Calls for Lesotho to become South Africa's tenth province

Calls for Lesotho to become South Africa's tenth province

Political voices in Lesotho are growing louder in their calls for closer integration with South Africa – with some even arguing that the mountain kingdom should become South Africa’s tenth province. The idea, once considered fringe, is now being openly promoted by Lesotho’s Socialist Revolutionaries (SR) party. SR leader Teboho Mojapela believes the only viable way to fix Lesotho’s economic and migration problems – and its dependence on South Af…