SA to host SADC meeting on Lesotho

Johannesburg - Leaders from the Southern African Development Community are set to meet in Pretoria today about the “political and security” situation in Lesotho, while an unprecedented court case against King Letsie III in Maseru is threatening to spark protest action.

There have been some concerns about security in the Mountain Kingdom, where voters are set to go to the polls next on Saturday following a coup attempt in August last year.

South Africa’s department of international relations and co-operation said yesterday that there would be an extraordinary summit of the SADC Double Troika, involving Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia.