Memorials Unveiled
 

The late King Moshoeshoe II and Queen ‘M’a Mohato had the their statues unveiled by surviving sons King Letsie II and Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso and their wives at a ceremony held at Ha Noha, Mants’onyane and at Auray Mission on January 15.  

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ing Letsie III and Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso unveiled the monument of the late Queen Mother 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso while Queen 'Masenate and Chieftainess 'Mabereng Seeiso unveiled the late Moshoeshoe II’s at Ha Noha.

Archbishop Bernard Mohlalisi of the Roman Catholic Church  led a prayer service at the Auray mission.

The monument at Ha Noha marked 10 years of the death of the late Moshoeshoe II, who died in January 1996 while the one at Auray commemorates the late Queen Mother who died while attending a retreat at the mission in September 2003.

The unveiling ceremony was graced by the presence of members of the Royal family, King of Bafokeng from Rustenburg, Cabinet Ministers, members of the Diplomatic Corps and other guests from South Africa, such as retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu; South African Minister of Public Works and Transport Mr. Jeff Radebe and South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe.

16 January 2006

  source: LENA