Who is Lesotho’s new Prime Minister, mogul Sam Matekane?: The millionaire who won Lesotho elections with a helicopter
From jets to diamonds, and now the top job in Lesotho, Sam Matekane has acquired it all. He is preparing to be the prime minister of the small kingdom in the next few weeks.
It shrunk his commutes to political rallies and made far-flung destinations in the mountainous country accessible in minutes. It was a way of travel his opponents did not have the means to use.that Revolution for Prosperity , a political party Matekane founded in March this year, had won 56 seats in the national assembly – five seats short of an absolute majority.
He said the RFP had agreed to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Democrats and the Movement for Economic Change to get the 60 plus one seats required to reach a majority.Calm, humble and vision-oriented, with a great sense of humour are some of the waysThe media says he is a philanthropist, Lesotho business mogul, self-made businessperson and a diamond millionaire.
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