Police in Lesotho say the country’s first lady, Maesiah Thabane, has returned from South Africa after fleeing from authorities investigating the 2017 shooting death of Lipolelo Thabane, the former wife of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. She is in police custody pending formal murder-related charges, according to journalist Nthakoana Ngatane of…
Police in Lesotho say the country’s first lady, Maesiah Thabane, has barricaded herself in the prime minister’s official residence in Maseru after refusing to report Friday morning for questioning in connection with the 2017 shooting death of Lipolelo Thabane. Police commissioner Holomo Molibeli told reporters with the MNN Centre for…
In early August, Prime Minister Tom Thabane of Lesotho promised that the small southern African kingdom would stop being the “bad boys” of the region and its 16-nation Southern African Development Community. “Enough is enough,” Thabane said, as he vowed to move forward with a framework for comprehensive reforms that…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Voters in Lesotho have given former prime minister Thomas Thabane and the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party 48 parliamentary seats in elections held on June 3, according to the southern African nation’s Independent Electoral Commission. The commission released the results on Tuesday. The ABC also received the most votes, leaving…
The two-day talks held by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) began Friday in Swaziland, with the focus of the extraordinary summit centered on the troubling political situation in Lesotho. Special envoy Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to the double troika summit with South African President Jacob Zuma to present a report on…