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In flag of Lesotho
The prime minister, Chief Leabua Jonathan, wanted to use the flag of his own ruling Basotho National Party, which had four equal horizontal stripes from top to bottom of blue, white, red, and green. Other parties objected, and instead the national flag displayed green, red, and blue vertically with…
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In Southern Africa: Lesotho, Botswana, and Swaziland
In 1958 Chief Leabua Jonathan, who was to become Lesotho’s first prime minister, founded the conservative Basutoland National Party (BNP), with the support of the South African government, the powerful Roman Catholic church, and the queen regent. Jonathan led the BNP to a narrow victory in the…
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In Lesotho: Basutoland (1871–1966)
…nation’s founder) as king and Chief Jonathan as prime minister. Executive power was given to the prime minister in 1967.
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In Moshoeshoe II
…his powers, causing Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan, of the Basotho National Party (BNP), to place him under house arrest in December 1966. A month later Moshoeshoe agreed to honour the constitution, which effectively gave executive power to the prime minister. After the opposition party, Basotho Congress Party (BCP), won the…
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