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PM TOURS CLOSED FACTORIES
Prime Minister Mr. Sam Matekane took a tour of two factories, which had closed, leaving over 5000 Basotho jobless. The factories Glory situated at Tikoe
GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL PAYS COURTESY CALL TO HIS MAJESTY
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council paid a courtesy call to his Majesty King
COURT REVERSES DECISION OF GOVERNMENT
The High Court through Judge Maseforo Mahase has issued an interim order reversing a decision by the Government of Lesotho through the Lesotho Highlands Water
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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.
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1966
Year of Foundation
496 800
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