School violence is a subject of great public and media interest that has stimulated a com prehensive body of research. A cadem ic consideration of the subject began in the USA and Scandinavia in the mid-1960s and early 1970s but little evidence could be found of publications on the subject in the sm all landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho. To address this hiatus in school violence literature, I report on an investigation into a group of Lesotho secondary school learners’ perceptions, experiences, and observations of school violence. The research instrument was an adapted version of a violence and traum a questionnaire for adolescents. The first important result from th is study was to confirm that verbal and physical abuse amongst learners was prevalent in some schools in Lesotho. Secondly, qualitative and quantitative data revealed that learners often suffered verbal and physical hum iliation at the hands of their educators. Thirdly, the
data indicated that two major violence risk factors, namely, use of drugs and weapon carrying, were relatively com m on am ongst educators and learners in Lesotho. This study also showed that school violence in Lesotho was a m anifestation of gender inequality and violence. Some comm ents and recomm endations are made.