Basotho Women Crazy About Foreigners

Basotho womens fascination with all things foreign has had quite a horrific consequences over the years.The one case which is typical of the ordeals they have suffered is the one of Matsiliso ,who is alleged to have been gunned down by her Danish husband fir fear that she would turn state witness and nail him for genital mutilation.The case is before the South African courts as i write

Basotho Women Crazy About Foreigners

During my visits to Lesotho, i experienced this fascination first hand .Nigerians,Zimbabweans,Zambians are top of the list of foreign husbands of choice .Most of these men use the women shamelessly for their own advancement ,to get Sesotho citizenship.Sexual gratification as well as cheap labour for their small businesses before dumping them without a second thought.

Some of the women i talked to openly declared that foreign men were better lovers both physically and emotionally.They claim that foreigners knew how to look after their ladies .Whether this is true or just a myth is open to debate.That is the mindset of the average Mosotho lady,which foreigners exploit to the hilt.

In one of the urban settlements,Haleqele ,the number of children seven years and under who have been sired by Zimbabweans is frightening.There has been an influx of young Zimbabwean males visiting for the purpose of informal trade .Soon the town will have a teeming Zimbabwean community.I do not believe these fathers bother to think of the fact that they will definitely carry the stigma through out their lives.Very few fathers actually marry their baby mamas .To them it is just a means of letting off steam.With the prevelence of H.I.V and A.I.D.S one would assume that these adults would play it safe.

The stigma is not only confined to the offspring ,as the mothers are also painted with the same brush.They are referred to as the 'Mathikatsi' ,loose women who sleep with foreigners.Their chances of marrying Basotho men are almost none existent as they as regarded as rotten apples.