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South African home affairs minister to discuss bilateral issues in Lesotho

Source: APA, 14/09/2015

The South African Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba is scheduled
to pay a two- day visit to Lesotho from September 21, APA learns here
on Monday.
The Lesotho Minister of Home Affairs Lekhetho Rakuoane said on Monday
that he and his South African counterpart are going to discuss the
problems that the Basotho living or working in South Africa are
constantly experiencing.
Rakuoane said since Lesotho is landlocked by South Africa, they want
the Basotho to be given preferential treatment as compared to citizens
of other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
Rakuoane explained that they are quite concerned about Basotho
nationals whose passports are being seized and destroyed when they
over-stay in South Africa.

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