Lesotho: More Fired Civil Servants Sue Govt

A NEW set of 51 fired Ministry of Trade, Industry, Business Development and Tourism employees have petitioned the High Court to overturn their dismissals.

Their petition follows a similar one by 48 other civil servants from the same ministry who first sued the government after they were similarly dismissed. The 48 nonetheless withdrew their case on Friday following an earlier ruling Tuesday by Justice Tseliso Mokoko that their case was not urgent. The government’s lawyer, Thomas Thakalekoala, had…