Lesotho starts evaluating itself

That is very nice. Let is be the reality and the source of the brihgt future. There is indeed a need for self inspection to adress the situation of Lesotho. There is a lot to be done. We hope that the evaluation is going to be fruitful to all Basotho by being able to risk their lives for all.

Mothobi wrote:

That is very nice. Let is be the reality and the source of the brihgt future. There is indeed a need for self inspection to adress the situation of Lesotho. There is a lot to be done. We hope that the evaluation is going to be fruitful to all Basotho by being able to risk their lives for all.

Ho fihlela lena batho ba bang ba shebahala ba ntse ba ts'aba,ebe joale ba etsa ntho tse tlotlollang ho feta pele.Bakeng sa hore ho etsoe sena seo u se bolelang ke bona joale batho ba mathela ntho tsa masaoana bakeng sa ho toba 'nete.'Nete feela eseng ho hong.

What ever tha means!

Mothobi wrote:

That is very nice. Let is be the reality and the source of the brihgt future. There is indeed a need for self inspection to adress the situation of Lesotho. There is a lot to be done. We hope that the evaluation is going to be fruitful to all Basotho by being able to risk their lives for all.

This is my evaluation of my beloved country;

There has been little or no political stability in Lesotho since independence. The enclave country has been plagued by violent power struggles, politically motivated assassinations and coups. The restoration of constitutional rule in March 1993 has not brought stability to the kingdom. Yet, there has not been a dearth of explanations for this situation. The explanations proffered for the lack of political stability in Lesotho have either ignored the feebleness of the Basotho nation-state or merely treated it as a dependent variable or as a prize for which various political forces compete. Thus, conspicuously absent from all the studies of political problems in Lesotho, is a methodology defining the state as a unit of analysis. Consequently, issues such as hegemony and the state’s capability to penetrate civil society, in order to establish political consensus and to set standards and norms, have received little or no attention.

Lesotho's political instability must also be viewed in the context of the "politics of poverty". This term describes a common phenomenon in Africa whereby professional politics is the only means of escaping poverty. In a society with few options for achieving financial wellbeing, political positions are sought with passion and, quite often, desperation. The pain of losing an election is therefore much greater than "normal". Losing may literally mean a return to poverty. It is also important to note the extreme fragmentation in Lesotho politics. New political parties are being formed almost on a daily basis. At the last count, there were 18 political parties. In addition, political parties are, almost without exception, wracked by serious internal dissent and leadership conflicts. This fragmentation may be a sign that the historical grip of religious and ideological polarisation is slowly being broken. On the other hand, it may indicate Lesotho society's acute vulnerability to the "politics of poverty".

Lesotho's major economic asset is water.This asset has become a crucial source of income for the Lesotho government while mine labour force has dramastically declined in the past yearss.

Lesotho is a homogeneous society with regard to ethnicity, yet it demonstrates all the symptoms of a deeply divided society. The dominant internal cleavage stems from religious and ideological factors. The internal divisions and externally imposed structural causes reinforce each other in an extremely negative way. The poverty and deprivation caused by structural inequality heighten the desperate nature of internal competition for scarce resources. At the same time, the Lesotho government's inability to create a broad base of consensus and co-operation weakens the capacity of society to manage the challenges posed by external forces.

Above was my view in 2007 and its still unchanged in 2009. Uena whats your view?

African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a system introduced by the African Union to help countries improve their governance. It is a way of looking forward while taking account of where countries are today. Participation in the system is voluntary. Is Lesotho still participating?

The system has a number of stages:

1. The development of a country self-assessment report and a programme of action. This is based on a questionnaire that looks at four themes: Democracy and political governance, Economic Management, Corporate Governance and Socio Economic Development.

2. Once we have developed a Country Self Assessment Report and a Programme of Action, they are submitted to the APRM Secretariat.

3. A Country Review Team led by the Panel member responsible for SA will visit us to consult a wide range of stakeholders on the Report.

3. The Country Review Team writes a response to our report and all the Reports are all submitted to the APR Forum and later publicly released.

4. Progress by countries in implementing their Programmes of Action is reviewed in later years.The point is to encourage African countries to plan a way forward for themselves and to implement their plans.

I read that RSA has applied to be reviewed. The President allocated the Minister for the Public Service and Administration the overall co-ordinating responsibility for the APRM process in SA.

Rona na hona le nthoe e etsahalang regarding this?

