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Click through to see which countries made the top 20 -- and bottom 10 -- when it comes to equality between the sexes: The Best (And Worst) Countries For Women

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"Lesotho continues to sell natural resources that their own people need," said Mabusetsa Lenka, head of the water, justice and environmental programmes at Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) a human rights and social justice NGO based in the capital, Maseru. [source]

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As uncertainty increases about where the global economy is headed and whispers grow about a "double-dip," spare a thought for Lesotho. A small developing country (population less than 2 million), Lesotho is located in one of the most resource-poor parts of Southern Africa. Around 37% of households live on less than $1/day and about half are below the national poverty line. As a small and

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"According to Mail and Guardian Online, there is good reason to try to keep the South African textile and clothing industry going because it could create many more jobs, raise skills levels and eventually pay better than survival wages. The fact is that clothing industries in Lesotho and Mauritius have grown in recent years, as opposed to the steep decline in the South African industry, because

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"MASERU: A five-day training workshop started on Tuesday, 19 July 2011, in Maseru, Lesotho, to promote existing legal and regulatory frameworks covering broadcasting regulation during election periods, as well as election coverage by broadcasters. This workshop for journalists and the Lesotho Communications Authority is taking place from 18 to 22 July 2011. Broadcasters and regulators play an

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Lamunu means “orange” in Sesotho, a theme that is carried throughout this deliciously sweet and flavourful hotel and it offers simplified comfort in a stylishly fun environment, all decked out in a retro colour-palette and bold oranges set strikingly against blacks and browns and quirky details. The 60 ensuite rooms at the hotel offer snug modernity, while Lamunu’s restaurant, La Menu serves

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Mothers used to have to walk three hours to get their children vaccinated in rural Lesotho. Now nurse Thabiso Phoka reaches them by motorbike but he still has to leave his bike at the top of the mountain and walk down the very steep hill into the village. [Source: BBC News - Remote Lesotho's biker nurses]

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Book lovers should take note of "Lit Up!" — a community event that uses the power of the written word to educate youngsters in southern Africa. Drawing on the richness of the Salt Spring literary scene, from its dozens of authors to 45 book clubs, Lit Up! is a fundraising event to pay school fees for needy and deserving students in Lesotho, southern Africa. Local authors, including Arthur

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One of the great things about Internet journalism is the dialogue it fosters among writers, readers and sources. At its best, the readers become sources and inform the writer with details he didn't know when he set fingers to keyboard. After publishing our list of the World's Worst Economies — a feature that predictably generates nastygrams from officials of the named countries — I got this

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"Firestone Diamonds announced the recovery of some high-quality diamonds out of its Liqhobong mine in Lesotho. The most notable rough stones recovered included a 33-carat and 8-carat diamond. Two color stones included a 9-carat fancy vivid yellow and a 1.70-carat pink diamond. These diamonds will be offered during an August tender to be held in Gaborone, Botswana. Firestone expects the

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Closing Date: Monday, 15 August 2011The Bureau for Institutional Reform and Democracy (BiRD) is looking for an excellent Anti-corruption specialist for a long-term mission in Lesotho.[Source: Vacancy: Anti-Corruption Specialist, Lesotho]

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Butha-Buthe is a northern district of Lesotho. It has an area of 1,767 km² and a population of about 130,500 (2007). Butha-Buthe is the capital of the district, which has only that one town. Butha-Buthe "is named for Butha-Buthe Mountain to the north of the town, which King Moshoeshoe I used as his a fortification and headquarters from 1821 to 1823, during his war with the Zulu king Shaka. [

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LaRon E. Nelson's was 12 years old when he learned his estranged grandfather was dying. "They didn't call it HIV," said Nelson, remembering family conversations about the grandfather he never knew. "I remembered that people were getting this disease, like Rock Hudson and Magic Johnson. And how I understood it was that this guy, my grandfather, had also contracted this disease and was dying." [

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APA-Maseru (Lesotho) The ambassador of European Union (EU) to Lesotho, Han Duynhouwer, has commended Lesotho’s progress in its development agenda even though major challenges remain, APA learns at a three-day third joint annual review of the General Budget Support that was held in Maseru on Tuesday.More...

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...to http://basotho.wordpress.com (Sotho) Please tweak your blog roll appropriately.

