In the southeast, in eastern South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique, they were adopted from a Tuu language or languages by the languages of the Nguni cluster ( especially Zulu, Xhosa, and Phuthi, but also to a lesser extent Swazi and Ndebele ), and spread from them in a reduced fashion to the Zulu-based pidgin Fanagalo, Sesotho, Tsonga, Ronga, the Mzimba dialect of Tumbuka, and more recently to Ndau and urban varieties of Pedi, where the spread of clicks is an ongoing process.

He also travelled to Lesotho, where he worked with orphaned children and produced the documentary film The Forgotten Kingdom.

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project allows exporting water from the Malibamatso, Matsoku, Senqu and Senqunyane rivers to South Africa, while also generating hydroelectric power for Lesotho's needs.

At the completion of the project, Lesotho should be almost completely self-sufficient in the production of electricity and also gain income from the sale of electricity to South Africa.

Lesotho, is a member of the Southern African Customs Union ( SACU ) in which tariffs have been eliminated on the trade of goods between other member countries, which also include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.

Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, and South Africa also form a common currency and exchange control area known as the Rand Monetary Area that uses the South African rand as the common currency.

The most weight has been given to connecting the district centres, but the roads within central Lesotho have also been improved, as part of the construction needs of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

The per-capita ownership of motorcycles in Lesotho, and also bicycles, may be among the lowest in the world.

Ireland also showed support to Lesotho in 1975, when Lesotho took a stand against South Africa's apartheid.

Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa also are members of the Common Monetary Area ( CMA ) in which repatriation and unrestricted funds are permitted.

The stadium is mostly used for football matches and houses the Lesotho national football team, but also holds events in athletics.

Historically, in Southern Africa, the protectorates of Bechuanaland ( now Botswana ), Basutoland ( now Lesotho ) and Swaziland were administered as High Commission Territories by the Governor-General of South Africa, who was also the British High Commissioner for Bechuanaland, Basutoland, and Swaziland, until the 1930s, with various local representatives, and subsequently by the British High Commissioner ( from 1961 Ambassador ) to South Africa, who was represented locally in each territory by a Resident Commissioner.

The South African company also operates stores in Bahrain, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Rand is also widely accepted as currency in Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

The concept was invented in Germany, but is today also used in other nations, such as Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland and Lesotho.

He led his party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy ( LCD ), to a near-total victory in the 1998 election, and under his leadership the party also won majorities in the 2002 and 2007 elections.

He also referred himself as the person of Kali, thus showed that he was a descendant of the Great Kali or Monaheng who is said to be the ancestor of most Bakoena people in Lesotho with the exception of the senior BaMolibeli.

Butha-Buthe ( also Buta-Buthe ) is the capital city or camptown of the Butha-Buthe District in Lesotho.

Hlotse ( also Leribe ) is an important market town in Lesotho.

Mafeteng has several industrial developments including a Gap / Old Navy clothing factory and the Lesotho Pharmaceutical Company ( LPC ), which also exports to several countries in the region.

It also occurs in Lesotho, a high mountainous region.

The Maldives National Olympic Committee will base its competing athletes in Bedford, while Paralympic athletes from Angola, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Ghana, Côte d ' Ivoire, Jamaica, Lesotho, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda will also be based in the area.

Lesotho is a mountainous, landlocked country located in Southern Africa.

Lesotho covers an area of around, of which a negligible percentage is covered with water.

The most notable geographic fact about Lesotho, apart from its status as an enclave, is that it is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above in elevation.

Lesotho is a country in Southern Africa, located at around 29 ° 30 ' south latitude and 28 ° 30 ' east longitude.

Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa, making it one of only three countries in the world that are enclaves within another country ; the other two are San Marino and Vatican City, both located within Italy.

Lesotho is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above in elevation.

Even though very little of Lesotho is covered in water, the rivers that run across the country are an important part of Lesotho's economy.

Lesotho is divided into 10 administrative districts, each with its own capital, called a camptown.

Lesotho is poor in natural resources.

This is a list of the extreme points of Lesotho, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Lesotho, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Although the majority of the population — 59. 8 percent — is between 15 and 64 years of age, Lesotho has a substantial youth population numbering around 35. 3 percent.

Politics of Lesotho takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Lesotho is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.

Lesotho is geographically surrounded by South Africa and economically integrated with it as well.

The economy of Lesotho is based on agriculture, livestock, manufacturing, mining, and depends heavily on inflows of workers ’ remittances and receipts from the Southern African Customs Union ( SACU ).

Water is being exploited through the 30-year, multi-billion dollar Lesotho Highlands Water Project ( LHWP ), which was initiated in 1986.

It is a major contributor to the exports of Lesotho.

The global economic crisis hit the Lesotho economy hard through loss of textile exports and jobs in the sector due largely to the economic slowdown in the United States which is a major export destination, reduced diamond mining and exports, including weak prices for diamonds ; drop in SACU revenues due to the economic slowdown in the South African economy, and reduction in worker remittances due to weakening of the South African economy and contraction of the mining sector and related job losses in South Africa.

There is a short rail line ( freight ) linking Lesotho with South Africa that is totally owned and operated by South Africa.

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