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Matsepo Ramakoae and Lesotho’s lost chance to elect its first female leader
After the resignation of Thomas Thabane the small south African nation could have addressed its huge political gender imbalance. What happened?Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom in southern Africa, has always been dwarfed in size and achievements by its neighbour South Africa.Many people around the world were not even aware of Lesotho’s existence until the beginning of this year when then prime minister Thomas Thabane and his third wife, Maesaiah Thabane, were accused of murdering Thabane’s estranged second wife, Lipolelo, in 2017. Continue reading...
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Lesotho PM requests immunity from charge of murdering wife
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