Africa-Press – Lesotho. The pastoralists of Semonkong Ha Seng say that the biggest challenge they face when tending their herds is that they are on a staggered salary and do not take breaks.
In an interview with Voice of the Nation, one of the herdsmen in Ha Seng village, Mr Atama Rammalei, said that from the time of their grandparents, the shepherd’s annual salary was twelve sheep.
“We go down several days a week as we go in on Sundays, begging for mercy and a pay rise. And our lives are in danger when the thieves come and we are in the fields, ”he said
Mr Thakholi Khama, a senior farmer from Ha Seng village, said the challenge was that they had to travel four hours on horseback to the camp in Semonkong to look for a farmer. He also explained that when there is no road, the dead are transported by horses.
He appealed to those responsible for setting up a series of works and protests as a means of alleviating poverty but also as a means of improving and conserving the environment.
Ha Seng Ms ‘Masaene Naso local government candidate confirms that road demand is the main problem. He also said that the water supply was non-existent. Another problem is the need for nurses at Seng Health Center as the number of attendees is small.
Ms Naso appealed for the elderly to be relocated so that their salaries can be found next to them and not be confined to the Semonkong camp as is often the case, noting that the problem of diarrhea was described as a matter of course.
it’s bad. King of Ha Seng King Mathe Letsie confirms that the road crisis is serious because the community is unable to access services near the villages. Mr Letsie appealed to the authorities to request the Ha Seng police station, as crimes involving animal theft and murder were rampant.
He appealed for higher education as he explained that the existing schools were only primary, and said that most of them were joining churches because they needed facilities.
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