Monyane Meleleki Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/monyane-meleleki/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 22 Nov 2018 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 Monyane Meleleki Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/monyane-meleleki/ 32 32 Constitutional Court nixes Lesotho’s amnesty deal https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/constitutional-court-nixes-lesothos-amnesty-deal/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/constitutional-court-nixes-lesothos-amnesty-deal/ An amnesty clause brokered by South Africa’s mediator in Lesotho has been rejected by the mountain kingdom’s Constitutional Court. This puts a question mark over  the planned return this weekend of an opposition leader after a year in exile in South Africa. ends intro Ruling unconstitutional the amnesty deal brokered by South Africa judge Dikgang […]

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]]> An amnesty clause brokered by South Africa’s mediator in Lesotho has been rejected by the mountain kingdom’s Constitutional Court.

This puts a question mark over  the planned return this weekend of an opposition leader after a year in exile in South Africa.

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Ruling unconstitutional the amnesty deal brokered by South Africa judge Dikgang Moseneke threatens Lesotho’s fragile coalition government led by Thomas Thabane

Opposition leader Mothetjoa Metsing fled the kingdom facing charges of corruption and possible treason for his involvement in a failed 2014 coup attempt that forced the region to get involved in restoring stability.

Metsing’s also suspected of being behind the killing of former army chief Maaparakoe Mahao.

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Monyane Moleleleki is criticized for signing the deal brokered by the South African  mediator

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