23 January 2020

Africa: We don't sweat the small stuff

I wonder if that qualifies as an impeachable offense...insert alt text here
"Police in Lesotho on Tuesday were searching for the country's first lady for questioning in the 2017 killing of the prime minister's former wife, while the police commissioner said the 'noose was tightening' around the prime minister and those close to him as an investigation continues."
Which brings to mind another African first lady...
"The opera's narrative includes Ms. Mandela's controversial endorsement of the practice of necklacing — filling car tires with gasoline, putting them around the necks of police informers and setting them alight — but stops in 1986 before the death of Stompie Moeketsi, a supposed informer."