{"id":49227,"date":"2024-12-03T18:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata"},"modified":"2024-12-03T19:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:25:19","slug":"government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata","title":{"rendered":"GOVERNMENT UNAFFECTED BY MAHAO\u2019S DISMISSAL- SEKATA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The dismissal of Professor Nqosa Mahao, leader of the Basotho Action Party (BAP) from his ministerial position as Minister of Energy has sparked public interest, but the Prime Minister\u2019s office assures that the government remains unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Teboho Sekata, Public Relations Manager in the Prime Minister\u2019s office, made a point that the coalition government is stable and will continue to function smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that BAP\u2019s participation in the coalition was not a necessity but a gesture of goodwill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBAP joined the government out of love, not because we lacked the numbers. I call upon Basotho to remain calm, the government is stable and will continue without fear,\u201d said Mr. Sekata.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The dismissal of Professor Nqosa Mahao, leader of the Basotho Action Party (BAP) from his ministerial position as Minister of Energy has sparked public interest, but the Prime Minister\u2019s office assures that the government remains unaffected. Mr. Teboho Sekata, Public Relations Manager in the Prime Minister\u2019s office, made a point that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-49227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOVERNMENT UNAFFECTED BY MAHAO\u2019S DISMISSAL- SEKATA - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The dismissal of Professor Nqosa Mahao, leader of the Basotho Action Party (BAP) from his ministerial position as Minist ...\" \/>\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\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOVERNMENT UNAFFECTED BY MAHAO\u2019S DISMISSAL- SEKATA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The dismissal of Professor Nqosa Mahao, leader of the Basotho Action Party (BAP) from his ministerial position as Minist ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata\" \/>\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=\"2024-12-03T18:47:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-03T19:25:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/12\/sm_1733240525.485645.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GOVERNMENT UNAFFECTED BY MAHAO\u2019S DISMISSAL- SEKATA\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-03T18:47:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-03T19:25:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2024\/12\/sm_1733240525.485645.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-unaffected-by-mahaos-dismissal-sekata\",\"name\":\"GOVERNMENT UNAFFECTED BY MAHAO\u2019S DISMISSAL- SEKATA - 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