Welcome To The Mountain Kingdom
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced Mrs. Mampho Alina Tjabane from Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) with 1611 votes as the winner of the elections for
The Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs, and Police, Mr. Lebona Lephema handed over water tanks to 10 primary schools at the event held
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.
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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