Cape Town - South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday and Thursday 04-05 March 2015 pay a Working Visit to Maseru in the Kingdom of Lesotho in his capacity as the SADC Facilitator to the country.

The Facilitator Deputy President Ramaphosa’s visit comes against the background of the recently concluded SADC Facilitated brought forward elections held on Saturday 28 February 2015. The elections were declared credible, free and fair by the various elections observer missions deployed in the country before and on elections day- namely SADC, AU, Commonwealth and EISA.

Deputy President Ramaphosa had visited the country on the day of elections, Saturday 28 February 2015 to bear  witness to history and democracy in action during the voting processes. In this regard and during his visit on Saturday, Deputy President Ramaphosa visited four voting stations and the IEC Elections Results Centre.

The elections were held in line with decisions of the SADC Troika of Heads of State and Government and facilitated by the SADC Observer Mission led by Deputy President Ramaphosa as an integral part of regional efforts to restore peace and stability in Lesotho.

The Facilitator is expected to return to South Africa on Thursday 5 March 2015.

For more information contact Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990 4853.

Issued on behalf of the SADC Facilitation Mission