is orphaned. They are all living in dire poverty, villagers say. They say none of them receive any assistance from either the government or any humanitarian organisations. Villagers say they do all they can to find clothing and food for the orphans but they too are grappling with abject poverty. ‘Malineo Rantela says the situation is depressing everyone in the village. Rantela who is widowed says the number of child-headed families is increasing at a frightening rate. “The death rate, partly due to HIV, is high in our village. Children are desperate. They do not have clothes and food. They cannot go to school because they are either hungry or sick,” Rantela says. She says villagers have “tried all possible means to help orphaned children but failed”. “It hurts so badly when charity organisations give orphans elsewhere donations and forgetting orphans in our village. They also desperately need help.” The Makhoarane community councillor ‘Matsepiso Nkohli says the council is aware of the desperate situation faced by most of the orphaned children in Moruthane. She says the council has been trying to convince the government to help orphans. “The council has sought help for the orphans. We are still trying to find help now. There are so many orphans in this village who are living in poverty,” Nkohli said. “It is our responsibility to see that orphans lead normal lives. We cannot turn a blind eye on the situation in our village.” She says she is concerned that all the orphans in the village have not received any welfare funds from government. “It’s unfair that these children here have not received their grants. They (grants) could have made a difference in their lives.” The number of orphans has been rising in Lesotho. Most of these families are living in poverty and depend entirely on donations from humanitarian organisations. Most of the funding of the child grant programme is from the European Union and the United Nations Childern’s Funds (UNICEF). Lesotho has an estimated 180 000 orphans. But according to UNICEF, its programme was only expected to reach about 60 000 children. This is only a third of children who desperately need help.

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Lesotho Times September 4, 2021

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