Pressure Mounts on Lesotho's Thabane to Step Down
Following a bruising battle for control of the ruling All Basotho Convention party's national executive committee that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his faction lost in court, his MPs now want him to step down - and have threatened to table a motion of no confidence if he doesn't. But Thabane, who's accused of allowing his wife to interfere with the running of government, is having none of that.
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Lesotho:
Ruling Party Deputy Warns of PM's Ouster
Lesotho Times, 2 July 2019
ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader, Nqosa Mahao, says he foresees Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and some members of the party's old national executive committee (NEC) being… Read more »
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane (file photo).
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Lesotho:
Thabane Faces Angry Youths
Lesotho Times, 2 July 2019
EXASPERATED youths from across the country are planning a massive protests against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's government over a host of issues that include the… Read more »
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Lesotho:
'The Die Is Cast, Ruling Party Split Looms'
Lesotho Times, 28 June 2019
Far from being the solution, last Wednesday's High Court ruling which confirmed the legitimacy of the new national executive committee (NEC) of the All Basotho Convention (ABC)… Read more »
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Lesotho:
Mahao Issues a Week's Ultimatum to Thabane
Lesotho Times, 12 June 2019
In an ominous development, Professor Nqosa Mahao has given All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane until next week to allow him and the rest of the… Read more »
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Lesotho:
Mahase Savages Mosito
Lesotho Times, 5 June 2019
The age-old battle for supremacy between the offices of the chief justice and the president of the Court of Appeal has been re-ignited with full fury. This after the under-fire… Read more »
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The Chief Whip of Lesotho's Senate, who is also a senior and influential member of the College of Chiefs and the royal family - Chief Khoabane Theko, says Prime Minister Thomas ... Read more »
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Whoever is elected to deputize Prime Minister Thomas Thabane at his party's impending leadership conference is seen as his obvious successor. But that person might have to wait ... Read more »