But will he bring a ‘breath of fresh air’ into the government? Or will he just grab more government contracts?
Wealthy Lesotho businessman Sam Matekane and his brand-new Revolution for Prosperity party appear to be heading for a landslide victory in the country’s parliamentary elections. The party is on track to defy predictions that no single party would win a clear majority and that Lesotho would be saddled with yet another unstable coalition.
“The RFP is winning. The ABC has totally collapsed with not even a single constituency seat,” said Basildon Peta, publisher of the, the country’s main newspaper. “Predictions of a close contest were wrong. People want change.” Peta forecast that the RFP was likely to surpass the 61-seat threshold to form a government on its own.
The observer noted that the Democratic Congress, which would probably have won the election had the RFP not entered the contest, had promised to split the Letšeng Diamond Mine contract among many Basotho.Matekane had earlier told the SABC that he would hand over his business interests to others to avoid a conflict of interests.Meanwhile, in the national results centre in Maseru, as the RFP’s victories mounted, Moorosi threw her hands in the air and said: “I am very excited for RFP.
At the entrance to the hotel, Matekane addressed supporters in a sea of purple, green and white T-shirts and caps and insisted he would deliver on his promises of better government.
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