The Rise and Fall of Lesotho Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan:1950-1986

LEABUA JOSEPH JONATHAN MOLAPO (31st October 1914 - 5th April 1987) rose from insignificance to prominence. His Late mother MONICA 'MAKATISO Jonathan was one of the most junior of seventy-seven (77) wives of the District Chief of LERIBE, Jonathan MOLAPO (1844-1928). In the pre-independence period (prior to 1966) LEABUA JONATHAN's domestic political opponents demonised him as an apartheid tool. In early 1964 his political opponents circulated a document throughout LESOTHO purported to have been signed by LEABUA Jonathan in which he allegedly agreed with the Apartheid policy of South Africa. This was a form of propaganda.

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Joseph Tsietsi Molapo is a retired policy researcher and diplomat in the government of Lesotho. He holds an honours degree (Political Science: University of Ceylon,Sri Lanka, 1971); MA degree in Economics Cum Laude (1982);LLM Comparative and International Law - both from Vrije University, Belgium.