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Philips Electronics NV is planning to build a light-bulb producing factory in Lesotho. Philips is the world's largest maker of light-bulbs. It will got into this venture with the South African government and Karebo Systems, Ltd, on a 40%-30%-30% ownership plan. [source...] and [source...] Technorati: karebo systems philips electronics factory in lesotho Del.icio.us: karebo systems philips

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National University of Lesotho -- They say, "The National University of Lesotho, the only university in the country, is located at ROMA 35 Kms away from Maseru the capital of Lesotho. ROMA is a great place to be a student because the majority of its population during term is made up of students. Being a student at our university is an exciting and rewarding experience. It gives you

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"Monyane Moleleki (born 1951) is the Minister of Natural Resources of Lesotho. He has been a minister in the Lesotho government for a long time, and has also been Minister of Information and Minister of Foreign Affairs.Moleleki was Minister of National Resources in 1994, when he was briefly kidnapped along with three other ministers by soldiers on April 14; another minister, Deputy Prime Minister

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Here is a short list of books that could prove invaluable to someone studying Lesotho and its politics. Nothing beats living in the country itself. But that option is often inaccessible. There is a large body of work in Sesotho, but that list belongs to other pages. Chief Is a Chief by the People: The Autobiography of Stimela Jason Jingoes

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Bana Project (Bana means "children")Fade Out (Developments in Lesotho, by an ex-Peace corps)Idland (International development)Lesotho Forum (Developmental issues, the economy and politics)On Lesotho (The present blog, Lesotho facts)On Sesotho (Sesotho, the language)Sotho (Aspects of Lesotho, Basotho, Sesotho)

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In late 2002 and early 2003 famine hit Lesotho. The UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) sent a crop and food supply assessment team to the country. The government of Lesotho had itself just declared a state of famine. In May 2003, there was still an alarming shortage of food in the country. Children suffering from malnutrition and older people are the

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Nationals of most Commonwealth countries may enter Lesotho without a visa. Those of a few countries such as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, may not. Nationals of Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Norway, South Africa and a few other countries do not require visas. All others are required to have a visa to enter the country. You'll need a multiple-entry visa in order to re-enter South

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The history of the National University of Lesotho can be traced back to 1945, when a Catholic University College was founded in Roma by the Roman Catholic authorities of southern Africa. The institution soon teamed up with others in Botswana and Swaziland to form U.B.L.S., the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. The present National University of Lesotho came into being in 1975 at the

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Aloe polyphylla is a succulent plant indigenous to and confined to mountains in Lesotho. A species valued by the horticultural trade, this succulent has been endangered by uprooting for sale to collectors. It is now protected by law.The Aloe Polyphylla "does not occur naturally anywhere outside Lesotho with the exception of one record on the Lesotho border with the Free State. And one of the

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Lesotho's rugged terrain and its mountain ranges have always protected it against invasion. No part of Lesotho is below 1 400m (3 280ft) above sea level. In other words, it is the only country in the world with all its territory above 1 400 metres. In still other words, it has the highest low point of any nation on earth. Due to this, Lesotho is often referred to as The Kingdom in the Sky, The

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It works like this: although visitors come here to hike, camp, trek, sight-see, etc.--and the lodge will provide a list of trails and sight-seeing spots, and the like--the activity remains pony trekking. The lodge acts as middle person for local horsemen, who actually own the ponies used, and receive the bulk of the money. Their website will provide you with further information.

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Lesothan is a neologism that is not particularly liked by the people of Lesotho. It was perhaps invented to make life easier for Occidental news folks. The Basotho (not Lesothans) like to be referred to as Basotho, or a Mosotho (not a Lesothan). Basotho speak Sesotho.

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Lesotho is a kingdom in southern Africa that is land-locked within the Republic of South Africa. It became a protectorate of Britain in 1884 and gained self-rule on 4 October 1966. Most of it is rugged and mountainous, and skiing and mountain-climbing are actually practised. The people of Lesotho are called Basotho, and they speak Sesotho which, together with English, is the official language.

