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Lesotho: Prime Minister Thabane Suspended From Own Party
Lesotho Times, 7 January 2020
The Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has upheld the suspension of party leader and Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, and other senior ABC… Read more »
Lesotho Prime Minister Thabane Suspended From Own Party
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's 2019 suspension from the All Basotho Convention has been upheld, the ruling party's spokesperson Montoeli Masoetsa has said. Thabane was suspended from the party for six years for "uncomely behaviour" and sowing divisions within the fractious ruling party along with the party's deputy secretary general Nkaku Kabi.
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Lesotho: Disgruntled Ruling Party Members 'Form' Splinter Party
Lesotho Times, 7 January 2020
Some disgruntled members of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) have ditched the party's deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao's faction to form a new party, the People's Convention… Read more »
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Lesotho: Mahao, Others Await High Court Verdict
Lesotho Times, 10 December 2019
HIGH Court judge Tšeliso Monapathi will hopefully end the battle for the control of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) when he delivers judgment on 17 December 2019 in a case… Read more »
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Lesotho: More Blood Will Be Shed in Parliament - Mochoboroane
Lesotho Times, 10 December 2019
Opposition Movement for Economic Change (MEC) leader Selibe Mochoboroane has warned of more bloody clashes in parliament if the wool and mohair regulations are not amended. Read more »
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Lesotho: Setback for Bid to Oust Thabane
Lesotho Times, 27 November 2019
Parliement has slowed a joint bid by the opposition and disgruntled All Basotho Convention (ABC) legislators to expedite the overthrow of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane by… Read more »
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Lesotho: Thabane Must Retire - Daughter
Lesotho Times, 27 November 2019
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's daughter, Advocate 'Mabatṧoeneng Hlaele, has issued an impassioned plea to First Lady 'Maesaiah Thabane and other senior All Basotho Convention… Read more »
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Lesotho: Metsing Speaks On Fallout With Thabane
Lesotho Times, 13 November 2019
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has attributed his fallout with the coalition partner and current Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to disagreements over the withholding… Read more »
InFocus
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Strife within Lesotho's largest political party, the All Basotho Convention, is slowly tilting the country's already shaky coalition government off a cliff, barely two years after ... Read more »
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Barely a week since her horrific knife attack in her home, All Basotho Convention Deputy Spokesperson, Matebatso Doti wants her assailants to be swiftly brought to justice for the ... Read more »
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The Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) fear that their ongoing battle with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane for control of the ruling party has entered a ... Read more »
