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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Lehlohonolo Tsekela, a 63-year-old man from Ha-Rakatibana in the Qacha\u2019s Nek district\u2019s Lebakeng constituency, is the latest beneficiary of assistance from Frist Lady \u2019Maesaiah Thabane\u2019s Trust Fund, which has donated to him a newly-built and furnished two-roomed flat after living in the wilderness for over two years.
\nThe handover last week Friday, was graced by the presence of the First Lady, her spouse Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and Deputy Commander Lesotho Defence Force Major-General Matela Matobakele, accompanied by army personnel who helped build the house from scratch.
\nBefore Tsekela received the gift, he had been living in caves for a couple of years after his houses were repeatedly burnt mysteriously on different occasions.
\nFrom 2017, each time his house burnt down, Tsekela would build a new one only for it to be destroyed in yet another mysterious fire, leading to fellow villagers believing the chain of tragedies was the work of witchcraft known locally as \u201cfotha\u201d.<\/p>\n

His flock of sheep, estimated at 200, was also depleted by thefts and he experienced another loss when his son and grandson also died mysteriously. Tsekela consequently resorted to moving out of his village to live in caves far from his own home, having taken his wife to his brother-in-law\u2019s home in the Tsoelike constituency also in Qacha\u2019s Nek.
\nIn order to start afresh, Tsekela permanently migrated far away from his native village, moving to the Ha-Matlali local council where the local chief gave him a new plot on which the Trust Fund built the house.
\nTsekela was miserable until fellow villagers felt pity for him and took the initiative to write to the \u2019Maesaiah Thabane Trust Fund seeking assistance, which came in the form of the fully-furnished structure.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. Lehlohonolo Tsekela, a 63-year-old man from Ha-Rakatibana in the Qacha\u2019s Nek district\u2019s Lebakeng constituency, is the latest beneficiary of assistance from Frist Lady \u2019Maesaiah Thabane\u2019s Trust Fund, which has donated to him a newly-built and furnished two-roomed flat after living in the wilderness for over two years. 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