The developmental challenges confronting Lesotho range from a
prevalence of poverty to a lack of safety and security. These problems
directly affect in many ways the well-being of the people living in this
country. The belief is strong that lack of integration in tackling the
challenges of subsistence and protection needs leads to poor performance
on poverty reduction and an inability to guarantee public security in the
Kingdom.
The principal objective of this study is to investigate factors leading to lack
of integration in tackling the subsistence and protection needs in the
Kingdom of Lesotho. This objective is broken down into three questions:
What are the factors leading to the lack of integration in addressing
subsistence and protection needs of the people of Lesotho? What are the
trends in tackling subsistence and protection needs in Lesotho? What are
the possible strategies in the integration of subsistence and protection
needs in Lesotho?
The two approaches were utilised to investigate the above questions. The
first advance was based on exploring data available in the form of text
books, journals and official publications. The second step was based on
fieldwork carried out around Maseru, Lesotho. The results were presented,
analysed and discussed in the report. The findings indicated that poverty
surprisingly is no simple phenomenon. In fact, it is a deadly issue with little
attention paid to it. Poverty and the issue of safety and security affect
everyone as they are social issues. Secondly, some people see poverty
as an excuse for people to commit crime and threaten people’s safety and
security. Thirdly, while there is a clear understanding about social crime
prevention, there remains a problem in developing good initiatives for
poverty alleviation and crime prevention. Finally, it is vital for the country to
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integrate poverty and security sector policies in order to achieve
sustainable development.
The research makes recommendations which would enhance an
integrated approach in dealing with issues of subsistence and protection.
Efforts should include better public policies intended to shape the
infrastructure, economic, social, political and institutional forms in the
country. This will be a pathway to improving quality of life and security as
people rank poverty and crime among the top concerns that they have in
everyday life. Finally, proper policies will begin to bridge the increasing
gap between the rich and the poor that remains a cause for concern
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/12625 |
| Date | 04 April 2013 |
| Creators | Likotsi, Tsotang Ernest |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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