Well, well, well, you wanna know ’bout buy Lesotho ID card, huh? My old eyes ain’t what they used to be, but I’ll tell ya what I know. It’s a big deal, this whole ID card thing. Back in my day, we didn’t have none of that. We just knew everybody in the village. Now, everything’s different.
Seems like you gotta have one of these Lesotho ID cards for just about everything these days. They say it’s the law, this “Act 9 of 2011” thing. Sounds fancy, don’t it? All about puttin’ folks’ names in a big ol’ book, a “National Identity Register,” they call it. Everyone got a number, like cattle at the market.
They say it’s to keep track of who’s who. Who’s from ’round here, who ain’t. Citizens of Lesotho, folks who ain’t, if you got one of them “indefinite permits” you can get one. They say you can get your Lesotho ID card when you’re just a little one, all the way to old as me. They wanna get everybody, they do.
- They started this whole thing down in Ha Mokotjo, Koro-Koro.
- Gotta have one of them new birth certificates, the ones with the fancy stuff on ’em to make sure it’s real.
- They say it’ll make things easier, this ID card business.
I heard them talkin’ at the market, sayin’ the government wants a “proper and credible population register.” Whatever that means. Sounds like a lot of mumbo jumbo to me. Just more paperwork, if you ask me. But they say it’s important, so I guess it is.
And if you’re from Lesotho, but you’re livin’ far away, you still need one, apparently. They say it’s for the “E-passports” too. Another newfangled thing. Passports used to be just a little book. Now they gotta be all electronic and whatnot. Keeps changin’, the world does.
Now, if you’re a young’un, under 16, and you want one of these Lesotho ID cards, you gotta fill out some forms. “Prescribed e-passport application form,” they call it. Fancy words for a piece of paper, if you ask me. And you need that new birth certificate, the one with the “security features.” I don’t know what those are, but they sound important.
They say they’re doin’ all this to help folks. Puttin’ “people at the center,” they say. This whole thing is run by the “Department of National ID and Civil Registry.” That’s a mouthful, ain’t it? Part of the “Ministry of Home Affairs.” Lots of big words for somethin’ that seems simple enough to me.
If you’re 16 or older, and your name’s in that big book, the “Register,” you can get yourself a Lesotho ID card. It’s important for you, you must have it. That’s what they tell me. I guess it’s just the way things are now. Gotta have your papers in order, they say. Like I said, times are changin’. I remember when a handshake was all you needed. Now you need a piece of plastic with your picture on it.
This is very very very important for everyone, they said Lesotho ID card is a must have. I don’t know the details, but I heard they want everyone to have it. Maybe you need it to do somethings. I am too old for that, I don’t know much about it.
They made it so important, just like your name. They said if you don’t have it, you can’t do lots of things. It’s like your key, they said, a key to everything. I still think it’s strange. Back in my day, your words is your bond. But they say it’s progress, making things better for everyone in Lesotho. I hope they’re right, I do hope so.
And those folks working there, at the NICR, they’re busy as bees. I saw them once, setting up tables and chairs, helping folks fill out those papers. They work hard, I’ll give them that. They believe in this ID card thing, just like the government folks do. It’s a big change, a big change for everyone.
I heard some folks grumbling, saying it’s all too much. Too much change, too fast. But then others, they say it’s a good thing. Makes things more organized, they say. Helps the government help the people. It’s hard to say who’s right. Only time will tell, I reckon.
But one thing’s for sure, this Lesotho ID card is here to stay. It’s a part of life now, just like the mountains and the rivers. And we all gotta learn to live with it, old and young alike. It’s the way of the world now, I guess. Just gotta keep up with the times, even if it’s hard sometimes.