Country Profiles and Links to Research Resources Kingdom of Lesotho

Lesotho is a landlocked mountainous state, with Maseru its largest city and capital. It is entirely surrounded by South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it became independent within the British commonwealth in 1966 as a monarchy. The constitution suspended in 1970, until 1974 when a national assembly was established. In 1986, a coup transferred power to King Moshoeshoe III. In 1990 the King's powers were revoked, and transferred to a council of ministers. Later 1990, the king was deposed by his son (King) Letsie III. There was another coup in 1991 led by Col Elias Ramaema, and elections were promised for 1992.

Published in the Journal
	Land Law in Lesotho: The Politics of the 1979 Land Act (1995), by Anita Shanta Franklin. Review by Motlatsi Thabane from Vol.24 No.72 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1997: pp293-295)
	Lesotho: Inner to Outer Periphery? Briefing by Roy Love from Vol.23 No.67 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1996: pp75-80)
	The 1993 Lesotho Election Briefing by Roger Southall from Vol.21 No.59 of the Review of African Political Economy (January 1994: pp110-118)
	Land, Labour Migration and Politics in Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland by D Kowet Review by Roger Leys from Vol.5 No.12 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1978: pp122-124)

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