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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 ...
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]
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-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; ... 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"
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.
In 1818, Moshoeshoe I / m oʊ ˈ ʃ w eɪ ʃ w eɪ / consolidated various Basotho groupings and became their king. During Moshoeshoe's reign (1823–1870), a series of wars (1856–68) were fought with the Boers who had settled in traditional Basotho lands. These wars resulted in the extensive loss of land, now known as the "Lost Territory".
The way that Basotho men wear these traditional blankets is based on the traditional Kaross, an animal skin cloak although their transformation to "factory-woven textile" is attributed to King Moshoeshoe I. [3] By 1860 securing sufficient skins for Karosses was increasingly difficult and by 1872 a large majority of sheepskin covers had been ...