Almost three years after Sam Matekane's Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) stormed to power on an anti-corruption and pro-business platform Lesotho is reeling from tariff whiplash a suspended United States development compact and an El Niño-driven drought leaving 700 000 facing severe hunger (AC Vol 63 No 21 Populist Matekane promises reforms)...
In September he was on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba and Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane...
Business mogul Sam Matekane is switching his corporate suit for political office as he takes over as Lesotho's new Prime Minister and is promising populist changes...
Who is Sam Matekane...
Sam Matekane was born on 15 March 1958 in Mantšonyane in the central district of Thaba-Tseka...
This time it is popular businessman Sam Matekane who aspires to the mantle of national saviour and is leading the pack with his newly formed Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party edging out the country's second-largest party the Democratic Congress (DC)...