Metsing Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/metsing/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 15 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 Metsing Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/metsing/ 32 32 SADC summit to get Lesotho parliament recalled https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/sadc-summit-get-lesotho-parliament-recalled/ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/sadc-summit-get-lesotho-parliament-recalled/ Four regional leaders, including Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, are sitting down in Pretoria tonight to discuss the continued tension in Lesotho. The meeting hosted by President Jacob Zuma, follows the inability of political leaders in the mountain kingdom to meet last Friday’s deadline to name a date for  reconvening parliament he’s had shuttered since June. […]

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]]> Four regional leaders, including Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, are sitting down in Pretoria tonight to discuss the continued tension in Lesotho.
The meeting hosted by President Jacob Zuma, follows the inability of political leaders in the mountain kingdom to meet last Friday’s deadline to name a date for  reconvening parliament he’s had shuttered since June.
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Botswana’s President Ian Khama and his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe make up the leaders’ foursome at the SADC summit Pretoria.
Tanzania, Namibia and Malawi have their duty heads of government or foreign ministers present.
First prize tonight to getting Thabane to name a date for  reopening parliament. If he persists that a renegade general with stolen weapons is making this impossible a full summit of SADC’s 15 leaders could be called by the current regional chairman  Mugabe later this week.

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]]> Lesotho needs outside help to curb renegade general https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/lesotho-needs-outside-help-curb-renegade-general/ Sun, 07 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/lesotho-needs-outside-help-curb-renegade-general/ Lesotho’s army commander’s calling for help from neighbouring states to bring to heel a rebel general who masterminded a coup attempt last month. The commander says Deputy Prime Minister Mothejoa Metsing is clearly one of the politicians supporting the unconstitutional overthrow bid against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahoe says military action against […]

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]]> Lesotho’s army commander’s calling for help from neighbouring states to bring to heel a rebel general who masterminded a coup attempt last month.

The commander says Deputy Prime Minister Mothejoa Metsing is clearly one of the politicians supporting the unconstitutional overthrow bid against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane.
Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahoe says military action against the renegade general is the only option because attempts to negotiate have failed.

Prime Minister Thomas Thabane sacked General  Tlali Kamoli who responded by mounting the attempted coup and trying to kill Mahoe.

Thabane who fled his mountain kingdom for some days is being protected in Maseru by South African police.

Kamoli’s has taken to the hills with stolen weapons including artillery, mortars and small arms.

Mahoe says he’s preparing for a military confrontation and will appreciate outside help.

 

 

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