Southern African Development Community (SADC) Facilitator Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is confident that security issues will be properly handled during the upcoming snap elections in Lesotho.

He says his visit was to examine the state of preparedness of Lesotho political parties for elections. He added that discussions with a number of stakeholders told indicated they are ready although Lesotho will not hold the SADC mandated pre-election dialogue due to the short period remaining.

All stakeholders agreed to post-election dialogue on constitutional reforms.

On the one day visit Ramaphosa paid a courtesy call on His Majesty King Letsie III, met with civil society and church leaders.