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A Bill is introduced into the Lesotho parliament providing for the extradition of fugitives from the Republic of South Africa.
Chief Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, warns that violent confrontation between Blacks and Whites will be an inevita
Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in
Michael Mosoeu Moerane, composer, teacher, pianist and conductor, is born in Mangoanaleng, Matatiele, Eastern Cape. He died in Bloemfontein in January, 1980…
The Lesotho Foreign Ministry appeals for international help to stop South Africa applying an economic squeeze designed to force
The Lesotho Foreign Ministry appeals for international help to stop South Africa applying an economic squeeze designed to force
The Lesotho Foreign Ministry appeals for international help to stop South Africa applying an economic squeeze designed to force
SA signs agreement with Lesotho concerning the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect t
The Prime Minister meets Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, discusses the revival of the Highland Water Scheme and emphasis
The Prime Minister meets Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, discusses the revival of the Highland Water Scheme and emphasis
The Prime Minister meets Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, discusses the revival of the Highland Water Scheme and emphasis
South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland sign a new customs agreement in Pretoria, to come into operation on 1 March 1970.
The Lesotho government invites all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicat
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels was born on 19 November 1905 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. His father, Henry Maisels, had come…
BiographyMiriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali was born in Doornfontein in Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng). She grew up in Sophiatown. Miriam wanted to study literature at the University of…
Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane
Mr Wellington Tshazibane,aged 30,an employee of the De Beers-Lesotho Mining Company,was detained on 9th December 1976 at Rand Airport,Johannesburg.He was held…
Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha meets Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. They agree on the need to curb cross-border guerrilla
The prime minister of Lesotho, Chief Jonathan, is reported to be prepared to co-operate with the South African government.
Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Jonathan of Lesotho meet in Cape Town. A joint statement emphasises their belief in peace
BiographyIsmail Mahomed
Ismail Mahomed was born in Prinsloo Street Pretoria on 25 July 1931, a second generation South African of Indian descent and first born child of devoutly…
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews born in Durban, on 17 June 1929, Matthews was one of five children of Frieda and ZK Matthews, a professor, academic lawyer and…
BiographyMandla Michael Yende
Yende was recruited into the PAC and APLA by Themba Phikwane in Alexandra Township, north of Johannesburg, in 1976. Phikwane, who had just returned from exile…
BiographyJillian Edelstein
Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
Anderson Khumani “Dan” Ganyile’s was born in 1935 in Bizana District, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He attended St John’s School in Umtata and then Lovedale…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… [vi] A second theory argues that the name stems from the Sesotho saLebua word tshwenyana, which refers to a monkey. …
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… 1912 to 1933, which carried columns in English, isiZulu, Sesotho, and isiXhosa. It became the most widely read South …
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
Abram Onkgopotse Ramothibi Tiro was born on 9 November 1947 in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust North West Province, South Africa. His parents, now late,…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… by the Boer, Griqua and Kora raids. Bamokotedi, a Sesotho speaking community, was led by Moshoeshoe who gained alliances with other Sesotho communities to…
Elias Monare
Elias Monare, from ‘Dube Street 1935, Wattville Natives Town, Benoni’ in the Transvaal [now Gauteng], was banished on 25 April 1955 at the age of 31 to ‘Glen…