Courts’ collapse symptomatic of governance failure: analysts Mohalenyane Phakela ONE of the major trending stories of the past two weeks is that of the virtual collapse of the Maseru Magistrates Court after the Lesotho Electricity Company abruptly cut power supplies due to a M1, 3 million debt which had accumulated over the past five years. Chief Magistrate ‘Matankiso Nthunya last week said they had scrambled to raise M200 000. However, this is still grossly inadequate as the LEC is holding out for at least half of the M1, 3 million debt. This means that the judiciary will have to fork out at least M650 000 before the Maseru court is reconnected.