Found further to the south of Matsieng and Morija is Mafeteng, the capital of the district that bears the same name. It is located some 80 kilometres to the South of Maseru, and not far from the Van Rooyen’s Gate border crossing into the Free State in South Africa. Mafeteng is a former Garrison town, but which developed as an important centre of Lesotho’s literacy history. The town hosts the memorial to the Cape Mounted Rifles who were defeated in the 1880 Gun War.

Mafeteng has grown rapidly since the country attained its independence, and is now a bustling town centre supporting the surrounding communities. It is also the site of the Lesotho Pharmaceutical Corporation, a subsidiary of the Lesotho National Development Corporation (“LNDC”) (www.lndc.org.za), and an employer of numerous citizens of the town.