MASERU, Dec. 10 -- If Basotho don't turn things round and live in peace and harmony again like they did during the Moshoeshoe I era, they will eat each other like cannibals and perish.

This was said by the Prime Minister Dr Motsoahae Thomas Thabane expressing a deep concern on the brutality that is reigning amongst Basotho wherein people are dying day in and day out. He stated this while officially opening the 20th Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) week and the 30th Lesotho council of NGO's (LCN) Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 'Manthabiseng Convection Centre.

"We are highly concerned about the level of crime in the country; killings, especially of women, children and old people, corruption and killings caused by some of the members ...