Magistrates pin hopes on Sakoane Magistrates pin hopes on Sakoane Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO’S restive magistrates, who have heard no joy with successive justice and law ministers as well as chief justices, are pinning their hopes on Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane, to resolve their long-standing grievances concerning their welfare and working conditions. Judicial Officers Association of Lesotho (JOALE) secretary, Masupha Kao, said Justice Sakoane was fully aware of their grievances, adding they have already held some “promising” meetings with him to find lasting solutions to their concerns. “Justice Sakoane was appointed to his post last November and sometime in December, he met with the three Chief Magistrates (‘Matankiso Nthunya, ‘Makampong Mokgoro and Manyathela Kolobe),” Magistrate Kao in a weekend interview with the