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Moeta-pele oa Basotho Pele Party Jason Shao, o re ha a batle ho ba Tona-kholo kapa Letona, o tla khotsofalla ho ba leparamente.

A bua le baqolotsi ba litaba Maseru kajeno, o re ha a hloke maemo h**e a tlise liphetoho tseo a laba-labelang ho li bona. O re phathi ea hae e tl'o emela likhetho mabatoeng ohle a 80. A re hajoale o se a e-na le baemeli mabatoeng a 50.

Shao ke letsoalloa la China, empa o se a e-na le litokomane tsa Lesotho ka mor'a ho phela Lesotho lilemo tse fetang 30.

O ile a makatsa batho ha a emela likhetho tsa naha e le moikiti ea ikemetseng lebatoeng la Ha-Tsolo likhethong tse fetileng tsa naha.

Shao o re o labalabela ho bona Basotho ba iphepa. O re ha a utloisisi h**e na hobane'ng Lesotho le lata meroho le litholoana Afrika Boroa.

O boetse o re o morerong oa ho tlisa feme e etsang lithuthuthu tsa motlakase ka har'a naha, kaha price ea lipalangoang e hloele mekoalaba.

O re 'muso o teng le hoja o bonahala o ntlafalitse tabeng ea ho loantša tlolo ea molao, o aparetsoe ke bobolu. O re hohle moo a eang o batloa tjotjo pele a sebeletsoa.

Ho phaella moo, Shao o re o phela ba linonyana ha a le teng Lesotho mona, kaha ho e-na le bapolotiki ba batlang ho mo timetsa.

Ho sa le joalo, Shao oa themelekana h**e na hobane'ng a kene lipolotiki tsa Lesotho.

𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢

The national cricket team will leave for Eswatini on Sunday to compete in the 2026 ECA Ubuntu Tri-Nations T20I Series.

Made up of 14 players, the squad will be accompanied by head coach Alex Mavhiko and team manager Dr Clifford Molefe, whose role is to ensure the team is fully prepared and supported throughout the tournament.

Mavhiko has been working with the players for several weeks in preparation for the competition.

The team has been training in Maseru West, focusing on sharpening their skills ahead of the tournament.

Lesotho will compete against hosts Eswatini and Mozambique in a round robin format from June 2 until June 7.

The two teams with the highest points will advance to the final.

Dr Molefe told a press conference that the squad includes two Under-19 players as part of the association’s long-term succession plan aimed at preparing younger players to step into senior roles in the future.

“We have a training facility in Maseru West and the team has been working hard preparing for the tournament. We have played these countries before, we want to go there and win as we continue to grow cricket in the country,” he said.

“As mandated by association we have U18 players in the team whom we are taking to Eswatini. This is to make sure there is continuity in the squad and to make sure they are ready when the time comes.”

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐
Lesotho vs. Mozambique
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟑
Eswatini vs. Lesotho
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟒
Mozambique vs. Lesotho
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟔
Lesotho vs. Mozambique
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟕
Eswatini vs. Lesotho

The team will depart with wicketkeeper-batsman Yunus Jakda captaining the side, while Mpiti Lerotholi will serve as vice-captain.

Lesotho will open their campaign against Mozambique before facing Eswatini the following day.

Last month, the women’s national team competed in the BCA Kalahari T20I tournament, where they played seven matches and secured two victories.

Despite the results, the association praised the team’s growth, resilience, and fighting spirit as they continue to build experience through international competition.

𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝
𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
Thamae Thamae, Lefulere Monanthane, Maaz Khan, Lebona Leokaoke, Shekhoe Makalo and Jabulani Matjatje

𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
Tanki Khetsi and Mthimkhulu Leporoporo

𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬
Khauta ’Malei and Tšepiso Chaoana

𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬
Yunus Jakda (C) and Chachole Tlali

𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧
Mpiti Lerotholi (VC)

𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫
Bahlakoana Mejaro

𝐓𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐚

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐚

Muckraker told this story before, but the current circus in our political pigsty makes it worth repeating. It’s a beautiful encore neatly capturing how Uncle Sam humiliated Bra Lebona. Never in the history of our rotten politics has a rich man been so humbled with such surgical ruthlessness.
Here it goes. One day, Uncle Sam is visiting his people and cows in Mantšonyane.
Let’s say he wanted a break from the pit latrine that is Maseru.
Or some time with genuine people who see him as one of their own, not some Moshe coming down Mount Sinai with bags of money and empty promises.
Uncle Sam is enjoying 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑜ℎ𝑜 and 𝑚𝑎𝑞𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑘𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑒 when a helicopter lands on a nearby mountain.
Bra Lebona jumps out, holding a pellet gun.
And as he comes down the mountain, he starts shooting birds and stuffing them in a ℎ𝑎 𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑎 𝑇𝑠𝑒𝑘𝑎.
When Uncle Sam asks what he is doing in his village, Bra Lebona says: “Just hunting God’s birds in Morena Moshoeshoe’s country, 𝑁𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒”.
Uncle Sam retreats to his house and watches Bra Lebona harvesting birds in the trees just outside his fence.
After all, Bra Lebona was clear that he was hunting God’s creatures that any Mosotho can catch for protein.
In any case, Bra Lebona had started whistling to show that he was in no mood for chit-chat with someone who didn’t own a single feather of the birds he wanted to swallow.
Bra Lebona then shoots a bird that drops in Uncle Sam’s yard, right by the fence.
And just as he is about to jump over the fence to pick it, Uncle Sam walks over and asks: “And what are you doing now?”
“Getting my bird shot by me,” Bra Lebona says.
Already annoyed, Uncle Sam says he now owns the bird because it’s in his yard.
Bra Lebona frowns with disgust. He says it’s his bird because he shot it.
They argue for hours until Uncle Sam says there is a simple and amicable way to resolve the dispute.
“Make it quick, that bird is my dinner in TY,” Bra Lebona says as he paces along the fence.
Uncle Sam explains the Mantšonyane Dispute Resolution Mechanism that elders use to resolve serious conflicts.
“We take turns to kick each other in the nuts three times and whoever gives up first loses the bird,” Uncle Sam says.
Bra Lebona quickly agrees and insists Uncle Sam start the kicking.
He reasons that by the time it’s his turn to kick Uncle Sam in the nuts, the villagers would have gathered to witness the humiliation of their son in his yard in front of goats and cows. He knew Mantšonyane has more goats than people.

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬

So Bra Lebona bends over. Uncle Sam kicks him in the nuts. Boom! Bra Lebona screams but doesn’t give up. He wants his bird for dinner.
Boooom! Uncle Sam kicks again. Bra Lebona faints.
Villagers who had gathered after hearing the first scream sprinkled some water on him. He comes back to life. Still dazed and with some tears, Bra Lebona bends over again for the third kick.
The smart Son of TY was just one last kick away from punishing the Son of Mantšonyane.
So he thought.
Booooooom!
Uncle Sam delivers the last kick, a thunderous one, and Bra Lebona faints again.
This time, the villagers use buckets of water to resuscitate him.
And when he comes back to life, Bra Lebona struggles to his feet and says: “I didn’t give up. Now it’s my turn to kick your nuts. Bend over, 𝑁𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒”.
Uncle Sam says: “Nah! You won’t be kicking any nuts today. I give up. Take your bird and go back to TY”.
Furious, Bra Lebona accuses Uncle Sam of violating their deal.
“𝑁𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 24, you missed the point. The bird has always been yours, I only used it for a chance to kick you in the nuts,” says Uncle Sam as he walks back to his house, laughing.
Although Muckraker wasn’t there, witnesses say villagers used a scotch cart to carry Bra Lebona and his birds, including the one he had just won, back to his chopper.
Back in TY, Bra Lebona gathered his people to announce that the nut-kicking contest in Mantšonyane never happened and he is still good friends with Uncle Sam. Meanwhile, he was still taking painkillers.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬

If you think this nut-kicking story is just a silly village tale of bruised groin muscles, you need political spectacles. This is a masterclass in strategy versus naive ego.
Bra Lebona is a victim of his bloated self-importance.
While he was drooling over his bird, Uncle Sam was focused on sending him back to TY, limping and weeping.
The first kick, the reshuffle, was to show Bra Lebona who is the master. The second kick, delivered at a meeting of RFP founders, was a rude reminder that his perceived power in the party was nothing but hallucination.
The third, his firing this week, has sent him back to TY on all fours.
He will have to explain to village elders why a man he called a brother for life clobbered him like a stray dog. The people want to know why a party he claims to have founded and funded is spitting on him.
Of course, his supporters will say he wasn’t fired but just refused to accept Uncle Sam’s decision.
It’s fine and dandy if it makes them sleep well. Opinions are like buttocks. Everyone has them.
The outcome is, however, the same. He is no longer a minister.
How he left is as important as a tickey pocket, that tiny pocket on a pair of jeans.
Bra Lebona thought the millions he invested in the RFP guaranteed him power, influence and a position of his choosing in the government. He was naive.
The RFP founders told him to behave himself because his millions bought him a seat at the high table, not shareholding. He is an important guest, not an owner.
And that’s the truth. He was invited after the Cape Town meeting that decided to form the party.
No wonder his RFP story starts with his meeting with Uncle Sam in Thailand.
He is a rich uncle who funded a wedding but wants to decide how many children the couple should have, when and how.

𝐀 𝐭𝐨𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬

The truth is that Bra Lebona forgot he was renting power whose lease was only for as long as he didn’t behave like an entitled tenant.
Yet he thought he could give Uncle Sam an ultimatum to reinstate him as Home Affairs Minister. 𝑁𝑦𝑜𝑒, 𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑒, I either return to my ministry or I leave.
Muckraker knew those hollow threats would end in tears. Bra Lebona said there would be hell to pay if he counted up to ten without being reinstated.
Uncle Sam yawned and told him to start counting. Realising that he was holding a toy gun, Bra Lebona started counting slowly: 1, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03,1.04, 1.05…7.01….
He was still counting by the time he was kicked back to TY.
But make no mistake. Bra Lebona is not a common Mosotho man.
He is still an MP with lots of money and pockets of support within the Revolution for Fake Prosperity. For now, he should focus on healing.