BLOEMFONTEIN - An elderly Lesotho national who was staying in a treehouse near the Maseru border in Free State was apprehended and deported after it emerged that he entered the country illegally.

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF), operating under Operation Corona from the Ladybrand military base, recently conducted media-involved border patrols at the Maseru entry port into Lesotho.

Analysis - Topping out over 3,000 metres above sea level, the Drakensberg and Maluti mountains bordering South Africa and Lesotho are frequently covered in snow in winter. Back in 1975, German and ...