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Lesotho seeks compensation and economic support from South Africa

Foreign affairs minister Limpho Tau lists land dispossession, migrant labour and apartheid-era raids as historical injustices

Lesotho’s foreign affairs minister Limpho Tau. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi.

Lesotho’s foreign affairs minister says South Africa has a moral obligation to help address poverty and the lack of economic growth in Lesotho.
Minister Limpho Tau told the South African government that land dispossession, migrant labour and apartheid-era military raids had contributed to Lesotho’s economic hardship.
Tau also raised concerns and sought assurances from the South African government for the thousands of Basotho living in the country ahead of the planned 30 June anti-immigration protests.

Lesotho’s foreign affairs minister, Limpho Tau, says South Africa has a moral obligation to help lift Lesotho out of poverty because of historical injustices that contributed to the kingdom’s economic underdevelopment.
Tau made the remarks during…

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