Public Works Minister Moerane has Passed Away

The Minister of Public Works and Transport and a Member of Parliament for Koro-Koro constituency, Mr. Mofelehetsi Salemone Moerane, passed away at the New Kensington Clinic, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, 28 September 2004, after a long illness, the Prime Minister, Mr. Pakalitha Mosisili, has announced.

The country will be in a state of mourning, with national flags flying at half mast from Tuesday, 5 October until his burial at Mokema on Friday 8th October.

A memorial service in his honour will be held at the 'Manthabiseng Convention Centre in Maseru on Wednesday, 6th October, starting at one o'clock in the afternoon, according to the Office of the Government Secretary.

Meanwhile in a procession led by The Prime Minister, army officers, Members of the two houses of Parliament, Cabinet Ministers, the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the Clerk of the Senate, members of the ruling LCD and the public were at the Maseru Border Post on September 30 to escort the remains of the late Minister to the MKM Funeral Parlour in Maseru.

May His Soul Rest In Peace.

Read more about the late Minister's profile here

30 September 2004

The late Minister, Hon. Mofelehetsi Moerane

Prime Minister leads the procession from the Maseru Bridge

Pall-bearers carry the coffin into the mortuary