Mothetjoa Metsing

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Mothetjoa Metsing

Mothetjoa Metsing (born February 2, 1967 in Mahobong , Leribe ; occasionally Mothejoa Metsing ) is a politician from Lesotho . He is President of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), which was a coalition partner in two governments from 2012 to 2017. Metsing was always deputy prime minister.

Life

After earning a Cambridge Overseas Secondary Certificate (COSC), Metsing worked as a miner in South Africa . At the same time he acquired in distance education in the Netherlands, a Diploma in Business Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Commercial Management and a Master in Business Administration.

In 2002 Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili (LCD) appointed Metsing to the post of Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, and in the following year Metsing became Assistant Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Law. In 2007 he was appointed Minister of Communications, Science and Technology . He held office for five years and took over the leadership of the LCD in 2012 after Mosisili left the party and founded the Democratic Congress (DC). Under Metsing's leadership, the LCD joined a coalition government under Tom Thabane ( All Basotho Convention ) after the 2012 elections as one of two junior partners . He became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Government and of Chieftainship Affairs.

In June 2014, Metsing announced that he would leave the coalition and make a pact with the DC. To avoid a vote of no confidence , Thabane suspended parliament. On August 21, 2014, it was announced that Metsing had received large, anonymous donations of cash. Prime Minister Thabane fled to South Africa on August 30, 2014 after troops from the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) had surrounded his official residence and presumably tried to force him to resign. Metsing, whose party was close to the LDF at the time, was not affected by the military action. After Thabane's escape, Metsing took over the business of government for a few days. Thabane accused Metsing of trying to seize power with the help of the military.

In the 2015 elections , his party only received twelve seats. However, the LCD formed another coalition government with the DC and five smaller parties; Metsing remained deputy prime minister under Mosisili, but lost his ministry. In the elections in 2017 the government was voted out; the LCD went into opposition along with the DC. In August 2017 he fled to South Africa after alleged death threats. In September of the same year a commission of inquiry from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) accused him of inciting the LDF against the government. In June 2018 talks took place between the governments of Lesotho and South Africa regarding a possible extradition of Metsing to Lesotho. The Constitutional Court of Lesotho rejected a possible amnesty negotiated by Dikgang Moseneke, head of SADC . In November 2018, Metsing returned to Lesotho. In February 2020, Metsing was charged with high treason , along with other actors, in connection with the 2014 coup attempt .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b US dispatch at wikileaks.org (English), accessed on September 1, 2014
  2. ^ Metsing gone absolutely mad. lestimes.com of August 21, 2014 (English), accessed September 1, 2014
  3. ↑ Lesotho Deputy Premier takes reins absence Prime Minister. uk.news.yahoo.com of August 31, 2014 (English), accessed August 31, 2014
  4. ↑ Lesotho prime minister in S. Africa for safety ( Memento from February 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) washingtonexaminer.com from September 1, 2014 (English)
  5. ↑ Rapeleng Radebe: Source Confirms Metsing has fled Lesotho. ( Memento from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) sabc.co.za from August 31, 2017 (English)
  6. ↑ Pascalinah Kabi: Southern Africa: Metsing inciting army: SADC. allafrica.com, accessed September 30, 2017
  7. ↑ 'Marafaele Mohloboli: SA pledges to rein in Metsing. Lesotho Times, June 8, 2018, accessed June 10, 2018
  8. ↑ Lesotho's apex court rejects amnesty clause brokered by SA mediator. ewn.co.za on November 23, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018
  9. ^ I don't fear arrest: Metsing. Lesotho Times, December 1, 2018, accessed June 19, 2019
  10. ↑ Mochoboroane, Metsing to reappear in court. maserumetro.com of March 2, 2020 (English), accessed on April 7, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Metsing, Mothetjoa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metsing, Mothejoa (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lesothic politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd February 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Mahobong , Leribe