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Lesotho
Lesotho, Africa's medical cannabis pioneer
In 2017, the tiny landlocked kingdom of 2.1 million people decided to tap into the booming medical marijuana industry.
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Lesotho MP stabbed in home in suspected political attack
It was not clear if the attack was politically motivated but Matebatso Doti ended up in hospital and was receiving treatment.
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Lesotho police brutality under spotlight after man forced to eat faeces
Kabelo Ratia and two other men were arrested for allegedly stealing R30,000 and were apparently subjected to torture in police custody at Ha Matela outside the capital, Maseru.
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Lesotho’s Thabane refuses to accept interdict blocking Mosito suspension
The country’s ‘Sunday Express’ reported that Thabane’s secretary was told to tell the sheriff of the court to return the order to where it came from.
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I was never a spy - Ramatlhodi challenges Zuma to lie detector test
In a shocking claim, former president Jacob Zuma told the state capture commission that Ngoako Ramatlhodi was an apartheid spy that was recruited in Lesotho.
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Tom Thabane suspended at special ABC conference
The members said Tom Thabane violated the constitution by not respecting the decisions of the party’s February elective conference when he didn’t accept the NEC elected there.
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Thabane: MOU signing indication that SADC can resolve own challenges
President Cyril Ramaphosa witnessed the signing of an agreement to pave the way for the Lesotho reforms authority in Maseru.
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Our problems have become yesterday's tale, says Lesotho PM Tom Thabane
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane addressed the media after government and the opposition in Lesotho signed an agreement to open Parliament to legislative reforms.
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Truth commission required in Lesotho, says Prince Seeiso
Prince Seeiso was among those who met President Cyril Ramaphosa on his visit to the Mountain Kingdom on Thursday.
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Lesotho prime minister: Our problems have become yesterday's tale
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane addressed the media after government and the opposition in Lesotho signed an agreement to open Parliament to legislative reforms.
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Ramaphosa visits troubled Lesotho
President Cyril Ramaphosa was in Lesotho's capital Maseru where he was expected to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between stakeholders involved in the country’s reform process.
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Lesotho govt and opposition sign agreement to open Parliament to reforms
The opposition was not making guarantees about the motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Tom Thabane.
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SA President Ramaphosa visits troubled Lesotho
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Lesotho's capital Maseru where he's expected to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between stakeholders involved in the country's reform process.
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Ramaphosa in Maseru to witness start of political reform process
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between stakeholders involved in Lesotho’s reform process.
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Ramaphosa 'concerned' about infighting in Lesotho
President Cyril Ramaohosa, who is SADC’s facilitator for Lesotho, was heading to the mountain kingdom on Thursday as that country grappled with a split in Tom Thabane’s party.
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Ramaphosa expected to weigh in on SADC mediation for troubled Lesotho
Lesotho has been going through constitutional and security sector reforms since 2015, following alleged coups and the killing of two army commanders.
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Lesotho farmers, opposition march to parliament to deliver petition
They are demanding that regulations preventing them from individually exporting their products to open and internationally recognised markets with optimised returns be scrapped.
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Pressure mounts on Lesotho’s Tom Thabane to step down
In a joint statement, ABC MPs threatened to take legal action to reopen Parliament and table a motion of no confidence in Thabane if he doesn’t step aside.
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EXCLUSIVE: Lesotho's wool, mohair farmers are killing themselves - Prince Seeiso
Prince Seeiso said some of the 40,000 farmers who were forced by government to sell their products to a Chinese-run broker but remained unpaid suffered from depression, and others have killed themselves.
