Baleni Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/baleni/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 09 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Baleni Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/baleni/ 32 32 Miners union wants SA to annex Lesotho https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/miners-union-wants-sa-annex-lesotho/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/miners-union-wants-sa-annex-lesotho/ The National Union of Mineworkers says serious consideration should be given to making Lesotho part of South Africa. The Union says there’s pressure for this from its memberscwho are citizens of the mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa. NUM general secretary Frans Baleni says there real concern about Lesotho following the attempted coup last […]

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]]> The National Union of Mineworkers says serious consideration should be given to making Lesotho part of South Africa.

The Union says there’s pressure for this from its memberscwho are citizens of the mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa.

NUM general secretary Frans Baleni says there real concern about Lesotho following the attempted coup last month that sent prime minister Thomas Thabane briefly into exile in South Africa.

Thirteen years ago the  NUM resolved  that South Africa should seriously consider incorporating Lesotho.

It’s calling for fresh dialogue on this.

Baleni says Basothos must decide their future and South Africa must decide how to take the process forward.

For now, it’s important that stability returns to Lesotho and that it reverts to a democracy.

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