Vol 39 No 20 | LESOTHOSOUTH AFRICA To a little kingdom 9th October 1998 As SADC allies go to war in Congo, Pretoria stumbles into an insurrection nearer home The military intervention in Lesotho was meant to be a show-case for the new South African National Defence Force (SANDF). It turned into a political-military fiasco. Lesotho’s opposition...
Vol 39 No 19 | LESOTHOESWATINI Militants and monarchs 25th September 1998 Two troubled kingdoms have embroiled South Africa in some messy power-broking Pretoria’s African National Congress government finally lost its diplomatic virginity with the deployment of 600 South African soldiers in the early hours of 22 September to put down...
Vol 39 No 19 | LESOTHO Military mayhem 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...