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Lesotho's food culture features likhobe [2] (a stew with beans, berries, and sorghum), meat, and vegetables. Corn-based dishes include papa [3] and motoho (fermented sorghum porridge). [4] [5] [6] Basotho cuisine includes sauces, generally less spicy than other African countries. Beetroot and carrot salads are common side dishes. [1] [7]
A traditional South African dish of meat (usually lamb or mutton) cooked on skewers. The term derives from "sate" ("skewered meat") and "saus" ("spicy sauce"). It is of Cape Malay origin, used in Afrikaans, the primary language of the Cape Malays, and the word has gained greater circulation in South Africa. Souttert: South Africa
In the early 1970s, Lesotho only had television in two hotels as closed-circuit systems. [1]Lesotho Television was established in 1988 in an agreement with M-Net to provide a 15-minute service during the visit of Pope John Paul II to the country, during his papal trip to southern Africa in September of that year.
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Maseru was founded by the British as a small police camp in 1869, following the conclusion of the Free State–Basotho Wars when Basutoland became a British protectorate. [3] [4] [5] Maseru is located at the edge of the "conquered territories" relinquished to the Orange Free State (now the Free State province of South Africa) as part of the peace terms.
Quthing, also known as Moyeni (Sesotho for "place of wind"), is a constituency and the capital city or camptown of Quthing District in Lesotho. Quthing was established in 1877, abandoned in the Gun War of 1880, and then rebuilt at its present site – the southernmost town in Lesotho. [2] [3] It has a population of 27,314 (2016 census).
Lesotho is in the Afrotropical realm. Its three ecoregions are in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome. Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands; Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests; Highveld grasslands
It is the first major city with an airport along the road from South Africa across the Sani Pass, near the Maloti (Drakensberg in South Africa) Mountains. The name of the city is named in Sesotho, the language of the people of Lesotho, meaning "Place of the Bald Ibis." Thabana Ntlenyana, the highest point in southern Africa, is found in Mokhotlong.