Nqosa Mahao

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Nqosa Leuta Mahao [ nˈǃˀosɑ lɪˈutɑ mɑˈhɑʊ ] (born May 21, 1957 ) is a Lesothic politician and former university professor. From 2015 to 2019 he was Vice Chancellor at the National University of Lesotho (NUL). Since 2019 he has been vice chairman of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC). In 2020 he became Minister of Justice, Law, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights (for example: "Minister for the Judiciary, Legal Affairs, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights") in the Majoro Cabinet .

Life

Mahao was born as one of seven children - five boys and two girls - and grew up in a village. His father worked as a domestic worker and was socialist.

In the early 1980s he studied law at NUL and earned a Bachelor of Arts (Law) and a Bachelor of Law . He headed the Committee for Actions and Solidarity for Southern African Students (CASSAS) and carried out conspiratorial trips to Maputo , Harare and Lusaka for the African National Congress, which was banned in South Africa . In 1988 he received a Master of Law from the University of Edinburgh . In the 1990s he joined the then left-wing Popular Front for Democracy (PFD). In 1996 he became head of the Department of Public Law at the NUL. He was the first Mosotho to receive his doctorate in law in 1999 from the University of the Western Cape with his thesis Constitutionalism and Political Power: A Study of the Problem of Good Governance .

1999 to 2001 was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the NUL , and in 2000 also Pro-Vice Chancellor . In 2001 he accepted an appointment as dean at the Campus Mafikeng of the North-West University at. 2004-2005 he earned a postgraduate diploma in Conciliation and Arbitration (about: " Mediation and Arbitration "), one of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Swiss -funded government program. He then worked again at the University of South Africa as Dean of the Faculty of Law.

From February 2012 to November 2013, Mahao was Dean of Commerce, Law and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand . In 2014 he left the PFD after it shifted to the right. At the end of 2014 he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the NUL, which Mafa Sejanamane had previously held temporarily.

In 2015, his younger brother, the former commander of the Lesotho Defense Force Maaparankoe Mahao , was shot dead by soldiers. The case sparked numerous complications and was investigated by the Phumaphi Commission . Nqosa Mahao campaigned for a complete clarification.

In February 2019, he was elected deputy in a vote against the will of ABC party chairman and prime minister Thomas Thabane . Mahao is particularly critical of the interference of Thabane's wife, Liabiloe Thabane, in government affairs. Thabane wanted to expel him and the other elected board members of his faction from the party; but they were able to assert their claim to office in court. At the beginning of July 2019, they in turn excluded Thabane from the ABC for six years. Mahao and his faction were prohibited by a court in July 2019 from holding events on behalf of the ABC. In December, however, the court ruled that Mahao's election as vice chairman was legitimate. Since June 2019, the Mahao wing and opposition parties have requested a vote of no confidence in Thabane; however, it was not allowed to vote until May 2020. In May 2020 Thabane was replaced by Moeketsi Majoro , and Mahao Minister in his cabinet .

Mahao is married to the social scientist Pumela Mahao, née Xundu, with whom he has a son.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Abel Chapatarongo: In pursuit of justice. thepost.co.ls of October 12, 2018, accessed July 29, 2019
  2. ↑ Honorable Prof. Nqosa Mahao gov.ls (English), accessed on May 31, 2020
  3. ↑ a b Maaparankoe Mahao's curriculum vitae at publiceyenews.com (English), archive version
  4. ↑ a b c d Heather Dugmore: Scotland: anarchists, taming the tiger. heatherdugmore.co.za, accessed July 29, 2019
  5. ^ Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-7982-9 , p. 615. Excerpts from books.google.de
  6. ↑ Exclusive: Wits loses another dean. witsvuvuzela.com of September 17, 2013 (English), accessed on July 28, 2019
  7. ↑ State Department : 2019 investment climate statements. state.gov, accessed July 27, 2019
  8. ^ Lesotho prime minister Thabane suspended from own party amid bitter political row. citizen.co.za, July 6, 2019, accessed July 30, 2019
  9. ↑ Ntsebeng Motsoeli: Lesotho: Mahao, Allies Defy Mahao's Rally Ban. allafrica.com, July 23, 2019, accessed July 29, 2019
  10. ^ Lesotho: Mahao reads riot act. menafn.com dated December 24, 2019, accessed on January 3, 2020
  11. ↑ Ntsebeng Motsoeli: LCD to go it alone at the polls. lestimes.com dated December 18, 2019, accessed January 6, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Mahao, Nqosa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mahao, Nqosa Leuta (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lesothic politician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1957