February 5. 2020

Tom Thabane and Maesaiah Thabane

The next story is one a person would expect to read about former Zimbabwe First Lady, Grace Mugabe. However, I digress. 42-year-old Maesaiah Thabane, the wife of Lesotho prime minister, Tom Thabane, is wanted on murder charges. Yes, you read that right.

She has been on the run for the past month, with charges looming that she murdered her husband's first wife, Lipolelo, aged 58. Tom and Lipolelo were going through a bitter divorce. Based on the charges, Maesaiah decided to speed things along by taking out her rival. Lipolelo was shot to death at close range days before Tom became prime minister.

Thabane has been hiding in South Africa, in attempts at evading prosecution. Lesotho's Deputy Police Commissioner Paseka Mokete stated, "She has been charged with murder alongside eight others who are in Lesotho and South Africa."

The story gets even worse. The Deputy Police Commissioner is of the belief the prime minister is involved in his late wife's murder. He stated to the press, "We as the police believe that we have a very strong case against him." The prime minister has stated he will quit. The police are to be applauded for pursuing this case.

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Lesotho's First Lady Facing Charges Of Murdering Prime Minister's First Wife

February 4, 20203:24 PM ET - Lesotho first lady Maesaiah Thabane was reportedly charged with murder on Tuesday for alleged links to the brutal 2017 killing of the prime minister's first wife. After nearly a month on the run, Lesotho's first lady was reportedly charged on Tuesday with the murder of her husband's first wife.

Maesaiah Thabane, 42, stands accused of killing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's wife, Lipolelo, days before the his second inauguration ceremony in June 2017. Officials said Tuesday that the wanted woman had been hiding out in South Africa — which surrounds the small African nation of Lesotho — since she failed to appear for questioning on Jan. 10. She returned following negotiations between her lawyers and law enforcement, police officials told AFP.

"She has been charged with murder alongside eight others who are in Lesotho and South Africa," Deputy Police Commissioner Paseka Mokete told reporters. The murder of the former first lady, who had been estranged from the prime minister for years and was locked in a bitter divorce fight, shocked the nation...