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an anti-democrat and he ruled through the barrel of the gun. In 1974, Basotho
Congress Party tried unsuccessfully size power by attacking police stations and following that many were arrested, killed and reign of terror by Chief Leabua continued. Ntsu Mokhehle fled Lesotho and went into exile and resided in Botswana, Zambia and South Africa. During his exile, he presided over the establishment of
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political newspapers. His outspoken political views caused him to be dismissed from his teaching position at
Basutoland High School in 1954. His party Basutoland Congress Party won many seats during the first elections held in Lesotho in 1960. In the 1965 elections, Basutoland Congress Party came
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and later involved in protesting activities which led to his expulsion from the university in 1942. Mokhehle joined the
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after independence in 1966) in 1952 and led the party (served as its first party president) until 1997 when he resigned and formed a new political party,
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