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The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho ( / ləˈsuːtuː, - ˈsoʊtoʊ / [ 1][ 2]) goes back as many as 400 years. Present Lesotho (then called Basotholand) emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Under Moshoeshoe I, Basotho joined other clans in their struggle against the Lifaqane associated with ...
Lesotho spends a higher proportion of its GDP (13%) on education than any other country in the world [4] and an average child in Lesotho can expect to spend 10 years of their life in education. [5] Education is compulsory only between the ages of 6 and 13. [6] Secondary school education is non-compulsory, and as of 2005 was attended by 24.0% of ...
Lesotho (/ l ɪ ˈ s uː t uː / ⓘ lih-SOO-too, [6] [7] Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa , with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [ 8 ] it is the only sovereign enclave in the world outside of the Italian Peninsula .
Desmond Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black African to hold the position.
Moshoeshoe I ( / mʊˈʃwɛʃwɛ /) ( c. 1786 – 11 March 1870) was the first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan. In his youth, he helped his father gain power over some other smaller clans. At the age of 34 Moshoeshoe formed his own clan and ...
Born in Leribe, Jonathan was a minor chief, like many others a great-grandson of the polygamous King Moshoeshoe I.. Jonathan worked as a mine induna at Brakpan but because he was a chief he went back to Rakolo's and got involved in local government in Basutoland from 1937 and was a member of delegations to London that sought self-government in Basutoland.
The history of the Basotho and Batswana people is one of continual dissension and fission where disputes, sometimes over kingship ascendancy, resulted in a section of the clan breaking away from the main clan, under the leadership of a dissatisfied king's relative, and settling elsewhere. Often the name of the man who led the splinter group was ...
Soldier, politician. Military service. Branch/service. Lesotho Defence Force. Rank. General. General Justin Metsing Lekhanya (7 April 1938 – 20 January 2021) was the Minister of Defence and Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho ( head of government) from 24 January 1986 to 2 May 1991. [1]