Ntate Lesholu 'na e ngoe eo ke lulang ke bolela ebile ke e bapisa ke boit'soaro ba hlooho tsa malapa, bo ts'oanang le ba hlooho ea naha. Taba ea ho jella nonyana naheng ha u e tlisa ka naheng phapang e nyane.
Ho monate haholo ha u le licheleteng u sa sele ka ts'oanelo, joale u tseba hore ha ho mosali(kapa monna in increasing cases whereby the female is the breadwinner) ea ka u botsang letho.
Ntlha ea ka ke hore Basotho are made by Basotho, leadership has more or less been shaped by the society it comes from, so the change, has to be in the society, to mould a leader who loves the family he comes from.

Stjoetla wrote:

Ntate Lesholu 'na e ngoe eo ke lulang ke bolela ebile ke e bapisa ke boit'soaro ba hlooho tsa malapa, bo ts'oanang le ba hlooho ea naha. Taba ea ho jella nonyana naheng ha u e tlisa ka naheng phapang e nyane.
Ho monate haholo ha u le licheleteng u sa sele ka ts'oanelo, joale u tseba hore ha ho mosali(kapa monna in increasing cases whereby the female is the breadwinner) ea ka u botsang letho.
Ntlha ea ka ke hore Basotho are made by Basotho, leadership has more or less been shaped by the society it comes from, so the change, has to be in the society, to mould a leader who loves the family he comes from.

Ntate, ke ntlha ea bohlokoa ena empa hau sheba leadership e renang le oena hona joale, kea meheng ea khale when a man was the only bread winner and those men did love their families and were working hard to be role models in their respective communities.

May be these family-loving fathers drank a lot from a power jar.

I have been fortunate enough to observe Lesotho's progress from within and from outside. There has been much noticeable progress in the last 15 years. More roads and there seems to be a lot of money around compared to before but whether most people have benefitted remains to be seen. Politically the country seems to be more stable although we have a long way to go. More money needs to be spend on public services such as education, health and so forth. We also need to cut the military budget period. We spend way too much money on useless and ill disciplined soldiers who do *uck all but be bored in their barrack day in day out. We simply can't afford a standing army whilst our children education suffers. someone needs to have balls and get rid of them. Mr Jonathan created a monster.

Thabo Lesholu wrote:

<quoted text>Ntate, ke ntlha ea bohlokoa ena empa hau sheba leadership e renang le oena hona joale, kea meheng ea khale when a man was the only bread winner and those men did love their families and were working hard to be role models in their respective communities.
May be these family-loving fathers drank a lot from a power jar.

Joale re ka re respective community mona ke the African continent, and peer pressure is ruling. The breadwinner is the PM (and his inner circle), the spouse is the weak opposition,the kids is us. Ntho e utloisang bohloko le ho soabisa ke ho se ithute ka liphoso tsa rona; stories are abound ka hlooho tsa malapa tse etsang tjena, qetello ea tsona e ntse e ts'oana ea hore chelete e ea fela menateng koana e be motho o khutlela hae bofutsaneng boo a ka ba a bo qobileng.

bbgood wrote:

I have been fortunate enough to observe Lesotho's progress from within and from outside. There has been much noticeable progress in the last 15 years. More roads and there seems to be a lot of money around compared to before but whether most people have benefitted remains to be seen. Politically the country seems to be more stable although we have a long way to go. More money needs to be spend on public services such as education, health and so forth. We also need to cut the military budget period. We spend way too much money on useless and ill disciplined soldiers who do *uck all but be bored in their barrack day in day out. We simply can't afford a standing army whilst our children education suffers. someone needs to have balls and get rid of them. Mr Jonathan created a monster.

I think the one of the greatest challenge of any nation is having the whole nation reaping the rewards of progess and prosperity,(bordering on communism neh?)

Stjoetla wrote:

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I think the one of the greatest challenge of any nation is having the whole nation reaping the rewards of progess and prosperity,(bordering on communism neh?)

well I agree but it is possible to increase the living standards of a nation as a whole by decreasing infant mortality, better health care, more educated work force and ensuring that everyone gets a fair crack at the whip. I am not talking about utopia here, all this things are achievable besides we have got less than 2 million people.

bbgood wrote:

I have been fortunate enough to observe Lesotho's progress from within and from outside. There has been much noticeable progress in the last 15 years. More roads and there seems to be a lot of money around compared to before but whether most people have benefitted remains to be seen. Politically the country seems to be more stable although we have a long way to go. More money needs to be spend on public services such as education, health and so forth. We also need to cut the military budget period. We spend way too much money on useless and ill disciplined soldiers who do *uck all but be bored in their barrack day in day out. We simply can't afford a standing army whilst our children education suffers. someone needs to have balls and get rid of them. Mr Jonathan created a monster.

