Lesotho charmed by the Miss Africa concept
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Group picture of Miss Africa and Leotho teams
The team together with Gaborone mayor, Kagiso Thutlwe, visited Lesotho to launch the pageant and explain the concept behind it, which Basotho accepted with open arms.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Tlali Tlali, from the Beauty Association of Lesotho said the pageant would bring Africans together.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...