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Lesotho: Judge's Prolonged Absence Delays Treason Trial
Lesotho Times, 9 June 2021
The much-anticipated treason and murder trial of politicians Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane as well as former army commander Tlali Kamoli and others has been postponed… Read more »
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Lesotho: SADC Proposes a Transitional Justice Commission (TJC)
Lesotho Times, 23 March 2021
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Lesotho: High-Profile Trials in Danger of Collapsing
Lesotho Times, 27 January 2021
The high-profile trials of politicians, serving and former members of security agencies accused of a litany of crimes are in danger of collapsing because contracts of foreign… Read more »
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Lesotho: ABC, DC Agree to 'Ceasefire'
Lesotho Times, 11 January 2021
The ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Democratic Congress (DC) parties yesterday agreed to stop attacking each other in public. Read more »
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Lesotho: Masoetsa Hits Back At 'Desperate' Moleleki
Lesotho Times, 23 December 2020
RULING ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson Montoeli Masoetsa has hit back at former Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki saying the opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD)… Read more »
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Lesotho: Kamoli Handed Freedom Boost By Justice Sakoane
Lesotho Times, 23 December 2020
Treason and murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and his co-accused soldiers have been handed a boost by Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane in their… Read more »
Judge's Prolonged Absence Delays Lesotho Treason Trial
The much-anticipated treason and murder trial of politicians Mothetjoa Metsing and Selibe Mochoboroane as well as former army commander Tlali Kamoli and others, has been postponed yet again due to the prolonged absence of the presiding Judge Onkemetse Tshosa.
Justice Tshosa is in his native Botswana where he is said to be attending to undisclosed personal business. It was expected that Justice Tshosa, who has been away for a month, would be present in court on June 7, 2021 for the trial to finally begin.
However, his Zimbabwean counterpart, Justice Charles Hungwe, said he would now be available on June 11, 2021. The treason charges are in connection with the August 30, 2014 attempted coup against the first government of former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane.
It remains to be seen if the trials will be finalised due to the government's moves to enact a law to facilitate the establishment of a Transitional Justice Commission which will among other things, consider pardoning politicians, serving and former members of the security agencies who are accused of various crimes.
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Movement for Economic Change leader Selibe Mochoboroane, left, and Lesotho Congress for Democracy leader Mothetjoa Metsing.
