Lesotho: MPs Grill Ministry Over Encroaching of Farmland

THE Law and Public Safety Committee has sharply criticised the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police over the continued encroachment of residential houses onto agricultural land.

The Committee said despite the existence of legal frameworks restricting the diversion of land from its original agricultural purpose, the ministry has made little effort to enforce these laws. Consequently, Lesotho is losing significant portions of its fertile land to unplanned residential…