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1 January --> New Year's Day 11 March --> Moshoeshoe's Day 4 April --> Hero's Day Varies --> Good Friday Varies --> Easter Monday 1 May --> Workers' Day 17 July --> King's Birthday Varies --> Ascension 4 October --> INDEPENDENCE DAY 25 December --> Christmas Day 26 December --> Boxing Day

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Hlotse is in the Leribe district. It was founded in 1876 by an Anglican missionary, the Reverend John Widdicombe, and suffered heavily during the 1880 Gun War. Today it is quite a small town with little to offer but a few shops and department stores. There are, however, the remains of a small army tower (Major Bell's Tower) built by the British and now in ruin. King Moshoeshoe I, the founder of

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Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili (born March 14, 1945) is the Prime Minister of Lesotho, and has been since May 29, 1998. He led his party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), to a near-total victory in the elections held that year. Mosisili also serves as Minister of Defense.In 1993, Mosisili was elected to parliament from the Qacha's Nek Constituency and became Minister of Education. On April

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Since May 1998, the head of government has been Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. The government is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Parliament is comprised of the National Assembly, whose 80 members are elected by plurality vote from single-seat constituencies, and the Senate, whose 33 senators are 22 Principal Chiefs and 11 members chosen by the majority party.

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Basutoland was Lesotho's pre-independence name. Independence from Britain, and the name of Lesotho, came officially on 4 October 1966. The country became a constitutional monarchy with an elected bicameral parliament consisting of a 60-seat National Assembly and a 33-seat Senate. Unfortunately, like in many other African countries, independence brought along local corruption and home-made

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In the early 1800s, King Moshoeshoe I (pronounced moo-shway-shway) was able to bring together different groups of peoples to form the Basotho nation. During his reign the Basotho had to defend their lands and freedom against the Boers. They still lost substantial chunks of land that are referred to today as "The Lost Territory". With the help of French missionaries, he sought and obtained

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Lesotho's national anthem's first verse says Lesotho, fatše la bo-ntatà rona, or Lesotho, land of our fathers. The music was composed by Ferdinand-Samuel Laur (1791-1854) and the lyrics were written by François Coillard (1834-1904), two Frenchmen. The freshly independent Lesotho adopted the tune as its national anthem in 1967, a year after gaining independence from Britain. You can listen to the

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The motor-car scandal in Lesotho. I look at Idland's post at my other blog.

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Materazzi's 'Fouls' from Milan Derbies

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The idiots of today with the wallets of tomorrow.

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The world is more dangerous, warns Chirac.

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If you live in San Fransisco or somewhere in the Bay Area, or perhaps even further than that, at 10 p.m. today, Primetime Live Ch. 7 is showing Britain's Prince Harry witnessing the devastation wrought by the AIDS epidemic in Lesotho. Watch it, and tell the rest of us how it was.

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Thabo Makakole, President of the Lesotho Football Association, died on Thursday, 11 November 2004 "after a commuter taxi collided with his vehicle." The Lesotho soccer family, whose sport is seemingly going places due to his efforts, and the Makakole family, will miss him dearly.

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"In legal terms, Zimbabwe is within its rights to continue holding South African nationals who were jailed for bombing African National Congress targets in Zimbabwe during the apartheid era," says a Zimbabwean lawyer. [ Source... ]

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"Lesotho is set to benefit from a Canadian AIDS initiative, to be launched in December. In response to an appeal by UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, the Ontario Hospital Association in Canada will set up a clinic in the tiny mountain kingdom, where an estimated 30 percent of adults are living with HIV/AIDS. According to Russell Armstrong, vice president of the Ottawa

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Did You Know? Formerly known as Basutoland, Lesotho gained independence from South Africa in 1966. That declaration appears here. Despite my protest e-mail, the webmaster did not deem it necessary to modify this stark error. After all, if this small country is a complete enclave of the bigger country, it must have been part of it before, not so? Ironically, the page in question is called, "

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An estimated 15% of babies born in Lesotho become infected with HIV each year, the Lesotho government and Unicef said on Wednesday. The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the government released a mid-term review on Wednesday of their programme of co-operation for 2002-07. The review noted that a baby born to an HIV-positive mother has a 25% to 35% chance of becoming infected during

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Here is Mike's take on Falluja, the gates of hell, and on who's next.

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Haloscan's comments script is gone. It is in general very good, and has served this blog well. I can't seem to get used to "losing" comments though, as is the case with haloscan comments. They just disappear after a while. You can still leave us your thoughts, though. You'll have to either have a blogspot account, or leave your name and url within the body of your comment. Thanks.

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Here we go...

