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Op-ed: Lesotho needs constitutional reforms to help gain political stability - but the latest attempt is flawed15 May 2024
Lesotho's government proposes constitutional amendments while civil society pushes for new constitution
Op-ed: Lesotho needs a complete constitutional overhaul, not incremental changes23 June 2020
Ever since Lesotho, the mountainous southern African constitutional kingdom of about 2.2 million, attained independence from Britain in 1966, its development ha…
In Lesotho, political party says that king can remove prime minister according to constitution15 May 2020
The tiny southern African nation has been gripped by political turmoil over accusations that premier Thomas Thabane may have had a hand in the killing of his fo…
Lesotho's senate passes constitutional amendment limiting prime minister's powers 29 April 2020
The Senate of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho amended the constitution on Tuesday, capping the prime minister's powers to dissolve parliament and call fresh ele…
Lesotho amends constitution to allow for dual citizenship3 December 2018
Lesotho has amended its constitution to allow for dual citizenship, Lesotho Home Affairs Minister Tsukutlane Au said on Sunday.
“We have amended our constitut…
Op-ed: Lesotho's need for constitutional and political reform 1 April 2016
In late 2014, I penned in South Africa’s Business Day of 2 December 2014, a motivation for radical political and constitutional reforms (see the Internet link b…