Examples of using Basotho in English and their translations into Russian
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The Basotho Nation was renowned for its love of peace.
This calculated move by the settlers deprived the Basotho of their livelihood.
However, Basotho still hold African traditional beliefs.
As a result, a series of conflicts erupted between the Basotho and the newcomers.
De la Rey fought in the Basotho War of 1865 and Sekhukhune's War of 1876.
Both the Local and Central Courts are sometimes referred to as customary or Basotho Courts.
Those who were later to be called Basotho moved south into the Free State and Lesotho.
In Lesotho conditions on acquisition of citizenship by marriage make a naked preference to Basotho men over Basotho women.
A minority of Basotho, estimated to number 248,000 as of 1993, speak Zulu, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa.
We welcome the opportunity presented now for the Basotho people themselves to address their concerns.
During a visit to the Basotho village we familiarize our self with the culture and customs of the tribe, which not so long ago practiced cannibalism.
Lesotho has a dual legal system:Roman Dutch Law(Common Law) and Basotho customs Customary Law.
It took more than 90 years for the Basotho to regain political leadership, which was in the hands of the British Commissioner.
LCN recommended that Lesotho give similar citizenship rights to spouses of Basotho females and to their male counterparts.
In the area of education, free schooling for Basotho children had begun in January 2000 and the Government intended to adopt legislation to that effect.
The Legal Aid Department ensures women's protection by representing indigent Basotho women and children in legal matters.
The people who are today called the Basotho, Batswana and Bapeli all originated from one cultural cluster, for which we will use the term“Sotho” in our text.
The old Act did not sufficiently address the issue of adoption procedure; such that Basotho were not given the right to adopt.
Furthermore, Basotho citizens who were themselves born aboard could not pass on their Lesotho nationality to their children born abroad, which may lead to statelessness.
One of the effects of the war was the formation of new nations such as the Basotho nation founded by Moshoeshoe and the Swazi nation founded by Sobhuza.
The Basotho, on the other hand, were usually more dispersed given the better ecology of the well-watered plains of the northern Free State and Lesotho.
The cause of the slower than desired pace of increased women's participation in political leadership andoccupancy of decision making positions is the slow metamorphosis of Basotho traditions.
The outcome was that majority of Both Basotho men and women agreed that the law should provide equal inheritance rights with reservations to arable land.
More specific information was needed on the small minority of Indian, Xhosa and Phuthi(para. 28) andthe small minority of Basotho of Indian origin para. 16.
The Committee notes that Basotho households depend heavily on remittances from family members working abroad; in particular in mines, on farms and as domestic workers in South Africa.
MSGA stated that the role of Christianity andtraditions in Lesotho remain key elements in the Basotho Society and the position of Christianity and traditions is that same sex relationships are evil and foreign.
It reads:"[T]he heir in Basotho shall be the first male child of the married wife, and if there is no male in the first house the first born male child of the next wife married in succession shall be the heir.
The strike of February 1998 had been a conflict over wages between Chinese employers and Basotho workers, caused by the workers' inability to meet the targets set by their employers.
Basotho mineworkers in South Africa were laid off with dire financial and social consequences for a number of households, especially in the rural areas where vulnerability is more prevalent.
Under Citizenship Order 1971 and the 1993 Constitution, Basotho women could not pass their nationality to their foreign spouses, unlike Basotho men, who had such right.