{"id":8816,"date":"2022-01-19T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T12:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion"},"modified":"2022-01-19T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:40:13","slug":"motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion","title":{"rendered":"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of the Lesotho National Museum and Art Gallery from the<\/p>\n

government. Motsamai said this last week during her inspection at the ongoing project. In an interview with Informative Newspaper she stated that they have come to inspect the project so that her ministry could make a clear<\/p>\n

report to the Ministry of Finance regarding the funds needed for the completion of the museum. \u201cThe building is almost complete, it just needs money to<\/p>\n

complete and the expectation is that the construction will be completed by the end of this year,\u201d Motsamai stated. The construction of the museum commenced in 2015 with the expectation that it will be completed in two<\/p>\n

years (December 2017) however seven years later the project is still yet to be completed. Last year during the Minister of Development Planning Hon. Selibe Mochoboroane\u2019s site visit to the<\/p>\n

project, it was discovered that low cash flow is one big factor that hinders the completion of the museum. Mochoboroane had told the media that the actual construction expenses were estimated to cost around M111<\/p>\n

million when the construction started \u201cbut now we are above M170 million. It is also assumed that the overall expenditure for the construction to be completed<\/p>\n

will be about M240 million,\u201d he said, adding that they need to work very hard as the government to avoid projects that go beyond the stipulated timeframe<\/p>\n

because they have a negative impact on the budget. SIGMA Construction Managing Director (MD) Napo Makara told Informative Newspaper that the museum is 85% complete and they hope by the end of 2022<\/p>\n

it will be fully completed. \u201cA lot has been done, the only remaining work is internally; to install tiles on the floor and ceiling,\u201d Makara said. DNT Architect Nt\u0161iu Ntlatlapa briefed Informative Newspaper on how the idea of building the museum came<\/p>\n

about, he said in1998 Lesotho government made an announcement that it desires to build a museum. Southern African Development Community (SADC) architects<\/p>\n

were then invited to compete, and in 1999 Ntlatlapa\u2019s company won the tender. He said their presentation concept were based on Basotho historical houses (Lekhalakharetsana,<\/p>\n

mokorotlo and mekhoro). \u201cInitially the roofing was supposed to be roofed of grass but due to some disadvantageous the roofing was made of stones. This museum is designed in a way that it will easily accommodate everyone normal and disabled, the toilets also cater for people in wheelchairs and there are elevators,\u201d he informed.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of the Lesotho National Museum and Art Gallery from the government. Motsamai said this last week during her inspection at the ongoing project. In an interview with Informative Newspaper she stated that they have come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,8,16],"tags":[233,246,245,495,472],"class_list":["post-8816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho","tag-museum","tag-tourism"],"yoast_head":"\nMotsamai seeks funds for Museum completion - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-19T12:58:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-19T13:40:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-19T12:58:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-19T13:40:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion\"},\"wordCount\":437,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\",\"Museum\",\"Tourism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion\",\"name\":\"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-19T12:58:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-19T13:40:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of t ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion - Lesotho","description":"The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of t ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion","og_description":"The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of t ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-01-19T12:58:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-19T13:40:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion","datePublished":"2022-01-19T12:58:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-19T13:40:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion"},"wordCount":437,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Lesotho","Lesotho","Museum","Tourism"],"articleSection":["all news","culture and art","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion","name":"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-19T12:58:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-19T13:40:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture (MTEC) Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai has requested funds for the completion of t ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/img-61e8149e5c166.jpg","width":720,"height":540,"caption":"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/motsamai-seeks-funds-for-museum-completion#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Motsamai seeks funds for Museum completion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}