This study focuses on the experiences of children as victims abduction into forced child marriage in Lesotho. The pays attention to living rural area Semonkong, where patterns are common. objectives were, explore factors that contribute incidents a marriages, determine effects marriages. used qualitative research method. A sample 10 participants (all women aged 21-51) from Semonkong Lesotho wer...

MMJ VOL 28 (2): June 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v28i2.9 Introduction The southern African region is defined in political terms as those countries that are members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).1 Currently there are fifteen member states of the SADC: Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibi...

CONTEXT One of Lesotho's population goals is to achieve replacement-level fertility by 2011, but the contraceptive prevalence rate of 41% is considerably below the target of 70-75%. METHODS A situation analysis framework was used to assess family planning providers' readiness to provide services and women's perceptions of service delivery. Data were collected in 1997-1998 through surveys of 3...

TYDSKRIF VIR LETTERKUNDE • 53 (2) • 2016 Chris Dunton & Antjie Krog Chris Dunton is Professor of Literature in English at the National University of Lesotho, specialising in African literature and rhetoric studies. Email: [email protected] Antjie Krog is an award-winning poet, translator and writer of nonfiction, as well as Professor in the Faculty of Arts at the University of the Western Cape. E...