MASERU – TWO sons of the late businessman, Chaltin Tsatsanyane, Mokherane and Moorosi, are locked in a bitter fight over their late father’s estate.
Tsatsanyane, who died late last year from Covid-19 related illness, did not leave a will stating how his vast estate would be distributed.
The colourful businessman and politician had several businesses that include a vehicle repairing workshop, a textile factory, a radio station, and vast buildings in Maseru.
He also had several sites, developed and undeveloped, in the Maseru city.
Now his sons, who are also political rivals after Mokherane defected from the All Basotho Convention (ABC) to the Alliance of Democrats (AD) and lately to the Democratic Congress (DC), are in a tug-of-war over the estate.
Moorosi has remained with the ABC and will contest for a parliamentary seat for his party on December 16.
Last night, Moorosi complained that his brother is bossy to the extent that he pointed a gun at him in one of their quarrels.
“He also has this guy who wears military uniform whom he deploys to scare me off,” Moorosi said.
He said his father did not sign a will but he made it clear that the estate should be his.
And instead of sitting down on a round-table to discuss how they could share the estate, “my brother took everything left as the estate”.
Moorosi said his brother told him that he is the elder son and therefore everything belongs to him and his family alone.
Amid the simmering tensions over the estate, Moorosi said their stepmother supports Mokherane so that he could inherit one of the factories.
“I injected over a million maloti for the factory to be built and the machines to be bought,” Moorosi said.
He said he has court orders that block his brother from visiting some properties left by their father.
“But he defies those orders of the courts.”
Mokherane said his brother is the one causing trouble in the family. “I am the elder brother here and therefore I have to inherit the property of my father since there was no will,” Mokherane said.
He said it is not true that he is taking some estate by force.
He said he is assisting the radio station with daily operational costs.
Mokherane said his brother wants to enjoy the rent and everything alone yet he is not the only child of Tsatsanyane.
He said he even told Ben Mosala who runs the PRM Radio that he does not need the radio dividends at all “to show that I am not greedy”.
He said some of the companies do not get orders anymore because his brother fleeced M900 000 from them.
Mokherane said his brother is doing things fraudulently.
He said he does not like the approach of his brother regarding family matters.
He said his brother wants to scare him away by calling the police when they have to discuss family issues.
“But I will not be scared, I will fight,” he said.
Nkheli Liphoto
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