Lesotho: Minister in Nasty Land Dispute

MINISTER of Law and Justice, Richard Ramoeletsi, is embroiled in a bitter dispute over a plot in Ha Thetsane, which he claims to have bought in 2000 but for which he claims to have later lost the purchase agreement.

The battle over the piece of land has since spilled into the courts. Mr Ramoeletsi lost round one of what is likely to be a protracted court battle. This after a magistrate court refused to endorse his claim of ownership after he could not produce any evidence that he in fact purchased…