Keyword: lesotho

A Case for Closer Integration between South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland?

Picture: Pic: Mart Bouter/worldofmaps.net Glenn Ashton - South Africa looms large in the affairs of the Kingdoms of Swaziland and Lesotho, the local geo-political giant. Economically, each receives disproportionate amounts of their annual GDP directly from South Africa. Each is profoundly reliant on their powerful neighbour for the supply of food, fuel, goods and services and linking infrastructure to the world. Given the vision of an African Union and increasing rapprochement between the members of the Southern African Development Community...