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LESOTHO’S NEW CABINET SWORN-IN
His Majesty King Letsie III, acting with the advice of the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Mr. Motsoahae Thabane, appointed Lesotho’s 8th Cabinet at the Royal Palace today. The new Cabinet Members come from all the three political parties which formed a coalition government after no single party had garnered sufficient majority in May general elections to form government on its own. This is how the new Cabinet looks like:
- Prime Minister and Minister for Defence: The Right Hon. Motsoahae Thabane
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship: Hon. Mothetjoa Metsing
- Minister of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation: Hon. Thesele 'Maseribane
- Minister of Development Planning: Hon. Prof. Maboee Moletsane
- Minister of Public Service: Hon. Dr. Motloheloa Phooko
- Minister of Energy, Meteorology and Water Affairs: Hon. Dr. Timothy Thahane
- Minister of Finance: Hon. Dr. Leketekete Ketso
- Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture: Hon. Mamahele Radebe
- Minister of Public Works and Transport: Hon. Keketso Rantšo
- Minister of Justice, Human Rights, Correctional Services, Law and Constitutional Affairs: Hon. Haae Phoofolo
- Minister of Communications, Science and Technology: Hon. Tše
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In this blog, Jeffrey Smith and John Aerni Flessner look at recent political ruptures in Lesotho, and prospects for the future. They argue that political pragmatism and compromise could win out. If it does, the country could continue to push forward some of the promising democratic and developmental achievements it has made in recent year.
During the early hours of 30 August, soldiers in Lesotho surrounded the country’s police headquarters and Prime Minister’s residence, cutting power in the capital Maseru and shutting down radio stations for several hours.
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and the newly-appointed commander of the armed forces, Brigadier Maaparankoe Mahao, who both reportedly escaped assassination attempts, fled to neighboring South Africa, which surrounds the small landlocked country of two million people. Thabane, and a South African Foreign Ministry spokesman, both declared that the military actions bore “the hallmarks of a coup d’état.” Other observers were a bit more cautious, such as the US which issued a statement urging peaceful dialogue.
While the precise details surrounding the events are still hazy, there are some important lessons to be drawn. Most importantly, making sense of Lesotho’s conflict, however fluid at the moment, will hel
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