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Since 2 November I've been all over the web. People are worried. To be sure, many are tickled pink, but the worried ones seem to express their feeling better, or more often. I'm worried, too, despite declarations, by some of my peers, to the effect that Bush II's policies will not affect my corner of the world. Those who aren't necessarily worried are dumbstruck: How did he do it? How did he win

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The spiral aloe is a rare and beautiful aloe from the high Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. It does not occur naturally anywhere outside Lesotho with the exception of one record on the Lesotho border with the Free State. There are apparently also unsubstantiated reports of it growing in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg.

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Why Africa rooted for Kerry.

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Republican: Bush (Incumbent) 33,240 68% Democratic: Kerry 15,042 31% Independent: Nader 204 1% Other: Badnarik & Peroutka 134 & 88 0% [ Source... ]I wasn't really surprised that Blount County in East Tennessee voted 68% for Bush. I should know... I went to school there. I was rather surprised, however, that the whole country leaned that way. Well, not the whole country, really; more

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If you are American, and you have registered to vote, please do so. Vote the issues, not the party. But vote. It's important for America but also, unfortunately, for the world. The past four years have darkened my horizon as well as many other people's. Have they brightened yours? Do you look at the world today and feel... what... hope? Fear? Every voice counts. Your voice counts. I'm asking you

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A CSIR study has determined that human well-being is plummeting in Lesotho, or in the Gariep Basin, to be exact. First raised eyebrow is, how do you measure human well-being? The study found a continued high birth rate among the poor in the Gariep Basin, so that the annual population growth now outstripped the increase in gross domestic product (GDP). The GDP per person has been declining

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Ft. Lauderdale: Republicans pretend to be Kerry supporters.

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"As one free-thinking American has already done this week, with my heart, with my mind, and with my body, I must stand in the way of the tyrant. In the streets and the workplaces, in shopping malls and public buildings, with others or alone, I must stand before God and before man and be counted." [ More... ]

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I did celebrate our under-20 football win over Zimbabwe. It seems like the latter are protesting their loss, on the grounds that Lesotho fielded players over the regulation age. Hmmm...! [ Source... ]

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58 000 Florida ballot papers go missing.

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Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of Lesotho took place at the inauguration of South Africa's First National Bank (FNB) offices in Maseru, the capital. While FNB promised that its new banking services would "add capacity to the economy" in Lesotho, PM Mosisili promised that his government was "committed to restoring investor confidence" in the country.

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In a timely and interesting statement, South-Africa's Mosioua Lekota, ANC Chairperson, looks at diversity and advises his country folk to start looking beyond diversity. Looking beyond diversity means that we accepted and recognised our diversity and we used it to create a movement and a society unique in its own right. However, we need to move on now to create a nation in which all of us are

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A wow read, via Rachel. Wow!

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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai is to meet some of SADC's leaders, in a bid to get them to convince Mugabe to "enforce the immediate implementation of the Mauritian protocol in the run up to the Zimbabwe elections."

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The Lesotho under-20 football squad has beaten Zimbabwe 3-0. We're going to be one of the 8 finalists in Benin. Hurray!

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In Lesotho, Women Hope for Control of their Lives over AIDS, Sexism BY LAURIE GOERING Chicago Tribune MASERU, Lesotho - (KRT) - Mpeo Mahase is a lawyer, a member of Parliament and Lesotho's assistant minister of justice. But when she wants to take out a loan, she needs her husband's permission. RM: Way out! Relatively, we have a good number of lady ministers. This is a perfect example of

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A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy. [ Source... ]

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Why is Iraq giving $3,800,000 to Pepsi? And $189,449 to Toys R Us? The question is legitimate enough. The present situation in Iraq would require the country's funds to help Iraqis, most of whom are hurting. What's the bloody deal, here? Mike brings this up, and links to some helpful articles. [ Source... ]

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"Afrol News, 13 October - A media law reform is causing controversy in Lesotho as the government has sent its bill to parliament without considering the viewpoints of the media. Media organisations wanted to achieve a transformation of pro-government state media into independent public-service broadcasters, but were denied the possibility of advocating these changes. Two important bills, the

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George Bush has squandered a wealth of sympathy around the world towards America since September 11 with public opinion in 10 leading countries - including some of its closest allies - growing more hostile to the United States while he has been in office. According to a survey, voters in eight out of the 10 countries, including Britain, want to see the Democrat challenger, John Kerry, defeat

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It dawned upon us that he was our first Mandela, our first nation-builder and reconciliator. He is an important symbol, especially now that we must build a new society from a very fractured one. [ Source... ] Clue: He said that Peace was his sister.

