Is a territorial upheaval brewing between South Africa and neighbouring Lesotho? On Wednesday parliamentarians in the small inland country debated a motion to reclaim large parts of South Africa forcibly seized by the apartheid government.
, the bold move was made by an opposition MP who wants to declare the Free State and parts of four other provinces “Lesotho's territory”.
Lipholo represents the Basotho Convention Movement which campaigned on the issue during last year's election, gaining a single seat. The Lesotho government has not commented on the issue but is unlikely to risk antagonising South Africa by backing the motion.
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