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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Government Spokesperson, Mr. Thabo Sekonyela has congratulated Prime Minister (PM), Mr. Ntsokoane Matekane for three years of service in this position.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with the Agency on Tuesday (October 28), marking three years of PM\u2019s service since inauguration, Mr. Sekonyela said this achievement is one government and the people of Lesotho should take pride in it.<\/p>\n

He recalled that this is the first coalition of its kind to have sustained for three years in the history of coalition governments, adding this is as a result of Basotho who stood firm and prayed to God, asked for peace and stability in governments hence the success.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Government Spokesperson, Mr. Thabo Sekonyela has congratulated Prime Minister (PM), Mr. Ntsokoane Matekane for three years of service in this position. Speaking in an interview with the Agency on Tuesday (October 28), marking three years of PM\u2019s service since inauguration, Mr. Sekonyela said this achievement is one government and the people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-63538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nGOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON APPLAUDS PM - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Government Spokesperson, Mr. Thabo Sekonyela has congratulated Prime Minister (PM), Mr. Ntsokoane Matekane for three ...\" \/>\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-spokesperson-applauds-pm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON APPLAUDS PM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Government Spokesperson, Mr. Thabo Sekonyela has congratulated Prime Minister (PM), Mr. Ntsokoane Matekane for three ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-spokesperson-applauds-pm\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-28T19:12:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T19:51:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/sm_1761668291.687347.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"585\" \/>\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-spokesperson-applauds-pm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-spokesperson-applauds-pm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON APPLAUDS PM\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-28T19:12:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T19:51:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-spokesperson-applauds-pm\"},\"wordCount\":123,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-spokesperson-applauds-pm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/sm_1761668291.687347.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-spokesperson-applauds-pm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-spokesperson-applauds-pm\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/government-spokesperson-applauds-pm\",\"name\":\"GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON APPLAUDS PM - 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