The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military intervention in Lesotho, codenamed Operation Boleas, was a military invasion of Lesotho in 1998 launched in the name of SADC and led by South Africa through its South African National Defence Force (SANDF). Troops from Botswana were supposed to join SANDF forces when they crossed the border to quell a suspected coup d'état. However, the Botswana contingent lost its way and only SANDF troops entered the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho. This led, after an incident at the Katse dam to rioting in the Lesotho capital, Maseru, initially directed at South African-owned businesses. But this soon spread and much of the centre of Maseru was severely damaged with shops and hotels looted and burned.