Briefing Paper

Jonathan’s Lesotho: Still an Unstable Irritant within South Africa

” Lesotho’s relations with South Africa have undergone a remarkable transformation in the past decade. Jonathan welcomed considerable South African assistance. Even his own position was to some extent at least the result of South African aid. There were already tow signs of tension in this early period. The first was tha Jonathan made no secret of his dislike of apartheid and the second was South Africa’s failure to establish diplomatic ties with Lesotho.”