{"id":31234,"date":"2023-07-11T12:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/moleleki-rapapa-battle-for-control-rages-on"},"modified":"2023-07-11T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T12:59:23","slug":"moleleki-rapapa-battle-for-control-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/moleleki-rapapa-battle-for-control-rages-on","title":{"rendered":"Moleleki, Rapapa battle for control rages on"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>It\u2019s been three months since Monyane Moleleki lost control of the Alliance of Democrats (AD) to Professor Ntoi Rapapa but the wounds are still fresh and tempers are also still high.<\/p>\n

Party insiders say Moleleki and Professor Rapapa have not talked to each other since the party\u2019s elective conference in April. Nor have they attended the same party meeting.<\/p>\n

And so it did not come as a surprise when Moleleki openly snubbed Professor Rapapa\u2019s invitation to a rally in his Mosalemane constituency over the past weekend.<\/p>\n

Instead of heading north to Mosalemane, Moleleki went south to Mafeteng where he addressed a small crowd. The crowd\u2019s choice of song illustrated the mood.<\/p>\n

\u201cRe eme mona re batla Moleleki feela e seng mang kapa mang\u201d (\u201cWe are standing here and we want Moleleki alone and no one else,\u201d) the crowd sang. Moleleki appeared to revel in it all.<\/p>\n

Thuso Litjobo, the former party spokesman, opened the rally with a brief speech that seemed intended to assure Moleleki he still had support in the party.<\/p>\n

Moleleki \u201cis still our leader no matter what\u201d, he said. \u201cI call him our leader deliberately,\u201d Litjobo said. He told the members not to be ashamed to call Moleleki their leader \u201cbecause even the current leader (Professor Rapapa) knows he is the leader\u201d.<\/p>\n

Despite snubbing Professor Rapapa\u2019s rally Moleleki told his supporters that factions are \u201cnot good for the growth and success of this party\u201d. He said he was concerned that the divisions will cost them the local government elections in September this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must see them as your brothers and sisters if you are to be together and win the coming elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must be committed, disciplined, principled and dedicated.<\/p>\n

\u201d In Mosalemane, Professor Rapapa said that \u201csome people do not want to accept defeat as they are still fighting even after our elective conference\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo accept changes is not easy,\u201d Professor Rapapa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people become enemies just because I am the leader of the party and a minister.<\/p>\n

\u201d He encouraged his followers to prepare for the local government elections. Professor Rapapa could not be reached for a comment this week despite several attempts to speak to him.<\/p>\n

Moleleki told the thepost that he was invited to Mosalemane \u201cbut I do not want to discuss why I did not go\u201d. \u201cIt is a sensitive matter,\u201d Moleleki said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not discuss any internal problems our party is facing right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should visit me so that we can sit down and talk, but it should be out of record.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. It\u2019s been three months since Monyane Moleleki lost control of the Alliance of Democrats (AD) to Professor Ntoi Rapapa but the wounds are still fresh and tempers are also still high. Party insiders say Moleleki and Professor Rapapa have not talked to each other since the party\u2019s elective conference in April. 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