This document discusses traditional jobs performed only by Basotho men in Lesotho in the past. It describes jobs like herding livestock, hunting animals, building animal enclosures, crafting baskets and blankets, working as mediators in village disputes, plowing fields, threshing grain, and more. Each job is accompanied by a brief explanation and an illustrative image. The document aims to showcase the different roles men traditionally held in Basotho society.

1. Lesotho College of Education
Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Mesebetsi ea banna ba Basotho
Ka
Thabo Motlomelo

2. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
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Boitsebiso

3. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Mehleng ea khale, Basotho ba ne ba e na
le mesebetsi e ba khethollang e fapaneng,
e ka aroloang ho latela hore na e ne e
etsoa ke bo-mang. Banna le basali ba ne
ba ithuta le ho etsa mesebetsi e fapaneng
ka nako eo, ’me banna ba ne ba etsa ea
bona, ha basali le bona ba ne ba etsa ea
bona.
Setšoantšo ka: trekearth.com
Selelekela

4. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Leha mesebetsi eo e le likarolo, mona ho tla shejoa e meng ea
mesebetsi e neng e etsoa ke banna ba Basotho feela. Ho tla shejoa
ho sireletsa sechaba, ho alosa liphoofolo, ho hapa liphoofolo, ho
suha makoko, ho roka likobo, ho loha likatiba, lisiu le liroto, ho
sebetsa litaba ha li hlahile motseng kapa ka hara naha, ho pola le
ho bofa lijo, ho haha matlo, ho tea marumo, le ho lema.
Selelekela (Ntšetso-pele)

5. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Ha ho ne ho loanoa, ho tsekoa
meeli ke lichaba kapa metse e
bapileng, banna ba tla ea loana ho
sireletsa bo-’m’e, bana le batho
ba baholo joaloka bo-ntate
moholo.
Setšoantšo ka: worldnomads.com
Ho sireletsa sechaba kapa naha

6. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
E ne e le mosebetsi oa banna ho isa
liphoofolo naheng ho ea fula, ho bona
hore ha li senye masimo a batho, le ho
bona hore liphoofolo li bolokehile, ba
se li utsoe kapa hona hore li jeoe ke
libata.
Setšoantšo ka: gettyimages.com
Ho alosa liphoofolo

7. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Mehleng ea khale, marena a ne
a batla ho utloahale hore a
matla. A ne a etsa hore banna ba
busoang e be bahlabani, ba
tsebe ho loanela puso ea bona,
ba ee libakeng tse ling ho ea
hapa liphoofolo.
Setšoantšo ka: writinghorseback.com
Ho hapa liphoofolo

8. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Ha khomo e hlabiloe, nama e
saletse lekokong, le tla faloa
hore nama eo e tlosoe e se
bolise lekoko.
Setšoantšo ka: wildlifesculptures.co.nz
Ho suha makoko

9. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Ha ho qetoa ho faloa, ho tla
thakhisoa lekoko leo hore le se
phuthahane. Sena se ka etsoa ka
hore lekoko le kokoteloe ka
lithupa tse bitsoang lithakhisa, e
be ha le se le omile le le thata, le
ea suuoa ke banna ka matla, hore
le be bonolo.
Setšoantšo ka: tapatalk.com
Ho suha makoko (Ntšetso-pele)

10. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Banna ba ne ba roka likobo ba
sebelisa makoko a suuoeng a
liphoofolo. Ba ne ba etsa kobo ea
Sesotho e bitsoang mokhahla ka
lekoko la khomo. Mesebetsi e
kang ho etsa likuoane ka matlalo a
linyamatsane, e ne e le ea banna le
eona. (Tladi, 1979:17)
Setšoantšo ka: hiveminer.com
Ho roka likobo

11. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Banna ba ne ba ithuta ho loha
likatiba ka leloli, moseha kapa
letsiri.
Setšoantšo ka: lesedifm.co.za
Ho loha likatiba, lisiu le liroto

12. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Ba ne ba loha lisiu le liroto.
Ho ea ka Tladi
(1972:17),“lisiu e ne e le
tsona tseo ho bolokeloang
mabele ha ho qetiloe ho
poloa le ho fiella; athe liroto
li ne li sebelisoa bakeng sa
ho thothela mabele litheng,
ha ho ntse ho kotuloa. Hape
li ne li sebelisoa ho olosa
mabele ha a se a potsoe.”
Setšoantšo ka: gettyimages.com
Setšoantšo ka: pinterest.com
Ho loha likatiba, lisiu le liroto (Ntšetso-pele)

13. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Ha litaba li hlahile motseng kapa
ka hara naha, ke bo-ntate ba
buoang litaba tseo, ha li buoe ke
bo-’m’e. Ha mora a ne a batla ho
kopeloa moroetsana, kapa ngoetsi
e ngalile, ke bo-ntate ba neng ba
ea habo ngoetsi ho ea bua litaba.
Setšoantšo ka: kutlwano.gov.bw
Ho sebetsa litaba ha li hlahile motseng

14. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Ha ho qetoa ho kotuloa (haholo mabele), a
tla behelloa hara tšimo sebakeng se bitsoang
seotlo, ho khethoe a butsoitseng le a sa
butsoang. A tla aroloa ka setha sa a
butsoitseng le setha sa a sa butsoang. A
butsoitseng a tla poloa a le mang, le a sa
butsoang ho be joalo, a sa kopanngoe. Ha a
potsoe, a tla tšeloa ka mokotleng, e be a
bofshoa ho isoa hae kapa motseng.
Setšoantšo ka: pond5.com
Ho pola le ho bofa lijo

15. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Banna ba tla thuha
majoe ’me ba a sebelise
ho haha matlo, ba
kopanye seretse le
moiteli ho haha. Ba ka
sebelisa joang bo
bitsoang mohlomo ho
rulela matlo.
Setšoantšo ka: alamy.com
Ho haha matlo

16. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Hape ba ne ba haha le
masaka ka majoe ao.
Setšoantšo ka: publicdomainpictures.net
Ho haha matlo (Ntšetso-pele)

17. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Tšepe e ea futhoa, e phaphathoe
ka lejoe la moralla, e be e ea
leotsoa ho etsa motsu o nchocho
ntlheng. Ke ona motsu oo o tla
sebelisoa ho tsetsepela ba lireng
nakong ea ntoa.
Setšoantšo ka: tapatalk.com
Ho tea marumo

18. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Banna ba pana likhomo tse
peli, tse ’ne kapa tse tšeletseng
ho lema masimo. Monna o tla
tšoara mohoma ho lema, ha e
mong a tšoara teu ho etella
likhomo pele, e le ho bona
hore li lema hantle ho se be le
libanka.
Setšoantšo ka: shutterstock.com
Ho lema

19. Re Bona Leseli Leseling La Hao. www.lce.ac.ls contacts: (+266) 22312721 www.facebook.com/LesothoCollegeOfEducation
Le hoja hona joale e meng ea mesebetsi eo e se e kopanetsoe, e se e ka etsoa ke
basali le banna, ho tle ho hlokomelehe hore mesebetsi eo ho buuoeng ka eona
mona, e ne e le mesebetsi e etsoang ke banna ba Basotho feela, mehleng ea
khale.
Qetello

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