ahead of the February 17 general election. She said she was told by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Monyane Moleleki that if she dared covering LCD election campaign rallies, she had better prepared a ‘coffin’ for her ‘funeral’. Ralitapole further added that the Minster, touted to be LCD leader Pakalitha Mosisili’s successor, expressed how he did not like her from her time at MoAfrika FM. Ralitapole has been a host to number of candidates in the run up to the election and her program is one of those that sent election temperatures soaring, with opposition candidates grabbing their chances to spell out LCD’s failures in their last two terms in power. The ruling LCD has hogged the state media against the opposition since the election campaign leaving the election candidates to resort to the private media. So This Is Democracy? 2007 -42- Media Institute of Southern Africa