Lesotho: Mind Games in ABC Power Struggle

Mind games are normally associated with football teams in elite professional leagues attempting to psychologically unsettle each other and gain an advantage over their rivals ahead of an important match.

But the phenomenon appears to have gripped senior officials in the fractious All Basotho Convention (ABC) ahead of the anticipated re-opening of parliament (on 9 August 2019) and the no confidence vote that will determine whether ABC leader Thomas Thabane remains prime minister or not.

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