The ugliest town in Lesotho
Muckraker has never cared much about insults. She has been called a foul-mouthed rural girl. They were right and duly thanked for the compliment.
The innovative ones have described her as a sex-starved spinster. They were wrong because Muckraker is satiated. The only insult that will tear Muckraker’s heart is if you say she is as ugly as Maputsoe.
Now that will get her tucking her dress into her undies and bouncing like Ali. That is because Maputsoe is truly an ugly thing. It’s the shabbiest town in Lesotho.
It would be a lie to call Maputsoe the armpit of Lesotho. It is worse than that. Anyone who insists on calling Maputsoe a city will be high on something illegal.
Finally, a boom for Semonkong
SEMONKONG-COMMUNITIES around the ’Maletsunyane Falls in Semonkong have started reaping the benefits of staying close to a tourist attraction following the government’s decision to cede 10 percent of gate takings for local development initiatives in 2017.
The community recently received a cheque for M14 000, which is 10 percent of money collected as entrance fees last year.
The Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) introduced entrance fees at the ’Maletsunyane Falls as part of efforts to develop one of the country’s premier tourist resorts to attract more domestic and international visitors.
The local community was also incorporated in the running of the tourist attraction.
ABC splits
after accusing Majoro and Hlaele of handing over ABC to Thabane,
DC fears move could spell the end of the governing coalition.
Pascalinah Kabi
THE long-running infighting within the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) finally reached its zenith this week with deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, breaking away to form a new party called the Basotho Action Party.
Prof Mahao yesterday confirmed the formation of the new party in an interview with the
Lesotho Times. He said the new party had been tentatively named Basotho Action Party.
He said he and other unnamed ABC legislators had on Tuesday decided to form a new party because they were “tired of the incessant infighting in the ABC”.
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Going down memory lane with Motlalepula Mofolo Going down memory lane with Motlalepula Mofolo
MOTLALEPULA ‘Manqane’ Mofolo (
MM) played a starring role when Lesotho secured its debut qualification for the then African Youth Championships in 2005 and also reached the final of the COSAFA Under-20 tournament that same year. The impressive run with Makoanyane XI also attracted the attention of international scouts and in the end Mofolo was snapped-up by Soweto giants, Orlando Pirates to play for their development team. He hit the ground running at Yebo Yes and was later rewarded with the captain’s armband in a team that had the likes of the late Senzo Meyiwa, Excellent Walaza and Tlou Segolela. In this wide-ranging interview, the Lesotho Football Association (