Lesotho: Biggest Joke Since the Donkey Taxi

Lesotho: Biggest Joke Since the Donkey Taxi

Like him or loathe him, you can always count on Machesetsa (aka Mofomobe) to toss a cat among the pigeons. And what a cat he has thrown this time! His claim that Lesotho's top brass -- Prime Minister Ntate Sam, his deputy, his finance minister, half his cabinet, and assorted MPs -- are in fact proud South African citizens is nothing short of a political earthquake. The tremors are still rattling State House, with feathers flying everywhere.