“Bophelo lefats’eng ke ntoa”: a Sesotho adage which literally translates to “Life on earth is war”. This is especially true now as humanity is under siege by an invisible enemy, covid-19. It is a little over a year since the world was first introduced to this novel coronavirus. Despite an unfortunately nonchalant approach to this …
It is as though the Basotho nation is a distant spectator as the world staggers around us. As we receive a rainy start to winter, Lesotho is undergoing a 14-day extension of the national lockdown from the 22nd April to the 5th of May 2020[i]. To date, the Ministry of Health maintains that the country …
It is day 18 of the national lockdown in Lesotho that spans from midnight 29th March to the 21st of April 2020. The nation has been urged to stay at home as coronavirus COVID-19 continues to forcibly penetrate countries around the world. Schools, churches, businesses and social watering holes alike have closed their doors in …
And so the question arises: What was life like before COVID-19? Since the inception of this novel strain of coronavirus in December 2019, it has infiltrated every facet of human life in a manner many of us have never seen. As of the 28th March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) states that over 570,000 …
So… you’ve heard about this new thing – the coronavirus? The first cases of COVID-19, a strain of the coronavirus, were first pronounced in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The coronavirus, as stated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), belongs to a family of viruses that can manifest as mild or severe respiratory illness. COVID-19 …