- Vol 48 No 5
- 2nd March 2007
Calling snap parliamentary elections on 17 February has worked well for Lesotho's pragmatic Prime Minister, Pakalitha Mosisili in his battle with former Communications Minister Motsoahae Thomas Thabane, founder of the breakaway All Basotho Convention (ABC...
- Vol 45 No 10
- 14th May 2004
Lesotho has scored a rare but convincing victory against corruption. The Maseru courts convicted three multinationals of bribing to secure contracts in the giant Highlands Water Project and prosecutors are considering whether to proceed against Britain's ...
- Vol 43 No 11
- 31st May 2002
The easy re-election of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy in the 25 May general elections handed a new mandate to a government determined to pursue those suspected of corruption in the Highlands Water Project.
- Vol 40 No 7
- 2nd April 1999
South Africa rescued the government but may have destroyed the nation
- Vol 39 No 20
- 9th October 1998
As SADC allies go to war in Congo, Pretoria stumbles into an insurrection nearer home
- Vol 39 No 19
- 25th September 1998
Two troubled kingdoms have embroiled South Africa in some messy power-broking
- Vol 39 No 19
- 25th September 1998
This time - at dawn on 22 September - mutinous soldiers of the Lesotho Defence Force faced well equipped South African troops, rather than just their own loyalist colleagues. Pretoria’s intervention, under the aegis of the South African Development Commun...