The “Roof of Africa” circular route should not be confused with the endurance race of the same name, as it refers to a complete circuit/loop encompassing the towns of Mokhotlong, Thaba-Tseka, Katse Dam, Pitseng, Butha-Buthe and Oxbow.
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Night Phlox – Zaluzianskya Rubrostellata
Family: Scrophulariaceae – Snapdragon family
Zaluzianskya – this herb is named after the botanist called Adam Zalusiansky von Zaluzian.
Rubrostellata – rubro meaning red and stellata meaning star.
- Photo: Jenny Wainwright-Klein
Description:
It is an annual plant that grows in herbaceous form. It’s growing in high altitude basaltic soils. It has conspicuous hairs on the stems. Interestingly the flowers are bright yellow, inside and chocolate brown underneath, it is painted star red in the mouth. Read more
Category: Flower of the month |
Tags: Flower, Letšeng diamond mine, Night Phlox, Zaluzianskya rubrostellata
196-carat rough white diamond unearthed at Letšeng
The Lesotho based Letšeng diamond mine does it again. This time unearthing an “exceptional” 196-carat rough white diamond that stretches a dazzling 3cm (1.18 inches) across.
196-carat Letseng diamond
The company said it expects the diamond to produce top colour and top clarity polished diamonds and should therefore achieve a substantial per-carat price for the stone. “Offers for the stone, sold as a rough diamond, could come in at between US$7.8 million (R58 million) and US$11.8 million (R88 million),” London-based Panmure Gordon and Company analyst Alison Turnerat. Read more
Category: News |
Tags: 196-carat, Letšeng diamond mine, Letšeng Legacy, Letšeng Promise, Light of Letšeng, Mokhotlong
