Among these false perceptions include the view that the people of Lesotho have not had modern conveniences of schools, hospitals and roads even after independence and they have migrated to their "rich" neighbor, South Africa, as a response to declining agricultural production. However, Ferguson provides evidence that most of the people of Lesotho largely derive their income from wage labor, had established modern hospital, schools and markets even during colonial times, and migrated to South Africa long before a decline in agricultural production to buy other goods as well as to pay...

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