Letsie III Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/letsie-iii/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 20 Oct 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 Letsie III Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/letsie-iii/ 32 32 Ramaphosa ends mission to Lesotho https://jjcornish.com/2014/10/ramaphosa-ends-mission-lesotho/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/10/ramaphosa-ends-mission-lesotho/ Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s coming home from Lesotho today having concluded yet another visit as the Southern African Development Community   facilitator to the mountain kingdom. His office says Ramaphosa will be back in Maseru later this week. During his fourth visit heading the SADC facilitation team, Cyril Ramaphosa saw King Letsie III and prime minister […]

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]]> Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s coming home from Lesotho today having concluded yet another visit as the Southern African Development Community   facilitator to the mountain kingdom.

His office says Ramaphosa will be back in Maseru later this week.

During his fourth visit heading the SADC facilitation team, Cyril Ramaphosa saw King Letsie III and prime minister Tomas  Thabane.

He also had meetings with  deputy prime minister Mothejoa Metsing, European Union  ambassador Michael Doyle and members of the Independent Election Commission.

He’ s in the business of restoring stability to Lesotho in terms of the Maseru Facilitation Declaration.

This was signed by Lesotho’s main political players following an August 30 coup attempt that forced  Thabane to seek shelter in South Africa.

The region pushed  for the reconvening of Lesotho’s parliament last Friday to pass the country’s budget and prepare for the holding of early elections next February.

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]]> Ramaphosa announces Lesotho elections next February https://jjcornish.com/2014/10/ramaphosa-announces-lesotho-elections-next-february/ Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/10/ramaphosa-announces-lesotho-elections-next-february/ Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says Lesotho will go to the polls next February in  a bid to restore stability and constitutional normalcy to the mountain kingdom. He was speaking after a third visit to the country as the special regional facilitator after an abortive coup attempt at the end of August. Ends Intro First prize […]

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]]> Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says Lesotho will go to the polls next February in  a bid to restore stability and constitutional normalcy to the mountain kingdom.
He was speaking after a third visit to the country as the special regional facilitator after an abortive coup attempt at the end of August.
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First prize for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa would have been to get Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to recall parliament that’s been suspended since June.
Thabane insists the country’s too unstable to allow this.
So in keeping with the regional summit held in Pretoria last month, the mandate of that parliament has been truncated.
Whether the early elections Next year produce a majority government that might bring stability to the country surrounded by South Africa, remains to be seen.

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