
Just days before handing over the Chairmanship of the regional bloc - Southern African Development Community (SADC) - to Swaziland, President Ian Khama has come under heavy criticism from the church for failing to resolve the leadership crisis unraveling in Lesotho, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Catholic Church Bishops, led by Vice President of Southern Africa Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) Bishop Valentine Seane, accuse SADC leaders of failing to compel Lesotho government to implement the recommendations of the Phumaphi report. Addressing the media in Gaborone on Thursday, Seane said initially they had hoped that SADC will put pressure on Lesotho government to implement the recommendations but were surprised when the regional body somersaulted. "Now they started giving Phakalithi Mosilili simpler recommendations to implement leaving out the most critical ones,” said Seane, who led the delegation of Catholic Bishops to Lesotho during the political turmoil. Seane, who is also the Bishop of Gaborone Diocese, said they have engaged all the opposition leaders in Lesotho and even helped families of soldiers who are currently imprisoned. He said as the church they can only help on social causes but not interfere with the political developments, adding that in Lesotho they…