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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson, Montoeli Masoetsa, and Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, almost came to blows over the latter\u2019s alleged support of a plot to oust National Reforms Authority (NRA) chairperson, Pelele Letsoela.<\/p>\n

All is not well within the NRA amid indications that Chief Theko is supporting a faction calling for Mr Letsoela\u2019s ouster over a host of issues including making unilateral decisions at the authority.<\/p>\n

(See story above). Authoritative NRA sources this week said tempers flared at an NRA meeting in Maseru.<\/p>\n

This after Mr Masoetsa, who is said to be against Mr Letsoela\u2019s removal, had called Chief Khoabane a boy and accused him of hosting secret meetings aimed at toppling Mr Letsoela.<\/p>\n

\u201cChief Khoabane did not take kindly to Ntate Masoetsa\u2019s accusations and the two engaged in a nasty war of words,\u201d said an NRA source.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll hell broke loose when Ntate Masoetsa called Chief Khoabane a boy. They exchanged vulgar insults and almost came to blows.<\/p>\n

Had it not been for other NRA members who intervened and separated them, they could have fought,\u201d the source added. Contacted for comment, Chief Khoabane confirmed falling out with Mr Masoetsa but denied that they almost came to blows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a chief and everyone comes to my residence to discuss various issues. But they don\u2019t come to discuss Ntate Letsoela\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n

Ntate Letsoela would still remain an NRA member even if he is removed from the chairship. \u201cTo the best of my knowledge, Ntate Masoetsa and I did not disagree over Ntate Letsoela.<\/p>\n

We disagreed on an entirely different matter regarding the NRA management. The disagreement was over procedural issue at the NRA management level. There was nothing like the possible fist-fight you have been told about.<\/p>\n

Those who told you that are talking nonsense. People are allowed to speak nonsensical things,\u201d Chief Theko said. Asked what his stance was regarding Mr Letsoela\u2019s removal, Chief Theko said he was not in a position to comment right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat one I cannot answer right now. It is my secret and I cannot divulge it to you,\u201d Chief Theko said. On his part, Mr Masoetsa said he would not discuss NRA issues with the media.<\/p>\n

He said only the NRA CEO, Mafiroane Motanyane, and the authority\u2019s media office were allowed to speak to the media about NRA issues. \u201cI am not in a position to talk to you because we agreed that only the CEO and the media person, one Nkhasi, should speak on NRA issues.<\/p>\n

Those are the people you can speak to,\u201d Mr Masoetsa said. Even after it was pointed out to him that this was a personal issue which affected him, Mr Masoetsa said the NRA CEO and media officer were the rightful people to comment as his quarrel with Chief Theko is alleged to have happened at an NRA meeting.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson, Montoeli Masoetsa, and Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, almost came to blows over the latter\u2019s alleged support of a plot to oust National Reforms Authority (NRA) chairperson, Pelele Letsoela. All is not well within the NRA amid indications that Chief Theko is supporting a faction calling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,246,343,245],"class_list":["post-29407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-basotho","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nMasoetsa, Khoabane in near fist-fight - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson, Montoeli Masoetsa, and Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, al ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Masoetsa, Khoabane in near fist-fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson, Montoeli Masoetsa, and Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, al ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-01T11:28:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-01T11:43:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685603501.970775.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1693\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1076\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Masoetsa, Khoabane in near fist-fight\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-01T11:28:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-01T11:43:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight\"},\"wordCount\":499,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685603501.970775.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Basotho\",\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/masoetsa-khoabane-in-near-fist-fight\",\"name\":\"Masoetsa, Khoabane in near fist-fight - 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