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Name Industry Sector Headquarters Founded Notes Status Basutoland Ink: Consumer goods Clothing & accessories Maseru: 2006 Clothing, sportswear P A Central Bank of Lesotho: Financials Banks Maseru: 1978 Central bank S A Lesotho Airways: Consumer services Airlines Maseru: 1979 Airline, defunct 1997 P D Maluti Sky: Consumer services Airlines ...
Ethnic group Sotho people Basotho King Moshoeshoe I, founder of the Southern Basotho Nation of Lesotho, with his Ministers. Total population c. 7,254,315 (2023 est.) Regions with significant populations South Africa 5,103,205 Lesotho 2,130,110 Botswana 11,000 Eswatini 6,000 Namibia 4,000 Languages Sesotho IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, English, Afrikaans Religion Christianity, Modimo Related ethnic groups ...
The Sotho display the mokorotlo in their homes, indicating that they uphold the customs and acknowledge their bonds with their Balimo. It also serves to protect the home against danger and other evil influences. The hat is an important part of Sotho cultural attire that is worn to reflect national identity and pride. [3]
The Sotho-Tswana ethnic group derives its name from the people who belong to the various Sotho and Tswana clans that live in southern Africa. Historically, all members of the group were referred to as Sothos; the name is now exclusively applied to speakers of Southern Sotho who live mainly in Lesotho and the Free State province in South Africa, while Northern Sotho is reserved for Sotho ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Sotho culture" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Lobedu or Balobedu (also known as the BaLozwi or Bathobolo) are a southern African ethnic group that speak a Northern Sotho dialect. Their area is called Bolobedu. The name "balobedu" means "the mineral miners," lobela or go loba, - to mine. Their ancestors were part of the great Mapungubwe early civilization.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Sotho culture (1 C, 10 P) Sport in Lesotho (15 C, 3 P) W. Works about Lesotho (1 C) Pages in category "Culture of Lesotho"
Lebollo la banna is a Sesotho term for male initiation.. Lebollo is a cultural and traditional practice that transitions boys in the Basotho society to manhood. It is a rite of passage where bashanyana or bashemane (transl. "uncircumcised boys") pass puberty and enter adulthood to become monna (transl. "men") by circumcision.