Lesotho: Political Meddling With LDF Continues to Haunt Lesotho

THE disturbing testimony by army commander, Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela, before the High Court last week should serve as a clarion call to end political interference in the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) for good.

His frank admission that just like his incarcerated predecessor, Tlali Kamoli, he too continues to experience political meddling is not just a sobering reality check, but an indictment on the nation’s collective failure to insulate the military from the toxic grip of political…