She was speaking at the opening of a ministerial meeting  preparing for today regional summit on security in the mountain kingdom surrounded by South Africa.

President Jacob Zuma will host that summit of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community to be attended by the heads of state of Angola, Namibia, Swaziland,  Tanzania and Zambia.

His Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula says Lt General Khoantle Motsomotso’s untimely death underscores the importance of dealing effectively with with the persistent political and security challenges  embracing Lesotho.

“ Our determination to help the people of Lesotho lay to rest their political and security challenges should not be doubted, ” the minister says

She says SADC has the capacity and the the political will to beat rogue elements in Lesotho.

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