Proposal for #Lesotho to initiate territorial dispute over large parts of #SouthAfrica says it relies on a 1962 UN resolution. That resolution advocates Lesotho's independence, but doesn't seem to imply it should have any more territory than it does today. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/204509?ln=en

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Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland.

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Lesotho MPs to discuss reclaiming parts of South Africa

But they were forced to move to present-day Lesotho because of forced migration during wars.

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