Post-apartheid South Africa emerged at a time when the southern region was going
through violence conflicts with implication for economic and political development.
South being a part of the hegemony in the sub region could not remain silence of the
political instability facing its neighbours.
The purpose of this research was to access South Africa role in conflict management
peace and stability in the southern African region with a focus on Lesotho 1993-2014. It
examine the causes of instability and the effects of South African to ensure stability in
Lesotho and the region at large
The research is an empirical study which employs a Qualitative Research Methodology.
Data was collected from primary and secondary sources.
In seeking to understand why since independent Lesotho have not experience stability.
The research has found out that recent effort to promote peace and stability through
policy and negotiation arrangement signed by conflicting parties and the government of
Lesotho has been thwarted by severe deficiency such as corruption, politics of cultures,
election rigging and the lack of mechanism for enforcing legislatures. This paper has
made recommendation of what the Lesotho government needs to do in order to avoid
political upheaval in the contemporary Basotho society