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As you may know, South African troops entered Lesotho to help the government
to end a rebellion there. Yesterday on the news, footage of the intervention
was shown and two flag where seen, I presume, on the side of the rebels.
One of them I could not see clearly, but the other one is a flag of horizontal
stripes black (or dark blue), white, red and green. Proportions look
like being 2:3 or thereabouts.
Jorge Candeias, 23 Sept 1998
These are the colours of the
Basuto National Party of the ex premier
Lebua Jonathan.
These colours were used in the first flag of Lesotho.
Jaume Ollé, 25 Sept 1998
The upper stripe is blue.
Jaume Ollé, 25 Sept 1998
This is the flag of the Basutoland Congress Party - one of the opposition
parties in Lesotho.
The opposition parties have rejected the outcome of the May 1998 elections
which saw the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (whose flag is horizontal
stripes of black, green and red) winning more than 50 of the 80 parliamentary
seats. The impasse which followed saw the appointment by the
Southern African
Development Community (SADC) of the Langa Commission of Inquiry into the
poll which released its findings last week. The Commission found that there
were "irregularities" but did not declare the elections null and void.
Supporters of the opposition parties have been camping outside of the Royal
Palace in Maseru. The perceived threat of a military coup led the Lesotho
Government to ask SADC to send in troops to "restore stability" as government
services had effectively collapsed.
South African and Botswana troops crossed into Lesotho yesterday and
have met with considerable resistance.
Earlier newspaper reports that the SA flag had been hoisted over the
Palace in Maseru have been denied and there was no TV footage of this on
SATV last night.
Bruce Berry, 23 Sept 1998