Word: lesotho
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...latest nuclear power (TIME, April 12)-enriched South African uranium. There was also a diplomatic dividend. Largely because of Arab pressure, 29 of the 33 black African countries that once had diplomatic ties with Israel broke them off at the time of the 1973 Middle East war (only Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius and Swaziland retain such ties). South Africa, said one Israeli diplomat, gives his country an entry to the rest of Africa: "We reach there not through the black door but through the back door...
...investigations got under way, university officials called Allen, who has been on a sabbatical since September setting up a teachers' college in Lesotho, an independent black nation in the Republic of South Africa. Allen flew home, surveyed the growing scandal and promptly resigned as dean, although he retained his tenured position as a professor on the U. Mass faculty...
...augment their meager national resources with none of the unpleasant connotations of 'economic aid.' " They argue that the law Grotius wrote in a maritime era gives an unfair advantage to developed nations in a technological era. Continuation of the status quo, Delegate Makhold Lerotholi of Lesotho protested in Caracas last week, would "mean continuation of a colonial mentality of the most cynical nature." If the developed nations were allowed to exploit the seas at will, he said, they would go on to lay claim to the moon, the stars and the planets...
...KING OF LESOTHO. The lean and bespectacled Moshoeshoe II, 35, made a determined attempt in 1970 to curb the power of his roly-poly Prime Minister, Chief Leabua Jonathan, in the tiny Maryland-sized state that is completely surrounded by South Africa. He failed, however, and since then has confined himself to a consultant's role. Moshoeshoe (pronounced mo-shway-shway) may well be the best-educated man in Lesotho. He studied for three years at Oxford, and still travels to Britain each year to bone up on the latest in political economy. At home in Lesotho, Moshoeshoe spends...
...pioneered a $6-a-day minimum wage, more than many South African blacks earn even now. Last week Rupert completed organization of a bank to finance development in black areas of South Africa and in the black nations to the north. Since 1966, he has been industrial adviser to Lesotho, a black kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa, and he has assigned some of his top executives to oversee development programs there...