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KING LETSIE

Murders plague Lesotho politics

The prime minister has been questioned by the police, plunging the country into another crisis

  • Simon Allison
4 min read
Shaun Abrahams is prosecuting soldiers accused of murdering an army commander in June 2015. (Paul Botes/M&G)
LESOTHO

Shaun’s new job: Murder in Lesotho

SA’s former NPA boss will prosecute the Mountain Kingdom’s most politically sensitive case

  • Lekhetho Ntsukunyane
8 min read
A man walks past an electoral poster of President Muhammadu Buhari
LESOTHO

‘My husband’s killers have not faced justice’ ― Widow of slain Lesotho army chief

‘Lesotho is a country in chaos and shows little signs of recuperating any time soon’

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
This is the first time a process of a motion being tabled and an independent panel being established has been used.
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

SA to assist in investigation into death of Mahao – Ramaphosa

SA will send pathologists and Zimbabwe and Namibia will send investigators to probe the killing of Lesotho’s Maaparankoe Mahao last Thursday.

  • Peter Fabricius 1
2 min read
Beleaguered Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane.
LESOTHO

Zuma sends Cyril to help stabilise Lesotho

Deputy President Ramaphosa has been dispatched to Lesotho to help ease tensions in the wake of the killing of former army chief Maaparankoe Mahao.

  • Catherine Rice
3 min read