Monyane Moleleki

Monyane Moleleki (born 1951) is the Minister of Natural Resources of Lesotho. He has been a minister in the Lesotho government for a long time, and has also been Minister of Information and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Moleleki was Minister of National Resources in 1994, when he was briefly kidnapped along with three other ministers by soldiers on April 14; another minister, Deputy Prime Minister Selometsi Baholo, was killed in this incident.^[1] Police then went on strike in May, and Moleleki resigned and left the country for Botswana, saying that he thought he was likely to be targeted for assassination next.^[2] In March 1995 he returned to Lesotho and was detained by members of the National Security Service on March 29.^[3] He was elected deputy secretary general of the governing Basutoland Congress Party at a party conference in March 1996.^[4] In December 1996 he became Minister of Information and Broadcasting following the death of the previous minister, Pakane Khala, in November,^[5] and in June 1998 he was again appointed Minister of Natural Resources.^[6]

After serving for several years as Minister of Natural Resources, Moleleki became Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 2004^[7] and served in that position until March 2007, when he became Minister of Natural Resources again.^[8]

He was said to have been shot and wounded in the arm in an attack at his home at night on January 29, 2006.^[9][10] Some say "o thuntsoe ka thipa" meaning he was "shot with a knife". He has said that the attack was politically motivated.^{[citation needed]}

He is also known as Mahaletere because of his halter like beard and mustache. He seems to be the most likely possible candidate to take over from the current Lesotho Prime Minister H. E. P. B. Mosisili in the coming national party conference.

References

1. ^ "Deputy Prime Minister Murdered by Army Faction", Summary of Events in Lesotho, 2nd quarter 1994, trc.org.ls.
2. ^ "Lesotho Police on Strike", Summary of Events in Lesotho, 2nd quarter 1994, trc.org.ls.
3. ^ "National Security Service ‘Ninjas’ Act with Impunity", Summary of Events in Lesotho, 2nd quarter 1995, trc.org.ls.
4. ^ "Annual Conference of the BCP", Summary of Events in Lesotho, 1st quarter 1996, trc.org.ls.
5. ^ "Deaths of Parliamentarians; New Senators Appointed", Summary of Events in Lesotho, 4th quarter 1996, trc.org.ls.
6. ^ "Appointment of New Cabinet", Summary of Events in Lesotho, Volume 5, Number 2, 2nd quarter 1998, trc.org.ls.
7. ^ "Major Cabinet Reshuffle Announced", Summary of Events in Lesotho - 4th quarter 2004, trc.org.ls.
8. ^ "Lesotho’s new cabinet comprises former ministers", African Press Agency, March 3, 2007.
9. ^ "Gunmen attack foreign minister's home", Reuters (IOL), January 30, 2006.
10. ^ "Moleleki Shooting Incident Repercussions Continue", Summary of Events in Lesotho - Second Quarter 2006, trc.org.ls.

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Name	Moleleki, Monyane
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Date of birth	1951
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