11/06/2025
Polelo ea Letona la Bosebetsi le Khoro, Mohlomophehi Ts'eliso Mokhotsi mabapi le ketekelo ea litaba tsa tokelo ea bana khahlanong le Ts'ebeliso e mpe le khatello Mesebetsing.
"Ke taba e kholo ho ‘na ho etsa puo ‘mokeng oa kajeno, moo ho kopaneng bophatlalatsi ba litaba ba Lesotho ‘me re phura leshoetla ka litaba tsa tokelo ea bana ea ho ts’irelletsoa khahlanong le ts’ebeliso e mpe le khatello ea bona mesebetsing (children’s right to be free from worst forms of child labour). Ntle le h**e litaba tsa ts’ireletso ea bana mosebetsing ke mosebetsi oa ka, ke litaba tse lutseng pelong ea ka ka ho khetholoha, ‘me ke ananela monyetla o mong le o mong oo ke o fumanang ho bua ka litaba tsa litokelo tsa bana mosebetsing.
Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Bosebetsi (International Labour Organisation) o ts’oaile letsatsi la leshome le metso e ‘meli Phuptjane (12 June), selemo le selemo, ele Letsatsi la ho Nena Ts’ebeliso e Mpe ea Bana le Khatello ea Bana Mosebetsing. Selemomg se holimo, mohoo oa sehopotso sa letsatsi lena o re TEMA E KHATHILOENG E KHOLO HO SIRELLETSA LITOKELO TSA BANA MOSEBETSING, FEELA RE SA TS’OANETSE HO SEBETSA KA THATA HO E NTLAFATSA H**E E THOPO-THELE, HA RE TIISENG HOFETA! ho latela mohoo ona, re le linaha, re ts’oarane ka matsoho le bo mphato oa rona ts’ebetsong (tripartite partners), eleng bahiri le basebetsi, re ela hloko esita le ho ananela tema eo re seng re e khathile ho fenya ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bana le khatello ea bona mosebetsing, le ha hole joalo, re boetse re hlokomela h**e ho sa ntse ho hlokahala h**e re akofise matsapa ohle ho fenya le ho felisa bothata bona, ntle le ts’enyo ea nako.
Ho bohlokoa ho lemosa Sechaba h**e ‘muso o na le boikarabello ba ho bona h**e bana ba sebetsang ba natefeloa ke tokelo ea bana ea ho sirelletsoa khahlanong le ts’ebeliso e mpe le khatello mosebetsing, ka ho hlompha tokelo e joalo (obligation to respect), ho e sireletsa (obligation to protect) le ho e phethahatsa (obligation to fulfill). Ke ka hoo, ‘muso oa Lesotho o tekenneng litumellano tsa machaba (International Labour Conventions) tse sireletsang litokelo tsa bana ho kenyelletsa le tokelo ea bana ea ho ba bolokolohing ba ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bona le khatello mosebetsing, ‘me litumellano tseo tsa machaba li kenyelletsa tse lateng:
• ILO Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age (1973)
• ILO Convention No. 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1999)
Ho phethahatsa boikarabello bona, ‘muso ka Lekala la Bosebetsi le Khiro, o ntse o sebetsa 'moho le balekane ba fapaneng, ho akaretsa mekhatlo ea machaba, mekhatlo e ikemetseng, le sechaba ka kakaretso, ho netefatsa h**e maano le meralo esita le melao e teng ea ts’ireletso ea litokelo tsa bana e keng’oa ts’ebetsong ka katleho. Mehlala ea melao e joalo ke e latelang:
• Molao oa Bosebetsi oa Nomoro ea 3 oa 2024;
• Molao oa Ts’ireletso le Polokeho ea Bana oa 2011; le
• Molao oa Thuto, hara e meng.
