Kananelo Boloetse

Kananelo Boloetse is a human rights defender, journalist, and co-founder of civic movement, The Advocates for the Supremacy of the Constitution (also known as SECTION 2). He is the former chairperson of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) in Lesotho, and is widely recognised for defending constitutional rights, freedom of expression, and civic participation — particularly for underrepresented voices in Lesotho.

Kananelo’s rights work has focused on government accountability and upholding the rule of law. In 2022, for example, he filed a petition with the High Court of Lesotho challenging the reconvening of Parliament under a state of emergency. More recently, through his civic movement SECTION 2, he led an advocacy campaign calling for National Security Service (NSS) agents, who had been dismissed unlawfully according to the Court of Appeals, to be reinstated or compensated.