/ 18 February 2000

THOUSANDS AWAIT ROYAL BRIDE

THOUSANDS of Basotho on Friday morning packed the Setsoto stadium in Maseru ahead of their king’s wedding. King Letsie III and his bride Karabo Motsoeneng, 23, from the Free State town of Ficksburg, will tie the knot before the huge crowd during a ceremony scheduled to start at 10am. Former South African president Nelson Mandela, Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Mozambican president Joachim Chissano as well as other international royal families are attending the ceremony, dubbed “The Wedding of The New Millennium”.

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