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The Lesotho Arts Festival in Morija is about the only opportunity for Basotho to showcase their stuff, both cultural and artistic. Just before its start, the government announced that there would be no alcohol sold at the festival. The turn-out was poor. Was it due to the ban?The sixth Morija Arts and Cultural Festival was held at the village of Morija, some 25 kilometres south of Maseru, over

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Andrea Reuther, an MSc student, tells us about a soil eroding agent we do not normally think of.

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A political fight over segregation language is brewing in Alabama. Governor Bob Riley wants to vote the constitutional but unenforceable requirement, for separate schools "for white and colored children," out of the books. But he's got opponents. If he didn't, it wouldn't be the south, would it?

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An upcoming, under-20s football match between Lesotho and Zimbabwe promises exciting action. The first leg, played at Rufaro in Zimbabwe, was a goalless draw. The winner will be assured a spot in the finals in Benin next March. Good luck to the young Likoena.

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I swiped this quote from Njalonjalo.blogspot.com

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The impoverished mountain kingdom of Lesotho has experienced three consecutive years of drought-induced food shortages. IRIN spoke to three people about how their lives have been affected by the crisis. Ishmael Nthlomo, 53, is part of a World Food Programme (WFP) food-for-work project in Tsoeneng, southwest of the capital, Maseru. Along with 244 other able-bodied members of his community, Nthlomo

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A team is a group of people or animals that work or play or compete together toward a common outcome, or to take the sports metaphor even further, toward a common goal. We can have all sorts of teams. The Springboks are a famous rugby team. "Bok" is Afrikaans for buck, or deer, and since these particular South African deer jump like mad, they got to be called Springboks. The Toronto Blizzards

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Bronwyn tells us about a documentary on the life and achievements of southern Africa's King Moshoeshoe I.

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Someone with a dot "se" e-mail address left me a message on my mini-chat. The person in question had found me through this Yahoo search page, and had wanted to know where and how they could obtain Basotho blankets. I somehow managed to lose the address they'd left. May the interested party please leave another message on the mini-chat to the left of this window, or write to me at the following

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The British Red Cross has set up a fund for AIDS victims in Lesotho after the screening of a documentary shot by Prince Harry during a visit earlier this year, a senior British diplomat said. [ Read on... ]

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Thirty-eight years ago, on 4 October 1966, Lesotho got its independence from Britain to become the Kingdom of Lesotho. People suffered before and have suffered since then. Others have died, as we sought and seek not only political, but also financial, gender, religious and all other li-tokoloho, or freedoms, that humans may want to have. Independence from Britain has never meant much to me, and

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There is a group of people in Botswana, mostly women, which is contesting the ordination of The Botswana Dutch Reformed Church's first woman priest. The first mention of a woman church official might be the "2nd or 3rd century Christian inscription in Egypt for Artemidoras, whose mother is described as 'Paniskianes, being an elder' (presbytera)." It is disturbing that in our day and age

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Sometimes I feel like wearing my mokorotlo when going out. "If by any chance I walk past a Mosotho visiting Paris," I reason with myself, "I want them to recognise me." Hogwash. They recognise me without the mokorotlo! During one of the showings of Sarafina here in Paris, I was beckoned by a couple in the theatre. They turned out to be from Lesotho. When I asked how they'd known I was from

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NB: You may want to read this 7 September 2004 post first. Janet Jackson's breast peek will cost CBS $930,000. That's the merciless fine imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on those CBS stations that aired the now famous peek-a-boob. As if CBS didn't have enough on their hands.'The US Constitution is generous in its protection of free expression, but it is not a licence to

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Lesotho police forces again have turned an operation against Maseru street vendors into a violent event, physically attacking the vendors and an investigating journalist. Also in July last year, a similar police action turned violent and several vendors and two journalists sustained grievous bodily injuries. [ Read on... ]

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One of my long-standing theories is that more often than not, sworn enemies will come together to fight a common foe. I thought I'd long concluded that it was the case in Africa, where internal squabbles died off as nations fought colonialism. My theory leads me to believe that if we were suddenly attacked by little, green men wielding powerful laser guns, we would come together as earthlings? to

