As a one-time resident of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, in the early part of this century, I have always been intrigued by its political theatre, which has played itself out like a Shakespearean play over the past 50 years. Leaders have come in and ushered in a new dawn for a country whose fate is tied to that of its only neighbour. For the most part, there has been very little that any of its five prime ministers could do in isolation to boost its prospects. Since its independence in 1966, its politics has primarily been about a reshuffling of its old guard. The players have not changed, a cast with the same ideas spinning about in the same old washing machine. The frequency of its political changes has left its economy stagnant and bereft of new ideas. The only idea is to convince the most powerful faction within the military to support them for power and, more importantly, to allow them access to the state coffers. I thought about Lesotho and its political and economic stagnat...
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