Basutoland is a tiny (11,716 sq. mi.) British crown colony, entirely surrounded by the Union of South Africa. In theory, Basutoland is two-thirds Christian, but the real source of ultimate power ...

After 97 years under British rule, Basutoland is due to receive its independence next year. Its position is hardly enviable. A bleak highland waste, inhabited almost entirely by blacks, Basutoland ...

FUNDAMENTAL changes in the life and economy of the natives of Basutoland are foreshadowed by the report (Cmd. 4907. H.M. Stationery Office) of the Commission, of which Sir Alan Pirn is chairman ...

SINCE 1954 a prospecting programme for diamonds in the British Protectorate of Basutoland has led to the discovery of a new predominantly basaltic kimberlite province ...