Motejoa Metsing Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/motejoa-metsing/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 31 Aug 2017 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 Motejoa Metsing Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/motejoa-metsing/ 32 32 Former Lesotho Deputy Prime Minister flees to South Africa https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/former-lesotho-deputy-prime-minister-flees-south-africa/ Thu, 31 Aug 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/former-lesotho-deputy-prime-minister-flees-south-africa/ Lesotho’s former deputy prime minister Mothetjoa Metsing has reportedly fled the mountain kingdom after receiving death threats. He isays he’s uncovered plots to arrest him and he fears for his life. ends intro Tensions remain high in Lesotho after the killing of Prime Minister Tom Thabane estranged wife two days before his inauguration in July. […]

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]]> Lesotho’s former deputy prime minister Mothetjoa Metsing has reportedly fled the mountain kingdom after receiving death threats.

He isays he’s uncovered plots to arrest him and he fears for his life.

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Tensions remain high in Lesotho after the killing of Prime Minister Tom Thabane estranged wife two days before his inauguration in July.

The motive for that killing remain unknown.

The country’s former defence minister Tseliso Mokhosi was recently arrested over the killing of a policeman in 2016.

The police officer’s body was found earlier this month.

The former minister had since been freed.

Three years ago Thabane accused his Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing of helping to plan the army coup that forced him to seek safety by fleeing to South Africa.

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