problems in lesotho

I’ve heard from Rethabile Masilo of the Sotho blog that his homeland, Lesotho, is in trouble again. A curfew has been imposed in Maseru, the capital city, after some attacks on politicians’ homes.

Thabo Thakalekoala of Seapoint in Maseru, a vocal and prominent freelancing investigative journalist, was arrested on Friday morning (22 June 2007) and charged with high treason. He is appearing in court today (25 June 2007) to be formally charged.

On the day of his arrest he had just read a letter over the air on his popular morning programme “Rise and Shine” on Harvest FM. The letter was supposedly given to him by a group of army men and requested to read it on his show. The soldiers vehemently denounced the rule of one Mosikili in Lesotho who they say is a foreigner and therefore is not eligible to hold such office. This comes after it was discovered that the PM holds a South African identity document (a fact he has publicly admitted), no wonder the rampant looting of state coffers by way of the 84% salary increments and the M4000.00 Kompressors and the M2000.00 Camrys.

Some links:

• Original entry at Rethabile’s Sotho blog.
• Article at Protectionline.
• Story about the curfews at allAfrica.
• Article in The Star, a South African newspaper.