Lesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions

Updated: 22 Nov 2021

The government of South Africa threatened Lesotho and Swaziland with economic sanctions if they continued to harbour African National Congress (ANC) insurgents. Their refusal to co-operate in this regard meant their citizens were going to suffer, as both of them were dependent on South Africa for economic and international trade security. Although in support of the banned liberation movement, they could not riske the harsh treatment threatened by the Pretoria regime and announced backing down of direct support of ANC insurgents operating from their countries.

How we know this

01Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997>, Greenwood: London, p. 479.

Last updated · 22 Nov 2021

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Lesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012499

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South African History Online. "Lesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012499.