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school competitions to represent the country since. Earlier players included the likes of all-rounders Ts'epo 'Muso, Seisa Tsiame, and Ts'epo
Lephema among others, before another generation of players such as Leokaoke Lebona, batsman Thabang Mafereka, and pace bowlers Ian Osler and Thabiso Mohapi emerged.
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The Kome Cave
Dwellings were built and protected by Chief Teleka of The Basia (cat) Clan in the early 19th century. The town's friendly close-knit community is always willing to accompany tourists on many hiking trails at request. The town is much closer to the country's eastern highlands compared to
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Teyateyaneng has several retail businesses and carpet-producing and tapestry factories, though with little industrial activity overall, perhaps owing to its close proximity to the larger Maseru. The town has remained the country's athletic, art and entertainment capital with many events being hosted
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The town has proven to be an athletic powerhouse of
Lesotho over the years, producing prolific footballers who have represented Lesotho internationally at different levels. In the late 1990s as the country revived the cricket sports, Teyateyaneng further produced many players who rose through high
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Unlike many other growing western lowlands towns that have seen an emergence of privately owned clubs over the years, the people of
Teyateyaneng have rallied behind the club through the years, taking pride in the iconic identity of the club whose name is synonymous with the town's founding Chief
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Teyateyaneng as a district capital has multiple schools, a district referral hospital and several recreational and tourism facilities such as hotels, lodges and cafes. The town is also surrounded by several rock caves with cave paintings of the
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Teyateyaneng was founded in 1886 as the capital of Berea by then Chief
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people migrated south to settle in the
Mohokare River valley, before ultimately becoming an organized state with inhabitants going further to occupy the mountainous terrain to the east and the south of what is the present day Lesotho.
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Johannesburg, 184 km east of Bloemfontein, and 517 km west of Durban, all major metros in the neighbouring South Africa. Teyateyaneng is also the
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for the first time, but the club's most successful era was in the 2010s when it won league championships in 2009, 2013, 2015, and 2016. The club also won the
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many of its lowlands neighbours and offers interesting mountain side settlements and cattle posts hiking trails in the east.
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