{"id":21167,"date":"2022-11-01T08:49:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T08:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesothos-new-pm-diamond-tycoon-sam-matekane-takes-office"},"modified":"2022-11-01T09:17:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:17:08","slug":"lesothos-new-pm-diamond-tycoon-sam-matekane-takes-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesothos-new-pm-diamond-tycoon-sam-matekane-takes-office","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho&#8217;s new PM: Diamond tycoon Sam Matekane takes office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Diamond tycoon and political maverick Sam Matekane on Friday took the oath as Lesotho&#8217;s new prime minister at a packed soccer stadium in the southern African kingdom&#8217;s capital of Maseru. 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