General Masemola, Lesotho police chief, hold talks amid claims of military training camps in SA

THE National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, is in Lesotho, meeting the Police Chief, Advocate Borotho Matsoso, after claims of Basotho-styled military training camps in South Africa.

- ROBIN-LEE FRANCKE

The one-day meeting is under way in Maseru and follows claims by Lesotho authorities in who insisted they had credible information about Basotho undergoing military-style training in certain farms within South Africa, as part of the growing campaign to fight for the contentious land in South Africa’s provinces.

The claimed land included parts of the Free State, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.

General Masemola is leading a delegation of senior officials from various government departments under the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure(NATJOINTS).

The delegation of senior officials from South Africa includes the Deputy National Commissioner of Policing and co-chair of the NATJOINTS, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, the head of Interpol in SA, a senior officer from SAPS Crime Intelligence, and a senior officer from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA).