March 1970 - When Dancing Had To Stop - A solemn Ntsu
March 1970 - When Dancing Had To Stop - A solemn Ntsu Mokhehle is escorted from his office by an African police officer armed with a tear gas pistol. Basotho danced in the main street of Maseru when news leaked out that Ntsu Mokhehle's Congress Party had beaten Leabua Jonathan's ruling National Party in the Lesotho general election. But Johathan swiftly stopped the music by changing the jig to a military march. He had Mokhehle and 62 others arrested, suspended the constitution and put King Moshoeshoe II under house arrest - claiming that the Congressmen had fixed the result by violence. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA
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