Thaba Tseka, Mar. 15 — King Letsie III will grace the district National Tree Planting Day to be held at Ha Tsiu, Senqunyane on March 21.
According to a press release issued, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has been implementing the Integrated Catchment Management Approach with RENOKA, and the integrated plan will be implemented on that day.
It continued to state that Prime Minister, Mr. Ntsokoane Matekane, members of his cabinet, Heads of Diplomatic Missions are also expected to attend the celebration.
It added that this year’s motto is ‘Forest and Innovation’.
According to the RENOKA priority profiles, the Senqunyane sub-catchment is located in the highlands of Lesotho in the districts of Thaba-Tseka, Maseru and Berea and forms part of a major catchment of the upper Senqu.
It continues to state that it is situated about 87km east of the capital city Maseru and next to the peri-urban towns of Marakabei and Mants’onyane in Thaba-Tseka. It has a total area of about 65 679 ha.
It says the sub-catchment encompasses main features such as the Mohale Dam and this sub-catchment contributes to the Senqunyane River, which is one of the main tributary rivers of the Mohale Dam.
It also states that the sub-catchment is made up of a total of 793 households, and a total population of 3 554 people, of which 1 838 are male and 1 716 are female adding that the total population is made of 1 755, 1 227, and 572 for Thaba-Tseka, Maseru, and Berea respectively, with ThabaTseka dominating the others.
It says in Thaba-Tseka, the village with the highest population is Ha Koporale, with 349 people, while Ha Motjopi is the lowest with 26 people. In Maseru, Ha Khojane has the highest population of 209 while Ha Joele has the lowest population of 32.
For Berea, Ha Mothakathi, it says it is the village with the highest population of 193 while Ha Mahana has the lowest population of 90 people (Lesotho Census, 2016).