Le tla hopola h**e, Lekala la heso la Bosebetsi le Khiro, mosebetsi oa lona ke ho lisa le ho netefatsa boiketlo ba basebetsi, ho kenyelletsa le bona bana ba mosebetsing. Lekala le nkile boikabello ba ho etsa leano le hokahanyang makala a ‘muso le bohle ba nang le kobo ea bohali ts’ireletsong ea tokelo ea bana ea ho se sebelisoe ha mpe le ho hatelloa mosebetsing (National Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labour 2024 - 2029). Sepheo sa mantlha sa leano lena ke ho fana ka boeletsi ba bophethahatsi mafapheng ohle a fanang ka lits’ebeletso tse amang bana ele ho bona h**e bana ba hola ba bolokehile, ba phetse hantle moeeng le ‘meleng, ho se na tlhekefetso ea letho e ba sitisang hoba bana.
E ‘ngoe ea meoloane eo re e fihletseng tlasa ho kengoa ts’ebetsong hoa leano lena, ke ho theha le ho matlafatsa ts’ebetso ea Komiti ea naha e reretsoeng ho tataisa ‘muso ho etsa maoala a ho felisa ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bana le khatello ea bona mosebetsing (Programme Advisory Committee on Child Labour). Sena re se fihletse tlasa selekane sa kopanelo ea mosebetsi le Mokhatlo oa Lefats’e oa World Vision Lesotho. Ke moo komiti ka litho tsa eona tse fapaneng li atlehileng ho etsa ts’ebetso e kenyelletsang lipitso metseng le likolong ka tlhokomeliso le thupelo ea ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bana le khatello ea bana mosebetsing, esita le mokhoa oa ho tlaleha, le libaka tsa tlaleho ea liketsahalo tsa ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bana le khatello ea bona mosebetsing. Tlhokomeliso le lithupelo tse joalo li entsoe metseng e latelang:
• Phamong - Mohale’s Hoek;
• Mokotjomela - Quthing;
• Matelile - Mafeteng;
• Rothe le Thaba-Bosiu – Maseru;
• Kueneng – Berea;
• Pitseng – Leribe; le
• Mokhotlong.
Joalo ka ha ke supile pejana h**e boesa ke Letsatsi la Lefatše la ho Nena ts’ebeliso e mpe ea Bana le khatello ea Bana Mosebetsing, Lekala la Bosebetsi le Khiro le tla keteka letsatsi lena ka ho bapatsa menyetla ea ho nts’etsa lithuto pele le ho bonts’a bana mafapha a botsebi ao ba ka ithutelang ona. Ketekelo e na e tla ba ka la 19 Phuptjane selemong se holimo. Re hloaile Matelile e le sebaka seo re tla ketekela teng sepheo e le ho thophothetsa kelo-tlhoko le tsebo ka ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bana le khatello ea bana mosebtsing. Ka hoo, ke mema Basotho bohle, ekaba ke bahiri, basebetsi, batsoali, matichere le bona bana, ba Matelile le mathoko a eona ho tla keteka letsatsi lena le rona.
Ke nka monyetla ona ho phatlalatsa h**e ke laetse Lakala la heso ka lefapha la Bohlahlobi (Labour Inspectorate) naha ka bophara, ho kenya linala fats’e ba tsoe lets’olo la ho hlahloba libaka tsa ts’ebetso e le ho netefatsa h**e bahiri ba ikobela melao e thibelang ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bana le khatello ea bana mosebetsing. Lets’olo lena le tla etsahala khoeling ena ea Phuptjane kaofela e ntse e le ho ts’oaea sehopotso sa letsatsi lena. Ke tla lebella tlaleho ha lets’olo le phetheloa.
Ho sa le joalo, ke thetha litaba tsa ka ka ho ipiletsa ho bohle h**e ba kenye letsoho ho etsa bonnete ba h**e ts’ebeliso e mpe ea bana le khatello ea bana mosebetsing e nts’oa ka metso ka har’a naha ea rona. Ruri, khatelopele e ea bonahala, le ha ho sa ntse ho ena le mosebetsi o mongata o lokelang ho etsoa. Ha re potlakiseng boiteko ba rona ho netefatsa ts’ireletseho ea bana ba rona ea moshoelella. Re hloka h**e bana ba rona ba rutehe, ba be le nako ea phomolo le boiketlo, ba be le kholo e nepahetseng, le bokamoso bo chabileng ho sa natse h**e na ba ts’ebetsong kapo ha ba ts’ebetsong.
KHOTSO P**A NALA
