Lesotho

Lekhetho, Mapheleba

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“…Just like the DRC, Lesotho (current population 2.233 million) has been embroiled in vast political unrest over the last few decades. Lekhetho () asserts that the political instability in the tiny kingdom may also be attested to poor human security, unstable government, poor economic growth, and chronic political violence. A vital element in Lesotho's post electoral conflict has been the role played by South Africa and other external actors.…”

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Post‐1994 South Africa's peacekeeping and military intervention in Southern Africa, reference from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Lesotho

Mlambo

Adetiba

2019

Journal of Public Affairs

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South Africa, once a pariah state as a result of the apartheid regime destabilization policies in Southern Africa, became a full fledge democratic state following the victory of the African National Congress (ANC) in the first and all‐inclusive democratic elections of 1994. The ANC's vision for Southern Africa was to be routed on the notion of curbing the imbalances of the past (pre‐1994), which had cost the Southern African region great economic loss. Here, one of the many fundamentals that were to drive the ANC's foreign policy doctrine was that of conflict resolution for a more stable and prosperous Africa particularly Southern Africa. Conflict resolution was viewed as a pivotal element for the new democratic government in order to stimulate beneficial relations with other African states post the apartheid era. In light of the above, and using a qualitative method approach, this paper draws a nuanced appraisal and examines the role of South Africa's peacekeeping and mediation initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Lesotho post‐1994. In conclusion, South Africa has been able to utilize its regional hegemonic stance to ensure regional security while ensuring economic stability at home.

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Post‐1994 South Africa's peacekeeping and military intervention in Southern Africa, reference from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Lesotho

Mlambo

Adetiba

2019

Journal of Public Affairs

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“…Lesotho is a small country in southern Africa with a population of about two million people, of which 99.7 % of them are Basotho who speak Sesotho (Lekhetho, 2013). According to Cohen et al, (2009), more than half of Lesotho's people live below the poverty line and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is the second highest in the world.…”

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Filling Information Gap on Covid-19 Pandemic Using Proverbs and Figurative Language: Lilaphalapha Facebook Page Lesotho

Mokala¹,

Matee

Khetoa

2023

JOLLT

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The current study reports on ways in which Lilaphalapha page on Facebook used language to provide awareness on Corona virus pandemic. Corona Virus affected the whole universe in different ways. Like the rest of the world, to curb the spread of the virus, Lesotho declared a state of emergency and the government put different health protocols in place. To prevent the widespread of COVID-19, a wealth of knowledge was provided in Indo-European languages in many countries. Speakers of African languages such as Sesotho, a national language of Lesotho, had to be innovative and employ region specific methodologies to spread awareness about COVID-19 pandemic. In this qualitative research, data was collected from eight purposely selected episodes posted on Lilaphalapha page on Facebook in April 2020. The videos were analysed through inductive thematic analysis approach. The paper analysed how the use of proverbs and figurative language has helped in preserving Sesotho as a language and filled the gap in preventing language dearth particularly in the advent of COVID-19 pandemic. The findings indicated figurative language, humour and proverbs were used in spreading COVID-19 awareness to Basotho.

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“…For example, in 2012 the pass rate stood at 55.4 percent with only around 15 percent who qualified for direct university entrance (Examinations Council of Lesotho [ECOL] 2013). Some of the reasons for this low pass rate include: poor quality of primary education, often associated with low quality of primary school teachers, weak school management, insufficient resources, acute poverty, lack of teacher commitment, and inadequate support from the Ministry of Education (Lekhetho, 2013). Harris & Chapman (2004) rightly note that despite sustained and well-intentioned efforts through targeted resources and strategic support, performance in schools in challenging circumstances remain stubbornly low.…”

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Stakeholder Perspectives on Strategies that can Improve Student Performance in the School-Leaving Examinations in Lesotho

Lekhetho

2013

MJSS

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Despite the endless efforts by the Lesotho government and various stakeholders to improve student outcomes in secondary schools, particularly in the school-leaving examinations, the failure rate remains stubbornly high, resulting in high wastage rate. The study adopted a quantitative approach, using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to gather data from 808 participants who included students, teachers, principals, school board members, school inspectors and education secretaries on the strategies that can be used to improve student performance in the school-leaving examinations. Simple descriptive statistics, mainly frequency counts and percentages are used to report the results. To improve academic performance the respondents suggested that there should be collaborative determination of teachers and students, a culture of speaking English at school, regular attendance of classes by teachers, the principal's purposeful leadership and decisiveness in maintaining order and discipline, and student selectivity to ensure that good students are selected at entry levels.

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Lesotho

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Post‐1994 South Africa's peacekeeping and military intervention in Southern Africa, reference from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Lesotho

Post‐1994 South Africa's peacekeeping and military intervention in Southern Africa, reference from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Lesotho

Filling Information Gap on Covid-19 Pandemic Using Proverbs and Figurative Language: Lilaphalapha Facebook Page Lesotho

Stakeholder Perspectives on Strategies that can Improve Student Performance in the School-Leaving Examinations in Lesotho

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