JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said he will not be told when to leave office, a national newspaper reported on Thursday, resisting efforts to defuse a political crisis with the offer of a "dignified retirement."
The independent weekly Lesotho Times -- the most popular paper in the mountainous kingdom -- quoted Thabane as saying he would not be pushed out before he is ready, apparently rejecting a deal between South African mediators and his own coalition government that he would step down.