BB, I doubt that increasing employment rate by getting rid of the army will help the course of increased spend in education and health.

Thabo Lesholu wrote:

<quoted text>BB, I doubt that increasing employment rate by getting rid of the army will help the course of increased spend in education and health.

Well there are ways of getting rid of the army without increasing unemployment. They can be incorporated into the police force therefore making them productive members of our society. At the moment they are being paid to do absolutely nothing other than destabilising our country. The money saved could go towards those things that are essential such as health and education.

bbgood wrote:

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Well there are ways of getting rid of the army without increasing unemployment. They can be incorporated into the police force therefore making them productive members of our society. At the moment they are being paid to do absolutely nothing other than destabilising our country. The money saved could go towards those things that are essential such as health and education.

Getting rid of the army? Country's security? Get rid of idleness rather, involve them in scientific reaserch, mining, private security, but there always should be an army ready for instabilty and the like. Them being misused by those in power is another matter altogether.

Stjoetla wrote:

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Getting rid of the army? Country's security? Get rid of idleness rather, involve them in scientific reaserch, mining, private security, but there always should be an army ready for instabilty and the like. Them being misused by those in power is another matter altogether.

I hate to disagree with you but the army does not look after our country's security. Security from what? Its not as if south africa is about to invade us and if it did, I don't think our rag tag army would be able to put much of a fight. Our army is the one that causes most security problems.

bbgood wrote:

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I hate to disagree with you but the army does not look after our country's security. Security from what? Its not as if south africa is about to invade us and if it did, I don't think our rag tag army would be able to put much of a fight. Our army is the one that causes most security problems.

You are essentially saying our national security solutions be handled by SA.

Stjoetla wrote:

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You are essentially saying our national security solutions be handled by SA.

no that is not what I am saying at all. we can handle our own national security without having the wasteful and often incompetent army. why can't the police be trained to handle such things? divert the resources from the army to the police. If the army are retrained and incorporated into the police force, then we will have better equiped police force which will work towards reducing crime.

bbgood wrote:

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no that is not what I am saying at all. we can handle our own national security without having the wasteful and often incompetent army. why can't the police be trained to handle such things? divert the resources from the army to the police. If the army are retrained and incorporated into the police force, then we will have better equiped police force which will work towards reducing crime.

I came across this sometime ago;
'The military is for fighting the enemies of the state. The police are there to defend and protect the people. When the military becomes the police, the enemies of the state become the people.'
Wastefulness and incompetence won't be solved by intergration but finding the roots of the causes will.

Stjoetla wrote:

Ntate Lesholu 'na e ngoe eo ke lulang ke bolela ebile ke e bapisa ke boit'soaro ba hlooho tsa malapa, bo ts'oanang le ba hlooho ea naha. Taba ea ho jella nonyana naheng ha u e tlisa ka naheng phapang e nyane.
Ho monate haholo ha u le licheleteng u sa sele ka ts'oanelo, joale u tseba hore ha ho mosali(kapa monna in increasing cases whereby the female is the breadwinner) ea ka u botsang letho.
Ntlha ea ka ke hore Basotho are made by Basotho, leadership has more or less been shaped by the society it comes from, so the change, has to be in the society, to mould a leader who loves the family he comes from.

O tla e bona lelawi moo boy ntho eeo. ke lesotho mona boy motho ha tsoafe ho koenya tsoala ea hae joale lona le ka ba bomang?.

Stjoetla wrote:

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Joale re ka re respective community mona ke the African continent, and peer pressure is ruling. The breadwinner is the PM (and his inner circle), the spouse is the weak opposition,the kids is us. Ntho e utloisang bohloko le ho soabisa ke ho se ithute ka liphoso tsa rona; stories are abound ka hlooho tsa malapa tse etsang tjena, qetello ea tsona e ntse e ts'oana ea hore chelete e ea fela menateng koana e be motho o khutlela hae bofutsaneng boo a ka ba a bo qobileng.

Oa hlanya joale re seke ra ja monate re qenehele chelete nooooooooo