The University of Pretoria Museums' new exhibition brings together a selection of textiles from across the globe, showcasing ...

US President Donald Trump has said that "nobody has ever heard of" the African country of Lesotho - a comment that has "shocked" its government. It is a small country in southern Africa that ...

Some of the cultural items associated with the Basotho people are their blankets and the Basotho traditional conical hats, known as the mokorotlo. The hat is a national symbol and appears in the ...

For the first time, the Grandmother to Grandmother Campaign, which supports people in sub-Saharan Africa, is seeking donations of fabric, yarn, sewing notions, books and patterns that will be sold ...

In 1993, the BMF developed a blueprint for affirmative action, the "Basotho Hat" model which put forward a compelling argument for employment equity targets as the only way to transform apartheid ...