Motlatsi Maqelepo

Motlatsi Maqelepo (born August 22, 1979) is a Lesotho politician and the current Minister of Sports, Tourism, Arts and Culture of Lesotho. He's also a deputy leader of the Basotho Action Party. He previously served as a Minister of Health from 2020 to 2022. Quotes Tourism is not just about travel—it’s about infrastructure, services, creativity, and entrepreneurship,. Once young people understand how tourism operates, they will begin to see just how many careers and businesses can emerge from it. Tourism Holds the Key to Youth Employment Says Minister Maqelepo,newsdesklesotho(20 June 2025) The government is committed to fixing Setsoto Stadium despite the economic challenges and high unemploymen. I can tell you, 13 companies have submitted bids — some of them international — and the procurement process is already underway. Setsoto, in Sesotho, translates to a beautiful thing. We want a stadium that is truly Setsoto. It won’t happen in one or two years . Setsoto will cost a lot of money, and we want to begin with it. Maqelepo reaffirms plans to fix Setsoto,thepost(7 July 2025) Sports empower the youth and promote peace as well as to foster cultural exchange within the Commonwealth. Maqelepo launches Maseru Youth Games, thereporter(25 October 2025) I appealed to the two ministers calling for prospecting to be done in the area but they shut the door in my face. All of sudden the government is claiming a mine will be opened in the area. Successive congress and ABC governments have left a bad legacy. I’m surprised to see the government coming to this area now saying that they will establish diamond mines in Koalabata. Please don’t be fooled by their lies. If there will be a mine, it will be opened by (BAP leader) Professor (Nqosa) Mahao when he becomes prime minister after next month’s elections. I call on you people of Mabote, Khubetsoana, Motimposo and Mokhethoaneng constituencies to be vigilant. We’ve been working hard to rid ourselves of problems created by congress governments since 2007 and we’re still on that journey. We are yet to attain the freedom we have been seeking, Govt fooling people with promises of lucrative mining ventures: Maqelepo.Lesotho Times(24 September 2024)