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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.
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868 (and ruled ...
Oct 3, 2024 · In 2017, THABANE returned to become prime minister but stepped down in 2020 after being implicated in his estranged wife’s murder. He was succeeded by Moseketsi MAJORO. In 2022, Ntsokoane Samuel MATEKANE was inaugurated as prime minister and head of a three-party coalition.
Dec 16, 2021 · Introduction. Background. Paramount chief MOSHOESHOE I consolidated what would become Basutoland in the early 19th century and made himself king in 1822.
Oct 20, 2023 · The Basutoland tribal state is founded by Moshoeshoe (officially from 1822), formed out of this alliance of small groups who are united in resistance. He is termed by later generations as the 'Father of the Basotho people'.
The Basotho lost a great deal of land to the Boers and Britain finally took over the Basotho kingdom in 1868. The rise of the Basotho state. By 1820, most people living in the area just north of the Orange River belonged to one of 3 main Sotho groups, the Fokeng, the Koena or the Tlokoa.
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In 1867 and 1868 most of Moshoeshoe’s land was overrun by Boers from the Orange Free State and he appealed to the British for protection. In March 1868 his country became a British protectorate and the Basotho was saved and the current borders of Lesotho were established.
