{"id":19768,"date":"2022-09-11T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/thebe-ea-khale-is-your-boss"},"modified":"2022-09-11T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T09:43:00","slug":"thebe-ea-khale-is-your-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/thebe-ea-khale-is-your-boss","title":{"rendered":"Thebe-ea-khale is your boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>IF you think education is a waste of time you just have to remember that there is a man called Simon Thebe-ea-khale.
\nIf you want to understand why financial literacy should be taught from primary school you have to look at the people who invested in his wretched Ponzi scheme.
\nBut if you want to laugh you have to remember that the RFP has Thebe-ea-khale as one of its candidates.
\nThe punch line of that joke is that the party claims to be basing its selection of candidates on meritocracy. The party says it hired consultants to interview the aspiring candidates. And we are told that the team comprised of people with qualifications in human resources, management and politics. There were also some PhD holders and church leaders.
\nKhele!
\nKe mohlolo oa thuoana ea loli.
\nA whole panel of so-called experts interviewed him and thought he is fit for purpose.
\nNever mind that he was running a Ponzi scheme that swallowed nearly half a billion maloti.
\nThat he was keeping money in boxes did not matter to the panel and the RFP leadership.
\nNor did it bother them that he is the man who left thousands of Basotho high and dry as he robbed Peter to pay Paul under the guise of \u201cinvestments\u201d.
\nThere are those clever by half who call Thebe-ea-khale a businessman who was sabotaged by the central bank and the government.
\nIt is their right to display their financial illiterateness.
\nBlissful ignorance is not a crime. Nor is it entirely shameful. What is disgraceful is to wear ignorance like a badge of honour. Thebe-ea-Khale was a thief and he is yet to repent because there is a battalion of people who still believe he was a saviour.
\nThat he is not in jail is a reflection of the lawlessness that pervades this country.
\nThat he doesn\u2019t move around with ten bodyguards is because we have a national penchant for celebrating thieves. Steal M10 from one Mosotho at a market and a mob will lynch you before the police drive the Mokhorotlo F.O.O.T to the scene.
\nBut steal millions from thousands of them and they will lift you on their shoulders and call you a hero.
\nThebe-ea-Khale\u2019s obvious sin against the thousands did not matter to the RFP because they are redefining both our politics and the words that come with it.
\nHe is their main man in Hloahloeng and they are sticking with him.
\nMeritocracy, my foot!
\nBut who the RFP chooses as its candidate is not Muckraker\u2019s business.
\nAfter all, the party is a property of a few who have their terms.
\nWhat disappoints Muckraker is the arguments of those who are bitter about being side-lined by the party.
\nThey are pointing to their victories in the primaries. Okay!
\nThey say the due process was not followed. Fine!
\nSome are demanding that the party shows them the results of their selection interviews.
\nAlright!
\nAnd they are saying all this because they want to prove that they deserve to represent the party in the next elections.
\nThe reality, though, is that they are missing the point.
\nThis has nothing to do with the primaries and due process.
\nIt never was and will never be.
\nThe real substantial argument against the party\u2019s decision to bin them is dancing on their foreheads while they scratch their heads for legal jargon.
\nPretending to be legal experts when they cannot even beat Thebe-ea-Khale in an interview where logic and honesty are being tested.
\nTheir argument should be that Thebe-ea-khale, a certified tsotsi, is a candidate and they are not.
\nThat alone is enough to make any judge see the hollowness of the party\u2019s meritocracy mantra. If it\u2019s too late to force the party to reverse its decision they should, at least, sue it for defaming and insulting them.
\nDefamation because the party is alleging that Thebe-ea-khale is better than them. Insulting because the party had the guts to put them in a meritocracy race with Thebe-ea-khale.<\/p>\n

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