Lesotho beyond the elections
Abstract This article examines the mammoth political challenge facing the Basutoland Congress Party‐led government in Lesotho, assessing in particular the regime's capacity to deliver on its key election promises. Thus the main argument is that Lesotho's newly won democracy will mean little or nothing to the people of Lesotho unless it can address their future as a nation within a politically transformed South Africa and their country's seething economic, political and social problems, namely the deepening joblessness, falling agricultural production coupled with malnutrition, stagnant industrial growth, declining living standards, especially among the poorer sections of the population, recurrent political instability and the increasingly inadequate health and education facilities.
A Lesotho Voter and Elections: A Note on the 1998 General Election
Lesotho is gearing itse lf f o r a general election scheduled f o r 1998. While questions are being asked as to whether these elections w ill he fre e and fa ir , and whether they will be held under a peaceful atm osphere, they are nevetheless eagerly a w aited by enthusiasts and sceptics alike. H owever, f o r voters, civil society, an alysists and observers, these w ill differ m arkedly from the 1993 election. The differences w ill centre on who w ill conduct them, their context and thrust, and the characteristics o f the voting population. These set broad param eters f o r the elections and constitute important variables with consequences f o r voting in general and its outcom e, even though "traditional" p o litica l attitudes might persist among a g o o d number o f voters. These im portant issues necessitate a critical comment on the general election which this p aper is attempting.
The Illustrated Story of Copyright
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