Kingdom of Lesotho
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NATION WARNED OF RECENT ANIMAL DISEASE
The Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition through the Animal Department has issued a statement with which it is warning farmers and making them
RSL, ESWATINI REVENUE SERVICE SIGN MOU
To strengthen areas of collaboration, the Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) and Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at an event held
LESOTHO GRANTED NINETY-DAY VISA
Basotho have been accorded 90 days visa-free whenever they cross the border into their neighbouring South Africa as opposed to the normal 30 days. This
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Lesotho is largely covered in grasses, although trees also appear on the landscape. Indigenous trees include Cape willows, cheche bush (used for fuel), and wild olives. Other willows and white poplars have been introduced into the country.
Not Called The Mountain Kingdom for Nothing
Lesotho, a high-altitude, landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges including the 3,482m-high peak of Thabana Ntlenyana. On the Thaba Bosiu plateau, near Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, are ruins dating from the 19th-century reign of King Moshoeshoe I. Thaba Bosiu overlooks iconic Mount Qiloane, an enduring symbol of the nation’s Basotho people.
2, 070, 000
Population
30, 355
km2, square
1966
Year of Foundation
496 800
Unemployed
11,424 ft
Highest Point