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MAQELEPO LEADS BICENTENNIAL FUNWALK
The Minister of Tourism, Sports, Arts and Culture Honourable Motlatsi Maqelepo led the bicentennial celebrations, with a fun walk from Lits’oeneng to DIFA stadium. Speaking
FOKOTHI STRIVES TO ATTAIN SDG NINE
Lerotholi Polytechnic (LP) strives to foster innovation in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says the institution’s Rector, Professor Tlali Sepiriti. Speaking to Lesotho News
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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