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An article that appeared in The Globe and Mail of 18 September 2004 says, "STEPHANIE NOLEN heads into Lesotho's Maluti mountains and finds a distinctly African ski experience: The lodge is unfinished, the snow sparse and the chair lift is a work in progress. But she soon is won over by the novelty of schussing the southern slopes -- not to mention the hot-buttered rum." [ Read on... ]

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Greg Alder is doing some teaching in T'soeneng*, Lesotho. He keeps a log that tells it all, or almost all, but is unfortunately not regular. Greg writes well and truthfully, as far as I can tell. His blog is informative and worth reading. * There are no permanent links. Read "He Knows How to Drive" of 17 July 2004. He explains the meaning of the village's name in the comments section.

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On Tuesday, 3 February 2004 I said, with minor differences, that "We can go ahead and boast to the world that we have pretty good education, despite the odds, because we do, thanks to ntate Moshoeshoe I. What did he do? He welcomed Casalis and his pals and told them to go ahead and teach his people "the ways of the white man," or something to that effect. They translated the Bible into Sesotho,

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AIDS has been kicking our butts so long that when there's news about it we tend not to notice too much. It's like telling Eskimoes it's gonna snow. Except that Eskimoes can't really do anything about it snowing, whereas we can do lots about the AIDS/HIV virus. It's time to start noticing and acknowledging victories or other events happening around the illness. Lesotho and Uganda have been

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I've been wanting to comment on my friend Conrad Barwa's post, Sita's Fire Still Burns: Distorted Sex Ratios and the 'Male Tilt' in Asia, since he and I discussed it a few weeks ago. What pushed me into action last night was a program I saw on the French TV channel, France 2. It was about the acid-throwing male f**** in Bangladesh. I've read the post many times, and must say that it is

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© Geoff Peerless 2004 This is copyrighted to Geoff Peerless http://geoffstravelscrapbook.co.uk [ Read about the Mokorotlo ] NB: (1 mOkorotlo, 2 or more mEkorotlo).

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Interesting weblog, with its one, simple question. There has only ever been one post to the blog; the blurb says, "The MicroBlog Dedicated To One Simple Question." Itching to go find out what the question is? Wait, there's more. There's a bounty for the person or organisation that can prove they have performed what the blogger requires. He or she -- the blogger, I mean -- has set up a Paypal

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It's done! Now I know why cyberspace that I considered national, wrongly it seems, was occupied by a commercial entity. I'd like to thank the Managing Director of Adelfang Computing Internet for his clarifications. I apologise for insisting, harping on the same string. The question of where potential tourists should direct their mouse pointers remains open. My next post will probably address it.

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When in 1830, Adam Kok III and the Griqua people crossed Mosheshwe's [sic] territory undefeated, Mosheshwe realized how ineffective traditional African tactics were against soldiers on horseback with guns. The Basotho began to stockpile arms and acquire horses, and trained themselves in the use of those weapons. In 1832, Mosheshwe encountered Boers, and in exchange for some cattle, allowed them

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Robala Hantle, ntate Naudé

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Moshoeshoe (Moshesh, Mosheshwe or Mshweshwe – pronounced MOH-SHWAYSHWAY) was a prince of the Basotho, born in 1786. As a young man, he was angry and impatient. So his father sent him to Mohlomi, a famous chief who taught him self-restraint, patience and leadership. Moshoeshoe learned the value of hard work, that the powerless merited justice, and the poor, compassion. These lessons served

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I've often seen bloggers and other webmasters place a wishlist in a conspicuous corner of their page. Talk about conspicuous, I'm gonna post my wish list. The order isn't particularly important. But what does Rethabile want? The ten things I want the most, right now, are as follows: A job in Lesotho, South-Africa or Botswana,A large or even XL Lesotho T-shirtLessons to get me to speak Spanish,The

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Our coat of arms is nicely depicted on this page. The author, however, points out that although there's a crocodile at the center (royal totem), there are no crocodiles in Lesotho. True. There were crocodiles in Lesotho, as well as hippos, not too long ago.

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Just because someone decides to call your country, Land of no fences, doesn't mean you're gonna blog about it. Or does it? Land of no fences is a nice enough appellation. Lesotho has been called lots of things, and has gone through many phases of development; it is rather quaint, I find, for such a country to be called thus. [ Read ] When you really look at it, though, there are fences all over

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