The current security problems facing the Kingdom of Lesotho have their origins in August 2014, when then Prime-Minister Tom Thabane attempted in vain to effect changes in the command of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF). It reached its pinnacle after the change of government, with the fatal shooting of Lieutenant-General Maaparankoe Mahao in June 2015 by fellow members of the LDF under claims that he had resisted arrest for his alleged involvement in a mutiny plot within the army. The tragedy was preceded by the arrest of some officers and members of the LDF on allegations of planning a mutiny. The period leading to regime change, and immediately after it, was one characterized by insecurity in the country, marked by the fleeing out of the country by leaders of opposition, other members of opposition, including some members of the LDF for fear of being assassinated by the LDF. The glaring blaze’ approach of the government of the day in Lesotho, in arresting these acts, and bringing about a sense of normalcy, as well as its blatant disregard for the work of the SADC Commission of Inquiry led by Judge Phumaphi, and resistance to implement its sweeping recommendations which would clearly…