{"id":39994,"date":"2024-05-10T20:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T20:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead"},"modified":"2024-05-10T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:36:10","slug":"hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead","title":{"rendered":"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity continues to haunt the country, the 2024 Ascension day has seen hawkers and other retail stores choosing work over communal worship.<\/p>\n

While some Christians in the city and in the villages were seen dressed in their different Churches regalia\u2019s, attending Ascension day services, some hawkers were all out selling fruits and vegetables in a bid to collect money so as to fend for their families.<\/p>\n

To them, the current increase of food prices, coupled with loss of jobs as also mentioned in Minister Limpho Tau\u2019s statement leaves them with no choice but to explore all measures possible in order to put bread on the table. \u201cI am a Christian who fully supports holistically .<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity continues to haunt the country, the 2024 Ascension day has seen hawkers and other retail stores choosing work over communal worship. While some Christians in the city and in the villages were seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,246,245],"class_list":["post-39994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nHAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity co ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T20:47:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T21:36:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-10T20:47:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-10T21:36:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead\",\"name\":\"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-10T20:47:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-10T21:36:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity co ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD - Lesotho","description":"ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity co ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD","og_description":"ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity co ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-05-10T20:47:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-10T21:36:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD","datePublished":"2024-05-10T20:47:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-10T21:36:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Lesotho","Lesotho"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead","name":"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-10T20:47:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-10T21:36:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"ust a few hours after the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office officially informed the nation that food insecurity co ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/05\/sm_1715360015.290345.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/hawkers-ignore-ascension-choose-work-instead#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HAWKERS IGNORE ASCENSION, CHOOSE WORK INSTEAD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}