The Weekly Editorial
In a country where thousands of schoolgirls, some as young as eight years, fall pregnant every year with many of these child mothers contracting HIV in the process, it was just a matter of time before the government was pushed to do what it is now planning — distributing condoms to schoolchildren. Draft proposals gazetted last month will see the government distributing male and female condoms to boys and girls doing grades 7 to 12. Even younger kids doing grades 4 to 6 — that is small girls aged between nine and 12 who have barely developed breasts and little…
Lesotho bleeds, while we watch
For many years, I have decided not to comment about the politics of the Kingdom of Lesotho. This was caused by poor knowledge of, or interest in, the politics of the tiny mountain kingdom. But after my visit to the mountain kingdom during the past weekend, I felt an itching need to comment on the developments in that country. Firstly, I appreciate the fact that Lesotho is an African country. And being an African, I feel obliged to have an interest in the developments taking place there. Secondly, I owe my ancestry to the Mountain Kingdom. My grandfather, the late…
Tiyo Soga: an unsung African patriot
History teaches us all that among the long list of pioneering African intellectuals who lived centuries ago, and who are unsung, one figure stands out and that is Tiyo Soga. As we celebrated Africa Day this past week, I found myself immersed in all sorts of resources at my disposal trying to educate myself as much as I could about this great African martyr who did so much for his countrymen but very little is said or written about him and his work. To my disappointment, history books and all other online sites have very little documentation about the life…
