In conversation with Folane Makututsa

A few weeks ago I slid into Folane Makututsa's DM and asked to interview him. I waited and waited for a reply. There was no reply! Until a few days ago when his name popped up. He had replied (hooray!)  and we scheduled a conversation.  After a long time wanting to meet him, I met …

IN CONVERSATION WITH MOSO SEMATLANE

  Moso Sematlane is a student, writer and lover of Janelle Monae and Solange. I strongly believe that his a part time magician who's bound for galaxies. I documented my first conversation with him and here's how it went: TP: Tsebo here! MOSO SEMATLANE: Hi Tsebo!!!! TP: How is your heart? MS: My heart goes …

On meditation, Pula-Molomo and being a vessel: Leomile Motsetsela.

I first saw Leomile in 2010 at Machabeng College. I was in S1 and she was addressing the school as the SRC President. She finished IB2 and I never saw her again until about two years ago when she was on the exact amphitheatre stage. What was different this time was that she was with …

#GuestPost | A Note On ‘Mesa

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When days were bright, I watched my father laugh with his contemporaries such as late Famo musician, Ntate Hatlane, in the living room or verandah of the Maseru West house I grew up in.

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In Conversation | Ts’episo Mahase

TSEBO PHAKISI: Hello, Ts'episo! Finally! Also, it's so nice to add the sign to your name because Instagram doesn't include it. TS'EPISO MAHASE: Yeah it's a little annoying. then I get people mispronouncing my name because of that. TP: How do you react when people do? TM: It depends on how it's done, if it …

ON BEING A REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE IN POST-COLONIAL LESOTHO

By Mats'eliso Mots'oane  Exactly a year ago I made the bold decision to move back to my beloved home country, with the hopes of reconnecting with myself, my roots, and falling back in love with Lesotho. A move like this among my peers is rarely ever made by choice, often times Basotho nationals come back …

People have whole lives

A returning to home + childhood silences and their fragility

The geography of home for me has been blurry for as long as I can remember. The blurriness was and still is caused by the conflicting ideas of what I wish home was or would be compared to what it actually is. I have navigated life for a long time with an unsettling pain that …

Innerview: Audre Lorde, The Project and the transformation of silence

One day a while ago, my Interneting led me to a life changing discovery: Audre Lorde. At the time, feminism seemed a bit complex and in hindsight, I realise that it was and it still is made to seem complex by the systems in place which thrive on the ideas that MY feminism and other …

In Conversation: Thakane Shale on financial health, asking questions and the power of choices

  Tsebo: These interviews are weird ha li qala but who are you? Thakane: Thakane Shale, 26. Law graduate. Writer, feminist.working towards a CFP qualification Tsebo: What's a CFP qualification? Thakane: Certified Financial Planner, I am passionate about personal finance Tsebo: Also, tell me a bit about how you grew up? Thakane: My parents separated …

Ka Maseru

The sun rose on her shack. Its warm embrace painted streaks of faint orange on the new corrugated iron. Yesterday was a frenzy of alcohol that burned their chests, laughter that led to tears when they talked about the past. Particularly where they came from. They came to Maseru bundled like wood that was to …

+water

Ideally, I am typing this naked, with the juice of a mango finding its way past my breasts. I wait and wait for it to find my belly button but the air snatches it. It freezes it and just like that, the juice of the mango is gone. How many things did I want to …

IN THE DM’S WITH CHERE MONGANGANE OF BONONO MERCHANTS

In light of the #wearlocalfridays movement that's popping here in Lesotho,  I took it upon me to interview the people behind the brands and below is a Q&A with Chere Mongangane of Bonono Merchants. @ladyamiss: How are you and who is  Chere Mongangane? @bonono_merchants: Chere Mongangane is the first born and eldest son of mr …