text: two others-who had just arrived from South Africa. 21. Mr. Phakamile Mphongoshe-also known as Mavimbela-was murdered, together with his wife, a male visitor and the latter’s son and daughter. AU were visitors from South Africa who had been in Lesotho for only four days. 22. At the house of Mr. Themba Mazibuko, tWO South African blacks who were regular visitors to Lesotho and a South African high-school student were killed. 23. Are these the type of people who could have been planning incursions into South Africa? 2 24. In addition to those citizens of South Africa, 12 Lesotho citizens, including women and children, were also murdered. It is inconceivable to imagine that these Lesotho citizens were plotting altacks against South Africa. At no stage did South Africa warn or advise Lesotho-as we would have expected between peace-loving neighbours-of the reasons advanced by the Commander of SADF. 25. Concerning the acts of sabotage allegedly committed in South Africa by refugees resident in Lesotho, two are said to have occurred in Cape Town -some 1,000 miles or so from Lesotho. Other acts are alleged to have taken place in Port Elizabeth and East London, towns also a long distance away from Lesotho on the south-eastern coast of South Africa. Not a single obvious across-the-border incident has been alleged, let alone proved, against us, in contrast with numerous occasions when mortars have been launched from South African territory into Lesotho. 26. In numerous political trials held in South Africa involving ANC freedom fighters, not once has it been alleged that any were based in or operated from Lesotho. In the course of all these trials, arms of all kinds have been exhibited. There has never been a single occasion when arms of Chinese origin were shown. It was therefore most surprising when 
analysis: The text appears to be a political statement or a diplomatic correspondence, discussing a violent incident in Lesotho and its implications for the relationship between Lesotho and South Africa. The text highlights the killing of several South African and Lesotho citizens, and questions the motives behind these acts of violence. It also mentions alleged sabotage incidents in South Africa, and the lack of evidence linking Lesotho to these incidents.