Stergomena Tax Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/stergomena-tax/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 28 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 Stergomena Tax Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/stergomena-tax/ 32 32 SADC security force withdraws from Lesotho after improved stability https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/sadc-security-force-withdraws-from-lesotho-after-improved-stability/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/sadc-security-force-withdraws-from-lesotho-after-improved-stability/ The 285-strong regional security force helping restore peace and stability in Lesotho has withdrawn from the mountain kingdom. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says respect for civilian authority has been restored in his forces. The Southern African Development Community moved its security force into Maseru last December following the killing of army chief Khoantle Motsomotso by […]

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]]> The 285-strong regional security force helping restore peace and stability in Lesotho has withdrawn from the mountain kingdom.

Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says respect for civilian authority has been restored in his forces.

The Southern African Development Community moved its security force into Maseru last December following the killing of army chief Khoantle Motsomotso by a rival group within the Lesotho defence force.

This followed two months after a snap election brought Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to power at the head of a coalition 

Two years earlier former army chief Maaparankoe Mahao was gunned down for allegedly resisting arrest.

SADC executive secretary Stergomena Tax says good progress has been made in  restoring security in Lesotho following a failed coup in 2014.

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]]> Security issues on SADC summit agenda this week https://jjcornish.com/2017/08/security-issues-sadc-summit-agenda-week/ Sun, 13 Aug 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/08/security-issues-sadc-summit-agenda-week/ Regional leaders will be turning the security spotlight on Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 37th summit of the Southern African Development Community in Pretoria this week. The 15-nation body’s Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax tells reporters overall political stability remains a priority as SADC grows into a significant economic bloc. The theme […]

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]]> Regional leaders will be turning the security spotlight on Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 37th summit of the Southern African Development Community in Pretoria this week.

The 15-nation body’s Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax tells reporters overall political stability remains a priority as SADC grows into a significant economic bloc.

The theme of this week’s SADC summit, where President Jacob Zuma will assume the chairmanship of the body, is partnering the private sector to develop and grow economically.

The agenda, explained by South Africa’s Minister of  International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane, is loaded with developmental and economic issues.

But the success of these rests on there being stability.

That will be the remit of SADC’s organ on politics, security and defence.

They’ve had success in bringing peace to Madagascar, but Lesotho and the DRC remain a worry.

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