Kingdom of Lesotho
HIS MAJESTY KING LETSIE III 60TH BIRTHDAY
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MINISTER OUTLINES MINISTERIAL COMMITMENTS AS PER 2023/24 BUDGET SPEECH
The Minister of Information, Communications, Science and technology and Innovation Ms Nthati Moorosi presented the status of the ministerial commitments as per 2023/2024 budget speech
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LESOTHO AIMS FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development held a meeting to raise awareness to the civil society on the opportunities available for them in
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CHINA-LESOTHO RELATIONS STRENGTHEN
The Kingdom of Lesotho and the People’s Republic of China’s marked 30 years of bilateral relations through the official handing over of the M800 million state
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Get To Know More About Lesotho
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.
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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
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