/ 21 February 2001

TROUBLE BREWS OVER STOCK THEFTS

LESOTHOS tribal chiefs have warned the country’s senate that their subjects might take up arms to stop gangs from Kwazulu-Natal crossing their border and stealing cattle. Chief Mathealira Seeiso called on the senate to declare a state of emergency in Mokhotlong because, they said, the situation was so dire that fighting might break out in the border region as owners tried to protect their livestock.